Matty's new toy...

Well, been a strange week. All of a sudden the planets aligned themselves. A few seemingly unrelated bike tit bits were going on my life.

Firstly, The rebuild of Randyv and resto of GM had come to a complete holt due to lack of space in my new place. All they need is paint.
Secondly, Been sorting out new house and yard and building sheds so I could get back to my bikes.
Thirdly, "The Head Pink Bitch" himself had been pestering me to come racing with him in moto-lites (or what ever it calls itself) out at willowbank after he was having a blast.
Fourthly, Lou had anounced after a couple of rides with me that she really wanted to learn to ride properly.
Fifthly (is there such a word?), A chick i work with had just traded upto a her boys '04 gixxer 750 after he got an '07thou.
Sixthly (even weirder word), I generally had the shits on as i was busting my ring and wasn't getting any closer to riding regularly again.

Then, the cosmos revealed itself. No sooner had i finished the yard and paid for the new sheds, slab, and power, I was having a beer after work last sunday. Christy the gixxer chick pipes up and says she moving house and has to get rid of her zx2, "But it's in bits mate and i just gotta get rid of it. You want?" "Yeah ok, how much?" i asked. Needless to say it was the bargain of a lifetime. I will never reveal, but still expecting the boys in blue to turn up at the front door. Having known the bike for a while we did the deal sight unseen.

So off i went the other night in the trusty skyline and trailer, and came home with a roller in the trailer and a few boxes full of bits. Three hours later, i was riding what you see here.

Ok, now before you guys who know me start giving me shit for riding some thing with less capacity that a can of mineral water, this is where we're at.

I now have a bike to ride while i finish atleast one of the 7r's. I can go and do track days on the kart track at QR with Pink Bitch. Lou is gonna get a kick arse birthday pressie in July when she gets home (she doesn't know a thing about it). If she has a bike, I'll feel less guilty working on mine as I can justify it to myself by saying "I'm only doing it so I can ride with you babe." Then when she gets bored with the rubberband powered bike and trades up, I can make it a full time moto-lite trackie.

Here comes cut-down 7RR race glass, Go-kart tacho, open headers, rearsets and lots of stacking. My own little WSB Gobert replica.

Oh, and Mario, blue still sucks.

hehehe

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Ps. anybody know about fitting an RGV 17" rear to these? Are there bettter options?

G'day Matty - what is source of your sig?

Sweet little number that one if its anything like the CBR250RR round the track you will have a heap of fun

G'day Matty - what is source of your sig?

The picture or the text? The pic was done by Bluefly, and the text is something i found a few years ago. It sits on my study desk to remind me why I'm going through all this shit. Can't recall who wrote it. If anyone knows, let me know.

G'day Matty - what is source of your sig?

The picture or the text? The pic was done by Bluefly, and the text is something i found a few years ago. It sits on my study desk to remind me why I'm going through all this shit. Can't recall who wrote it. If anyone knows, let me know.

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

...FWIW he's the guy on the horse in the "Night in the Museum" movie.

HTH, Mick

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Thanks Mick - my education is extended by your erudition

Thanks Mick - my education is extended by your erudition

Many thanks, I've never expanded anyone's education by using my erudition before .

Mick

G'day Matty - what is source of your sig?

The picture or the text? The pic was done by Bluefly, and the text is something i found a few years ago. It sits on my study desk to remind me why I'm going through all this shit. Can't recall who wrote it. If anyone knows, let me know.

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

...FWIW he's the guy on the horse in the "Night in the Museum" movie.

HTH, Mick

oh... he is Robin Williams??

oh... he is Robin Williams??

Well he died in 1919 and Robin Williams is still alive... but I'm guessing you're saying Robin Williams played him..yes .

Mick

oh... he is Robin Williams??

Well he died in 1919 and Robin Williams is still alive... but I'm guessing you're saying Robin Williams played him..yes .

Mick

no mick..i genuinely thought Robin Williams was that guy....

Ahhh.... thank you Mr Grass Hopper

Ahhh.... thank you Mr Grass Hopper

congrats on the new lawn mower too mate....

u should get a sticker made up for it...

"when i grow up i wanna be a zx7r"

oh... he is Robin Williams??

Well he died in 1919 and Robin Williams is still alive... but I'm guessing you're saying Robin Williams played him..yes .

Mick

no mick..i genuinely thought Robin Williams was that guy....

Mate mate mate, Mick was being a smartarse

What I latched onto was that you said 'he is Robin Williams', when in fact Robin Williams was him...nah, it didn't work that time either, let's let it through to the keeper .

Sorry mate.

Mick