Project Orleans is complete.........

So the other day I got a little present from Aus Post

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Off to the post office I go to collect my little present and then home to prepare for the installation process.



Patient presented and prepped ready for conversion

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Start the dismantling process

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At this point the apprentice lost interest. It's so hard to find good ones these days

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Must forrow instluctions....velly important.

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A couple of hours, a couple of Jimmys, some Alice in Chains and some help and advice over the phone from Phil (Road Captain and Creative Director for ZRX development) and Project Orleans is complete.

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All done in a night, just need to go over it all once more to make sure nothings going to fall off.


Project Orleans wouldn't have come to fruition without the help of some very important people

Many Thanks to........................

Phil (Road Captain and Creative Director ZRX Development) for the contacts in Japan, various suggestions for improvement, encouragement, technical assistance, phone calls, texts, brake line lengths , fitting tips and tricks etc, etc...and convincing me that waiting till Friday to put them on was just soft . Thanks mate.

Drew from Unobtanium. What a sesantional bloke to deal with. Organised the forks, Brace and Guards from Japan, packaged them all up and got them to me. Check out his website - google moriwaki man or unobtanium , you'll find him. or just go here http://moriwaki-man.com/portal/index.php

My apprentice Ozzy....you were there in spirit girl even if you slept through the whole thing. (OK you had a big day getting Xrays at the vets)

My wife Dee for not once questionning the wisdom of constant modification at a cost ( I think it's got something to do with keeping me in the garage and out of the house)

Alice in Chains for the soundtrack. Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell rock.....Man in the Box is great workin' music

James B Beam...........I need say no more

and finally the Google English /Japanese translator for the project name......who would've thought Ohlins translates as Orleans

I love youse all......................

Last edited by Glen on Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:00 am, edited 1 time in total.

Sweet....looks sensational. Must get you down for a ride with your Orleans brothers

Last edited by Phil on Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:07 am, edited 2 times in total.

Looks great Glen!

Love it!
Well done mate.

Now you have the dilemma of the rear not matching the front

BLING Boing!

That's Project Orleans Stage 2. Currently taking submissions for procurement of required materials. Until then the Gazi's will do.

Looks the goods

Nice Glen they look great, and looking forward to the report after initial testing up the hill to PITS I rekon my dad will start thinking seriously about New Orleans soon.

I've gotta point out a big porkie pie. Glen's making out he's a hard rocker with all this referring to Alice in Chains etc, but I can reveal that this is playing 24-7 on repeat in his garage:

Looks great..... What do they set you back.?

Do you really want to know?

All up with the brace and guards the best part of 3.5 large

Not sure if they make them in scooter sizes though

Last edited by Glen on Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:29 am, edited 2 times in total.

Nice Glen they look great, and looking forward to the report after initial testing up the hill to PITS I rekon my dad will start thinking seriously about New Orleans soon.

I've gotta point out a big porkie pie. Glen's making out he's a hard rocker with all this referring to Alice in Chains etc, but I can reveal that this is playing 24-7 on repeat in his garage:

Cant play the youtube clip dude........although I dont think I want to from the sound of it

Do. ou really want to know?

All up with the brace and guards the best part of 3.5 large

Not sure if they make them in scooter sizes though

But that includes freight from the land of the rising sun and worth every penny........penny.......penny

....and the AUD /YEN is better than its ever been at the moment.

....and the AUD /YEN is better than its ever been at the moment.

What else did you tell your wife?