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by rocketrod
Sat May 05, 2007 12:02 pm
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: NEW RIDE,at last.... not a kwak,sorry.
Replies: 21
Views: 4282

Nice Hire Bus there mate.

Watch out for stones in the radiator, sump plugs disappearing and sudden losses in power!
Yeah got the stones thing covered,i have the mesh in,sump plugs disappearing?
Anyway it doesnt get much better than this.......
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b30/rodsmith/133 ...
by rocketrod
Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:45 am
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: NEW RIDE,at last.... not a kwak,sorry.
Replies: 21
Views: 4282

roadrider82 wrote:nice bike go like a bat out of hell limited to 300kmh 8)
I have the TRE installed,so its not limited. :D
by rocketrod
Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:23 am
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: NEW RIDE,at last.... not a kwak,sorry.
Replies: 21
Views: 4282

Strika wrote:I look forward to chasing you up reefton Rod!!!! :D mmm what to take, the 9 or the 11? :x
Yeah not the ideal bike for the reefton,but we'll see how we go. :D
Congrats on the new purchase Marty,i can see you on it now with the smoking jacket,the pipe and the slippers. :lol: :lol:
by rocketrod
Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:25 am
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: NEW RIDE,at last.... not a kwak,sorry.
Replies: 21
Views: 4282

NEW RIDE,at last.... not a kwak,sorry.

Hey Guys ,been a while since ive been here.Ok bag me,but ,hey im happy.
Lot of elbow greese,and swearing went into this little project,finally got my 1st proper hit out @GORon anzac day.Still tring to take "that" grin off. :D
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by rocketrod
Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:24 am
Forum: Classic Kawi Discussion
Topic: Tell us about the Syndicate superbike Gos
Replies: 58
Views: 80344

As yes i know these blokes you speak of and the syndicate bike,in fact i used to work with AJ.
This is what my project Z1R was based on,black with the orange wheels.
I didnt have the power of the syndicate,but it was an ex superbike motor in it.She would wheelspin in 3rd gear,still didnt handle ...
by rocketrod
Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:04 am
Forum: General Tech & Performance Talk
Topic: Z750 front end conversion to Gixxer 1000
Replies: 85
Views: 21900

apparently hayabusa forks go in pretty easy
If thats the case,then you would have to run busa brakes,and im telling you,you wouldnt want that,they are pretty average.
But if you did decide to go that way,i picked up a set of 05 gold forks for my busa off ebay in the states for $600 all up.
by rocketrod
Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reflective Vests - Do They Shit You ??
Replies: 73
Views: 2181

How often do you see a guy in black leathers riding a black bike at night.

Errrr that would be me. :lol:
If they cant see ya fucking headlight,what chance have they got of seeing a reflective vest?Why dont we have flashing lights on our leathers and bikes and audible sirens and...........give ...
by rocketrod
Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bayliss loses a finger
Replies: 8
Views: 722

Just goes to show,these guys wear the best gloves money can buy and still doesnt save you!
by rocketrod
Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:13 pm
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: K5 Z750 with K5 1000 Gixxer front end!
Replies: 25
Views: 2490

Lookin good Rob,i bet she handles a treat now. :yawinkle:
Something like it should have come out of the box.
I reckon black side covers would just finish it off perrfectly.
by rocketrod
Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:54 pm
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: Summer Photo Competition - and the winner is.....
Replies: 184
Views: 35323

Hmmm for me its a toss up between two,but there are some great pics here.For me its swabios pic of strika or slow and wobblies sunset pic.
I go the latter,but not much in it.
by rocketrod
Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:43 pm
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: K5 Z750 with K5 1000 Gixxer front end!
Replies: 25
Views: 2490

It came up a treat Rob :) .Did you have to muck around with the gixxer fork internals or was it pretty much spot on as is?????
by rocketrod
Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:53 pm
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: Summer Photo Competition - and the winner is.....
Replies: 184
Views: 35323

Shucks Strika,how did you know? :?:
by rocketrod
Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:24 pm
Forum: Show Off Your Ride & Photo Comp
Topic: Summer Photo Competition - and the winner is.....
Replies: 184
Views: 35323

A bit of a sad moment really :cry: .Here are a few pics of the zed on
probably my last ride on it.Im hoping to sell it this weekend.
I ended up not losing my licence as i had a mate take the wrap for me
so yeah, i still get to ride :) ,but ive already gone and bought another bike,
but its not a ...
by rocketrod
Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:54 pm
Forum: Classic Kawi Discussion
Topic: Classic Kawasaki Corner....
Replies: 42
Views: 20318

Yeah i got some classic old pics of kwaka z thous racing.Ill have to search them out.Heres one for the oldies,does anyone remember pommie peter allen on his legendary z9/1000 turboed drag bike?That thing was awesome in its day.
Ok heres a pic of my old ZIR.....to start with.It was a mk1 painted ...
by rocketrod
Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Steering Dampers
Replies: 31
Views: 852

with a front wheel in the air coming out of a lot of corners, the damper is a must to control lateral front wheel movement, otherwise they run the risk of crashing
So you have never seen a road bike doing this on the road?
I think that some of these current race rep road bikes do need them ...