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CRG Blindsight


Got my new billet grips in the mail today so I’ve fitted them up with the 2inch CRG Blindsight bar end mirror I bought earlier. Old grips vs. new grip + CRG mirror + bar end kit.


I could have bought a bicycle mirror but I went for top shelf stuff instead. I figure if it’s good enough for Ducati’s it’s good enough for my Zoomer! HAHA.


Throttle side grip.

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Zoomed out


Really happy with the fatty set-up. Will wrap up the exhaust header soon. Still thinking about tiny old school brake lights and turn signals and shaving off the tabs that used to hold the stock blinkers.


I’ve been riding around without a rear view mirror, it’s pretty freaky. After today’s ride I’ve decided to keep one. If you look at the goodies picture in my previous post you’ll spot a bar-end mounted round mirror which I’ll get on the bike soon (waiting on new grips first). Still tempted to try an HID style headlight to eliminate the round headlights, not sure I’d like it though and also HATE the gold forks and very long brake and speedo cable. Hate the speedo too but I look at it lots so it’s got to stay.


Again, hate the gold forks and rear shock. Love the functionality of the ATR rear shock so I might try to strip the gold anodizing with oven cleaner, or something. Front forks are too high, need to be an inch lower so I’m looking into lower forks (not gold next time) and also a front disc brake set-up and gloss black alloy wheel (front wheel is matte grey and steel) which will brake better, look nicer and also eliminate the long drum brake cable.

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Zoomer goodies


The ugly old standard gas cap had to go. I had to grind down the 2 tabs (used a dremel) to mount the new cap on top of it.


New KCP cap mounted up. Made by a guy in Holland who designs makes and sells his own parts.


More goodies came in the mail today, this time from BOWLS LA where I was in fact buying T-Shirts but ended up with a whole lot of Zoomer parts!


New Takegawa radiator cover. Not sure if I like it, kinda like no radiator cover at all to be honest.


K&N filter with shield. Had to shave off some rubber (luckily I’ve got killer sharp blades) to get it to fit right.


Kijima radiator coolant tank replaces the stock plastic tank.

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Paino Road Bike

Paino’s all done and I’ve been meaning to shoot her for some time now. Sunny day today so Suga and I went for a ride at Centennial Park. The path was quite wet, so our bikes got a little dirty, didn’t stop me from shooting though, gotta love a bit of dirt!

Plenty more pics here: http://www.bikesmoveus.com.au/showthread.php?t=143

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AK GarageWorks

I love grass roots efforts. Alex, the guy who made and sent me the fatty kit for my Honda Zoomer, runs a business making stuff with his brother in his garage. He’s got some decent equipment which I’m sure he puts all his savings into and he’s developed some pretty awesome fabrication skills (I’m very jealous and I’d love to do a welding course at TAFE next year).

He really looked after me with the kit so I decided I’d help him out with a little graphic design, on the house of-course.

His username on the TotalRuckus forum is “alleykat” and he’s been using a logo with Felix the Cat’s head. Not wanting to change things to much I just re-worked it a little (this is what his old site and logo looked like).

He was quick to give me his hosting details, it turns out that there was one press WordPress install option so I just got that going, a few tweaks later hey presto, another WordPress site. :)

Visit: www.akgarageworks.com

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Zoomer gets a fatty


Post man came with a big box from the USA with a massive rip in it. I assume customs went through the goods but failed to do a good job of re-sealing the box. Luckily nothing fell out and everything inside was in ace condition!


Got dish? Ahahahaha. 10×8 baby!


AK GarageWorks header which is designed so my Yoshi exhaust will clear the new fat wheel.


No instructions but I figured everything out. The kit includes an engine mount which offsets the engine, you can see how much it does so by checking out how far the rear wheel is on the non-drive side.


AK GarageWorks shock mount vs. stock mount.


Check the AK GarageWorks exhaust mount, very nice. Hardest part of the install was taking the rear wheel off! I had to drop into the local auto shop to get a breaker bar to get the damn nut off.


Exhaust installed, stiff pipe!


Hahaha yup.


Stretched out even more now.

A sincere thanks to Alex from AK GarageWorks for bothering to pack and send the kit to me in Sydney AUSTRALIA (first!). All his communications were awesome, he’s a top guy and his gear is top shelf too.

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Zoomer update


Stripped the bike, prepped and painted the front frame black with engine enamel.


Also installed a stainless steel gas tank cover.

Using Christina’s little Canon Ixus…gahhhh so crap! Back on a Lumix GF1 very soon, hopefully any day now.

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Zi’s SR


After.


Before.

Whilst I’ve been going bonkers on my Honda Zoomer, Zi’s been going bonkers on his SR400. It’s looking so good. Fatter tyres, black wheels, smaller headlight… it’s amazing what small differences make! I’ve had a soft spot for the SR for ages and I’d love to do one up tracker style. With Zi pushing me to buy one it might happen sooner rather than later!

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Bowls LA


The boys at Bowls chucked in a whole lotta stickers and also a couple of license plate frames. Unfortunately the plate frames don’t quite fit our NSW plates but the holes lined up perfectly with the holes around my radiator so I’ve bolted one down just for the fun of it. :)


Zoomania frame caps replace the ugly chrome caps I had on there before.

I’ve been haunting the Bowls LA site for ages, especially since getting the Zoomer. Unfortunately for me they’ve run out of most of their Zoomer gear but they had some Japanese Zoomania end caps I really wanted. Over the last month or so I’ve been re-visiting their online shop, adding goodies to the cart, but not going ahead with the orders…until a few weeks ago :)

I’m not one to wear fashion brands. 80% of the T’s I wear are my own designs (haha) but this time I bought a few goodies to wear. The Hundreds wallet was the first thing I’ve put to good use. It’s huge, has a zip all around it and has a massive coin pocket. I can’t stand how those super exxy brand name wallets don’t have coin pockets (in my opinion there is no such thing as “spare” change!). I’ve also bought a watch. I’ve not worn a watch since buying a mobile phone many many years ago but I’m liking the idea of wearing a watch again, it’s so comfy I’ve already forgotten I’m wearing it. The Hundreds sunnies came very nicely packaged. On their own they look cool, on my face they feel amazing but they don’t suit me that well (hard part about buying fashion stuff online huh?).

Visit: http://www.bowlsla.com

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Loftus night ride


My Reign. That noisy Hope hub, the crazy wide bars, grippy flat pedals and joplin seatpost. Love it.


Ash’s 29’er. We spotted another guy smashing it on one during the ride too. In fact everyone we spotted in the carpark had Giants!


Ash.


Andy.


Mel.

Went for a night ride at Loftus last night. First mountain bike ride since Canberra for me, when was that? 2 years ago?! Last minute notice for me. Ayups charged up to full in an hour which was impressive. I hadn’t cleaned the Reign since the Canberra trip. I pumped my tyres up and all that dried up Canberra mud went all over my floors haha.

Was a warm night. Dry air and plenty of great fresh bush smells, heaps of friendly riders out on the trail, heaps of fat hairy spiders too! Despite being a little unfit and slow I had an absolute blast. Especially had fun on everything pointing downwards (as usual) and still made it up that shitty hill no worries. Love the Reign, so much. I made a crazy choice to sell my Anthem and keep the much older 2006 Reign but it’s just hands down the best bike I’ve ever owned (so far!).

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