Things a bit quiet on here lately, thought I'd bung up a pic for ya'll (historical admittedly)
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Very nice 👍 looking absolutely mint 🏆🥇
Wow, sweet looking 14. What headlight and fairing assembly is that? And was it effective? Also, how much elbow grease was requited to polos your fork lowers to that amazing level of finish? :)
Quote from: j_rider on Wednesday, 02 October 2024, 06:25 PMWow, sweet looking 14. What headlight and fairing assembly is that? And was it effective? Also, how much elbow grease was requited to polos your fork lowers to that amazing level of finish? :)
only took 2 kiwi birds a side, their feathers are natural sandpaper. The screen is to keep the Kea's away
LOL, from memory, the shine came from stuff called Plexus, it's for cleaning / shining perspex, aircraft windows & incidentally, boat windscreens too. But, it works excellent on painted surfaces as well, bike shops often shine up the bikes in the showroom using this stuff. Quite expensive here, but if you don't have any of that, use Pledge spray furniture polish, works nearly as good and waaay cheaper.
Barmy will be horrified!! :happy1:
The fork legs were just sanded down with various grades of wet & dry till they came up nice. Haven't stayed like that though.
Think that pic was from 2016, so before I chucked in down the road & over the bank.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 02 October 2024, 08:18 PMPledge spray furniture polish
Barmy will be horrified!! :happy1:
Correct - Barmy is very horrified !!!! :facepalm: :facepalm: :happy1:
However, if we are delving into the past for a bit of retro....
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Oh if we're playing the retro pic game...
Box Hill, 14th Oct 2007. My first ORG meet, about a week after I'd got my 14. Remember saying something like 'A new member with a rather clean 14 joined us' Barmy?
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That's a lot of fast Blue & Whites there @Hooli 👍👍
Quote from: GSXKING on Thursday, 03 October 2024, 06:49 PMThat's a lot of fast Blue & Whites there @Hooli 👍👍
That's cause us B/W owners are that much faster we got to ORG events years before the other colours.
Yeah Hooli, great pic. Retro, 2012, mine arrived, bought online, major Suzuki dealer, never before spent those bucks online. I threatened if not perfect, balls to be lost. Boss of the shop delivered to my garage door, i was amazed, so perfect. Now, nearly 13 yrs later, ive made it far better bike, this forum is part of my life,one of my best life moves.
Where the hell is
@Red Biker when ya need him!! :lol: :cheers:
not sure i understand Col?
First pic of my '14 i can find on this phone I'd bought it a while before but hadn't taken any photos 20190413_180422.jpg
That got me thinking Eric...
These are pics from the day I got mine home, first Saturday in October 2007.
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She's done a few miles & adventures since then.
Was that the last time it was clean Hooli :stir:
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 04 October 2024, 04:02 AMWas that the last time it was clean Hooli :stir:
Depends on the definition of clean :stir:
Quote from: grog on Thursday, 03 October 2024, 07:24 PMnot sure i understand Col?
Red was always quick to defend the honour of 'The Black', or Black & Red in his case . . .
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 04 October 2024, 04:02 AMWas that the last time it was clean Hooli :stir:
:lol: :lol:
Pretty much yeah. Two weeks later I got a new rear tyre & threw it down the road pulling out of a junction because BT-021.... I can still remember looking at it reversing away from me as I hit the floor before it did.
You lot have got me looking at old pics so I'm going to stick a few up here from time to time. This seems to have turned into the thread for it so...
MCR7, May 2009. I'f forgotten how many 14s we'd got at this one.
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MCR 8. This was the stop on the ride out at the Kyle of Tongue (approx top dead centre of the Scottish coast for those that don't know).
Anyone else remember the carnivorous midge around the place we all stayed just north of Ullapool?
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Great pic's Hooli. :onya: Is
@seth in any of these?
This was Dorrigo 2017.
We had another at Timbertown I'll try to find pic.
Quote from: Hooli on Friday, 04 October 2024, 11:45 PMMCR7, May 2009. I'f forgotten how many 14s we'd got at this one.
Unlikely we ever see that many again in one spot.
Quote from: Andre on Saturday, 05 October 2024, 04:29 PMQuote from: Hooli on Friday, 04 October 2024, 11:45 PMMCR7, May 2009. I'f forgotten how many 14s we'd got at this one.
Unlikely we ever see that many again in one spot.
There's a video on youtube somewhere of the rideout leaving, it takes about 3mins to get all the bikes out.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Saturday, 05 October 2024, 04:58 AMGreat pic's Hooli. :onya: Is @seth in any of these?
I don't think so.
But if you look at the one on the castle gateway. First B/W on the left with the little fairing, that's Barmy & I framed by the mirrors.
Quote from: Hooli on Saturday, 05 October 2024, 08:36 PMBut if you look at the one on the castle gateway. First B/W on the left with the little fairing, that's Barmy & I framed by the mirrors.
Cool, in that pic Dave looks like Allan Millyard I reckon. :onya:
TBH I don't think I know what Alan Millyard looks like to comment.
Dave will
Quote from: KiwiCol on Sunday, 06 October 2024, 04:44 AMQuote from: Hooli on Saturday, 05 October 2024, 08:36 PMBut if you look at the one on the castle gateway. First B/W on the left with the little fairing, that's Barmy & I framed by the mirrors.
Cool, in that pic Dave looks like Allan Millyard I reckon. :onya:
Yep - indeed that is me and hmm maybe there is a likeness to Alan Millyard - if so I'm honoured!