1400 Owners Life Today ( The 'What did you do today?' thread)

[KiwiCol]

People should not be eating anything that comes out of the sea.   

You don't eat fish / seafood Mick?

No mate, if I was meant to eat fish I would have been born a whale.
Used to eat the stuff when I was a nipper in Singapore but not any more, cant stand any of it.

Ok Understand now.  Singapore, tropics, hot, if seafood not looked after properly it'll spoil very fast indeed.  As a youngster, you probably were given 'sub-optimal' offerings which is why you now can't stand the stuff.

and BTW, whales don't eat fish, dolphins do though.   

[Irish in Oz]

I have a couple of mates from a wee fishing village called Bluff, they tell me it's got the best seafood in the world.

[KiwiCol]

Yup!  Agreed.   Love 'em - when I can afford them.  They sell for over $2.00 each! & ya can easily deal to a couple of dozen on yer own.

[Dneprdave]

What I did today. Discovered gsx650 triple trees bolt straight into gsx1400. They have the same distance centre to centre of the forks as a 1975 goldwing so my leading links will fit with minor modifications. Most happy. Immobiliser ignition even fits.

[seth]

Hiya Dave
What model and year were the yokes(triple trees) of the gsx650 as that's really handy information .
We'll done who's have thought the classic heritage of the gsx1400 goes back up a 1975 goldwing

[Dneprdave]

2012, saw them on eBay, had seller measure centre to centre distance. Going to get a set of 41mm fork tubes, trim to length and slide over the top of 37mm goldwing tubes. A few plug welds and top and bottom should be fine. I have even managed to get the original 6 spot calipers to fit on the xj900 front wheel I run. Very simple adapter plates.

[seth]

That sounds great
If you can add a couple of pictures as I'd be very interested in seeing your handy work .

[Tony Nitrous]

Today I drove a brand new 2019 Porsche Speedster.
A bit like a soft top version of the GT3-RS.

It was sooooooooo nice.
From the short shift 6 speed manual box, to the brilliant exhaust sound, to the huge discs.  Best thing I've driven in ages.

Only one small problem (apart from 3 times the orders than the amount of cars coming to AU)

I don't have a spare £341,000.

[Hooli]

Porkers don't interest me at all, they are so ugly & sound crap.

[KiwiCol]

At that sorta dosh, I can't even afford to look at the pic!

[grog]

Nice car Tony but would prefer a house for that money. I did get to see/ hear an Audi R8 in full flight yesterday. Fairly impressive.

[Tony Nitrous]

Sounded brilliant. 
It's the GT3-RS 4lt flat 6 so up around 375kW of power at 8400rpm, and 470Nm of torque.
6 speed manual box was the best manual I've ever tried. Very short shifts and so precise. I've driven R8's, GT2 and GT3-RS's etc but this is my favorite.

They were a bit fussy! No belts, rings, jewellery etc . I had some soft cotton gloves. Pretty sure it was already sold.

I told them my HiLux is easier to get in and out of! 

[Irish in Oz]

They are only 211k GBP here.

[Tony Nitrous]

They are only 211k GBP here.

Yes, a lot of the top end Euro cars are quite expensive here.
Shipping etc is part of it, it's a quite small market, and there's a quite high "luxury cat tax", 33% over $75,000.
https://www.afs.com.au/news/latest-news/2019/june/luxury-car-tax-threshold-2019-20/

[Irish in Oz]

Someone is doing OK in those deals, about 60K tax and about 70K GBP shipping.