Kumeu 2011

datz better mate!
my younger son (16years) was asking me what the point of the video was; I explained about pans & the age of the motors & how they're reknowned for being hard to start etc etc & Irishjon had been tryin to start that bike for ages & then that guy had a couple of beers & jumped on it & managed to start it...lol...now he understands...

I got pissed off at it again today so I have been on the computer all night instead of fighting with bad tempered old bikes.

Hey great turn out guys. Now that I know that Pan runs we might have to do a swap Jon.
Hey when do you start work down here mate

Waiting to hear back from them but its likely to be in a months time.

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Few pics I took. Great dAy

Hey sorry I missed most of you. saw some of you riding in on Sat am as i headed home to check on the little guy and fix the Matchy. came back and saw Shaun , Paul Jon and Sara leaving.

Whats next on the agenda? Pukekohe or Paeroa?

I go to Paeroa every year, be good to catch up with anyone else whos going.

John, when I got your pan started I gave it about 8 pumps on the gas then held the throttle wide open, enough to flood it then lean out with each kick until the mixture is right so it will run.

I had a really good time at Kumeu, got to meet a few people I haven't met before, cheers to everyone that attended.

Paeroa for a Beer then

Went to paeroa once when I was crewing for bruce anstey in 2004?,never wanted to go back what a shithole track mate dave crashed his classic sidecar last year and the other person involved died,dave will be of work for another year to 18mths told him it was dangerous but he had to find out for himself.

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milk bar cowboy wrote:

Hey sorry I missed most of you. saw some of you riding in on Sat am as i headed home to check on the little guy and fix the Matchy. came back and saw Shaun , Paul Jon and Sara leaving.

Did you catch up with Andy? He arrived just as we were packing up. He was having a blast.

Paulomatic wrote:

John, when I got your pan started I gave it about 8 pumps on the gas then held the throttle wide open, enough to flood it then lean out with each kick until the mixture is right so it will run.

Cheers Paul. I'll try it that way this week. I ordered new points, capacitor and leads today just to make sure it was all good.

Just buy the vulcanworks dizzy with electronic ign $400.00nz bet it starts first kick then.

But the mag is real purdy

US$303 is a great price for that dizzy though. Looks good to but then I'd have to buy coils as well. Might try it if I wasn't broke after Christmas. Mayber later in the year!

Yea I'm just about to order some bits of them and was tossing up whether to get one chucked in with the order,I wanted a set of there billet shovel lifter blocks but they worked out at $450nz might still get them as I just scored some jims solid lifters for $200.00 used for about 400 miles.

Best thing about that dizzy is it can be run single or dual fire.

Shaun came round on Friday night and we had another go at the Pan. I still can't kick it with my dodgy knee but I'm working on building that up. Shaun can get it going after a couple of kicks now so we had a run up and down the street on it. Very cool but it'll take a bit of getting used to, lifting your leg up so high to push in the clutch and then balance that when you've got it in gear. Motor seems to go well. Now to sort out the leaks in the rear brake line.
Hey Shaun. I worked out what that banging noise was. Turns out is was the fuel filter banging against the head. I'm relieved that it was nothing mechanical.

Ahh yes that makes sense now, its right there. i think the key to starting the mag is to get it turning over fast enough so it can generate a charge, i think you need an electric start, hey i know i'll swap your 4 speed kicker for my 5 spd elec? ha ha

Slaytanica wrote:

Ahh yes that makes sense now, its right there. i think the key to starting the mag is to get it turning over fast enough so it can generate a charge, i think you need an electric start, hey i know i'll swap your 4 speed kicker for my 5 spd elec? ha ha

Hahaha, Now that's a good idea there old man. Cheers Shaun good to catch up with you today and thanks for bringing that jacket back.

Yeah mate you too, stop in anytime aye. always keen to talk bikes and shit.