Tassie Monster - The Thylacine has new paws.

[sydmonster]

Yellow monsters unite....


ok i fail red doesnt = yellow. I just wanted in... - chris


ps, nice bike, nice mods! DSS with low-mounts for the WIN!

[Yellow Meanie]

Haha - thanks Chris, you can just pretend to be yellow for a while.

EGAS, those rims sound cool, I'll have to check em out!
And maybe I need a new avatar to match my new tail...

Went for a little blat up to Scottsdale today (sorry Bazz, didn't quite make it to St. Helens).
There was a bit of rain on the range as I came back - man that road is like ice when its wet

I though I better get another pic of the MiVV's too

[Jen]

Haha - thanks Chris, you can just pretend to be yellow for a while.

EGAS, those rims sound cool, I'll have to check em out!
And maybe I need a new avatar to match my new tail...

Went for a little blat up to Scottsdale today (sorry Bazz, didn't quite make it to St. Helens).
There was a bit of rain on the range as I came back - man that road is like ice when its wet

I though I better get another pic of the MiVV's too

Nice pic buddy, we will all have to meet up and go for a spin sometime soon.

[Yellow Meanie]

 

Sounds good Jen, I've got heaps of time over the next few weeks, just let me know.

[bazz20]

well wheres the porn , and how do they sound , hope to see you for another ride soon cheers bazz

[Yellow Meanie]

well wheres the porn , and how do they sound , hope to see you for another ride soon cheers bazz

Here you go Bazz, I 'spose this is the porn you're after?

[bazz20]

well dont they look the ducks guts , have you taken the balffles out yet and you still got those dunflops on and when are you up for another ride some where im starting to get withdrawale symtoms cheers bazz , ps ceep the moding going looking good 

[Yellow Meanie]

Thanks Bazz, I'm very happy with them. They look great, they're very well made and sound real "deep and growly" too
I haven't taken the baffles out yet, but even now they sound heaps better then the stock cans.

And yeah, the dunlops are still scaring the shit out of me each time go for a ride
The bloke out at Scottsdale quoted me $235/$315 for standard Pilot Powers, and $285/$377 for 2CT PP's.

I changed my belts today too - pretty bloody easy if you ask me...   And now that I'm looking at the photo, I see that my battery is a bit low too!

I was going to paint the belt covers black.... but it was such a nice day I decided to go for a ride up to beaconsfield and back through Frankford. Nice little set of twistys there near "Kelly's Lookout"

[bazz20]

what method did you youse to get belt tension they look a bit too loos in that photo , re kellys look out that would be the way to bring mick in cheers bazz

[Yellow Meanie]

Oh yeah, they're still loose in the pic. I tightened them up after that.
I did the old - 5mm allen key on the horizontal / and 6mm on the vertical trick. I did about 100km today and she ran pretty well, I will check them again in the morning though.

I might have to do a bit more "reconnaissance" out that way, to find out where the good roads are.

[dragonworld.]

And now for a big noise from the induction?? K&N with a box top mod mebbe??   

[Yellow Meanie]

Changed my plugs and fuel filter today.

The old filter had '98 stamped on it, so obviously it was due to be changed
Wasn't that a bastard of a job - trying to get my arm into the tank to pull out the filter. Then it took me a good half hour to work out how the filter was actually mounted in there. When I did work it out, it was actually quite easy though

Here's what the old plugs looked like. The outside of them is actually quite clean, which leads me to believe that they are fairly new. As you can see the tops of the plugs are really black - running a bit rich? What do you guys reckon?



Then I removed the baffles from the MiVV's....






















Man - they are LOUD But still sound sweeeeeet.

When I first started her up, I thought "holy shit - that's loud".
The bike sounds totally different now. Heaps louder, heaps deeper, heaps nastier, now I really do feel like a hooligan



At idle, the ground trembles beneath me...
Cruising along around 3000-3500 rpm, the deep deep Ducati twin sounds spectacular...
When "giving her some" I'm surprised the bitumen beneath me doesn't shatter into a million pieces as I literally tear along...
The grumble on deceleration is just sublime...
And the little "bop" when blipping the throttle on  down-shift makes men turn their heads, and makes women think "who is that bad-ass on the motorcycle" 




My flatmate was driving the other way on the highway this arvo.
As we passed he said to his girlfriend "I gotta admit, Davo's bike does sound bloody cool"


hehe

[Jukie]

yes the plugs look a bit wet. running a bit rich there Mr meanie. but glad you took those baffles out, aaahh the sweet sound i can hear them from here.

[bazz20]

thats what i like to here the ducati music as for the plugs if you check them arfter riding around launy thats how they should look i gauntee they will go white arter a ride down here but how old is your air filter cheers bazz ps are we going to escort mmick when he comes down here 

[Yellow Meanie]

So should I check them after a good blast then?
My air filter looks brand new.
Yeah, I should be able to meet Mmick at Devonport

You busy tomorrow? Weather's looking good, thought I might head up the A3