My nephew Alex is starting to outgrow his little CRF125 (which spends some of its time with the wheels on the ground), so Dad was working on one of the farm bikes to give him something with a bit more poke. A bit of weight has been taken off the bike and you can probably see the nifty little muffler Dad made up for it - it actually sounds ok, The seat may need a cover at some stage...
Then of course it needed a road test...
And then that afternoon (and on boxing day), I spent a bit of time chasing Alex around the farm. It was great at wearing me out as I was already a bit sore from the ride up in the Maungatuks and it was pretty darn warm. Some neat hills to blast around on though and I also got to see my niece have her very first go on the 125 - go Rosie!
The rest of the time was pretty much spent eating, roaming around the farm, eating, watching movies, eating, a bit more roaming, eating, a game of cricket and some more eating. It is a great spot though!
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| Hydrocarbons coming out of the ground - I love hydrocarbons! |
See that dangling thing under the cows schnoz? It ain't no bell, these girls are connected! These magical devices can be used to move the cows around the farm (yes, I'm serious), keep them out of paddocks they shouldn't be in and obviously let Stu know where they are along with some info on the cows health. This means Stu's dog is now a pet...He's got this and some other pretty amazing tech that helps look after the cows and the farm - it's very cool.
Here's some of the girls busy making milk (and petrol for my bike) and in the second half of the video you can see the light show that Stu can dial up at night if he wants - or for Xmas...
And that is just about it of 2024 except to say that the bike needed plenty of waterblasting after its "work" on the farm!
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