Well worth it I reckon - I had a ball!
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
The Spoils
Yep, I rode 2,000km in 48 hours and I got these (and a couple of stickers):
Well worth it I reckon - I had a ball!
Well worth it I reckon - I had a ball!
Saturday, March 03, 2012
New/Old Farkle
Yes, it's a rainy day here so I've got time to muck around on the computer...
Before the TT2000 I finally got around to installing a farkle that had been sitting on the bench for quite a while. It is a GPS mount from Projekt D that offers a bit more secure mounting than the original RAM setup I had. I have nothing against RAM mounts - they are very good (especially for cameras) for mounting things in different positions and offer a lot of flexibility. But if you look at the picture below you can see that there is a single allen bolt holding an expanding rubber inside the steering stem and this does loosen off after time. The mount is also prone to vibration occasionally.
Now, the reason I hadn't installed the mount previously was that I had tried to undo some of the big allen bolts holding the handle bars on but just couldn't budge them. I decided that it was better to stop and wait until I could get some help or better tools rather than risk rounding off the allen heads.
Anyway, the day before I left for Nelson, Brian suggested giving it another go as he had installed the same mount ok on his bike. He brought around his impact driver and some decent bits for it and we set to work. Well, the bolts were still damn tight - much tighter than Brian said his ones were. We smacked them around a bit with the impact driver and then I put the allen bit in my socket and leant into it hard...and then harder still! Man they were tight! But, eventually we cracked one and then the other four. After that the installation was a doddle...
Suffice it to say but the new mount is a whole lot more rigid and secure than the old setup and after bending it slightly to get a nice angle (and so the glove box can be opened) the mount is perfect! On the trip I never noticed any vibration and everything looks like it came from the factory like it...neato!
Before the TT2000 I finally got around to installing a farkle that had been sitting on the bench for quite a while. It is a GPS mount from Projekt D that offers a bit more secure mounting than the original RAM setup I had. I have nothing against RAM mounts - they are very good (especially for cameras) for mounting things in different positions and offer a lot of flexibility. But if you look at the picture below you can see that there is a single allen bolt holding an expanding rubber inside the steering stem and this does loosen off after time. The mount is also prone to vibration occasionally.
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| Original RAM mount |
Anyway, the day before I left for Nelson, Brian suggested giving it another go as he had installed the same mount ok on his bike. He brought around his impact driver and some decent bits for it and we set to work. Well, the bolts were still damn tight - much tighter than Brian said his ones were. We smacked them around a bit with the impact driver and then I put the allen bit in my socket and leant into it hard...and then harder still! Man they were tight! But, eventually we cracked one and then the other four. After that the installation was a doddle...
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| New bolts and spacers came with the mount |
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| With Garmin holder bolted onto mount |
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| Tada! |
TT2000 Write-up
I've just finished my complete write-up of the TT. A bit short and sweet but here it is: 2012 TT2000
Friday, March 02, 2012
Orana Park
Trobairitz asked the other day if I had any pictures of the animals from Orana Park and there are some here but I also got some shaky video from my little digital camera of the Siamang Gibbons and the Meerkats.
The gibbons were fantastic and were really going off when we got there. They can make a heck of a racket and were really giving it heaps - very hard case! not long after their little show they'd obviously worn each other out and went and hit the hay - I'm glad we got to see them in action. The Meerkats were very industrious little chaps and when I saw the guy on the video start digging I had to get that on video too.
The gibbons were fantastic and were really going off when we got there. They can make a heck of a racket and were really giving it heaps - very hard case! not long after their little show they'd obviously worn each other out and went and hit the hay - I'm glad we got to see them in action. The Meerkats were very industrious little chaps and when I saw the guy on the video start digging I had to get that on video too.
Maps
I got an email last night that has confirmed that the three musketeers successfully completed the TT2000 so that badge is on it's way - wahoo!
In the meantime I've been mucking around in GoogleMaps and can now share the route that we took. The maps are pretty accurate as I used GPS co-ordinates for the checkpoints - the only one that is not accurate is the Rainbow station one as GoogleMaps does not believe you can ride a bike to the checkpoint...Clicking on the little green bikes brings up the photo I took at that checkpoint.
More to come...
In the meantime I've been mucking around in GoogleMaps and can now share the route that we took. The maps are pretty accurate as I used GPS co-ordinates for the checkpoints - the only one that is not accurate is the Rainbow station one as GoogleMaps does not believe you can ride a bike to the checkpoint...Clicking on the little green bikes brings up the photo I took at that checkpoint.
More to come...
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