The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => General Announcements => Topic started by: balibeemer on August 18, 2008, 09:03:59 PM
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It was with great envy that I read, a couple of weeks ago about all the fine R 65 owners getting together for a clan gathering. Alas, such a thing is not possible in Bali because there is only one Clan member - me. However, undaunted, I decided to have a singular clan gathering and here are some of my pics during the run.
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And another one............
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;D Good for you! ;D
What year is your bike? I'd love to see more pics as well. Are there many good roads to ride there?
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What a beautiful place to have a clan gathering, even if it is only 1. I'll bet it's a great place to ride all year round.
Seeing the pictures makes me (almost) feel like I'm there. 8-) I can feel the tropical breezes blowing.
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Well, at least you don't have to worry 'bout any feuds breaking out between differing factions! ;D
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Looks like your rally was a success! ;D Wish I'd been there but I musta missed the announcement posters. I like your attitude!
rich
"But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest". - Buddha
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Absolutely!
This way, you will meet only the finest people, and can keep all the riffraff and obnoxious folks out!
;) ;) ;)
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Great pictures Bali. Nice classic look to your scooter.
Give us some background about you & the R65.
Ed 8-)
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I am going to attempt to answer all the replies to my post.
1. Yes, there are some beautiful rides here in Bali. This is mitigated by the total lunatic Balinese drivers. They make Kamikaze pilots look cautious!
2, I moved from an R 25/2 to the R 65. See Pic.
MORE TO FOLLOW
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NOW, SOME MORE DETAIL ON THE R 65:
I bought from a local chap who owned, but hardly rode it for 5 years - without any servicing.
It was a basket case. The seat was torn, it had been painted by hand - probably using a toilet brush. The left hand spark plug was held in with teflon tape and epoxy. The right hand cylinder mounting bolt threads were stripped. Both carb intake tubes were leaking. the front tyre had been put on backwards. The electrics were a mess. The finned exhaust nuts were finless and you could still see the teeth marks from the pipe wrench.
Well, I come from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and us Rhodies do know how to improvise without compromise.
There are lots of local "workshops" here , but alas, no mechanics. so, the first purchase was a Haynes manual and a parts CD. One good thing about Indonesia is that skilled labor (Machining, Welding. Painting etc.) is cheap.
I have added some home made accessories BUT, they are all my own design and everything except the stainless welding is done by me cos I don't trust the Indons to do a professional job.
It has taken me 4 months, including a complete rewiring job and I am now finished
I only need to build a stock of consumables now ( Tyres, spare cables, service kits, brake pads and seals) and I am good to go. It appears to me that once this bike is completely dialled in, an annual service should suffice - apart from that, it will only need fuel and oil. I really like this bike but its a lonely ride - So much so that I am going to repeat the experience - I'm buying a 1987 R 80 next month!
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Somehow I missed posting this pic it is a from / to description.
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Nice fabrication. What about the flight helmet?
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Justin,
The flight helmet is (don't laugh!) a Chicom Air Force helmet. The shell is fiberglass and it came with a liner that looked like it was made from rice straw!
Out went the liner and I found an upholsterer who made me a double skinned quilted liner out of fake leather (it's washable)
I then injected (using a very fine needle)3 cc's of a mixture of liquid colloidal silica, baking powder and 15% brine into each cell of the quilting. The baking powder makes the mixture foam slightly, and the brine reacts with the colloidal silica to form a rigid gel.
Voila! a foamed gel liner that fits my head exactly. It is NOT DOT approved but it does absorb impact well.(I tested the prototype on a coconut shell filled with eggs!) The liner puts the entire weight of the helmet up to about 950 grams.
The helmet comes with 2 flip down visors( dark & clear) after that, it is just a matter of painting and using a small hubcap logo for the front of the helmet. I used silver paint 'cos it is more visible (also German Racing colors). Installed padded earphones for my mobile bluetooth connection as an afterthought.
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And if any of you guys want to know what it is like to ride here in Bali, you can go to my website and the following link:
http://www.baliclassics.com/files/scooter%20insanity.pdf
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Hi
Very impressing indeed.
I read your "Scooter Insanity" document and that made me happy to live in an environment, where the greatest risk for MC-drivers are young women in cars who from one reason or other are oblivious to MC-drivers and elderly men in small Japanese cars driving around, thinking that any sign giving is superflous because every body know where they are going.
The statistics are shocking :o
greetings from a sunny and windy north where temperatures very seldom exceed 86 F
trolle
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Very interesting about how you made the liner. I give you two thumbs up for ingenuity and execution! [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] ;D
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Bali is a weird place to live - You can't go down to the local hardware shop/ beemer supplier to buy stuff. Import duty on bike parts is 125%, so there are a lot of limitations BUT other things are real easy.
For example, I got a guy to rewind the stator and rotor coils on my alternator - it cost $30! and he did a fantastic job.
Making the shrouds for the exhausts was incredible. The guy hammered them out of stainless sheet, using a ball pein hammer and a piece of wood. He then rubbed them down - by hand and polished them with a buffer on an electric drill.
I'm not here out of choice, I actually work here but even that can be interesting.
And at least the rain is warm.
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Hi
Very interesting mods - and nice pics.
Bali might be weird, but I suppose it's still far better than Zim at the moment.
Hope you will come back one day !
Regards from an ex "neighbour".
Danie.
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The day that Robert and his cronies disappear, I will be back there like a rat up a drainpipe. But at least i can make my own biltong here and watch the Bokke on sattelite TV. The 3 B's are the most important things in my life - BMW's, the Boks and Biltong.
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Great to find another rugby supporter on this forum !
The Boks will be playing against Australia tomorrow (in Durban) and I will be there - for sure !
May the best team win (as long as it is the Boks) :)
Regards
Danie
PS. Still need to visit my favourite biltong shop before the match.
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OK I looked it up. I'd try that stuff. I love jerky, though my favorite was marinated in habanero juice before drying.
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http://www.biltongusa.com/ And you can even get yours right here in the US of A!
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I enjoyed the biltong ......... not the rugby :-[
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I was so depressed after the game, I nearly bought a Harley..........................
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But I also enjoyed the biltong... Homemade too! Form, quite naturally a home made biltong box
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Did you write that article, Balibeemer? Wow. Yet, with all that going on, the population does not seem to be going down. The roads must be too safe! ;D
Keep taking care of yourself, though.
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Ed, Yes, I did write it ( someone described it as "amusingly informative"). At present, 20 people are dying in motorcycle accidents EVERY WEEK in Bali. I will be posting some pictures later (a.k.a. when I have taken them!) to show just how things are. The local police were very suprised when I went to them with a complete road safety program but were not interested 'cos they can't make money out of it.
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Love the picture of the family outing.
I can remember seeing similar family outings on Vespa motor scooters when I was about 20 degrees north and 8 degrees west of you in my youth..
;D
Ed