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#1 PostAuthor: nicomkii » Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:01 am

Up on brothers farm doing harvest and we blew a hose on his Volvo FH16. So jumped in my ute and dashed back down to Perth (3.5hrs) got a new hose made up using original fittings.
Stopped at home for a feed and quick sleep then thought what the hell. Time for the GPZ to have a country run so up early next morning and leaving the shitty at 4:00am to tackle the wildlife until sunup.


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Park up out in the paddock, makes for interesting dirt riding with the 16": front. Fitted the hose and back home same day.

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Still over the moon with the GPZ reliability, once on the open road she just kept sneaking up to give me the speed limit + a 'little bit' of interest.......
Not bad at all for a 750km (460mile) dash in 10 hours including fitting the hose.
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#2 PostAuthor: Ginger Bear » Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:02 pm

Great pics + we all love a happy ending. :9
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#3 PostAuthor: jimmock » Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:52 pm

What fittings were on the hose?
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#4 PostAuthor: nicomkii » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:26 am

jimmock wrote:What fittings were on the hose?


Poxy Volvo OEM ones that have now been grinded, silver soldered and hydraulically crimped to a more substantial hose than the straw pipe it came with.
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#5 PostAuthor: PETER KZ1A » Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:22 am

Twilight Riding , better watch out for the roos
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#6 PostAuthor: jphaynes669 » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:33 pm

Superb story.....cracking looking bike.
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#7 PostAuthor: Rhencullen » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:50 pm

nicomkii wrote:Not bad at all for a 750km (460mile) dash in 10 hours including fitting the hose.


Australia's a big place innit.........good to see someone making the most of the Summer - and nice A2 :)
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#8 PostAuthor: nicomkii » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:00 am

PETER KZ1A wrote:Twilight Riding , better watch out for the roos

Was too bloody cold for them even. Down to 12c when I got out of Bindoon.
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#9 PostAuthor: scott » Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:49 am

nicomkii wrote:
PETER KZ1A wrote:Twilight Riding , better watch out for the roos

Was too bloody cold for them even. Down to 12c when I got out of Bindoon.


12 degrees is summer weather here :lol:
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#10 PostAuthor: nicomkii » Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:59 pm

Rhencullen wrote:
nicomkii wrote:Not bad at all for a 750km (460mile) dash in 10 hours including fitting the hose.
and nice A2 :)


A2 all cleaned up -
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Took the MkII out for a run the other day, note too that we do get clouds in the sky down here...

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#11 PostAuthor: mick znone » Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:11 pm

yes but theyre not as good as our clouds :elv
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#12 PostAuthor: neilbarrett » Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:42 pm

mick znone wrote:yes but theyre not as good as our clouds :elv


yea
weve got big black fkrs & plenty of em most of the time :??
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