29 May Done Farkling
We just fitted the last farkles for the TAT...
06 May Shakedown #1 was a success!
This was a electrical / mechanical test. Gear is next. 240km around Banks Peninsula. We gave them a good thrashing on seal and gravel. Had to bail heading up the old Le Bons track.. it was starting to look like our Random Spur epic (https://youtu.be/zmScjbtcSwE?t=1m19s) just steeper, rockier and more slippery due to the wet clay. Would have been easier with knobby tires! We decided the goal was to 'Shake' not 'Break' the Groms so took a small detour. Only issues were...
28 Apr I don’t like Messes
This TAT prep is all consuming. Pretty much every room in the house is littered with gear, parts, tech and papers! As soon as the bikes are shipped we'll have to do a major clean up. Now where did I leave my 10mm socket!?...
27 Apr Getting There
Nearly done with the pre TAT upgrades and servicing. Just over a month before we ship. Hopefully enough time for a few shakedown tests to make sure we haven't made any mistakes.
13 Apr Where’s my Hammer?
Pre-TAT service and upgrades underway. First up, new wheel bearings. Probably not necessary but with all the river riding we've done we figured we may as well change them. With the wheels off I reckon the Groms could travel as excess baggage ...
03 Apr And Just Like That…
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my little Grom is all grown up. Vicki's Grom is about 300km behind...
02 Apr TT2000 Rally Video
Finally finished editing the video from the TT2000 rally in February. It was just so much fun Armed only with enthusiasm, a well-planned route and fresh call signs from http://www.topgunday.com/ we embarked on our first TT 2000 mission. The TT (Twisting Throttle) 2000 is a 10 year old, long distance motorcycle rally in New Zealand. Each year the event changes but is always 2000 km in 48 hours. This year’s requirement was to collect 50000 points from locations based on the...
31 Mar Beers and Crates
One step closer with some "action" this weekend. We finally have a crate. 2 of 3 local bike dealers were happy to let us dig around in their scrap piles. We eventually settled on a crate from a Honda CRF250RL. Just wide enough for 2 Groms with enough extra length for all our gear. We got to work ripping all OEM base out and chopped almost a cube in volume off the top. Took a number of angle grinder blades and a...
12 Mar TT2000 Rally Update
Been a little quiet on the TAT prep for the past month or so but we are getting back onto it now. Team TOP GUN was preoccupied with our first long distance rally (www.tt2000.org) here in New Zealand a couple weeks ago. We had the smallest capacity bikes in the rally, with the exception of a crazy friend who did it on a GN125! Vicki tracked her route www.kiwigrom.com/TT2000/SkidTT2K2018.html. To complete the rally requires 2000km in 48 hours picking up checkpoints all over the...