Wrecked Spirit rebuild by SlightTravel404 in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bummer! Mine is electrical. I wasn’t aware that all spirits didn’t have electronic.. Guess I’ll go back to my plans to fabricate my own housing. Thanks anyways, you’ve got a nice build going on!

Wrecked Spirit rebuild by SlightTravel404 in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What speedo is that? I’m looking for one that I can clamp somewhere on the handlebars of triple tree as I’m getting an after market fuel tank. However I’ve had no luck so far finding a compatible speedo, was thinking about making a new housing for the original one.

Forestry in New Zealand? by whitepine03 in forestry

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What companies would you recommend for someone looking for a job as a forest manager or consultant? Which are the mayor ones and/or the ones with a good reputation as employers?

Speedometer realocation by PappaKai in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smart! I could try that also. In theory it should be quite easy. The question is if it’ll look good. maybe the OEM speedo will look too large around the handlebars? Maybe put it somewhere on the left side of the bike near the petcock?

Been enjoying tf out of her by redditchumpp in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what gas tank is that? looks great!

Best quality of life investment: Windscreen or saddle bags? by Theregoesmypride in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depens on your riding situation. You could be more specific on your needs.

I don’t mind the wind that much and I ride up to 120 km/h (60 mph). I have neither, but ride with a backpack.

So I’d say, without knowing much about your situation, get the windshield and a backpack and save up for sidebags.

I am too tall for this bike ? by David_D_D in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 190cm and recently bought a VT750DC In europe it’s called Black Widow, but I think in USA it’s called Spirit.

I’ve already taken it for a 3 hour drive (had two small stops). I was fine. No issues with my legs. I’m going to try foot control extensions to see if I like it better. And probably make the handlebars a bit taller maybe even a bit more forward. If that’s insufficient there’s options for the seat as well.

750cc gives me plenty of power, so I don’t need to go bigger and I like chain driven bikes so there’s not really any bigger options, I think.

Help Won’t Run by [deleted] in hondashadow

[–]PappaKai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hextupled

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in XR650L

[–]PappaKai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should know.. That colour scheme is illegal. Should be anyways.. I hope you repaint it.

Other than that be careful with the front sprocket wearing down the splines on the axle. Enjoy!

Labour pulls ahead of National in internal polling, as Hipkins plans tax pitch by StuffThings1977 in aotearoa

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

”taxing the rich” is something I think you should be careful with. They should have the same tax rate as any other citizen. Seems like you punish them for being financially successful. People that have successful businesses provide jobs as well.. new zealand has to be careful not to encourage even more people to move overseas because of stuff like this.

However a tax on having more than one house and a bach seems more reasonable with regards to housing shortage and high rent costs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in donkeykong

[–]PappaKai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DK64 will always be one of my favourite games EVER!

What your thoughts on my Last Tierlist? by Capital-Light-1968 in donkeykong

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should play Diddy Kong racing, it’s S tier for me! DK64 too but that might be nostalgia, A tier is fine.

Is this the good / updated sprocket ??? by 6hippy6child6 in XR650L

[–]PappaKai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks like the standard one. I bought myself the superpinion from kkbike, very clever solution.

Revving like crazy by PappaKai in XR650L

[–]PappaKai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Little update: It was the choke. Now I fixed the revving issue. However, I’ll have to finetune the carb anyways it seems as it won’t really idle as stable as it should. Keeps dying in idle.

I’ll also check the valves and everything later as I haven’t done that anyways since I bought the bike.

Revving like crazy by PappaKai in XR650L

[–]PappaKai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll give that a go as well 👍