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Offline kiwi belly tank

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2700 on: June 17, 2012, 10:30:47 PM »
Rob, we get the "mole" joke but the stars n stripes brigade haven't got a bloody clue mate. :roll:
Thats good to hear the Omeo thing is coming along Goggs!
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2701 on: June 17, 2012, 11:30:17 PM »
 Yeah, ........

I might have a lead on some MT 30's for the rear of our car which if we ran 28's on the front would give us an extra inch of ground clearance over the whole length which might make Omeo doable for us.Then we'd also need a re-gear to a 3.08 or more.....otherwise we'd be shifting out of second and pulling the chute.

Hey T'fer, I could have given the motor to the Clares yesterday, but it just didn't work out that way.......when they rang me they were already on the freeway and I was on number 2.
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« Reply #2702 on: June 18, 2012, 12:06:27 AM »

I am something like "Special Construction" representitive.


You sure that's not "Special" Construction Representative?
You of all people should know the importance of correct punctuation.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2703 on: June 18, 2012, 02:15:08 AM »
Hey T'fer, I could have given the motor to the Clares yesterday, but it just didn't work out that way.......when they rang me they were already on the freeway and I was on number 2.
No wukka's Goggs, I'll only need it after the CBR drops its guts out, I'll get down your way one day.
Is the "daily planet" near your place ?
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2704 on: June 18, 2012, 02:24:05 AM »

I am something like "Special Construction" representitive.


You sure that's not "Special" Construction Representative?
You of all people should know the importance of correct punctuation.

cheers
jon

yeah, pretty sure.....

You , I already know, have too many motorbikes for me to listen to your grammatical suggestions.Most other contributing factors are easy to understand( like not speaking english, having a brain injury, not having gone to school) but why owning motorbikes makes one a spellchecker of last resort is something I haven't yet sussed fully. :wink:

Hey T'fer, I could have given the motor to the Clares yesterday, but it just didn't work out that way.......when they rang me they were already on the freeway and I was on number 2.
No wukka's Goggs, I'll only need it after the CBR drops its guts out, I'll get down your way one day.
Is the "daily planet" near your place ?

No, but you can get great Vietnamese! :wink: :wink:
Few understand what I'm trying to do but they vastly outnumber those who understand why...................

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2705 on: June 18, 2012, 02:38:53 AM »
now I'm wondering if Kiwi Sid gets the Daily Planrt reference.
G
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2706 on: June 18, 2012, 07:21:03 AM »
Hey, I went to school, year 4 was the worst 3 years of my life.

Went to Uni too, picked up a girl for a date, didn't work out though.
She kept using big words like Vegemite and Corugated-iron.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2707 on: June 18, 2012, 10:18:52 PM »
Hey, I went to school, year 4 was the worst 3 years of my life.

Went to Uni too, picked up a girl for a date, didn't work out though.
She kept using big words like Vegemite and Corugated-iron.

Hmm, then you narried a murse....... You're testing me out aren't you. :roll:

Two R's in corrugated, usually anyway.

Alan Turing was failing English at school, he did alright though,.

OK. I dropped the frame off at the blasters today and after a discussion with the proprietor Sandrew I'm pretty sure I'l just paint the same way I did. Sandrew explained the "Kilrust" system I used is a nifty little concoction that 's particular secret is long molecule oils that dry slowly and stay flexible and fish-oil. A lot of the plate on the car still had mill-scale when I painted it and Sandrew explained that with a raw blasted finish the cold zinc will bond a whole lot better than it did before which will make the following red oxide and color coat that much tougher again.He was surprised at how clean the frame was, so the idea of using a 2pak epoxy has been considered and passed over due to the repairability aspect of the enamel.

We had a chuckle about powder coating. He will also finish the last parts of our exhaust in ceramic.

I had a nervous moment, like I always do......it's to do with changing ANYTHING on the frame because of the packaging problems, it's only at the last minute, and it's always the last minute when it's happening that you go to put something together and someone's neat little tidy up job has f*&%&^%&^@#$ something up..........
Few understand what I'm trying to do but they vastly outnumber those who understand why...................

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2708 on: June 19, 2012, 11:00:17 AM »
No I didn't get the daily planet thing G, you'll have t splain that one.
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Re: Australian Random chatter and not much about belly tanks
« Reply #2709 on: June 19, 2012, 06:06:53 PM »
Google Sid
Google :-o
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2710 on: June 19, 2012, 11:47:46 PM »
Well you learn something every day  :-o

A 'right posh' looking establishment, gets a wiki listing too!  :-P

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2711 on: June 20, 2012, 10:59:28 AM »
Dr. G;

"Alan Turing was failing English at school, he did alright though,."


...but not in English.  :-P

Regards, Neil   Tucson, AZ

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2712 on: June 20, 2012, 10:04:56 PM »
Well I googled it & then I thought, what if I Goggled it! So I googled Dr Goggles & that brought up some weird $hit.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2713 on: June 20, 2012, 10:13:31 PM »
No kidding on the wierd s**t  Sid.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2714 on: June 21, 2012, 05:54:26 PM »
No kidding on the wierd s**t  Sid.
Well I googled it & then I thought, what if I Goggled it! So I googled Dr Goggles & that brought up some weird $hit.
  Sid.

Holysheeeet.....

No, I don't have a flicker account and no, that ain't me on the youtube account and , well, erk.

Oh, and the weird hippy photos, not me.

Stop googling people Sid, I'd never even googled that.......

DLRA ,landracing etc... if it's car stuff it's likely me, anything else under Dr Goggles, not me.
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