Author Topic: Now i nolonger hail from OZ!!!! just moved to NZ!!!! (Read 2382 times)

cben750f0 · « **on:** January 13, 2007, 05:25:16 PM »

just wanted to let you guys into my life the past 4 months.... well i finished my second semester studying biomedical science and RMIT in melbourne OZ, and passed quite well if i do say so myself, and applied for Chiropractic college in NZ, well got accepted and now have a four year plan of study, and not havin a life, am sorta really happy, and excited and freakin out and well, just all over the shop, it didnt help that my missus's passport was stoilen the day b4 i had to fly out, so am over hre by myself, the F1 is now in storage in OZ for the next few years, but have already sorted a bike over here(did i mention i hadnt found a place to live yet!!!), so i wont have a terrible lot to say about SOHC's, but will still float around and chat....

peace

mrbreeze · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2007, 05:59:13 PM »

Good luck to you in your ventures Ben and always look forward to hearing from you. I don't know if I could just lock my bike away for that amount of time but I guess it gives you something cool to look forward to when the time comes. (probably way better than a Christmas present). Take care man.

scunny · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2007, 06:01:50 PM »

welcome to NZed, where in our little wee place ?
you will need some vocal training, repeat after me:
   fish and chips
   six
   sex
   dance
   chance
   Bobs yer uncle
   we drink jugs not schooners
   a tinnie is an aluminium boat(small) not a can of beer
   we drink beer not xxxx
   sadly our cricket team will get their arse kicked by Aussie
   go the All Blacks

mrbreeze · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2007, 06:04:38 PM »

See Ben....you already have new buddies there!!!! Way to go Scunny!!!!!

750goes · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2007, 06:08:17 PM »

Good news and congratulations on your pass, lots of hard work to go I assume..

Hope all works well, you may even be able to help scunny on his project (if he ever gets out of the pub)...

scunny · « **Reply #5 on:** January 13, 2007, 06:13:10 PM »

haha is that why the bike doesn't progress. shifting house didn't help and theres the trout fishing and the salmon are just starting to run the rivers. oops is that the time, my sky digital has crapped out so off to the local to watch the cricket

bill440cars · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2007, 06:59:02 PM »

Alll Righttt cben, You should be walking tall!!

Wondered where you'd been?

You go Dude!
That bike of yours is gonna look like a million dollars to you, when you get to get it back out,
freshen her up and go for a ride. Congratulations on what you've accomplished and LOL on what
you've got left to do.

Later on, Bill

medic09 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2007, 07:33:34 PM »

Congrats! Good luck with school. You certainly have the sympathies of all of us that are back at school. Remember to break for garage therapy every so often...

nickjtc · « **Reply #8 on:** January 14, 2007, 01:06:35 AM »

So does this mean you'll start eating Marmite sarnies instead of Vegemite ones?

74cb750 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 14, 2007, 05:01:23 AM »

Hope your new school teaches you how to crack up

cben750f0 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:39:27 AM »

cheers all, thanks for the support, scunny, i am in auckland, in ellerslie to be short, am goin to the chiro college in margot street, out side new market. and mate if you need help give me a call, am looking for a VFR400, to get me around, and its something different.

yeah the study has proven to be hard, but its bloody great feeling getting it sorted out, i have already found and F like mine that needs cam chain work!!!, man am hopeless, my missus will kill me if i turned up home with another!!!!.

will keep yas,posted... cheers

peace

scunny · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2007, 01:01:33 AM »

auckland, that's unfortunate... to many people for me

Christchurch is the place to be

hope you don't mind a bit of rain now and then, at least that's what I noticed last time I left the cozy confines of the mainland. hope your stay and studies go well for you

petercb750 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:15:06 PM »

agree Scunny - Christchurch is great and would be my pick, but I guess cben has to go where the school is. You can't win them all.
Cben - good luck mate, and hope it all goes well. Remember, our gain is NZ's loss........

cben750f0 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2007, 03:44:13 PM »

LOL bit like the cricket ATM!!!!,at least when england and NZ play, its an interesting game.... i hate white washes!!!!( man if that dont stir ppl up nothin will!!!)

peace BTW:P

yeah it has rained once a day for the past 5 days then the sun comes out, and makes it as muggy as hell.... interesting weather, when i get my new bike i will have to go for a ride and meet some of the NZ patrons of this board.... if they will have me ofcourse!!!!LOL

peace

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2007, 05:59:33 PM »

Well done Ben, hope all you're hard work and study pays off.

We seem to have that place covered now, you at the top, Scunny half way down, Andy right at the bottom

Sam.

cben750f0 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2007, 12:57:55 AM »

just letting you guys know that i am ok.. and everything is grand!!!... just bought a XJR1200 SP.... its got ohlens(?) rear shokes, and fully adjustable front forks, and brembo brakes all round!!!!.... its air cooled and bloody grunt as hell!!!... love it.... here it is...

peace

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2007, 01:59:18 AM »

G'Day Ben, I just stumbled on this thread, so my apologies for not wishing you well earlier. Geez you've come a long way in the last couple of years mate, from a badly broken fitter and turner to an up-and-coming medical professional? Bloody well done! All the best mate, Cheers, Terry.

bill440cars · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2007, 05:57:14 AM »

cben,
Just left a post, on Sam's thread, to you and then I came across this one.

Oh well, good to see that you have a ride to keep you in shape for the Ol' 750

. A guy (or a gal) needs to keep that connection, ya know?

Glad things are well with you and all. You take care and I'll catch you later on.

Bill

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #18 on:** March 10, 2007, 09:12:18 AM »

What happened to the VFR400 idea and are the sheep any better looking in NZ ?

Good luck to you Ben.

Sam.

cben750f0 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 10, 2007, 08:26:04 PM »

VFR was good until i decided that me and the missus wanted to trip around NZ in the holidays... kinda hard on a 400!!! LOL... no the sheep look like sheep.... why do you ask..*wink*

peace

mrblasty · « **Reply #20 on:** March 10, 2007, 11:40:41 PM »

NZ is one of those places I will go to before I croak. My Inlaws just returned from a one month trip there, they loved it.

Serenity · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2007, 01:15:00 AM »

Congrats on your achievements, NZ is the best place to be .....so beautiful...but then thats what all us kiwis think i guess....good luck

cben750f0 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 11, 2007, 01:57:49 AM »

hey thanx all, yeah am in the 7th week of study( or lack of it), and the going is getting pretty interesting.... there is soo much more to the chiropractic profession than i was aware of, and it looks at so many other causes for different things that may ail us in our everyday lives, but its also a great profession to seek out for greater everyday wellness....

am really ebjoying it so far, this is technically the second year of study, as you all know i did a year of biomedical science, but that was a 1st year intro course so i could get over here.

Just a question, and please dont shoot me for this but, what causes a front break to get sticky when it gets hot???, i have found that the XJR was really hard to push around after a ride, and got a mate of mine to sit on the back when the bike was on the centre stand, the front when wont turn properly!!!!, the breaks are stuck on, but if i leave them for a while, it becomes ok, i was wondering why i was gertting really bad fuel economy, and why the bike felt slugish!!!, if a 1200cc bike could feel sluggish.... now if it was the CB i would say that there was something in the return port of the master cyl, but m unsure of why it would do it on the 1200.

i dont have anywere to work on a bike here, and didnt expect to have any trouble, so this is a real pain. was thinking i might change the fluid and see if that helps, or maybe take the caliper off, and try to get the pistons outa little and put some rubber grease on the out side then push them back in and see if that helps..... this XJR has a set of brembo front calipers, and ohlins suspension, so is a little special, i am hopeing that the calipers just need clean and a lube...

Any suggestions?.

peace thanx all...

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #23 on:** March 12, 2007, 04:49:46 AM »

Sounds like you've got either a blocked bleeder hole in your MC, or gungy calipers Ben, take the lid of your MC and (carefully) squeeze the lever, and you should see a squirt of fluid from the bleeder hole, if not you'll need to use a very fine wire or welding tip cleaner to try to unblock it, but if it's clear, then try replacing and bleeding the fluid first, if that doesn't do it, you'll need to clean the insides of the calipers, and around the sides and backs of the pads, then pop the pistons out and give them and the piston seals a clean, (use a little fresh fluid to lubricate the pistons when you re-insert them) and all should be well. From everything I've read, the XJR1300 is an awesome bike! Cheers, Terry.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #24 on:** March 12, 2007, 07:07:46 PM »

Worst senario Ben, you may have a warped disc $:-\$

Sam.

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Author Topic: Now i nolonger hail from OZ!!!! just moved to NZ!!!! (Read 2382 times)

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