Sam's 40th - Day 4

Rode back to Tauranga

Left Puniho 9:30am and went to the rhodedendron gardens at Pukeiti ($14)

Spent about 1.5 hours there.

Stopped at the Centre of the North Island in the Pureora National Park. [Photos to come]

Then on to Tauranga

Got home approx 9:00pm 53387 km

Rear brake pads were toast when I got home.

Bought some new EBC "Fusion" pads from Bayride ($53). EBC Part No. FA101TT

Advertised as "New Carbon Graphite "Tout Terrain" or TT" pads.

Supposed to "run cooler making them ideal for MX and ATV"

"Tout" is basically French for "All". Hence, - All Terrain

Sam's 40th - Day 3

Chilled out at the factory

Sam's 40th - Day 2

Went to WOMAD

Sam's 40th - Day 1

Bought a new Metzler Karoo2 front tyre ($140 + 20 fit and balance) from Smithy's.

Rode down to Tim and Chantelles Dairy factory at Puniho near Okato.

430 km took approx 8 hours.

Arrived about 10pm.

Start 52353 km

New Front tyre Fitted 52370 km

Finish ride 52900 km

I took the back roads. Was a really twisty turny ride all up :-)

Part One:

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Part 2:

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New Speedo Cable

Thursday 5th March 2008

Today I picked up a new speedo cable from Bayride Yamaha. ( $34.20).
It is quite a pain not having the speedo working as I use the trip meter as a fuel guage.
Also topped up the oil (500 ml)
Also cleaned the air filter.

Note, odometer stopped at 52160.
Trip started at 49662
Trip covered 4896km + about 100 km extra at home, so odometer should read about 54650 km
So odometer now reads about 2500 km on the low side.