Australian Belly Tank

[Dr Goggles]

thanks for that......I saw that pic of impound you posted the other day and thought ..."mmmmm I can smell it....oh, that's right, I'm not going.&#&^%^$%&!@!^*@#^*^*!@$^%!#&**!@$^* nt"

[Tman]

I will drink one of those IPAs in your stead. 

[Dr Goggles]

I will drink one of those IPAs in your stead. 

Good man.

[racergeo]

 I just looked at the picture of the blue Studie on the home page and I think I'm starting to come out of my winter depression. In fact I feel so good I think I'll go and shovel some of the 18 inches of snow in my driveway!

[grumm441]

thanks for that......I saw that pic of impound you posted the other day and thought ..."mmmmm I can smell it....oh, that's right, I'm not going.&#&^%^$%&!@!^*@#^*^*!@$^%!#&**!@$^* nt"

I should mention for anyone who is looking, the picture
is on another forum.
G

[Dr Goggles]

I just looked at the picture of the blue Studie on the home page and I think I'm starting to come out of my winter depression. In fact I feel so good I think I'll go and shovel some of the 18 inches of snow in my driveway!

you OK George?

here's the pic...

[wobblywalrus]

Doc, its a good idea to take a year off and pay attention to your new family.  All three of you are young and have lots of years remaining to race.

There are some younger racers at BUB.  Generally a nice bunch.  I have learned to keep my advice to myself, though.

[Dr Goggles]

It'd be decidedly rude of me in particular not to accept advice since I seem to offer it so freely .........I don't feel young, but in the general scheme of things I guess I am, if you check the details you'll see that I'm one year older than Sid( so listen up and respect your elders Sidnoy).......

I just hope we get to set a record with this thing that is half respectable, taking a year off isn't the best way of doing that but que sera.

[ol38y]

So James, have you picked up sum Nuckin' Futs yet? You might needum iffn ya have to sit out a year!   

[kiwi belly tank]

Agh damit, I thought I had you by a few too mate.
"Sit out a year" wadaya nuts!!  Did that big bad bug thing'o you had a while back affect your judgement??
  Sid.

[Dr Goggles]

So James, have you picked up sum Nuckin' Futs yet? You might needum iffn ya have to sit out a year!  

funny how that story got around, good publicity for them...we seem to have a history of strangely named snacks here...

Agh damit, I thought I had you by a few too mate.
"Sit out a year" wadaya nuts!!  Did that big bad bug thing'o you had a while back affect your judgement??
 Sid.

Aw shucks Sid, you think I had judgement! I'm flattered

I spent yesterday tooling around with the little tank. Simon, the photographer who I went to Bonneville with wants to use it as a centerpiece in an exhibition he's having in Sydney . I've pulled the motor out and have welded the top up again . It looks a whole lot funkier without that motorbike engine poking out of it. 18guauge plate is a challenge, when it's 65 years old and has been a little rusty its another step harder again but I got there thank Ford for those 1mm discs, otherwise it would have been a real job to make it work....I also spent a bit of time tapping it out a little better so it's starting to look a little tidier, I'll try and get some shots up later.


gitgarn

[Dr Goggles]

I got a call from Grumm today who was burrowing through the stack of throttle bodies at the non-Japanese bike shop that gives him money to hang around, it seems he was doing a wiring job on a Duke that he had suggested twelve years ago needed some attention, it came in for that attention and I think that's why he was looking for a distraction. Anyone with even a semblance of sanity is lying in an ice bath here today but no, he was in the loft of what I imagine would be an uninsulated workshop. It sure got him thinking. It seems that we are back on the path of multiple throttles and stacks for the V6, he was suggesting what might be Speed Triple or Sprint Triumph TB's( just between yous and me I dropped a new Sprint a few years back and that might be a bad omen) and then some Duke numbers at around 50mm.

I started a thread in 07 called "Butterflies, lots of them" and came up with some helpful advice...I just had a look at it and I'm getting in a lather about it all again.....don't expect anything to happen too quickly, I just thought I'd let you know.

[grumm441]

Well, you know.
Occasionally, when the forum is a bit slow, it's good to get you going
G

[grumm441]

And of course there was the Melbourne hot rod show on the weekend
Usually the carpark is better then the show. and free.
However, as I got in for free, and I feel that was too much, I got to see the latest thing in Australian hotrods?
G

[Peter Jack]

You guys are pretty upscale. I've never been to a car show that wasn't on concrete, asphalt or grass. 

Pete