Arthur's Seat and Mornington State Forest

Ride planning / dream roads

Tyers - Dargo - Omeo

https://goo.gl/maps/LG7JNjdeLMm
http://www.melbsportsbike.net.au/2016calendar.html#name_anchor12

Black Spur - Reefton with Z900

Lorne - Apollo Bay

Riding on the Great Ocean Road towards Lorne and Apollo Bay, 30deg

443km / 28L / $41.68 (RON 98)

= 6.3L ($9.4) /100km 

Dual Sport Shinko E705 on GPZ900R Sportsbike

Fitted Shinko E705 dual-sport tyres on the GPZ. The handling felt 'interesting' at first. I felt like someone had installed a gimbal on the forks. But by 2 hours and halfway to Reefton it felt normal/great!

Front: Shinko E705 150/70-H18 (1507018)--$175
Rear: Shinko E705 120/70-17 (1207017)---$155

I fitted them for longetivity as they have very deep thread (1cm). My last Dunlop Tyres only lasted 3,500km on this heavy bike.

Mt. Baw Baw

390km, 20deg, 7hrs door to door

How I got my club rego

1) Join CCJMC here. A well-organised club and great members
http://ccjmc.net/members/

2) Organise RWC.
I went to BikeCraft Mordialloc (53 Governor Rd, Mordialloc VIC 3195)

3) Fill in the paperwork from Vicroads
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/regi...-a-club-permit

For this you need to organise signature from Club official. To do this you need to login to CCJMC website (once a member) and book inspection.

4) Get fully comp insurance from RACV. You need to phone as there is none on the website regarding this. Mention it's a club bike and they'll redirect you to a department. I got mine insured for $5k agreed value for a mint $91/year :)

GPZ900R A7 Restoration

Duplicolor Red Brake Caliper paint is very close or identical to Kawasaki Firecracker Red

Update 13/5/17 - The Acryllic version is Duplicolor Monza Red (DSF45). It dries more quickly

MRA Clear Screen ebay/webike $160 shipped

Gembrook - Reefton - Marysvile and back

Met Robert & 6 other crews who headed to Noojee. Went alone to Reefton & Marysville and met another Robert there. 23deg blue sky and bikes were everywhere.

Police miss his GPZ

Eildon to Jamieson

leaving home 9am, returning 8pm. Glorious weather, 22deg. 

Met Strika and Lee who travelled from WA to see MotoGP

586km / 36L / $49.67 (RON98)

6.14L ($8.47) / 100km 

Arthur's Seat - Flinders - Cape Schank

Arthur's Seat - Flinders - Cape Schank

180km / 11L / $13.83

6.11L ($7.68) / 100km

Engine painting

Noojee - Trafalgar with Eastern Sportbike Riders

Manual fuel tap

While my GPZ's fuel tap is working perfectly, I put this in just in case... to avoid flooded cylinders and the resulting hydro-lock plus bent rods!


Edit: Was a bad idea and removed. Rode for 60km and the bike sputtered like running on 2 cylinders!. Spent 30 minutes on the side of the road to remove the tank and run the original setup.

Fuel Economy: Kawasaki Ninja vs Yamaha R6 vs Honda Jazz vs Toyota Prado

Kawasaki GPz900R A7 (year 1990)
Completely stock engine/carbs/pipes
Bonbeach - Gembrook - Reefton
385km / 25L / $28 (ron 95)
= 15.2km / L
= 6.57 / 100km (42.99 mpg UK / 35.8 mpg US)
= $7.27 / 100km

Yamaha R6 (year 2000)
Stock engine/carb, Screaming Demon pipe with noise restrictor
Bonbeach - Reefton - Black Spur
300km / ?L / $23 (ron 95)
= $7.67 / 100km

Honda Jazz GE 1.3L Auto (year 2013)
Fitted with Pivot 3-drive THC throttle controller,  set in EC5 mode
(note that this is a genuine one. EBay versions might be fake and I had to refund it)
Dashboard indicated 5.7L / 100km
Bonbeach - Wilsons Promotory - Inverloch
417km / 25.5L / $28 (ron 91)
= 16.4km / L
= 6.12L / 100km (46.16 mpg UK / 38.4 mpg US)
= $6.71 / 100km

Melbourne - Cann River - Canberra (713km, 10hrs)
Canberra - Adaminaby - Tumbarumba - Albury - Melbourne (1,049km, 11.5hrs)
About 50km of dirt and gravel road, used manual shifter
EC4 setting on Pivot 3-drive Throttle Controller
1,762km / 119.39L / $134.32
= 14.75 km/L
= 6.78L / 100km (dashboard indicated 6.3L/km)
= $7.62 / 100km

Toyota Landcruiser Prado 3.4L Auto (year 1996) 8 seats
Fitted with non-injection LPG

Melbourne - Goolwa (SA)  round trip with Trailer
1,635km / 327.1L LPG / $226.71
= 4.99km / L
= 20L / 100km (14.1 mpg UK / 11.7 mpg US)
= $13.8 / 100km

Bonbeach -Walhalla gravel track/camp
366km / 79.1L LPG / $44.2
= 4.6km / L
= 21.6L / 100km (13 mpg UK / 10.8 mpg US)
= $12.07 / 100km

Using Petrol (91)
Bonbeach - Bendigo via south melb. heavy traffic, strong winds througout
202km / 29L / $33.63
= 6.96 km/L
= 14.4 L/100km
= $16.6 /100km

Bonbeach - Canberra via East coast return trip
Using LPG and about 300km of petrol
2,100km / $375
= $17/100km

The Black Spur and Lake Mountain

297km

Mornington - Arthur's Seat - Flinders

A brief break of the weather in a very wet week.

175km / 12l / $14