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Actually I believe the emmissions test captures this information and the emissions test information is later captured in the DMT. So it's not so much a issue of 'capturing it' as much as it is linking it.

Chill bro, we've seen you around here for a while and believe you. We aren't calling you a liar. I can understand that you would just give away all paperwork and stuff to the buyer along with the car rather than hoard them in your house; I would too. Maybe we can all make some phone calls to the new seller and ask him about the missing 100k... What do you guys think?

Banish them! To post-whoring!!!!!!

Did your friend buy (and then sell) the car on open papers? The number of previous owners is not something you can easily change. And not that we don't believe you, but your friend having some form of service record or whatever would help substantiate your/his claim on mileage.

The S-Lon PVC "snorkel"? I thought it was a MR2, but it's been many years since it showed up at the AL meet...

hmm.. bigger car, more weight, more efforts needed. Do you see where I'm going

On a motorcycle? I did think of it at one point; but got a very strong objection from my family due to road safety (mainly private buses and lorries).. I even asked ripper, had a route plotted out and even got a place to rent the bikes. Sad thing is, I do understand the safety concerns, so it's hard to object to it.

That's a pretty popular mod on DRZs too.. It's called the 3x3 mod (cos they cut out a 3"x3") piece of plastic from the top of the airbox to let more air in. And maybe ad in a good air filter too..

Yeah, that's plan B,C or D. But we all know the joys of crossing borders with a Sri Lankan passport. So that trip would need a lot more planning. And I agree, nothing like a 2 wheeler. I wouldn't recommend experiencing a new place any other way. And I have also noticed that people are more welcoming to a stranger on a bike than someone who shows up in a big car/bike.

Like I was saying, they started off with road bikes, so I guess they still use it. They'd have 4 of these snapped next to each other and bolted onto the engine like this; You'll notice that that the air intake and manifold aren't a perfect right angle; In fact it's just so that when fitted onto a sports bike (where the cylinders are slightly slanted) the body is upright.

Maybe he drove past a koththu joint.. Or the threewheeler behind him was listening to this...

The bike was now ready to rumble.. and I took it out on its maiden dirt ride.. We had some moderate rain to add some spice. And for me; with more power came less fuel efficiency I'm talking 16kmpl on highway.. So I top up before hitting the trail. Note the colour difference within just a few KM.. ohh my vanity plastics..... An overnight trip requires the bare minimum of cloths and camping gear; And yes, about 20 cups of instant noodles for dinner. It was a beautiful ride indeed.

A decommissioned army vehicle perhaps?

Warning! A bit of a snooze post ahead, cos its got no photos..... So after purchase the bike ran fine for about a week till something happened. I started noticing that once the engine reached running temperature, the engine couldn't idle. At every traffic light, the engine would knock a bit and die. I tried increasing the idle speed, but then the engine once revved up wouldn't come back down. So vut tu du. The culprit; the carb. The previous owner had replaced the stock Mikuni carb (which I was given as a spare by the previous owner) with a 1st gen FCR carb. Now what's FCR? Well, I had the same question. So from what I have gathered the FCR has an additional jet which spits out a bit more petrol into the mixture to give it some extra low end power. The original application for this was to give 4T sports bike a little more kick to be able to keep up with the 2T bikes. Then someone thought, hey why not pop one onto scrambler, and so the FCR craze began. Since then, there has been a 2nd and now a 3rd generation of FCR carbs, each more reliable and powerful than its predecessor. I was wise enough to know that carb jetting was beyond my curious DIY capabilities, so I went to a FCR specialist. He said that I could rejet it, but this being a FCR1 it will need rejetting again pretty soon. Or; I could go for a refurbished FCR3 with better peace of mind, but that would really hit my wallet hard. I don't know what I told myself at that moment to justify Rs.60,000/= on an upgrade, but before I knew it I was giving the go head for a FCR3. The bike would be ready in 5-6 hours. With everything put in place, I took a small test ride; and that's when I realized that the carb isn't just a box that mixes petrol and air. It really is the heart and soul of the bike. It was like I was driving a different bike. The revs go up in a heart-beat; throttle response is more crisp, the exhaust note is more fierce and the bike, well it just flies and feels so much lighter! Every penny spent felt worth it.

Dude what a buzz kill!!!!! Just kidding; it's greatly appreciated. Really! And you're right; after a weekend of researching it's just not worth the time and effort; for starters a decent adventure bike will cost about 130+ a day; plus another few hundred if you dont return the bike to where you picked it up... and that's money just gone. I think i'll save the cash and put it into some christmas gifts for my own bike. Then top it up with the safety concerns and all; just not worth it I guess. Another day/time I guess. Really appreciate the advice!

By reconditioned Japanese Units, you mean units yanked out of cars sitting in the harbour and sold to the first stereo shop who want their dirty hands on the units.. The term reconditions itself if fairly outdated; unlike sylvi's time where you can take apart a mechanical device clean it up replace the worn out components only and put it together, modern technology just doesnt allow it. Manufacturers and servicemen simple prefer to yank out the old unit and put in a new unit cos it's just not worth the time and manpower spent to pinpoint erros.

Really??? You know what's good for the forum? The only contribution people like you or cisco-nihal to the forum is "buy a toyota/nissan". You don't need to repeat sh!t. This is a written forum.. if someone missed some post they can go back up and read it.. They don't need condescending fks like you coming to the forum asking for help and then treating them like kindergarten teacher trying to keep their focus.

you mean the carpet, right?

I was referring to the glass and the grill in picture 3 (with the brown chassis)

the winshield and grill on the table look to be from a series 2 or 3 land rover.. Are you doing a conversion?

Prologue: Is it feasible? Hi All, Considering the diversity in our members' locations and experience I felt this is a fairly good place to ask this. I have some annual leave to clear by the end of the year, and haven't done any travelling since I started working. I was thinking of taking a budget flight to Australia (somewhere to the east coast) for a 7-10 day holiday... Ideally I thought it would be cool to rent a motorcycle and ride down the coast to another city. Ideally I land at one city (Sydney or Gold Coast, even Melbourne), and rent a bike, ride to the other city and fly back out from there. If a multiple city bike pickup/drop-off is not possible, ride back to the starting point return the bike and ride out. I'm not picky about fancy hotels or eating fancy; if it's good enough for the locals its good enough for me...Of course money is a factor, but I dont mind loosening the purse stings a bit if its a worthwhile expense. So my questions to those who have attempted something similar or live in these areas: 1: Is travelling around 2500km over a 9 day span, riding about 5-6 hours a day and a couple of rest days feasible? (mathematically its very manageable, but reality might be a different case) 2: Are there places to rent a mid size (400-800cc) bike? What kind of cost am I looking at? 3: It being summer in Australia in December, will the weather be too extreme for riding? 4: Any other tips and advice is also welcome If there's someone who's interested in joining me, I'm more than willing to see if our schedules match. I initially thought of doing this in Vietnam or Philippines, but they drive on the "other" side of the road. So I dont want to be riding alone and subconsciously drift onto the wrong lane..

I got your PM machang. Thanks a lot. I'm not in SL, so it will be my dad taking the car. I'll tell him about you too. So he'll contact you if necessary. On a slightly OT note: I remember seeing your recommendation about this place so I jsut googled "site:autolanka.com seat covers" and came across a wealth of information. I was looking for yours in particular so added "sampath" to the search and found you with such ease. Why or why can't all our guys simply maintain one thread on the same line of question rather than think that they were the first people ever on Autolanka to have thier very same question/problem. New threads with repetitive questions only makes subsequent searches even more cluttered.

Looks like the bad economy has a silver lining too. I see a lot of new amateur movie series coming out... in the line of street pick ups, casting couches and fake taxis... mostly Czech

Well, over here you don't just get a license to ride any motorcycle.. First you get one for bikes below 200cc (class 2B).. you ride with it for a year and you're eligible to apply for a license upto 400cc (class 2A). And another year later you apply for the unlimited license (class 2). So when I was looking for my first bike I did consider a sports bike too. But there weren't any 200cc bikes. Just 125,150cc bikes.. pretty underpowered...but there's a decent selection of 200cc scramblers. Plus I'd done some off-roading before so I was quite keen on doing more of it after I got my own bike.. Same story in the 400cc range, there arent many relatively new bikes/models in in the market. But once I get my Class 2 I would like to buy a R6 or a R1 just to try it out for kicks.

Ohh I see, I thought the thinner diameter section was filed out by you as a marker. But come to think of it, its a pretty simple and smart idea cos its not uncommon for the lugnuts to set off the thread when changing wheels. .