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Haakon

Haakon

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Ultra Lord

Ultra Lord

Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Oddjob said:
Did I mention it's got a second seat and Liddenham allows passengers?

The bad news is the second seat is a tiny Tillett B4.

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So what you’re saying is it’s time to cut weight and take up yoga. Done
 
Dales Cannon

Dales Cannon

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As the blue car is in hospital waiting on heart surgery we are down to two cars. Really sad situation that. Thus the wife is driving the m2. As that was a family car and pretty much just a town commuter it ended up on Federal something or other tyres that were fitted about 5 years ago when the V720s wore out. Wife comes in last night and asks are the tyres ok? It spun out on her and was pretty much no traction with lights flashing in the rain. So I had a look. Tyres had plenty of tread but that tread sat between sapphire and diamond on the mohs scale. So today it got new rubber. Michelin PS5. Decent tyre but criticised for its soft sidewalls and thus lack of feel unless pressures are higher than normal. Seem ok on a light car. Good soft rubber and plenty of rain gullies to shed the water. A definite improvement.
 
Oddjob

Oddjob

Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Dales Cannon said:
As the blue car is in hospital waiting on heart surgery we are down to two cars. Really sad situation that. Thus the wife is driving the m2. As that was a family car and pretty much just a town commuter it ended up on Federal something or other tyres that were fitted about 5 years ago when the V720s wore out. Wife comes in last night and asks are the tyres ok? It spun out on her and was pretty much no traction with lights flashing in the rain. So I had a look. Tyres had plenty of tread but that tread sat between sapphire and diamond on the mohs scale. So today it got new rubber. Michelin PS5. Decent tyre but criticised for its soft sidewalls and thus lack of feel unless pressures are higher than normal. Seem ok on a light car. Good soft rubber and plenty of rain gullies to shed the water. A definite improvement.
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A bit late now, but the CONTISPORTCONTACT 7 is getting rave reviews overseas. Apparently it is incredible in the wet and has better sidewalls than the Michelin's. Will be the next street tyres for the Godzilla.

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Oddjob said:
A bit late now, but the CONTISPORTCONTACT 7 is getting rave reviews overseas. Apparently it is incredible in the wet and has better sidewalls than the Michelin's. Will be the next street tyres for the Godzilla.

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I have had several unlikes of Continental products (3, 5 and 6) and while it is only a 6.7hp fwd and more a pixie than a godzilla I could not do that. Like the D word. Plus they were more expensiver. The Goodyear F1 asymmetric 5 and 6 were an option at the same sort of $.
 
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binner said:
I did look into all of that but decided on meranti and ACP, gave me more room and time to change/ rearrange if needed... roof will be single styromax panel.
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What's your target weight? Length? Battery? Nuclear? Management system?
 
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binner

binner

Hath shat hymself
so axle/ stubs/brakes are rated to 3T in the build, hitch and plate etc is rated to 3.5. don't hold me to this >.....but we are projecting around 2/2.3t unladen (Tare) this could change but I hope we get closer to the 2T. Interior will be fabbed from lightweight caravan spec laminate sandwich board, minimal luxury items. BMS either Enerdrive or BMpro, on demand gas hot water system, lithium and Elons starlink for coms. External will be a full batwing type annex from supapeg here with full sides to suit, full ext kitchen/pantry etc. using this water use system indicator .A long way to go , just keen to get sides/rear wall installed for now.
 
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Dales Cannon

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binner said:
so axle/ stubs/brakes are rated to 3T in the build, hitch and plate etc is rated to 3.5. don't hold me to this >.....but we are projecting around 2/2.3t unladen (Tare) this could change but I hope we get closer to the 2T. Interior will be fabbed from lightweight caravan spec laminate sandwich board, minimal luxury items. BMS either Enerdrive or BMpro, on demand gas hot water system, lithium and Elons starlink for coms. External will be a full batwing type annex from supapeg here with full sides to suit, full ext kitchen/pantry etc. using this water use system indicator .A long way to go , just keen to get sides/rear wall installed for now.
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We use the same awning more or less, ours is square both ends. There is a video by supapeg of it fitted to a jawa camper. Worth the watch. By on demand do you mean instantaneous gas? Not allowed to fit these inside. We have the webasto gas and it works fine. Be aware new gas regs require two vents (roof and lower door) for gas hws in the camper. We block ours in transit with a cut off pool noodle from bunnings for the roof vent and a sheet of foam for the door. No dust ingress.
Recommend the enerdrive gear. That is what we have though the monitoring system is redarc revision but same same.
 
binner

binner

Hath shat hymself
I looked at webby,trying to figure the unit on drawbar as I don't want "toolbox"aka another spot to store shit we don't need bullshit on drawbar...still trying to sort out a rack for bike too,tricky shit when your the designer.i dunno how many hrs I've researched vans,motorhomes, influencers to get ideas....
 
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