On the weekend 5,6,7 October we (Frank, Chris & Dan) traveled to Paul's estate at Stanthorpe for the annual boys weekend.
In the weeks leading up to it, Dan had inspired the repair of the motor bike. For details see
http://thomsoneu.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/fix-pro50z-dirt-bike.html
On Friday PM there was a bit of a disaster when the bike fell over and broke the gear changer. A frantic effort of googling, yellow pages & phone calls lead us to a motor bike place at 3 Spine St Summner Park. The fellow there produced a new second hand gear changer for $10 and we relaxed somewhat.
We drove in convoy with Bob Manthey in Paul's blue car. We stopped at the Shell at Aratula for a "Gap Burger". This was once a huge oversized hamburger with all the trimmings. It appears however that the specification for which has been out-souced, down graded and re assessed. We received a nice but somewhat normal burger. Then on through Warwick to Paul's place.
Saturday AM and there was still some work to do on the motor bike. Bob had a go at push starting it and you can see this on the video. It did start a couple of times but each time it was worse than before.
Took a break and went on a wonderful bush walk.
Decided to pull the carbie apart (again). There is some white powder inside it which I assume is some kind of Aluminum Oxide. Made a coffee and disassembled the carbie. Then with a scalpel I set about scraping as much of this white stuff off as I could. Cleaned and reassembled gave the bike new life. It now seems to be working better than ever.
A big thank you to Paul Koning for organising this weekend.
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