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Posted by Brownie
- September 15, 2017, 09:08:43 AMtesting one two three just testing to see if I can load pics heres a rear rack I made that takes a top box,fairley simple to make if you wanted to give it a go? just an Idea
Posted by drifter-paul
- September 12, 2017, 22:23:40 PMThanks
Posted by Washbrook
- September 12, 2017, 18:37:25 PMSorry, I forgot all about it. Let me take some photos of what I have. Sorry for forgetting.
Posted by drifter-paul
- September 06, 2017, 04:16:59 AMHi Washbrook,
Have acquired a topbox from a Nomad Vulcan owner, for PC tuition provided (starting to do some handyman work, need some luggage capacity).
Do you still have the rear luggage carrier and back rest you mentioned in May ? You were going to supply photos ?
Posted by Washbrook
- May 21, 2017, 18:30:03 PMIt is all packed up in my shed. I will get it down on the weekend and take some photos.
Posted by mittico68
- May 21, 2017, 12:21:49 PMQuote from: Washbrook on May 21, 2017, 01:06:28 AMI actually have a rear luggage carrier and back rest that I took of my drifter gathering dust, I have no intention of using it again.
Any pics? I would be definitely interested...
Posted by Washbrook
- May 21, 2017, 01:06:28 AMThanks for the update. Sorry for delay responding, been a busy month at work. Good to hear the bike arrived even though it took so long. I actually have a rear luggage carrier and back rest that I took of my drifter gathering dust, I have no intention of using it again. If I had know I could hve saved you some effort, for a small price of course. Oh well nect time.
Paul, whlist I do not know Leanne, it is Always bad when someone falls. My drifter has been going well with no issues at all. Recently got a Roadmaster so the wife can sit up back, we are selling her bike.
Posted by Brownie
- May 07, 2017, 19:45:51 PMG,Day realised I didn't give a up date on the 1500 ,she arrived,Yee fricken Ha it took roughly 6 weeks to get her here,but she did arrive and in good nick too,as soon as I work out how to upload pics I will,been busy,, made a back rest and luggage rack for the double up seat,and now I'm making one for the solo,and just about got my front engine/foot rest /guard, finished ..I've been on a couple of rides and Im still amazed I haven't seen another Drifter on the road ,800 or 1500,....shame really ....cheers
Posted by drifter-paul
- May 05, 2017, 05:20:03 AMHi Wash,
Shitfight in April, fitting new steering head races & bearings (160,000). Mate coming tomorrow to grind a special tool out of a 36mm socket, so I can check the correct torque for the locknut on the steering stem - feels like it falls out of corners - but couldn't feel any slop when we tried to rock the forks.
Had 3 weeks in sunny QLD with my Rockhampton brother - floods overrated - but airport unusable on way up.
Trying to get some leather fringe(in OZ) to hang off the back of the solo seat.
Got some Tan pinstripe tape from o/s to redo the left side of tank, but it is a different shade to what I have now.
Replaced the V&H retainer screws on the mufflers, because I wore them almost flat on the corners.
Going to remove the wave baffles I made for the exhaust, and wrap some packing around them - they rattle in the muffler on goat tracks -(i.e. 1/2 the NSW roads).
Seen some of your vids - personally I get a little dizzy watching them, two half-trip ones at normal speeds would be even better. I need to log some of those roads for when I head down to Mexico( 
) next summer.
How is the Gooseberry ghost going?
P.S. Leanne in QLD, had a bad pogo/wallow/whoop-de-doo crash near Gympie on her Drifter - she is recovering with inserted pins, gravel rash & physio. No loss of body parts or permanent physical reminders.
Cheers, P
Posted by Washbrook
- May 04, 2017, 19:21:10 PMHow is the bike going?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 28, 2017, 18:57:23 PMok have to admit I had to look that up...lol......
Posted by drifter-paul
- April 27, 2017, 22:43:31 PMYes, Queensland is a different time zone 
They can be pedantic too 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 27, 2017, 15:06:37 PMwow you met someone in 3013....and here people think OZ is behind the times......
Posted by drifter-paul
- April 27, 2017, 01:00:25 AMGidday and belated welcome to you Brownie.
I'm in NSW, 1hr north of Sydney. PM me if you're coming up this way.
Met Washbrook in 2014 when he was passing thru to Newcastle,and Leanne in Fraser Coast in Qld in 3013.
Posted by Washbrook
- February 12, 2017, 20:30:06 PMI sympathise. I ahve been caught like this before with shipping companies.