Spotted at Deus

Posted on 23 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Frankenstein Honda at Deus.

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Zi’s SR400

Posted on 23 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Zi’s new 2007 SR400.


New seat, blinkers and tail light.

Zi had the idea to come around with his cat today to play with Mia. As a previous dog owner (and first time cat owner) I’m not sure he gets that cats are pretty different to dogs. I suggested it wasn’t such a crash hot idea and that instead we should just go to Deus for lunch. Instead of driving over he rode over on his new SR400. He only bought it yesterday and already he’s replaced the chunky and ugly stock seat with a much sleeker and lower seat. He’s ripped the battery covers off and also replaced front and rear blinkers and rear tail light too (modifiers will be modifiers!). Take note of the first picture, with a few subtle changes this bike will look crash hot in no time.

PS: News just in – this bike’s previous owner was Michelle, the personal trainer from Australia’s Bigger Loser show!

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Hey Charger

Posted on 22 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Spotted in Bondi. What a burnout monster. Someone had left a note on it with contact details in case the owner would ever consider selling.

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Yoda

Posted on 22 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Hehe.

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Ichiban Boshi

Posted on 22 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Hata bin ramune – this drink is super cool. You get a tool with it to open the bottle which drops a glass ball into the top part of the bottle and causes the entire drink to fizz up. Lolly water at it’s best!


Karaage Cheese Curry. So so naughty.


Tantan Tsukemen. So good.

Suga and I have been craving a Japanese curry for a while now, yesterday we dropped into our fave ramen house Ichiban Boshi in Bondi Junction for a hit. Forget the one in the city (same floor as Kinokuniya), that one’s crap. Bondi is where it’s at!

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Thai Banyan Tree

Posted on 22 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Rental car goodness.


Sean.


That’s Michael, picture doesn’t show it but he’s a giant!


‘Rolling’ Sav. Blanc. My kinda wine!

Had a meeting with Sean and Rob from go2space the other night. Super chilled out dudes who are looking after media placement on my car forums. They invited myself and Michael who owns and runs Ozmazda.com for dinner at Thai Banyan Tree in Coogee Beach. I can’t say I ever get too excited about going to a new Thai restaurant but Sean talked this one up and too right it was awesome. It’s a tiny restaurant, tight inside (so tight that when Rob accidentally knocked over our table candle the hot wax flew onto someone else’s back!). The open front facade makes it feel a little like you’re actually eating on the streets of Thailand too, kinda.

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Getting to know the Zoomer

Posted on 22 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Creative Factory Posh Super battle Racing CDI

Paul mentioned something about upgrading the ECU. It’s a little frustrating not knowing exactly what’s been done to the bike so far so I’ve done my research and I’ve started a modification list (see below) of stuff I’ve been able to spot on the bike.

I took the battery cover off and found this little unit above the battery. It’s a CDI (capacitor discharge ignition) made by a Japanese company called Creative Factory Posh (lol) and it advances timing and eliminates the factory rev limiter (which increases top speed). Installation images can be found here.

Paul has suggested he’s done about all you’d want to do to a stock 50cc engine. He bought and installed a performance variator (Italian brand Polini) which (paste) “aids in acceleration by getting to a higher rpm range faster with different drive face designs and more aggressive roller ramps.”. (/paste), he’s also upgraded to a Polini kevlar belt.

Pics of the variator can be found here.

Mods list as far as I can figure out, is as follows:

Modifications
– Creative Factory Posh Super battle Racing CDI
– Polini Performance Variator
– Polini Kevlar Belt
– Kijima Long Wheelbase Kit
– Daytona Sus-Drag Muffler
– Yamaha YZF R1 LED Smoked Integrated Tail light
– NCY Lowdown seat frame
– Eurosport Side Mirror
– Daytona side stand
– Foam air filter
– Chrome radiator cover
– Chrome variator cover
– Maxima Tyres
– Rego tube

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Zoomer walkaround

Posted on 21 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


It’s actually a black bike with a red battery box (phew). I’ll definitely be replacing the red battery box at some point in time.


Just the one dial, so simple. Unfortunately the speedo only goes up to 60km/hr and once you go over that the needle just keep going (I’ll look into a new Speedo later on).


I own a Honda (again).


JDM decals.


Long wheelbase kit has been installed, drag muffler too.


Aftermarket LED tails tucked away under the seat.

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SUGA gets the LED treatment

Posted on 21 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


Protection should be worn at all times. Howie plastic welding the lights back together.


Howie bites Mia.


nomnomnom!


All installed.

Christina ordered some LED tail lights for her car quite a few months ago and they’ve been sitting there for some time as they needed modification before fitting. Basically the reverse lights in Europe are the other way around so we had to swap 2 lenses over. Iif it was just me I would have just whacked them on but Howie generously put up his hand to do the hard work in getting them “right”. He came over 2 nights broken up over a couple of weeks, last night he finished the job and today I installed the light units, tested, all working and looking great!

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Sushi Tengoku

Posted on 21 January, 2011 by Justin Fox


This picture needed a sense of scale, they’re bigger than they look!


Aburi Scallops, one of our fave sushi dishes.

There’s a tiny Sushi Restaurant in Kensington, on Anzac Parade called Sushi Tengoku. It’s been there for ages and I’ve eaten there a few times in the past and I’ve always over ordered because they serve up the hugest sushi I’ve ever seen. The salmon slices are so large that they literally wrap the rice when you pick them up, and the tradition of putting an entire piece of sushi in your mouth in one go is no longer possible no matter how big your mouth is!

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