Borneo, East and Sth Kalimantan

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Cute anyway. My av is an Arabian falcon in someone's car with a bow on his head. He looks truly pissed about it too.

Looney's been hand reared. He's psycho. And a piss tank.

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The new roof over the 20' + 40' extension with anew entrance. The pool table's on order.

The new bar went in a couple weeks back. Gyprock and insulation on the west facing wall, ACs are on the way.

Got the glass double doors etched the other day

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Did I tell you about the bikes? Not the Vespers...

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[natalie8]

What's the story on these bikes? They have 'interesting' paint jobs.

[Stinky]

I can't even begin to work this one out, mad is all I can say


Great thread Grumpy most enjoyable

[Latindancer]

Did I tell you about the bikes? Not the Vespers...

I enlarged this photo but can't figure out what kind of system it has for driving the rear wheel. It is obviously hidden on the other side, but even the rear brake looks weird.....a hydraulic hose on this side going to a VERY thin rear hub, through which you can see a lot of road behind. Chain drive ? Prop shaft ? Or what ????

[GRUMPY]

a few years back I sent my bro in law to airbrush school in Borobodur. Now we do between 20 & 30 bikes a month. The pics are from a show in Samarinda a couple weekends ago. We sent 7 bikes and got seven trophies.

It all started when we found a busted Vesper in 2005 and mucked with it...

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Did I tell you about the bikes? Not the Vespers...

I enlarged this photo but can't figure out what kind of system it has for driving the rear wheel. It is obviously hidden on the other side, but even the rear brake looks weird.....a hydraulic hose on this side going to a VERY thin rear hub, through which you can see a lot of road behind. Chain drive ? Prop shaft ? Or what ????

All done with mirrors.

Centreless hub, belt drive. I think it was a Honda. They're really clever with this shit.

The purple one up thread won best in show. (Samarinda shop, not ours)

[spikebs4]

great art work on the bikes mate, the guy got talent.....

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Yeah, he sure is. His first job was doing skulls on tennis shoes with a ball pen. The school (sweatshop) he went to learn airbrush in did "antique" chinese pots by the thousands.

[FarangRed]

Hi Grumpy, while you are in that area Kalimantan I am led to believe that the best Red Arowana's come from that area maybe you know of the farms there.
I maybe interested in buying some but I have to work out how to get them to Phuket first, I don't know if you know about them but I will post one now.

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a mate collects them, he just brought some over from Surabaya a couple weeks back. I've not seen red ones though.

I'll ask.

[FarangRed]

I've already got quite a few silver ones, the Reds are expensive and hard to get

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Ok. I sat in the pub all arvo and he didn't show. I'll find out, there's a few fish people here.

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For a legal one 15cm long all chipped and papers is 5 mill IDR . You would then have your freight, import etc on top of that.

Old mate just got a red one the other day. The red is only in it's tail yet.

[FarangRed]

Thanks for that, I need them chipped and the papers

[GRUMPY]

Scary money for a 6" fish...I was a bit back footed. "you're shitting me?" sort of thing.

[jizzybloke]

5 mill IDR

How much is that in something I can understand?

I know i could google it but i'm bone idle!

[natalie8]

Only slightly over £360.