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If you want the stats for N.Z. you could mail the statistics dept here and tell them you're homeschooling and would it be ok if you accessed their data base.. For your children's education you know. If you talk sweet to them they might give you a password to get in.. Worked for me when I was homeschooling.. It says to ask if you want access. And yeah, I know the problem. We have a similar situation when the parties all have to form a coalition to have enough power to pass stuff through the house.

Ok. Fair enough. I take it all back and apologise.. So you guys just get two candidates and have to choose one ? No other parties big enough to be contenders ? I guess you had a read.. We don't get to vote for a leader, but there are always plenty of potentials..

Yeah a real careful visual.... Then out with the manual and feelers and measuring stick..

I see in that last photo, of the broken shaft with gears, that the old bigger gear has beveled sides to the cog, and the new one doesn't. I don't suppose that could make a difference, maybe the bevel, or just that it's different, wider perhaps. And you say that in neutral, it's trying to creep backwards? while making a knock.. that sounds like maybe the sliding engagement dog/lugs could be rubbing together when they aren't meant to. The fact it's making a knock in low and reverse might be that the sliding dog that engages them is in backwards or not right for the new cogs/shaft or that there's some end float that needs adjusting.. They have quite a few endfloat adjustments and shims by the look of the canam manual I have. The fact it doesn't do it when you turn it slowly might be because the angle cut gears aren't trying to wind sideways at that rev/load. I'd be looking for signs of rubbing on those new gears someplace there shouldn't be, or that seems like too much rubbing been going on for such new parts.

Not familiar with them at all. It's a bit like a polaris or canam though is it ? Two speeds and reverse, and belt drive ? Could it be end float letting reverse just catch it's engagement dog ?

"It would not fire under compression but would in open air. ".. That's a known phenomenon. There's more resistance in compressed air than air at sea level.. And it makes quite a bit of difference too.. Have you seen one of those old sparkplug testers where you put the plug in, push a button and it starts to spark, you can see through a glass window, then you turn on a tap and let compressed air in and the spark falters, and at quite low pressure too sometimes. It can be tricky alright and I've wasted time before trying everything else. Stale fuel causes almost the same problem if it gets on the sparkplug..

Hi.. No reason to hate aftermarket but the problem sounds electrical. You've tried two cdi so it makes it unlikely to be that, but... If Mark has problems with them perhaps he is onto it.. In my experience cdi either go or not.. But we can all learn. Regulators and charging though can cause all sort of problems, from really unbelievably heavy loads on the motor, as though they are seizing, to that rev-cut stuttering.. Have you inspected and checked all the connections and earths for bad or intermittent connection ? Do you have headlights ? Does turning that on and off make a difference as you ride ? And perhaps there's a wire that rubs when the vibrations happen from the engine or engine flexing on it's mounts ?

Morning(well it is here).. Ok Randy..To address some of the things you raised.. First off, we all need to be wary about what we read online, or see on t.v. That taxation web site you quoted from has some mistakes in it as I've said. I see it's a .com, which to my understanding means it's a business organisation. Perhaps it has a reason for saying the things it does. Here in N.Z. our official govt websites all end in .co.nz. or .govt.co.nz. I believe that's quite the normal practice with most countries. The taxes are as I stated, and we have no social security tax. "Kiwisaver" is the voluntary saving/pension scheme that I mentioned. As I also mentioned though, the govt pays everyone over 65 a pension regardless of their financial situation. If you want to check, and it would be a good idea because I'm quite likely to be out of date with a lot of what I'm saying, then check the official .govt.co.nz web sites. Schools here, and the lower level education system, is paid for by central govt and out of income taxes. University education is a balance of funded and paid for, depending on a persons families circumstances . Our land tax is only for services in the local area and mostly as I stated earlier. The documentary you watched.. We don't let people buy citizenship. As I said, we will let people come into the country and reside here, either temporarily, or long term, if they have an identified skill that the country needs. We need to have a demonstrable shortage of that skill, and have the shortage accepted by the govt for that to apply. We also allow people in if they bring money to invest in a business that benefits the people of the country. The amount used to be approximately half a million, and again they can get residency. A common and popular sort of business is to buy a farm. To buy a farm you need to prove that you are going to bring benefits to the country that are above and beyond the benefits that would arise from it being in a New Zealander's ownership. Residency though Randy, in both cases, is not citizenship. To gain citizenship you need to be here a certain amount of time, it used to be seven years, and then you have to apply, you have to convince the govt of your good character, and then attend a ceremony in which you pledge allegiance to the country. Bunkers.. Yes we'd let someone build a bunker. People have underground "bunkers" for wine, pool/billiard rooms, car parks, a variety of things. If they want it to be legal they would need a building permit. If they want to live in it, we'd let them if the thing they built satisfied our building code for dwellings. That though I think would be very difficult to do. It would need adequate ventilation, heating, water and sewage, drainage, insulation, and probably the most difficult, natural lighting. All I'm sure possible, and allowable if a person really wants to do it. If they satisfy all the requirements, we'd let them.. but we'd think it very strange and most of us would view it as a little sad that a person would come here to live a life like that.. In Australia though people do live like that, because it's cool in their deserts. Personal choice I guess. If someone came and built an underground bunker illegally before they had citizenship, they'd be breaking the law and would probably fail the character test for citizenship. Suicide, and social issues, as with all countries we have our problems. The guns. Yes I agree that was unreasonable. It got quite good support though and I think it was in part because of our leader. We don't elect leaders, we elect people to govt, and then the political party, or coalition of parties in power, vote for who's going to be leader. Our current leader ran for parliament as a political part member, and her personal campaign was that she would bring "transparency" and "kindness", to parliament. As leader, she was determined to make the country a family safe place. As the leader she was determined to make the country safe from the virus. She is very popular and she managed to achieve her aims as regards guns and the virus. I don't think anyone in N.Z. needs fully automatic weapons. I think the limits on gun styles and magazine sizes was excessive though. Perhaps this a potential issue of national safety for us, but not you, and I think it pales into insignificance compared to T's rhetoric towards "Rocketman", and China. So, yes Randy, our two countries have different social policies, and probably neither is perfect, both have shortfalls and both have advantages, but up unto now both countries have been working towards a world of peace and free trade and with world health as an objective. As see it, your ex-president has done immense damage to these things, and the damage and dangers he's bought about effects my country and yours, which is why I condemn him. You can critisise our social issues and choices, but they aren't issues that effect you, and it's not addressing the issues that are effecting me. As I understand it your country has suffered a lot of hardship through his actions. He's put you all at greater risk of war and the virus. If you have no regard for anyone outside the United States of America, you should at least care for your own country and it's people... That is the first and foremost requirement of patriotism surely. I'm interested to hear how you see it Randy, how you think he's benefited or or bettered your country, how he's benefited the world, but not in comparison to this country, only in relationship to how your country and the world was before him. I don't think he's made America great again.. not at all.. Tell me how you see it. And peace, and good health to you all over there.

Yeah no worries Randy.. My internet's being sh** too, so I'm off. But explain if you will, tomorrow, how you can support a man that's a threat to world trade and safety.. Cheers.

Well I'm not rich, not by our standards or your countries..But I'm happy, and enjoy a good life.. I reckon that's what's important..

And you don't need to be a billionaire to come here, or even a millionaire. Not that that has anything to do with this discussion. Would you like to come live here Randy ? You just need some useful skills.. Useful to us that is. And tell me how N.Z. is possibly impinging on your safety or lifestyle..

So how exactly is any of that impinging on your lifestyle or security ? Or even endangering it...

I believe you guys Dave have a similar relationship with the Americans, to what we have with the Aussies across the ditch from us. They view us as the poor country cousins, and a bit slow, and we think they're load arrogant and brash.. Not saying any of it's true though.. It makes for a bit of good friendly rivalry and kidding.. As it should be. The Aussies are always trying to win the rugby against us, and the cricket, and basketball, and sailing, and they like to claim our race horses as celebrities as their own... We let them sometimes.. I think you should cut your buddies over there some slack..

Guitars... aim and fire..

And just to reiterate J, and others, my beef with the ex-big T is that's he's been trying to curb free trade, which effects us down here, and that he's a threat to world peace, which effects us down here If you think we, little old New Zealand, is stepping on your toes in some way. well I'm happy to discuss that.. Fire away with any genuine concerns or criticisms..

Double posted.. One thing we do get at the bottom of the world is laggy internet. And expensive imports..

So tell me what your grudge with New Zealand is, and I'll see if I can answer them for you. I'm not sure what the relevance of citizenship is unless you think we are sellouts for money.. We aren't. We are an independent lot.. Check out our nuclear free policies which was one source of disagreement with America when we first implemented it. America seems to have accepted we make our own choices. Check out our policies on free trade. We are very careful to remain independent on all matters on the world stage, and get respected for it.

Most people pay a lot less personal tax than that site you cite says. I was self employed and paid about ten percent. My sons are both self employed and pay about ten percent. We don't have a social security tax. We have a voluntary retirement fund you can join, and the govt and employer both contribute if you do. We have a tax on consumption, called GST, it's 15%. We pay a tax on land we own which pays for local infrastructure, libraries, pools, non-highway roading, public halls etc. We have very few homeless people living on the street, and they are often doing it by choice.. mostly young people. Health care is free and income support is available to all. The govt pays a pension fund to everyone over 65 no matter your circumstances.The govt has public housing which at the moment is short of houses following a big sell off a few years ago of old stock. There's a building initiative on at the moment to correct that, in the meantime they are providing "emergency housing", in motels. People in New Zealand are well taken care of and there is practically no racial or any other sort of discrimination. Discrimination because of race, religion, sexuality, or impairment of any sort is banned and enforced by law. Most people enjoy a good standard of living.

None of that disproves what I said if that's your intention... Anything else ?

Yup.. Here it's big business that does nearly all the exporting, and they pay most of the taxes.. and dividends. And it's the taxes, corporate and private, that give us a free health system, education, social security, and all the infrastructure... And we have good relations, and cooperative trade arrangements, that benefit everyone involved. Not only that.. People like Kiwis.. We go on peacekeeping missions.. armed with guitars, not guns.. Haha.. seriously.. We send out male and female peacekeepers and they leave their guns behind.. And it works, where years and years of armed attempts have failed.. And we've got the "America's Cup"... hehe. I'll shut up now...

Yeah well you can have him.. And good luck with it... It doesn't really look like it's going so well from over here..

Well Quad.. It's because your ex-president thinks we shouldn't be doing trade deals, that's one reason, and because he seems hell bent on starting world war three.. That's another.. Those things effect us. The world's a small place now, the idea that we should all be isolationists and put our country first.. I think those days are gone. Most of the world wants a world of peace and trade. Most of the world's getting along fine doing those things. Mostly though, the reason I commented, is because of the animosity he seems to be breeding in your country. I think that's a shame.

Ha yeah, that's quite "cracked" Scrappy !! I hope mine doesn't have "crack" like that. I'm a mechanic, and you know what they say about the cobbler and his shoes. Thanks for that.

Gee you guys.. And that's what I was talking about.. division, animosity.. It's what T has been breeding ever since he ran the first time. And the hoped for animosity and division he's been trying to breed isn't just within America, it's a worldwide attempt. He's taken America out of world trade negotiations, and suggested that we all(who all get along and do trade) shouldn't be because it disadvantages America.. Well hell yeah it does if he won't negotiate.. but he claims to be Mr Negotiation. He's pulled out of the world's peacekeeping body. the U.N., because he reckons it's bad for America.. But America has the longest history of anyone for causing wars, in other people's countries... He's pulled out of and sought to discredit the world health organization. He's alternately told you Americans that the virus is a Chinese plot, a biological weapon from a lab over there, and then in the next breath that's it's nothing, and don't wear masks. He's tried real hard to provoke a war with North Korea, he's accused the Russians of interfering in American politics(while America has a long history taking of out rulers and installing new people of their choosing all over the world for decades.) He bad mouths, and started a trade war with China, which I hear has done your economy no good. He's been supporting racial disharmony and preaching anarchy within your country, then trying to impose martial law, he's inviting a bunch of red-neck neo-nazis to "stand by and stand ready", and now, even as he leaves, he's trying his best to discredit the democratic process, to destroy it, and for just under half of your citizens to rise up and take the country back and to put him in charge again... It's treason.. from start to finish.. and even now as he's going down he's pardoning anyone that's aided him in this treason. Yeah Dave from B.C., we outside of America have always realised that America doesn't recognise countries outside of America, that vast parts of the population don't even know where New Zealand is, and that they think America is a power unto itself, able, qualified and at liberty to do what it wants.. And that is scary and worrying enough, without this new advocacy of the breakdown of law, of the destruction of the institutions that maintain law, of the discrediting and attempts to subvert the democratic process, and the attempts bring about the downfall of what was once, despite it's arrogance, a great country. I don't think the man's an idiot, I think he has an agenda. I think he's working in his interests, and is and will sell out his own country as quick as he'll do anything to turn a buck. I think he does have an agenda to sell out his country, probably for some financial gain, but given the perversity of the man, it could just be that.. perversity.. because he hasn't been able to get what he's wanted some time.. more money perhaps, some sort of power he needs because he's a pathetic individual and knows it in his heart.. I can't comprehend the depth of it.. but it's perverse and fickle... The country that's done him so well, he's destroying. And what do the people complain about.. Their health-care plans.. It's treason and he should be charged with it.. The American people should have more pride in themselves and their country than to allow it. I have no axe to grind, but that's how it looks from here, and you know, I suspect it's how the majority of the people of the world see it.. We in New Zealand, we are doing fine, because we have a great leader, a leader born to the role, like a Kennedy, someone born into a household where politics and diplomacy and governance was discussed at the dining table all their life. The American people should look long and hard at themselves and at what they have got. Rant over..

Hi all... Interesting read. It's a kiwi from New Zealand here, and so not really any of my business, and I'm not really up with all the play, but as an outsider looking in, and since he seems to be the cause of such animosity, not a good thing in itself, I'd like to chip in. Ever since that Trump got in, it seemed to me that he was hell bent on taking America down in every way he could.. I'm glad he's out.. he's a threat to your country and the whole world in my opinion.. I hope you all get over the strife he's caused as soon as possible and that he get's thrown out of the country for good.... He's one nasty piece of work as far as I can tell, and with an agenda.. Send him to the Russians... it sounds like he likes them.. or perhaps to his buddy Rocket Man.. send him anywhere but here... we sure wouldn't want him.. He's just trouble.. with a capital T . And I hope that vaccine works like we all hope.. It's sure looks like it's been a hell of a few years for you guys, especially the last one. Good luck with it all.