Kiwibiker on TV1 SCU?

**400sm** · 19th May 2015, 20:25

Looks like a familiar bike and story on TV1 at the mo.

**buggerit** · 19th May 2015, 20:36

Looks like next weeks will feature a bike too, no hidden agendas though

**JimO** · 19th May 2015, 20:47

saw the show whats the story?

**400sm** · 19th May 2015, 20:51

Originally Posted by JimO

saw the show whats the story?

Judging by the "line" she took, it could be 2 KBers.

**nodrog:Me** · 19th May 2015, 21:20

My bike must be a "use 98 unleaded".

cos its written on the tank.

**Katman** · 19th May 2015, 21:55

Originally Posted by nodrog

My bike must be a "use 98 unleaded".

cos its written on the tank.

Sounds Chinese.

**Mom** · 19th May 2015, 22:11

Sorry, I was in the wrong gear approaching that corner. All of a sudden I was on the wrong side of the road. I wonder what I will do wrong next week?

**Reckless** · 19th May 2015, 22:39

Originally Posted by Mom

Sorry, I was in the wrong gear approaching that corner. All of a sudden I was on the wrong side of the road. I wonder what I will do wrong next week?

I dunno MOM?
IF the stand did come down? Maybe the theory was discounted to soon, maybe it has some merit.
I can see a rider coming up to a corner the stand digging in and it making the rider take evasive action forcing them on the other side of the road.
Although the gouge in the road looked far to long for that even if it did touch, wouldn't it have fold back up.
I must admit to doing it a couple times on the Z1R over the years (which doesn't have a cut out switch) and its just folded back up under.

Looks like the prang was 2012 wasnt that the date on the rego?

They blamed it on the rider panicking, but it was not much of a corner?
Mind you no rider I know takes a 55k at 55k thats for sure, so they will always blame it on speed???
It left me thinking there was more to it even if the rider was quite inexperienced.
Dunno the bike was a mess, didnt like the dents in the rider/seat end of the tank that's for sure.

**JimO** · 19th May 2015, 22:44

Originally Posted by Reckless

I must admit to doing it a couple times on the Z1R over the years (which doesn't have a cut out switch) and its just folded back up under.

My favourite bike

**The End** · 19th May 2015, 23:41

The only thing that concerns me is it says its a CB, with this coming across as a Hornet

Wow this show is a joke they look for any excuse to pin it on the rider.

As a HORNET owner, they are referred to as a HORNET, CB919 or CB900F - all are interchangeable.

Scary stuff though, bike is very similar to my own.

**skippa1** · 20th May 2015, 06:08

Originally Posted by The End

Wow this show is a joke they look for any excuse to pin it on the rider.

As a HORNET owner, they are referred to as a HORNET, CB919 or CB900F - all are interchangeable.

Scary stuff though, bike is very similar to my own.

You know theyre all pretty much the same aye.....kawasaki, suzuki, ducati, harley, honda, moto guzzi, theyve got two wheels, a tank, a seating arrangement etc.....biggest difference is the one controlling all the levers and switches and foot controls and twisty bits.....
that bit is the bit that gets a bike into trouble

**Grubber** · 20th May 2015, 07:30

Had a Yamaha XJ650 some years ago.
Sidestand was left down and the next left hander it wasn't about to flick back up in a hurry.
It dug in and stayed dug in and therefore i was having to head for wrong side of the road to cut some speed off.
Run out of time to do that before a car came and i hit the back half of it. Fortunately i came out of that ok but it does show you how easy it can be done.
These days of coarse they won't start if it's down. Thanks God for that!

**nerrrd** · 20th May 2015, 07:48

Didn't see the whole thing, but wasn't there some talk of the side stand dropping and the switch causing the engine to cut out mid corner? That would seriously screw up any line you might be taking (and seems like a serious design flaw). Apologies if I got that wrong.

**The End** · 20th May 2015, 08:14

Originally Posted by nerrrd

Didn't see the whole thing, but wasn't there some talk of the side stand dropping and the switch causing the engine to cut out mid corner? That would seriously screw up any line you might be taking (and seems like a serious design flaw). Apologies if I got that wrong.

My only issue with this theory was wouldn't the forward momentum of the motorcycle push the side stand back up? Even if the spring on the stand caused the stand to drop down, it should just freely drag along the road rather than lock in a forward facing position and dig in?