Who are we chatting to?

[Tubbsy]

In the interests of having a better idea of who we are all interacting with on a regular basis, thought it may be cool to start a "who are we" thread.

Couldn't be a poll because there's more than one question. And no detailed questions, just some general interest on who we are stuff.

Profession: I.T and Pro photography
Age: 33
Bike: Hyosung GT250
First bike: Hyosung GT250
How many Years riding: Since Feb '09
First/best bike memory: The whole process of getting my bike. Flying from Dorkland to Masterton to pick her up, and having a few days and 750km to re-learn to ride. Being out on the road on my own, gaining the confidence over the trip. Waking up in Taupo and going downstairs to get back on my bike....sweet sweet memories.
Estimated km to date: approx 4,000

So go on....Share. This will either bomb spectacularly, or be quite good.


Profession:
Age:
Bike:
First bike:
How many Years riding:
First/best bike memory:
Estimated km to date:

[MattRSK]

I gave up on life and became a student!

[Tubbsy]

I'm studying too....so I feel your pain.....although I never gave up on life. Could hibernate through winter tho.

[NordieBoy]

Profession: Ride around on a motorbike and fix computers.
Age: 40
Bike: DR650/XR250/Nordwest
First bike: SR185
How many Years riding: 30
First/best bike memory: 1st memory - riding Mike Perry's rotary hoe engined minibike around their lawn/garden in Mapua. Best memory - Going down the Takaka Hill in the dark toward Mot after an evening ride to Harwoods Hole and all you could see in the headlight was the corner you were in... A never ending succession of corners on a warm evening :woohoo:
Estimated km to date: About 2000km per month for the last 10 years...

[Tubbsy]

Approx 240,000km.....daaaaaaang.

[NDORFN]

Profession: Part-time home-Dad to 4yr old daughter and part-time Joiner/cabinet maker (20hrs/week)
Age: 30 in September
Bike: '09Kawasaki EX250
First bike: '88 GPX250
How many Years riding: 2
First/best bike memory: Ripping around a hilly farm each weekend on a mates XR80 when I was 10. There was a gully off which you could almost free-fall down the side of with a gentle roll out and up the other side making about a meter of air. We called it the rollercoaster. I must've gone over it 500+ times in the course of one summer.
Estimated km to date: Around 3000.

[Maha]

Hi, my name is Maha, my drinking is starting to....opps wrong thread.

[Tubbsy]

Hi, my name is Maha, my drinking is starting to....opps wrong thread.

That's classic!

[scumdog]

Profession: Making life pleasant for others....
Age:50+
Bike: FXDX Harley
First bike: Phillips Gadabout, in Nelson in 1967
How many Years riding: 40+
First/best bike memory: The ride through from Hawea to Makarora on a warm dry evening with the sun slowly going down (see pic on my page)
Estimated km to date: ??? - NO idea

[ManDownUnder]

Tubbys - just get your butt on a ride with others. The stats don't matter, the man/woman does.

ANTR would be a good start if you haven't already

[ManDownUnder]

Profession: IT Sales ("Channel and Relationships Manager")
Age: 40
Bike: VTR1000
First bike: CB100
How many Years riding: ... 30?
First/best bike memory: Riding a KX80 up a hill and feeling the bike leap out from under me when it hit the powerband
Estimated km to date: No idea. Lots... and lots and lots...

[Tubbsy]

Tubbys - just get your butt on a ride with others. The stats don't matter, the man/woman does.

ANTR would be a good start if you haven't already

Did a group ride down to Waihi beach a few weekends ago....that was fun!

What's "ANTR"

[ManDownUnder]

Did a group ride down to Waihi beach a few weekends ago....that was fun!

You're onto it then


What's "ANTR"

Should be ATNR... see here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=1847&day=2009-6-11&)

[Hitcher]

Profession: Deep cover extremely secret agent
Age: 52
Bike: Aprilia SL750 Shiver
First bike: Yamaha FZX250 Zeal
How many Years riding: 6.5
First/best bike memory: Riding down the Las Vegas Strip first thing in the morning
Estimated km to date: 190,000

[NDORFN]

I feel young :niceone:

[Tubbsy]

First/best bike memory: Riding down the Las Vegas Strip first thing in the morning


HIGH on my wish list of places to ride!!!!

[Stirts]

Profession: Pretender of work
Age: NONE OF YOUR FARKEN BUSINESS
Bike: ER6n
First bike: Hornet 250
How many Years riding: 2years 1mnth and 10days
First/best bike memory: Riding a little dirt bike at a school camp around a track, missing the corner, flying over the bars and landing face first into some tall grass.
Estimated km to date: 30,000 ish ish

[PirateJafa]

Profession: Ex-shipping industry, now professional student.
Age: 20
Bike: '90 roadVFR400R, '89 raceVFR400R, '78 RD350, '75 A80, GP100 sidecar, pocketrocket
First bike: GSF250 Bandit
How many Years riding: ~4
First/best bike memory: On the raceVFR400R on the track. Or hospital.
Estimated km to date: ~80,000km

[Tubbsy]

Oh yeh, another good memory was passing my learners after already having bought my bike, knowing I had to fly down to ride it up.

[sinfull]

Professional alcoholic !
I dont remember !
Edit: oh, Triumphs hehe that one was easy

[T.W.R]

Profession : Jack of all trades, currently fixing bikes :pinch:
Age: Old enough to know better, young enough to get away with it
Bikes: GS1200ss, ZXR750H1, GPZ750, BSA D1 Bantam
First bike: YZ80G
How many years riding: 30+ , 23 on the road
First/Best Bike Memory: 1st Long road trip (1000kms on a XT250)
Estimated Kms to date: a shitload :niceone:

[NighthawkNZ]

Profession: Drawing pretty pictures
Age: Over the hill
Bike: Ducati ST4s
First bike: CB250n
How many Years riding: 25
Best bike memory: they are good...
Estimated km to date: lots but not enough... however more than 250,000 less than 1,000,000
Other: Don't have a cage licence and never will

[Lissa]

Profession:Office Bitch
Age: I feel 21
Bike:GSF Bandit
First bike:GN250
How many Years riding:2 years
First/best bike memory:Coffee in Martinborough on a awesome summer morning or riding up the Takas for the first time.
Estimated km to date: Have no idea!

[Tubbsy]

Loving the 'best memory' bits.

[Metalor]

Oh well this is lovely isn't it!

Profession: BSC Student - Physics Major (NERD :p)
Age: 23
Bike: Hornet 250 - picking it up next week!
First bike:TU250
How many Years riding: ~3
First/best bike memory: Riding me gramps' 3 wheeler around the orchard in Napier with me lil bro and sister in the trailer.
Estimated km to date: 25,000

[White Boots]

Profession: Marine engineer
Age: 24
Bike:Buell XB9SX
First bike: CBR250RR
How many Years riding: 3 years
First/best bike memory:Riding in a group of 150 down the motorway.
Estimated km to date: 25,000km

[Maha]

Profession: 27 yrs in Flooring.
Age: Old enough to drink
Bike:CB1300.
Other bikes: YZF600/Triumph Sprint.
First bike: GN250.
How many Years riding: 5 and a half years at time post was made
First/best bike memory: 2200 kms in a week last year with my wife.
Estimated km to date: almost 10,000 on the CB which is a year old.

[megageoff76]

Profession: International/FCA Helpdesk officer
Age: 33
Bike: SV650S K8
First bike: 1978 CB125T
How many Years riding: 19
First/best bike memory: Coming 3rd in the Learner class for the Teenage Motorcyclist of the year way back in 1992
which was run by BRONZ. I still have my certificate somewhere..ill should scan it and post it up here for a few laughs.
I wonder what happened to all the other entrants?
Estimated km to date: LOTS

[Kflasher]

Profession: Structural/ Mechanical Draughtsman
Age: Mid 30’s
Bike: ZX10
First bike: XR200
How many years riding: 25ish
First/best bike memory: 1977 Cemetery Circuit, standing on Dad’s chilly bin, wishing I was a motorcyclist
Estimated km to date: approx. 15-20k per year.

[CookMySock]

Name: Steve
Profession: Commercial driver/mechanic/manager/wireless ISP/horney pony..
Age: 43?
Bike: Hyosung GT650R
First bike: PE175
How many Years riding: 30+
First/best bike memory: Little brothers' street-legal XR500
Estimated km to date: Bikes 30k ish, cars tens of thousands of hours


I feel young :niceone:You ARE young, you little whipper-snapper! ;)

Steve

[slofox]

Profession: Drug Dealer
Age: approx 960 years, give or take a century or two...
Bike: SV650S K7
First bike: 1953 Arial 350cc
How many Years riding: errr...42-ish
First/best bike memory: Arseing off in the Castrol sweeper at Ruapuna, flat out, and bouncing along the track for about an hour and a half until I slowed down enough to stand back up...

[Katman]

Profession: Commercial driver/mechanic/manager/wireless ISP/horney pony..


Come on now, be honest.


(De Dee, De Dee, diddy Dee De Dee, diddy Dee De Dee, diddy Dee De Dee)............

[Bend-it]

isn't this information in our profile??

[A_Mans_Ruin]

Profession: Midwifery Student
Age: 28
Bike: 2001 R1
First bike: Pfffft bloody 150cc step through cruiser thing
How many Years riding: 2 years
Estimated Km's to date: hmmmmm about 20 000
First/best bike memory:
1st memory:
My brother letting me stand up on the back of his BSA as we were riding to makikihi.... Awesome, and at 8 I knew the true meaning of BSA!!
Best Memory:
The day I handed over the cheque for the R1 and rode it to Little River mmmmmm gud times indeed!

[A_Mans_Ruin]

isn't this information in our profile??

Spoil sport!

[The Pastor]

hey cool! an identity theft thread!

[EJK]

Profession: IT Student
Age: <=20
Bike: YB125
First bike: SJ125
How many Years riding: >2
First/best bike memory: After a nice ride to north, heading down from Orewa to CBD via motorway with an old friend on R6 with "trusty" radar detector and me on a borrowed GT250R. Good fun.
OR
Many trips around the North Island.
Estimated km to date: >20,000

[skidMark]

Profession: Viticulture
Age: 22
Bike: Katana 650 fighter, zxr250c, zxr250a, another katana 650, cars as well, 93 mitsi gto twin turbo, toyota corona commuter, and a 98 mazda familia protege 5
First bike: honda z50 chinese replica... first 250 was a gn250...
How many Years riding: 4 1/4
First/best bike memory: power wheeli'n a zx10r in 4th gear at 200... (losed private road of course)
Estimated km to date: 260,000<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[scumdog]

I feel young :niceone:

And I feel old:(

[Oakie]

Name: Richard
Profession: Human Resources / Payroll fella
Age: 49
Bike: '93 CB400
First bike: Kawasaki G5 (100cc dual purpose thing)
How many Years riding: 6 before kids came then 5 more since kids left
First/best bike memory: Sitting on my G5 after my first ride (8km)
Estimated km to date: close to 60,000 in last 5 years

[fergie]

]Profession: IT Sales ("Channel and Relationships Manager..[/QUOTE]

what does a "channel and relationship manager" do?

[skidMark]

]Profession: IT Sales ("Channel and Relationships Manager..

what does a "channel and relationship manager" do?[/QUOTE]


Manages couples fights for the tv remote?

[Mikkel]

Name: Mikkel
Profession: Nano-tech engineer
Age: ~9*10^17 ns.
Bike: A green, a red and a black one - trying to sell the red one... the red ones are too fast.
First bike: The red one.
How many Years riding: 1.75
First/best bike memory: No way I can choose just one. Hell, even the crashes have been good...
Estimated km to date: Around 30,000 kms so far.

[Blackshear]

Christopher
Jobless :(
1990 250 Bandit, black.
about a years riding under my belt.
Best memory would be hopping on my Dads XR500. Goddamn ugly thing it was, had been bored, port polished, race cams, lightweight clutch, the whole thing. Was an ex dirtring banger or sommat. Oh my the balls it had.

KM to date, approx 13,000. Been jobless about 4 months of that though, shit sucks. 3 jobs.

[Tubbsy]

isn't this information in our profile??

Maybe, but you don't HAVE to play this game. This thread ain't mandatory.

[Cajun]

Profession: System Administrator for NZ's largest Port & Kiwibiker Pack leaders minion
Age:30
Bike: 2004 GSX-R 600, 2006 RSV-R 1000
First bike bike i owned: 96 ZZR-250,
How many Years riding:15
First/best bike memory:First was my father having scooters going backwards and forwards to work, or maybe it was dwnundabkr (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=7609), in his teenage years, coming around, and going for rides on back of his bikes, in the front lawn.
Best bike memory, I think was day i picked up my GSX-R and took it for a ride, my first, brand new bike. Had many great days over 5 years on this bike.
Estimated km to date: 100,000+

[madbikeboy]

Profession: Rocket Scientist.
Age: 35
Bike: Scoot (GSXR1000), and a pint of GSXR goodness, CBX1000.
First bike: Unknown honda chook chaser at age 11.
How many Years riding: 3 weeks.
First/best bike memory: First bike memory, sneaking my bike under the house using the cloak of darkness. Getting it going using petrol stolen from the neighbours lawnmower, and a pair of pliers. Did my first wheelstand in the paddock next to the house, crashed 0.02 seconds later. Got in a bit of trouble for crashing and owning a mc... First time I redlined a ZZR11 on the private northern racetrack. The first time I redlined a GSXR13 on the private northern racetrack. The night the police helo came looking for me, as I was hiding like the worst sort of coward under a horsetruck in a barn. The first time I rode scoot with all the mods, and the thrill of top speed on the evil bitch she had become. Countless rides with ZX-Rider etc over the years, past the Miranda loop at shameful speeds. The first time I rode an RGV, then an RG. Actually, they count as worst memories, strokers are a bitch mistress. The tour de movenpick with my fav pillion riding bitch.
Km's to date: Never thought about it, a lot though.

Adding one more -
Why do I still do it?: It's trite, but nothing else compares. It's like standing in the mosh pit of a Metallica concert, with 50,000 screaming fans; real life is like elevator music as polite background noise... The sensation of the rear squirming, breaking traction and spinning, knee down, peg on the deck.

Does anyone else recall the motorway stopping at the top of Sunset Road? Was it just us who used to race to the end of the motorway and back again? I have this sudden balst of nostalgia... I can recall doing a million miles an hour up Parnell Road on an RGV that was almost brand new). I'm old.........

[Metalor]

Name: Mikkel
Profession: Nano-tech engineer
Age: ~9*10^17 ns.
Bike: A green, a red and a black one - trying to sell the red one... the red ones are too fast.
First bike: The red one.
How many Years riding: 1.75
First/best bike memory: No way I can choose just one. Hell, even the crashes have been good...
Estimated km to date: Around 30,000 kms so far.



Worked it out, you'd be approx. 28.519279032626055213324207164043 years old, haha!


Mate, you serious? you're a nano-tech engineer? HOW DO I GET THAT JOB?!

I'm serious, how do I get that job. I'm doing a physics major, VERY interested in nanotechnology, especially carbon nanotubes!! Imagine bikes made out of the stuff!!!

[xwhatsit]

Age: ~9*10^17 ns.
Hmm... younger than I thought. Hope you're going to have a good party in 18 months?


Name: Tom
Profession: Student -- two weeks away from finishing uni and starting my first proper job (Dunno what my job title will be... software engineer? Computer engineer? Something geeky.)
Age: ~6.8 * 10^17 ns.
Bike: Super Cub C50, CB250RS x 3
First bike: Yamaha V50
How long riding: ~1.104 * 10^17 ns.
First/best bike memory: Doing Cape Reinga with GiJoe1313 and Gremlin; waking up in the morning to leave Auckland and the sun is coming up; riding until it gets dark, sun goes down while we're at the Cape; riding back to Auckland and the sun coming up again just as we reach the Harbour Bridge.
Km's to date: Roughly 54 million fathoms (that's about 3241 pico-parsecs for you modern folks).

[Mikkel]

Worked it out, you'd be approx. 28.519279032626055213324207164043 years old, haha!

Well, 3rd of January 1981 - so it's not too far off.

I'm going to be a pedant - you should say I was approximately 30 years old. I only provided one significant digit.


Mate, you serious? you're a nano-tech engineer? HOW DO I GET THAT JOB?!

I'm serious, how do I get that job. I'm doing a physics major, VERY interested in nanotechnology, especially carbon nanotubes!! Imagine bikes made out of the stuff!!!

Yes, I am serious - I love the hype-i-ness of that title. I did my M.Sc. Engineering Physics in Denmark - thesis on fabrication of polymer lasers through nano-imprint lithography. Currently doing my PhD on superlening at Canterbury (in the field of plasmonics and metamaterials). Did a couple of short-term jobs as a researcher on two different EU projects while I waited to be able to move down here.

If you want a proper job in the field you'd have to move to the US or Europe - hardly anything here. Plenty of challenges to overcome in regards to CNTs before they can be even considered as a structural material. There's a lot of hype and a lot of misunderstandings around the term nano-technology... but there's also a vast number of applications. My advice if you want to work in that area is to do a few chemistry and bio-chemistry papers on the side to complement your physics degree.

Currently my biggest complication for the future is figuring out how to get a relevant industry job in NZ when the PhD is done - which will hopefully be inside a year.

[Beemer]

Profession: journalist, editor and photographer
Age: Let's not go there, but it's over 40!
Bike: Suzuki Goose
First bike: Suzuki RG150
How many years riding: 11
First/best bike memory: I had fun riding around the South Island on a Honda XRB200 back in 2000, great scenery and a great way to get to know my new boyfriend (who is now my husband!). He taught me how to ride on gravel by taking me to the quarry at Otaki - man, that was fun! I also loved the first week I owned my BMW F650CS - did 1200kms that week and you couldn't get the grin off my face. Two Stay Upright advanced riding courses at Manfeild were a load of fun too - those Aussie guys are great.
Estimated km to date: Not as many as most people - probably only about 35,000 or so. But I didn't start riding until 11 years ago and I've been a pillion for many, many more kms.

And Megageoff76, I came third in the Female Class of the Wellington Motorcyclist of the Year competition in 2000 - my only trophy!

[Thani-B]

Profession: Database Consultant
Age: 20
Bike: GN250
First bike: GN250
How many Years riding: 1 and a half
First/best bike memory: My first real "long" trip. Joined a few other riders on the way, went to Taupo and back to Auckland on a nice sunny day.
Estimated km to date: 10,000 ish

[martybabe]

thesis on fabrication of polymer lasers through nano-imprint lithography.
.

:clap: I luffs you but you really must stop making up words, it frightens the old people :rolleyes:


Profession: Ex firfighter, house husband and love god
Age: 29 always have been always will be
Bike: GSX1400 but I'm watching another two
First bike: Yamaha DT125
How many Years riding: 34 big ones
First/best bike memory: Buying an FJ1200, it was an epiphany
Estimated km to date: must be millions by now

[Tubbsy]

Profession: journalist, editor and photographer
Age: Let's not go there, but it's over 40!
Bike: Suzuki Goose
First bike: Suzuki RG150
How many years riding: 11
First/best bike memory: I had fun riding around the South Island on a Honda XRB200 back in 2000, great scenery and a great way to get to know my new boyfriend (who is now my husband!). He taught me how to ride on gravel by taking me to the quarry at Otaki - man, that was fun! I also loved the first week I owned my BMW F650CS - did 1200kms that week and you couldn't get the grin off my face.

So how is the Beemer F650CS? Planning on riding the Nullarbor with a mate of mine once I get my full.

[kunoichi]

Profession: Student/manager
Age:19
Bike:kawasaki ninja 250cc 2008
First bike:kawasaki ninja 250cc 2008
How many Years riding: just under a year
First/best bike memory: my best mate rocks up on his bike, he teaches me how to turn it on, engine fires, i fall in love!
Estimated km to date: 10500km

[JimO]

Profession: plastering and tiling contractor
Age: 48
Bike:cagiva raptor 1000
First bike: ts 185 suzuki
How many Years riding: 34
First/best bike memory: riding a deltex rockhopper (mini bike) through the hedge aged 8
Estimated km to date: have no idea

[jim.cox]

Profession: Luddite
Age:Long of tooth & grey of hair
Bike:82 Ducati MHR
First bike:Suzuki GT550
How many Years riding: lots
First/best bike memory: too many to list
Estimated km to date: 44180*10^6

[Metalor]

Yes, I am serious - I love the hype-i-ness of that title. I did my M.Sc. Engineering Physics in Denmark - thesis on fabrication of polymer lasers through nano-imprint lithography. Currently doing my PhD on superlensing at Canterbury (in the field of plasmonics and metamaterials).

If you want a proper job in the field you'd have to move to the US or Europe - hardly anything here. Plenty of challenges to overcome in regards to CNTs before they can be even considered as a structural material. There's a lot of hype and a lot of misunderstandings around the term nano-technology... but there's also a vast number of applications. My advice if you want to work in that area is to do a few chemistry and bio-chemistry papers on the side to complement your physics degree.

Currently my biggest complication for the future is figuring out how to get a relevant industry job in NZ when the PhD is done - which will hopefully be inside a year.

Superlensing! haha, green eyed monster is rearing it's head here! Awesome mate, bet you worked like a bitch to get to where you are, good on ya.

Yea, there's heeeeaaaaps of hype with nanotech, rightly so though! I'm excited by the possible implications it means for future technology and development. All those science mags eg New Scientist are made to hype it up and get people interested, the more people interesed = more people likely to get involved in the field.


Bugger... was hoping you weren't gonna say chemistry. It just doesn't hold my attention. Tried a couple of introductory papers at uni, just didn't interest me to be honest.

Maybe I'll just get the degree then go from there. Apparently banks like physics students for their maths/problem solving skills. Not that I want to work in a bank.


Awesome mate, good to see another science oriented person here!

[Danae]

Profession: Broke-arse student
Age: 18
Bike: Scooter currently (Yamaha Vino)
First bike: Will probably be a Suzuki FXR 150, but would prefer a Honda CBR 150R
How many Years riding: 1/2 a year, lol
First/best bike memory: Best so far was dirtbiking over at motorbyclist's place
Estimated km to date: Not much, just daily commuting

[lankyman]

You know you can display all this info on you're profile page aye...

[The Stranger]

How many Years riding: 3 weeks.



Awesome! No wonder you know so much about motorcycling, that's practically expert level on KB.
Who knows, maybe one day you can be as smart as DB.

[Mikkel]

Awesome mate, bet you worked like a bitch to get to where you are, good on ya.

You're on. How much do you want to loose? :devil2:

[Tubbsy]

You know you can display all this info on you're profile page aye...

Yup...5 pages means it's more fun this way. :niceone:

[The Stranger]

I only provided one significant digit.


I frequently use one significant digit :motu:

[phoenixgtr]

Profession: Accountant
Age: 25
Bike: 99 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 01 Suzuki SV650, Suzuki FXR150 Bucket Racer
First bike: Suzuki FXR150
How many Years riding: 4
First/best bike memory: There's so many. My best would probably be the first time I went on the track. It was Manfield. I was on my first bike (FXR150) and I had an absolute blast!!
Estimated km to date: 60,000kms

[Mikkel]

I frequently use one significant digit :motu:

Is that to compensate for shortage in other areas? :dodge:

(and just to be pendantic - doesn't a finger consist of three digits? - I see that it doesn't, but what do you call the individual parts of each finger - i.e. the bones)

[Breed777]

Profession: Guitarist (yes it is a real job!)
Age: 33
Bike: 88 GSXR
First bike: One of those plastic ones when I was 2 (looked like a motorcycle!)
How many Years riding: 3 months
First/best bike memory: Realising I hate manual cars but I love changing gears on a bike... all this time I thought I hated gears... when I really hate cars!
Estimated km to date: bout 300

[Hitcher]

You know you can display all this info on you're profile page aye...

No you can't. And it's "eh", not "aye".

[sinfull]

Well, 3rd of January 1981 - so it's not too far off.

I'm going to be a pedant - you should say I was approximately 30 years old. I only provided one significant digit.



Yes, I am serious - I love the hype-i-ness of that title. I did my M.Sc. Engineering Physics in Denmark - thesis on fabrication of polymer lasers through nano-imprint lithography. Currently doing my PhD on superlening at Canterbury (in the field of plasmonics and metamaterials). Did a couple of short-term jobs as a researcher on two different EU projects while I waited to be able to move down here.

If you want a proper job in the field you'd have to move to the US or Europe - hardly anything here. Plenty of challenges to overcome in regards to CNTs before they can be even considered as a structural material. There's a lot of hype and a lot of misunderstandings around the term nano-technology... but there's also a vast number of applications. My advice if you want to work in that area is to do a few chemistry and bio-chemistry papers on the side to complement your physics degree.


Misunderstandings ? Understatement ! Re read 3 times laughed and thought good on ya !

[Magua]

Profession: Student/Hell Pizza
Age: 22
Bike: Cb400n/cb200 1980/1974
First bike: gn125
How many Years riding: 5
First/best bike memory: Riding on the back of my grandad's motorcycle as a child.
Estimated km to date: No idea, a lot.

[Mystic13]

Profession: Too many

Age: is a number

First bike: Suzuki GT250 Ram Air, freshly rebuilt and repainted by a lady biker.

How many Years riding: 30

First/best bike memory: Too many to list and...
- Trying to steal my neighbours bike every Sunday morning and succeeding about half the time.
- The women that have loved me and my bikes. They're a special breed. There is nothing hotter than a lady who loves bikes.

Estimated km to date: yeah right... too many done and still not enough.

[steve_t]

what do you call the individual parts of each finger - i.e. the bones)

Phalanges :niceone:

[kevfromcoro]

I am an unfucker..
Some cunts fuck things
And i un fuck them..

[Mom]

Profession: Self-employed bean counter
Age: ageless
First bike: A 125 cc Yamaha of some forgotten model, little 2 stroke, went like the clappers
How many years riding: 33 odd years
Memories: Too many over the years, but one that springs to mind is... Wanted to upgrade my little bike for something with a bit more pep, so went for a test ride on a Kawasaki of long forgotten model, also a two stroke (was there any other kind?) that had the power band from hell! Took this thing out around the back of Howick, to East Tamaki and then back along TeRakau Drive, Pakuranga Higway back to the shop. Treated it with the respect it deserved as I got out to open roads (yes back then that was all countryside) and stopped at a set of traffic lights to turn back towards Pakuranga Highway. Thye did not trigger my presence so I sat there and sat there and waited. In the end I got so frustrated I went through the red light. Frustration meant I was a little less than cautious with the throttle so I learned what it is like to ride a bucking bronco motorbike, this powerband really meant business I tells ya! That front wheel would not stay on the road, so I would back off, down it would come, the bike would bog and not wanting to foul the plug I would change down and give it a handful. Most fun I think I have ever had on two wheels really :sunny:

Absolutely no idea how far I have travelled on two wheels.

[boman]

Profession: Slave to the money
Age: 36
Bike: 2008 Sv1000
First bike: 1995 GSF 250
How many Years riding: 4-5
First/best bike memory: Chateau to Plateau charity run in January this year. 1100 km in 2 days. The trip back home, especially, from Stratford to Te Kuiti up the coast road was magic.
Estimated km to date: 50,000 or so.


:banana:

[retro asian]

What bike do you ride
2008 Suzuki Intruder VL250LC
Other bikes did you own
1995 Honda Giorno
Biography
I come straight from the slums of Shao Lin. My Father was killed when I was a baby, so now I search for his killer to avenge his death in an extended all out action final battle...
Location
Auckland
Interests
kung fu -drunken fist, stir frying, studying to beat white students in exams, using rice cooker, playing golf to increase social status, driving my BMW

[Big Dave]

Profession: Big Dave.
Age: Middle
Bike: Triumph Thunderbird, Buell XB12X.
First bike: Hand made mini bike.
How many Years riding: 47
First/best bike memory: Burning my leg on my min-bike.
Estimated km to date: 1.2 million

[Big Dave]

Retro asian cracks me up.

[ckai]

Holy shit there's a lot of people on here that could be classed as geeks! What ever happened to all the real jobs like mechanics, builders, and truck drivers?

Profession: Computer technician ;) I'm not smart enough for that...marketing.
Age: 29 (nearly) (my nearly-30 wife still doesn't like that fact)
Bike: Trumpet D675
First bike: GT250R
How many Years riding: 1
First/best bike memory: Jumping on a mates XR100 when I was under 10, falling off and getting the foot peg through my knee. From then on I always knee I would ride a bike!
Estimated km to date: only about 10,000km

[Elysium]

Shit, everyone here has a better job then me!

Profession: Produce Manager.......yeah I rock
Age: 28
Bike: Honda CB900 Hornet...VTR1000 soon I hope. First bike a Suzuki GN125, second bike a Suzuki GSX250 Invader
First bike: GN125
How many Years riding: About eight years total I think
First/best bike memory: Surviving a near binning down in the south from some very poor road maintainance
Estimated km to date: ?

[hayd3n]

me hayden
Profession: plastics fabricator almost fully qualified
Age: under the hill
Bike: 1995 yamaha yzf 600 parts
First bike: 1990 yamaha sr250
Other Bikers: 84 vt250fele 98 vtr 250
How many Years riding:6
Best bike memory: riding my sr250 for the first time to alexandra in middle of winter wearing jeans /snakers and a crappy jacket that blew up like a balloon once i hit 90kms all just to see family (before i got a bike i just hitched)
Estimated km to date: 50,000 more or less
Other:forced to get my cage licence just to get more moolah from work place thingy

[xwhatsit]

Holy shit there's a lot of people on here that could be classed as geeks! What ever happened to all the real jobs like mechanics, builders, and truck drivers?
This is an intarweb forum. It's going to skew the population somewhat. The people with `real jobs' are down at the pub.

[Matt Bleck]

Profession: Flatbed Operator/Graphic Artist/Signwriter/Mounmental Mason
Age: 37
Bike: 2003 GSXR 1000
First bike: Honda MT250?
How many Years riding: 30
First/best bike memory:riding some kids peewee 50 at a MX event aged 7
Estimated km to date: heaps bro

[jaymzw]

Ooh my turn my turn

Profession: Student/McDonalds
Age: 16
Bike: K6 GSXR600
First bike: GN250 straight reppen
How many Years riding: 2?
First/best bike memory: Umm?
Estimated km to date: 15,000

[crazyhorse]

Oh what the heck.....



Profession: Office manager/exec Assistant
Age: Who cares
Bike: GSXR 1000 and SV650s
First bike: GS500E
How many Years riding: 11
First/best bike memory: Just riding - smelling the cow patties LOL
Estimated km to date: 100,000 km

[Mschvs]

Profession: Sales Rep/Marketing/Customer Service etc etc etc
Age: 27
Bike: 09 Kawasaki EX250
First bike: 09 Kawasaki EX250
How many A year ... if that!
First/best bike memory: Riding with Ndorfn (yeah on pillion) to Paeroa, semi nice day. Coming back in the rain, wet as fuck .. freezing cold, coming home jumping in the hot shower and having sex!!
Estimated km to date: approx 2000km

[DEATH_INC.]

Mmmm...ok

Profession: Tyreshop Manager (cage)
Age: 40 something (ya memory goes with age...)
Bike: '05 ZX10 and a 250ish hp '84 ZX750 turbo (lotsa mods)
First bike: YZ125j
How many Years riding: 25ish
First/best bike memory: Jumping over the head of the guy leading the under under 200cc class on My KTM250 in a mixed class mx when he was already in the air over a jump.
Estimated km to date: Lots (ish)

[gatch]

Alias: Gatch, Satch, Snatch
Profession : Machinist Extraordinaire, freelance public nudist
Age: 23 ( I feel about 17)
Bikes: A well dismantled Honda spada
First bike: suzuki rg50
How many years riding: 9
First/Best Bike Memory: Getting my learners and going for my first ride in the hills behind Levin !!! Regular post-work hoon-sessions with a good mate on the paihiatua track, 800km rides to dunedin to get on the piss
Estimated Kms to date: 70,000 ?

[Mikkel]

...
Age: ageless, but more than 33 years
...
How many years riding: 33 odd years

Fixed :devil2:


...
Age: Middle
...
How many Years riding: 47


You must have started early then...


Holy shit there's a lot of people on here that could be classed as geeks! What ever happened to all the real jobs like mechanics, builders, and truck drivers?

Quite a bit harder to spend time on the internet during business hours when you aren't glued to the desk all day, I suppose.


I am very impressed with how early a lot of people started riding bikes - and more than a tad envious too.

[Cheshire Cat]

Profession: Retard :lol:
Age: 18
Bike:05 CBR 150
First bike: ^^^^
How many Years riding: 2 or 3 months.though I've been a pillion all my life.
First/best bike memory: Best:Coro loop on the back of ratty with mum.Paeroa BOTS.
Estimated km to date: 3150 on minton :love:

[Mom]

Fixed :devil2:

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though :Pokey:

[The Stranger]

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though :Pokey:

Define much.

[Mom]

Define much.

Round about your age smarty pants...ancient! :niceone:

[nallac]

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though :Pokey:


Define much.

bout 2 days?

[Supertwin Don]

Profession: Civil Engineer specialising in Roads and Highways (that's why I'm a smart ass when it comes to road signs!)
Age: upper middle
Bikes: Guzzi California 111 LAPD, Yamaha XS750E, mini moto kneeler sidecar, son's old push bike, son's old junior drag bike, Top Gas class drag bike
1st Bike: (very quietly) 1963 Vespa Sportique 150 - quickly followed by 1953 BSA 350
One of the better moments: beating one of the locals on a newish Jap bike through the (old) Cromwell Gorge on my BSA Lightning:clap:
Another: seeing my son build, ride and win in an electric drag bike race.
Years riding: 40+ and only about one year (total) without at least one bike

[Mom]

bout 2 days?

:love: <fanks> </fanks>

[wbks]

Profession: student
Age: 14
Bike: gsxr 600
First bike: 2001 gsxr600
How many Years riding: 2
First/best bike memory: lane splitting two stopped patrol cars and a bus at 120 in the rain
Estimated km to date: 7, 000

[6ft5]

Profession: Still trying to figure it out
Age: whatever you want it to be
Bike: some cruisy thing FLHT
First bike: magna i think it was
How many Years riding: 35 yrs and some days
First/best bike memory: Solo Wellington to Hamilton and back to Wellington, 1400km in a single day, butt was sore as, made the trip over the Parapara's. Pretty awesome using my Triumph Tiger....
Estimated km to date: stopped counting years ago....LOL

[JATZ]

O.K. ya got me........

Job : Irrigation, Drainlaying,Pumps,Small engine maintenance, light engineering
Age : 38.5
Bike : DR750, Triumph trophy 900, CT125
First Bike : DR400
Yrs riding :2.5
Best memory : Leaving the bush after Arthurs pass heading to Christchurch, just something with the light on the tussock and the tunes on the I-pod and DRbig puuuuurring
K's travelled : ?

[MsKABC]

Profession: Yummy Mummy (or so I'm told)
Age: Let's go with 30.
Bike: Wicked-sounding Honda Bros 400, but there's an upgrade in the pipeline ;)
First bike: A wicked-sounding GPZ250
Years riding: 8, on and off.
First/best bike memory: First time over the Kopu-Hikuai road, synchronised rider/pillion bird flipping at dangerous Indian driver. They're all pretty good actually.
Estimated kms to date: 12,000

[nallac]

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though :Pokey:

no wonder you look sooo good then....:drool:

I'm sorry to say Maha I can't say the same about you,
don't mean to disappoint you being a Honda owner and all.
Maybe if i get another Honda we can talk.......

[Tubbsy]

Awesome, this thread is still going!!! :clap:

What a wickedly diverse group we are. No wonder there are so many differing viewpoints in conversation.:niceone:

[Naki Rat]

Tony
Laser scan (hence the avatar) and offshore surveyor, and data processor
50
Triumph 955 Sprint RS
Suzuki RV90 before progressing to Suzuki TS185 and licence.
35 less a 15 year gap
Taking my mates CBX1048 for a blast, when my own bike was a Yamaha RD400 - Yeeeehaaaaaaaa
And my Dad telling stories of dragging off cops in the Kandallah Hills 'cause he knew his Matchless handled so much better than the cop's Norton
150,000km I suppose, and well over 500,000km on 4 wheels (born road warrior)

[taff1954]

Profession: Maintenance fitter
Age: fifty plus a few
Bike: GPz600
First bike: Honda C50
How many Years riding: nearly 40
First/best bike memory: First - not getting stuck in traffic on the way home at night. Best memories, cruising around mid Wales on a Tiger 90. December 29th last year when the wife of 30 years decided it was time to try riding pillion for the first time ever, and found that she LOVES it.
Estimated km to date: 20,000 a year for the first 10 years - I was doing about 60k plus each way for work for 5 years, about 7,500 a year since, so about 400,000 so far

[gatch]

Awesome, this thread is still going!!! :clap:

Its interesting so far the typical ill informed stereotype of the motorbicyclindricist has been shot to shit yes, most of the replies so far have been from professional nerds.

Diverse bunch we are indeed :)

[peasea]

No you can't. And it's "eh", not "aye".

...and it should have a question mark at the end.

[peasea]

Profession: Fact extrapolator
Age: I can only remember 30
Bike:FXDWG
First bike: Triumph 650
How many Years riding: 30+
First/best bike memory: They are the same thing really. The first time I rode a motorcycle I got one hell of a buzz. It comes back every time I ride.
Estimated km to date: Shitloads

[sondela]

Profession: artist, photographer and whatever else actually pays
Age: haven't reached the hill yet
Bike: Ducati 999
First bike: Honda 360
How many Years riding: since I was 14
First/best bike memory: every ride's better than the one before
Estimated km to date: no idea, lots

[fatzx10r]

Profession:injection moulding, night shift
Age: 30
Bike:zx10r and kx450f
First bike: ty50
How many Years riding: 20
First/best bike memory: watching a mate flip his bike on the main street in town, on a friday night LMAO
Estimated km to date:enough

[SARGE]

In the interests of having a better idea of who we are all interacting with on a regular basis, thought it may be cool to start a "who are we" thread.




Profession: tool pimp / voiceover legend
Age: over 21
Bike: worked FJ1200 and Blinged ThunderAce
First bike: 64 honda cub
How many Years riding: since 1970
First/best bike memory: riding pillion on my dad's bike in knee deep snow from upstate NY to Bristol Tn for the Bristol 400 NASCAR race
Estimated km to date: hard to say.. alot

[Tubbsy]

Its interesting so far the typical ill informed stereotype of the motorbicyclindricist has been shot to shit yes, most of the replies so far have been from professional nerds.

Diverse bunch we are indeed :)

Not to mention we blow the typical nerd stereotype out of the water.

As I have read someone on these forums say before, you're automatically accorded a level of cool when you ride a bike.:headbang:

[madbikeboy]

Interesting, I've counted 1 x PhD, 2 x Masters degrees, 8-10 undergrad degrees... One Marine, a heap of IT related people, some people who work with their hands, but all with a level of skill.

I honestly reckon that motorcycling is the great societal leveler.

[Tubbsy]

I honestly reckon that motorcycling is the great societal leveler.

That and alcohol........:banana:

[Pussy]

I honestly reckon that motorcycling is the great societal leveler.
Ain't that the truth, Mike!

[steve_t]

That and alcohol........:banana:

Aint THAT the truth :laugh:

[Shaun S]

Profession: Electrician
Age: 39
Bike: Gixxer thou , Gas Gas 250
First bike: CBR600
How many Years riding: 21
First/best bike memory: Best memory - Cape to Cairo on a 400, we saw crazy shit, did crazy shit and ate even crazier shit.
Estimated km to date: No idea

[Hazza]

Name: Harry
Profession: Test Analyst for Telecom
Age: 19
Bike: Triumph TT600, CRF250, XR100
First bike: PW50
How many Years riding: 15
First/best bike memory: First time hitting 250kph and riding my dads 1976 Triumph Bonnie t140 before i was old enough to drive a car :cool:
Estimated kms to date: Many

[Ash250R]

Profession: Student Level 5 Diploma IT and Commms/ Level 6 Diploma IT and Comms
Age:21
Bike: 1988 Honda NSR250R
First bike bike I owned: 1988 Honda NSR250R
How many Years riding:<1
First/best bike memory: Doing a forward flip on a 50cc quad over the top of another 50c quad, resuld bike ends op on top (Litterley) and cracked collar bone.
Estimated km to date: MX: K's mean nothing when having fun / Road: ~3

[been_there]

Profession: Systems Test Engineer
Age: 38
Bike: Triumph Daytona
First bike:XL100
How many Years riding:On/off for 22yrs
First/best bike memory:Binning the trail bike in the wet on colombo st at 3am, when cops where chasing a cager. He went through a red light in front of me the knobblies hit the white lines. Still remember the look on the cops faces as I slid past in front of them through the intersection....
Estimated km to date: Since getting back on the bike 2500

[true-to-life]

Profession: Tour Guide
Age: 36
Bike: Honda VTR 250
First Bike: Honda VTR 250
How many years riding: .7
First/best memory: dirt bike on the farm, just blatting in the paddock
Estimated kms to date: I'm just starting so only about... hold on I will check: 4800.

[16silver]

Ooh my turn my turn

Profession: Student/McDonalds
Age: 16
Bike: K6 GSXR600
First bike: GN250 straight reppen
How many Years riding: 2?
First/best bike memory: Umm?
Estimated km to date: 15,000

pick me next!!
Profession: McDonalds Crew Biatch
Age: 17
Bike: Suzuki RG150E Gamma2
First bike: SR250 Cruiser thingy/RG150E Gamma2
How many Years riding: <1
First/best bike memory: riding up scenic drive from titirangi to the bottom of west coast road in otara or whatever that place is called on my SR250
Estimated km to date: 1700ish

[16silver]

Profession: student
Age: 14
Bike: gsxr 600
First bike: 2001 gsxr600
How many Years riding: 2
First/best bike memory: lane splitting two stopped patrol cars and a bus at 120 in the rain
Estimated km to date: 7, 000

wtf? there's no way you can be on your full and be 14?
is there?

maybe you meant to write 41? :P

[PrincessBandit]

Oooh this is fun! OK:
Prof: I teach high school students how to blow things
Age: old enough to be a cougar
Bike: 650 bandit
1st bike: like so many others, the mighty ginny
How many years riding: about 3
First memory: going round and round a traffic island at the local supermarket on katman's 250 kwaka, being totally amazed that I didn't fall off and break it or me (this would be back about 1981...)
Estimated kms: done 17,000 on the bandit bought new at end of 07, and lost count on the ginny as the speedo cable snapped so many times that the odo has had numerous "down" periods - kms on that are lost in the sands of time.

[Tubbsy]

Prof: I teach high school students how to blow things


Uhhh.......ok what???? :rolleyes:

[PrincessBandit]

To find out that, you need to check my profile under "about me"....

[wbks]

wtf? there's no way you can be on your full and be 14?
is there?

maybe you meant to write 41? :PLike helmets, licenses are for pussies. Who needs one?

[Metalor]

You're on. How much do you want to loose? :devil2:

You're implying you didn't work? Nanotechnology AND efficiency all in the one package!

[MsKABC]

Interesting, I've counted 1 x PhD, 2 x Masters degrees, 8-10 undergrad degrees... One Marine, a heap of IT related people, some people who work with their hands, but all with a level of skill.

I honestly reckon that motorcycling is the great societal leveler.

Yep, my best friend (also a biker) and I both have M.Sc. degrees with honours. :D

[Tubbsy]

To find out that, you need to check my profile under "about me"....

Ahhhh ok, it all becomes clear. :niceone:

[cambridgedan]

Profession: Pilot/Photogrpaher
Age: 18
Bike: 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250
First bike: NINJA
How many Years riding: 11months
First/best bike memory: Riding my cuzzins Honda CRF250R
Estimated km to date: 14,000 :niceone:

[madbikeboy]

Yep, my best friend (also a biker) and I both have M.Sc. degrees with honours. :D

Okay, that makes you MsKickAssBikerChick, MSc. Smart and can ride. It's a hard road to finding the perfect woman...

[madbikeboy]

Prof: I teach high school students how to blow things
Age: old enough to be a cougar


I'm having so much fun thinking through the options here... LOL!

PB, I have it. You're a demolitions and explosive expert at the Jihadi Muslim Academy for overachieveing terrorist kids.

[MsKABC]

Okay, that makes you MsKickAssBikerChick, MSc. Smart and can ride. It's a hard road to finding the perfect woman...

:lol: Not to mention that I make double fudge brownie muffins to die for ;) :bleh:

[Weeruthie]

Hi, my name is Maha, my drinking is starting to....opps wrong thread.

Hey I'm Ruth, 29 and I'm a nurse specialising in drug & alcohol detox..... so Maha I'll keep an eye out for you.:doctor:
Bike: Suzuki VL 250 it's my first bike but one day it will turn into a harley
Years riding: couple of months
Best riding memory: Drove (well sat on the back of) from Scotland through england over to spain, along the Pyranise mountains to Barcelona then back up through france and Home to Scotland again.... all over 2 weeks last July..... fantastic!
KM to date: bike just had it's first service at 1000km last week

[PrincessBandit]

PB, I have it. You're a demolitions and explosive expert at the Jihadi Muslim Academy for overachieveing terrorist kids.

Damn, my cover has been.... well,.....blown.

[Mikkel]

I honestly reckon that motorcycling is the great societal leveler.

If I may offer another option - all societal differences are based solely upon perceived differences. When you meet people with whom you have a common interest (e.g. bikes) you get to know them irregardless of any perceived differences and then the illusion does not stand up to closer scrutiny.


You're implying you didn't work? Nanotechnology AND efficiency all in the one package!

I'm not implying anything at all. I'm just saying you'd be loosing money on that particular bet.

[icekiwi]

Profession: Operations Manager (Aviation Engineering type shit)
Age: 48
Bike: 2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R
First bike: Raleagh 20
How many Years riding: Lots
First/best bike memory: Riding around Dargaville when 10 on a moped of some description picking up and dropping parts off for the old mans bussiness.
Estimated km to date:Heaps...19,000 in the last 8 mths

[madbikeboy]

:lol: Not to mention that I make double fudge brownie muffins to die for ;) :bleh:

In breaking news, Kiwibiker Comedian MadBikeBoy today announced the winner of the Perfect Woman of June award. The honour goes to MsKABC.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble, when I'm perfect in everyway, ....

[madbikeboy]

Hey I'm Ruth, 29 and I'm a nurse specialising in drug & alcohol detox..... so Maha I'll keep an eye out for you.:doctor:
Bike: Suzuki VL 250 it's my first bike but one day it will turn into a harley
Years riding: couple of months
Best riding memory: Drove (well sat on the back of) from Scotland through england over to spain, along the Pyranise mountains to Barcelona then back up through france and Home to Scotland again.... all over 2 weeks last July..... fantastic!
KM to date: bike just had it's first service at 1000km last week

Another Shore rider...

I want to put together a regular Chilled Shore ride...

[MsKABC]

Kiwibiker Comedian MadBikeBoy

We're not laughing near you.... :Pokey:

[madbikeboy]

We're not laughing near you.... :Pokey:

That's just mean.

Just because I'm a boy doesn't mean I don't have feelings... :baby:

[Metalor]

I'm not implying anything at all. I'm just saying you'd be loosing money on that particular bet.


Haha, does that mean a slacker like me can get a decent job? Awesome :)

[Swoop]

Does anyone else recall the motorway stopping at the top of Sunset Road?
Sorry. It used to stop at Tristram Ave...:rolleyes:
After paying the 20c toll on NZ's first toll road...

[MsKABC]

That's just mean.

Just because I'm a boy doesn't mean I don't have feelings... :baby:

Well you started it :oi-grr:

[Weeruthie]

Another Shore rider...

I want to put together a regular Chilled Shore ride...

always up for that!

[Tubbsy]

always up for that!

And I'd be keen to make the long trip over the bridge for a norf shore ride.

[Maha]

Hey I'm Ruth, 29 and I'm a nurse specialising in drug & alcohol detox..... so Maha I'll keep an eye out for you.:doctor:



Could have with that about this time last year....after seeing to a bottle of Rum in an afternoon, I slipped and fell hard in the rain and damaged my left Roto-cuff??? or whatever the hell its called, took about 6-7 months to come right....:niceone:

[Tubbsy]

left Roto-cuff??? or whatever the hell its called, took about 6-7 months to come right....:niceone:

Rotator cuff, and 6-7 months is not a bad recovery time. Mine took 2 years.:(

[Maha]

Rotator cuff, and 6-7 months is not a bad recovery time. Mine took 2 years.:(

Is that what it is?....damn sore anyway....not the night it hapened cos I was pissed but, the-next-day!!!!......:baby:

[Tubbsy]

Is that what it is?....damn sore anyway....not the night it hapened cos I was pissed but, the-next-day!!!!......:baby:

Yeh, the bee-otch of it is, it's a small muscle in your shoulder (you have 2 or 3 of them going 'under' your clavicle) but the stability of your shoulder relies on them, and they are very fragile and difficult to strengthen in exercise but easy to hurt.

[Tink]

Hi, my name is Maha, my drinking is starting to....opps wrong thread. damn time to start one then its friday:beer:


Profession: Operations Manager (Aviation Engineering type shit)
Age: 48
Bike: 2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R
First bike: Raleagh 20
How many Years riding: Lots
First/best bike memory: Riding around Dargaville when 10 on a moped of some description picking up and dropping parts off for the old mans bussiness.
Estimated km to date:Heaps...19,000 in the last 8 mths

You lived in Dargaville... when?

Profession: Do I have to say!
Age: 40
Bike: I can't decide
First bike: Moped of course
How many Years riding: pillion :( 37 yrs
First/best bike memory: My dads BSA... :)
Estimated km to date: As a pillion, endless... I will let you know when I get a bike.

[Katman]

Profession: International Man of Mystery.

[Beemer]

So how is the Beemer F650CS? Planning on riding the Nullarbor with a mate of mine once I get my full.

Sold the F650CS back in 2006 after buying the Goose. Hope you're not planning on taking a CS across the Nullabor - it's the road version of the GS, with a belt drive so not really suited to off-road adventures!

[Dare]

Profession: 2nd Year Student (Bachelor of Creative Technologies), Design & Photography, Bum
Age: 21
Bike: 1993 GSF250 Bandit
First bike: ^
How many Years riding: Just over a year
First/best bike memory: Riding Taupo-Auckland in snow the day after buying el bandito (3rd ride ever)
Estimated km to date: ~8000kms on 2 wheels, gazillions on 4

I'm liking the huge diversity of people on here (:
Kind of explains the 100+ page arguments...

[Tubbsy]

Sold the F650CS back in 2006 after buying the Goose. Hope you're not planning on taking a CS across the Nullabor - it's the road version of the GS, with a belt drive so not really suited to off-road adventures!

Sprung. :Oops: Yep, I'm talking about the offroad one. :niceone:

[Mikkel]

Profession: International Man of Mystery.

Gee, that sounds dangerous you bastard.

[GOONR]

Profession: ex- Systems Engineer (Was made redundent two weeks ago and loving it)
Age: 39
Bike: 1997 250 Bandit
First bike: DTR125 (UK)
How many Years riding: Rode for a couple of years... about 20 years ago, just getting back in to it!!
First/best bike memory: being pillion on my uncles home made chopper thingo when I was about 7.
Estimated km to date: Not enough.

[SARGE]

oh well this is lovely isn't it!

Profession: Bsc student - physics major (nerd :p)
age: 23
bike: Hornet 250 - picking it up next week!
First bike:tu250
how many years riding: ~3
first/best bike memory: Riding me gramps' 3 wheeler around the orchard in napier with me lil bro and sister in the trailer.
Estimated km to date: 25,000

nerrrrds!!!

[PrincessBandit]

Profession: International Man of Mystery.

Not an evil doctor then?

p.s. and I thought you'd left your nerdy glasses behind at high school - do you still have them hiding somewhere for special dress up occasions along with a white ruffly cravat?

[Ixion]

.. Does anyone else recall the motorway stopping at the top of Sunset Road? Was it just us who used to race to the end of the motorway and back again? I have this sudden balst of nostalgia... I can recall doing a million miles an hour up Parnell Road on an RGV that was almost brand new). I'm old.........

Actually it used to finish at Northcote Road. Before they built Akaranga Rd Wasn't until MUCH later that it was extended to Sunset Road. No reason to, nothing in Sunset Rd but bush and orchards. You're young. Very young.

[shafty]

Name: Pete

Profession: Semi retired I guess - but soon to live in Bahrain for 2 years

Age: 49 who cares!

Bike: 2006 ST1300 PAn Euro and a TS185ER (Bikes 22 and 23)

First bike: 1975 GT125 Suzy (Ram Air and disc brake, - chur)

How many Years riding: 34

First bike memory: Punting an RV125 Suzy across a wet padock and learning what happens when you smack the rear brake on!

Best bike memory:
So many - riding a new Goldwing across the USA, 1000 Miler in 24 hrs in NZ, Rusty Nuts Grand Challenge, riding the worlds best bike roads in the South Island..... all bliss

Estimated km to date:Geez...chasing 500,000km?

[Tink]

nerrrrds!!!

hehe... no kidding.. u noticed.. clever boy!!!!!!!!!

[LaytonNZ]

Profession:Apprentise motorbike mechanic
Age: 17
Bike: ZX6
First bike: GN 125
How many Years riding: 1.5
First/best bike memory: The only one i can remember was just before i crashed i thought f**K! This is gonna hurt. "But it didnt"
Estimated km to date: 20k~

[madbikeboy]

Profession: International Man of Mystery.

Profession: Trying to hold a mirror in front of us and keep us safe - giving too much of a shit.
First bike: Don't know about KM's first bike, but his best bike is a Katana. Needs a modern front end on it
Best memory: Not four years as a MC courier in hell (London).
Miles: More than most of put together, hence the reason, while I may not like the way the message is delivered, I still listen to it.
KatMan is actually a good bastard in real life, PM him for work on your bike in Taupo / central north island.

As you were.

[madbikeboy]

Actually it used to finish at Northcote Road. Before they built Akaranga Rd Wasn't until MUCH later that it was extended to Sunset Road. No reason to, nothing in Sunset Rd but bush and orchards. You're young. Very young.

I'm only 35. Young enough to relate to hot 18 year chicks. Old enough to know it's a waste of time... LOL!

[carver]

Profession: Part-time home-Dad to 4yr old daughter and part-time Joiner/cabinet maker (20hrs/week)
Age: 30 in September
Bike: '09Kawasaki EX250
First bike: '88 GPX250
How many Years riding: 2
First/best bike memory: Ripping around a hilly farm each weekend on a mates XR80 when I was 10. There was a gully off which you could almost free-fall down the side of with a gentle roll out and up the other side making about a meter of air. We called it the rollercoaster. I must've gone over it 500+ times in the course of one summer.
Estimated km to date: Around 3000.

n00b!!!!!!

[wbks]

No one has seen the troll... :(

[PrincessBandit]

First bike: Don't know about KM's first bike,

Was a green Z250C if memory is correct, been a few since...

[Pedrostt500]

Name: Pete
Age: 43
Profession: Fitter Welder, Heavy Engineering.
Bike: DR 650 K8, DR 400 S
First Bike: TS 185 ER
Years Riding: 36
First / Best: Riding Dads, Mountain Goat through mums grape vine, " we won't tell mum about that hey boy".
No Kms: many many lots, some where in the hundreds of thousands.

[Squiggles]

No one has seen the troll... :(

It was pretty fail :msn-wink:

[wbks]

Sigh.... Story of my life

[madbikeboy]

n00b!!!!!!

So Craver.

Your turn.

Profession? Aside from being an asshole, and carrying Sidewinders semen in your ass?
Age - all of 20?
Bikes - GSXR1000 - ever heard the story of Icarus?
First bike - Your momma?

Since you're the coolest kid, tell us, we're just dying to hear from you.

[jaymzw]

So Craver.

Your turn.

Profession? Aside from being an asshole, and carrying Sidewinders semen in your ass?
Age - all of 20?
Bikes - GSXR1000 - ever heard the story of Icarus?
First bike - Your momma?

Since you're the coolest kid, tell us, we're just dying to hear from you.

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to madbikeboy again"

That deserves BLING!!!!

[scumdog]

Fark yer all waaay young - or have a very young brain.

[fj20_180b]

Profession: Land Surveyor
Age: 25
Bike: 04 R1
First bike: Apart from the old farm 125 mudbugs... learned on brothers zxr250 ninja, but frist bike i owned is my R1
How many Years riding: 5
First/best bike memory: Riding the R1 home after purchase - Auckland to Kerikeri... "taking it easy" as not insured yet and having the front wheel start to lift at 230 (on a closed road of course)
Estimated km to date: 8000

[chanceyy]

hmmm

Profession: multi talented .. CSR, Hairdresser, barefoot farrier
Age: old enough to know better, young enough to still try
Bike: 06 Bandit 1200
First bike: RZ350
How many Years riding: 2 yrs 4 mths ..
First/best bike memory:riding my RZ around manfeild on my 6th time on her .. flippen scared stiff til I was on the track then had the biggest grin even though I was a slow arse
Estimated km to date: rz speedo never worked .. but 15,000ks in one yrs ownership of the bandit so prob about 25 - 30,000

[Dooly]

Oh well, here goes...

Profession: Mechanic/Manager

Age: 45 but no bald spots!

Bike: 04 Ducati 1000SS DS, 04 Triumph Speed Triple 955, 06 Triumph Daytona 955, 98 Suzuki DR350

First bike: 74 Honda XL175, the orange tank model.

How many Years riding: Got bike licence at 15 in 79, rode only road legal dirts till about 85. Had a long break from bikes, then started riding road for a few years mid 90s, then stopped and became a born again rider 3 years ago.

First/best bike memory: My very first ride on a bike, K100 kawy dirt bike in the 70s.

Estimated km: Dunno, I'm not a long haul rider, more enjoy weekend day rides and thrashes.

[Insanity_rules]

You can call me anything you like but don't call me late for dinner.

Profession: IT Company Director/ Amateur Gynecologist

Age: Hang on, I'll count the rings

Bike: 2000 Ducati 900ss, 88 Honda VTZ250.

First bike: Gemini 50 mini Dirtbike (I was 8).

How many Years riding: Oh shit that'd be telling. bout 3 legal.

First bike memory: Smacking into the clothes line on christmas day 1980 on my gemini but getting back on straight away

Best bike memory: I have 2, first being pillion on a VFR going 170 up the Ngauranga gorge (Made me want to ride on the road). My first road trip on my VFR 750 in summer 1991.

Estimated km: Lots and lots.... Then some more.

[madbikeboy]

IR, what's the 900ss like to live with? There are a few coming up on TradeMe at the moment...

[DMNTD]

Profession: Seller of motorcycles
Age: yep
Bike: '09 R1, ZX14, ZX6
First bike: GT750
How many Years riding: 23 years
Best bike memory: nearly back flipping a Desmosedicci...and not :confused:
Estimated km to date: a lot

[_Shrek_]

have a very young brain.

that would be me :whistle: the rest is history or just.... what we talkin about!

[AD345]

Profession: Executive
Age: 44
Bike: Victory Kingpin Tour. The current in a long and varied line
First bike: GS250N
How many Years riding: 25ish
First/best bike memory: First - riding a 50CC minibike at a friends farm aged about 8 or 9. I had no idea how to change gear and just gave it death in first. I knew immediately that bikes were going to be part of my life. Best - too many to isolate just one so a couple. Riding from Wellington to Whangarei in 5 hours and 52 minutes including falling asleep in the grass outside KFC Orewa for about 20 minutes. The 750cc Katana rocked that day. Several years later in a bar where things were getting very tight having 4 of my mates stand with me while a dozen or so wooly headed yobbos with various implements of destruction decided to teach a lesson about mana. They learned one about brotherhood instead
Estimated km to date: fucked if I know

[paulmac]

]Profession: Motorcycle sales
Age: 44
Bike: 1989 HD, any demo bike !!
First bike: CB 650/4
How many Years riding: 25ish
First/best bike memory: Waiouru in the winter !! 3 months to do a lap of australia !!
Estimated km to date: ???

[one fast tl1ooo]

Profession: Contractor
Age: 21+
Bike:Katana and TL1000
First bike: RM125
How many Years riding: Since a kid
First/best bike memory:too old to remember that LOL
Estimated km to date: 200,000 km

[monkeymsea]

Profession: Team member at supercheap
Age: 20
Bike: zxr250A
First bike:zxr250a
How many Years riding: comingup to a year
First/best bike memory: Unloading my bike off the trailer and riding around the culdesac... AWESOME
Estimated km to date: maybe a thousand.. slack I know

[Max Preload]

Profession: Industrial Prostitute
Age: 36
Bike: Broked '98 ZZR1100 :crybaby:
First bike: Trail: AG100. Road: Yamaha RX125
How many years riding: 23 odd.
First/best bike memory: There's just so many! Probably have to be Woodhill on my IT465.
Estimated km to date: God only knows. 500k maybe. Never owned a car until I was 28 despite having a full car license from my 16th birthday (and no bike licence until I was 20, only got my full in '03 when I found out it was now a $400 infringement fee for each breach instead of just a time extension :lol:)

[davereid]

Profession: Semi Retired, Electronics (Telecommunications Engineer) by trade, but also have done heavy electrical. Still keep an active hand in several businesses, including an electronics business doing SCADA, remote control and software stuff, and an electronic security company.

Age: Not old enough to be retired quite yet

Bike: Kawasaki ER650, an ancient CZ175, and a couple of moped reg scooters

First bike: Trail: XL175Road: Suzuki A50

How many years riding: 40+

First/best bike memory: Discovering freedom. A motorbike meant I could just go anywhere I wanted, when I wanted.

Estimated km to date:Can't estimate really... even if it was only 10,000 per year it would be 400,000, but I have done 43,000 km on my moped alone ! [/QUOTE]

Interests: Old cars, I'm restoring an Armstrong Siddeley, and my daily drive is an elderley Daimler. Also enjoy 4WDs but seem to only ever have broken ones. I am a radio ham as well.

[TOTO]

profession: satisfaction facilitator for the rich and shameless and an uni bum

Age: 24

Bikes: 900 hornet, Kawi Z200

first proper bike: 250 hornet

Time riding: 2 years soon

Kms to date: 200 000 ish

biography: foreign object

first bike memory: My first day trying to ride, thinking "this isn't my thing".....boy was I wrong.

[Mikkel]

profession: satisfaction facilitator for the rich and shameless

So a gigolo who specialises in exhibitionist fetishes? :niceone:

Beats being a TA, let me tell you!

[carver]

So Craver.

Your turn.

Profession? Aside from being an asshole, and carrying Sidewinders semen in your ass?
Age - all of 20?
Bikes - GSXR1000 - ever heard the story of Icarus?
First bike - Your momma?

Since you're the coolest kid, tell us, we're just dying to hear from you.

all the stats you n00bs could want are on here

profession-"shit stirrer" and motorcycle journo
Age-24
Bikes- all listed, im probably close to having owned about 40.
First bike-CB125T i think
Estimated KM-over 100,000 easy
Best Riding memory- doing wheelies on the cheesecutter ride.
Time riding- 9 years on the road, 12 years total.

time to measure cocks now is it mike?

[buellbabe]

Profession: Image Retoucher
Age: 41
Bike: Buell X1 Lightning
First bike: Yamaha DT175
How many Years riding: 25
First/best bike memory: Too many to single out just one. Every time I start the beast up and sling my leg over I know I'm about to gain another priceless memory
Estimated km to date: 125,000 on the Buell and roughly 50K+ on previous bikes

[T.W.R]

Every time I start the beast up and sling my leg over I know I'm about to gain another priceless memory



:shit: Sabian huh? :lol:

[madbikeboy]

all the stats you n00bs could want are on here

profession-"shit stirrer" and motorcycle journo
Age-24
Bikes- all listed, im probably close to having owned about 40.
First bike-CB125T i think
Estimated KM-over 100,000 easy
Best Riding memory- doing wheelies on the cheesecutter ride.
Time riding- 9 years on the road, 12 years total.

time to measure cocks now is it mike?

Sure, I'll bring the micrometer to measure yours... But you can do your own measuring, anything that small that's been up so much ass must be diseased...

[Mikkel]

Sure, I'll bring the micrometer to measure yours...

The platinium one from Paris? Been lost for centuries, how did you get hold of it?

[Kemet]

Name: Nicola (Nic, Niki....)

Profession: Forklift op/wharfie

Age: 29

Bike: 1996 Suzuki RF400

First bike: 2001 Suzuki FXR 150

How many Years riding: 4years 3 months (but who's counting...):mellow:

First bike memory: riding pillion at a school fair when I was a kid. One of the Dads at that school brought his bike to the school fair one year selling rides. Was hooked after that. Was about 8 or 9 at the time.

Best bike memory:
First time I went on the open road. Don't remember much 'cept that I was grinning like a fucking idiot....

Estimated km to date: somewhere between 25 - 30,000

[carver]

Sure, I'll bring the micrometer to measure yours... But you can do your own measuring, anything that small that's been up so much ass must be diseased...

you know what they say about assuming!

[madbikeboy]

you know what they say about assuming!

I sure do - they say assumptions, like Carver, are the mother of all fuck ups.

[DarkLord]

Profession: Sales rep for Telecommunications company.
Age: 25
Bike: Hyosung GT250R '07
First bike: Hyosung GT250R '06
How many Years riding: 1.5
First/best bike memory: Probably my most epic day trip to date - Palmerston North to Wanganui, then Stratford, then Taumarunui via the Forgotten World Highway, then Hamilton, then back home to the North Shore. 820 k's in one day... yeah boi!!!
Estimated km to date: Oh gawd, I hate to think by now. Probably nearing 40,000.

[MotoKuzzi]

Profession- helping people enjoy their stay at her majesty's pleasure.
Age 55
Years riding, about 15 accumulated.
First bike '67 Trophy 650
Best bike memory, riding from ChCh to Harihari on the west coast. ( Worst memory riding back with no alternator )
Km to date 70,000 approx.

[Insanity_rules]

IR, what's the 900ss like to live with? There are a few coming up on TradeMe at the moment...

Pretty good, bar risers are a must. More reliable than people will lead you to believe. Parts arent that bad to get. Not a stealth bike, stands out in any crowd. Sharpest handling bike I've ever ridden so you have to be pretty definate when you throw it around but its reasonalbly forgiving.

A lot of bike for not a lot of money. PM me if you want to know more.

[Brett]

Profession: Construction Project Manager, Budding Entrepreneuer
Age: 24
Bike: K5 GSXR 600
First bike: ZXR250c
How many Years riding: 5
First/best bike memory:
First moment - riding a little FXR150 and having to concentrate on all the things you have to do at once on a bike, down shifting, while braking etc.

Best riding moment, was back a while ago before reality of my own mortality dawned on me. Thank goodness we sometimes get to do really crazy shit and still live to tell the tale...
Racing a guy on a ducati 999 (i think) and over took him through a gulley, came up over a ridge at about 200kph with the throttle wide open in 4th gear and the lip of the ridge had a bit of a vertical lip, went airborne and landed in a wheelie which went on a bit followed by a small tank slapper...scary shit. Stupid shit really. But it was a helliva blast at the time.

Estimated km to date: 300,000 or so.

[-easy--rider-]

Age: 16
Bike: rote off my cbr a few months ago, got no lisence.
First bike: xl125 with cg110 engine
How many Years riding: 2-3
First/best bike memory: riding alot of stupid places with my mate on a 125 dirt bike when we were about 14. from hororata to lake lydon, lake coleridge and right round, also to lees valley.
Estimated km to date: 40,000

[Macros]

Profession: Mechanical Engineering Student. Work part time at the Retro Scooter Company.
Age: 24
Bike: RG150
First bike: Honda Pal :confused:
How many Years riding: >1
First/best bike memory: Group riding down to Paeroa earlier this year.
Estimated km to date: about 4k.

[buellbabe]

WOW Brett!!!!!

Are you for real????

Only 24 and only been riding 5 years yet you have done 300,000kms????

YIKES! Thats approx 1154 kms per WEEK.

Given the way our licencing laws work you had to have spent 1.5-2 of those 5 years on a 250cc...thats a shitload of mileage on a 250...

Do you live in one city and work in another???

BTW I am not doubting you, I'm just amazed...(ok I'm wondering if one of the zeros was a typo LOL)

[bones135]

Profession: Production Manager
Age: 50
Bike: Ducati 900ss
First Bike: sl125
How many years riding: On & off for 30yrs
First/best bike memory: First Coro loop with some local guys
Estimated Ks to date: Would not have a clue

[SARGE]

Sure, I'll bring the micrometer to measure yours...

i have a digital one on the truck..

[unrealone]

Profession: IT Support
Age: 20
Bike: 2000 Aprilia RS250
First bike: 2002 Suzuki FXR150
How many Years riding: 4
First/best bike memory: Feeling the full acceleration of a 1000cc sport bike (namely an R1) - I giggled in my helmet for the next few ks :P
Estimated km to date: 40,000

[Brett]

WOW Brett!!!!!

Are you for real????

Only 24 and only been riding 5 years yet you have done 300,000kms????

YIKES! Thats approx 1154 kms per WEEK.

Given the way our licencing laws work you had to have spent 1.5-2 of those 5 years on a 250cc...thats a shitload of mileage on a 250...

Do you live in one city and work in another???

BTW I am not doubting you, I'm just amazed...(ok I'm wondering if one of the zeros was a typo LOL)

No no, that is combined mileage Car + Bike :)

Motorcycling mileage would be about 60,000kms or so :)

Should have probably noted that !!

[GSXR Trace]

Profession: full time student (6th year at it - 5th year up in auckland)
Age: 22
Bike: K7 GSXR 600
First bike: FXR 150
How many Years riding: 7 years
First/best bike memory: first bike memory of my own riding is around the school fields, but i grew up on the back of my dads bike (plenty of great memories!) and best memory, well there are too bloody many to pick just one!
Estimated km to date: no idea (as cannot remember how many i did on my first three bikes) but in the last 7 months i have done a solid 20,000 (largely all done in the months before starting uni again (march)). That is thanks to getting my gsxr.. first two months on it I did over 12,000 delightful kms!

edit: but i agree with whoever said it in the first couple of pages - best way to actually meet someone is to go on group rides... everyone's persona on here is bullshit!

[The Pastor]

Profession: Civil Eningeering Technican by day, Student By night.
Age: 22
Bike: Custom 250
First bike: zxr250
How many Years riding: 5 or 6 (on road)
First/best bike memory: First - learning to ride a 50cc dirt bike, best - every time i hit the coroGP / being overtaken on 90mile beach at 90mph by a cb1300
Estimated km to date: 100 000+ easily

[pritch]

Profession: Civil Eningeering Technican

Yesterday I couldn't even spell "civil engineering technician" now I are one. :bleh:

I need a drink.:apint:

[MaxCannon]

Profession: Senior IT Services Engineer
Age: 31
Bike: Suzuki Bandit GSF600S
First bike: GN250
How many Years riding: 2 and a little bit
First/best bike memory: First one - the BHS course. Never even sat on a bike till then and I was 29. Didn't have the faintest clue about the controls. thought the lever on the left grip was the back brake- like a pushbike Lol.
By the end it just felt like the most natural thing ever (had been cycling since I could walk).
Next weekend - sat the scratch and win, bought my gear, bought a bike, rode it home 40 kms across Auckland. Second ever time I'd sat on a bike.

Best - First track day at Pukekohe. Was buzzing for two weeks afterwards

Estimated km to date: 25,000kms give or take.

[pritch]

Profession: Uncivil servant. Contemplating retirement in much the same way a rabbit contemplates headlights...

Age: 65

First bike: AJS 16ms

Years riding: Fifty years this year since I started, although there were some years I didn't ride.

First memory: The singular lack of natural ability I displayed on the occasion of my first lesson.

Best memory: Any memory involving sun and a winding road. It's a bonus if it's the first time along that particular road.

[u4ea]

Profession: when Im not broken..:mad::doctor:
Age: 37 years and 3 moons ago<_<
Bike: a relic like me:Punk:
First bike: a little black plastic three wheeler when I was about 2 :innocent:
How many Years riding: Pillioned for ever :slap:.. 5 yrs in the saddle
First/best bike memory: Getting the 250 and going up Brunswick Road out to Kaiiwi(nice hairpins and narrow roads) after 1 week, when I was told not to by peole who had been riding a lot longer than me..then telling them where Ide been:bleh::spanking:
Estimated km to date: Not as many as Ide like..but more journies to be had!:sunny:



edit: but i agree with whoever said it in the first couple of pages - best way to actually meet someone is to go on group rides... everyone's persona on here is bullshit!

I shit you not !!!:shutup:

[short-circuit]

Profession: Town Crier
Age: Octogenarian
Bike: 1982 Mk1 Raleigh Burner 'Model A'
First bike: 2011 Triumph Rocket III
How many Years riding: > 1
First/best bike memory: Receiving a tender hand job from Punky Brewster while powersliding my turbocharged unicycle up the Sky Tower
Estimated km to date: 3

[madbikeboy]

i have a digital one on the truck..

Sarge, I bought one of those off you - for measuring cravers dick - do you have one that goes down to microns?

[madbikeboy]

Profession: full time student (6th year at it - 5th year up in auckland)
Age: 22
Bike: K7 GSXR 600
First bike: FXR 150
How many Years riding: 7 years
First/best bike memory: first bike memory of my own riding is around the school fields, but i grew up on the back of my dads bike (plenty of great memories!) and best memory, well there are too bloody many to pick just one!
Estimated km to date: no idea (as cannot remember how many i did on my first three bikes) but in the last 7 months i have done a solid 20,000 (largely all done in the months before starting uni again (march)). That is thanks to getting my gsxr.. first two months on it I did over 12,000 delightful kms!

edit: but i agree with whoever said it in the first couple of pages - best way to actually meet someone is to go on group rides... everyone's persona on here is bullshit!

You're an awesome rider, it's a great pleasure to ride with you mate!

You're so right about the www persona versus IRL. People here are actually surprisingly cool IRL...

[TOTO]

WOW Brett!!!!!

Are you for real????

Only 24 and only been riding 5 years yet you have done 300,000kms????

YIKES! Thats approx 1154 kms per WEEK.

Given the way our licencing laws work you had to have spent 1.5-2 of those 5 years on a 250cc...thats a shitload of mileage on a 250...

Do you live in one city and work in another???

BTW I am not doubting you, I'm just amazed...(ok I'm wondering if one of the zeros was a typo LOL)

well some people just have more free time for riding. Young, single and FREE I call it :yes:

[buellbabe]

Yes and I count myself in that category altho not as young...however Brett did respond and admit it wasn't all BIKE kms, that it was split between car and bike...

Whatever...any day on the bike is a good one LOL. Speaking of which I have tomorrow off work and will be riding a demo... yeeeeeeeeeeee ha!

[SARGE]

Sarge, I bought one of those off you - for measuring cravers dick - do you have one that goes down to microns?


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its not cheap but i think i can get you a deal

[NordieBoy]

That Sir. Is brilliant...

[madbikeboy]

Quite.

But one small niggle remains. What happens, during testing, if they accidentally create a black hole...

[AD345]

Quite.

But one small niggle remains. What happens, during testing, if they accidentally create a black hole...

There will be an immediate Commission of Inquiry

[Mikkel]

But one small niggle remains. What happens, during testing, if they accidentally create a black hole...

The black holes of the size that may be created by the energies involved with the LHC are of such low mass that they would evaporate pretty much instantly.

[carver]

You're an awesome rider, it's a great pleasure to ride with you mate!

You're so right about the www persona versus IRL. People here are actually surprisingly cool IRL...

im the exception, i really am a wanker

[Mikkel]

im the exception, i really am a wanker

Sometimes you gotta take a fucking choice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xasd5_wWCaI

[carver]

Sometimes you gotta take a fucking choice:



you people have a taste in music so queer, im envious!

[Molly]

Profession: Teacher
Age: 43
Bike: HD Fat Bob & Guzzi V11
First bike: CZ175 about thirty two years ago
How many Years riding: About thirty two
First/best bike memory: Racing around local fields on a Honda C90
Estimated km to date: Christ..... no idea.

[Thunder 8]

Age:One day you find 10 years have slipped behind you,no one told you when to run......errrr ok the years are adding up.
Bike: My home built V8 bike.and others
First bike: Kawasaki A1 250 but was riding brothers and others since about 10.
How many Years riding: 35
First/best bike memory: Riding the 250 from Masterton to Rotorua and the dam thing cutting on to one cylinder at Taihape and being so green mechanically that i rode it the rest of the way like that until in Rotorua my brother found it had a fouled plug.....a two minute fix that could have made that trip several hours shorter:doh:. Of course thats a long time , about two hundred bikes and a lot of experience ago . Shit thats frightening when i start thinking about it...:shit:
Estimated km to date: Bloody hell i dont know... a million or two probably.

[MIXONE]

Age.Methusala's father.
First Bike.My memory is failing me!.
How Many Years Riding.Since I test rode a bike for Gottlieb Daimler.
First Bike Memory.High siding Daimler's Bike.
Best Bike Memory.Finding out that the ladies really liked a man on two wheels.
Miles to date.How many stars are in the sky?

[rosie631]

Sarge, I bought one of those off you - for measuring cravers dick - do you have one that goes down to microns?

Craver??? Was that a freudian slip or just a typo?? Lol

[Dirty_Harri]

Name: Genevieve/Gen
Profession: Physio
Age: 22
Bike: CBR250rr 91'
First bike: ditto
How many Years riding: 0.3 years
First/best bike memory: Riding my cousins 2 stroke 150 dirt bike, straight into a fence..I'm cool! :Oops:

[carver]

Craver??? Was that a freudian slip or just a typo?? Lol

my name is too good for some to type

[Squid]

Profession: Student

Age: 20

Bike: Mental GSXR 750 that tries to eat me sometimes

First bike: Mighty GN250.....

How many Years riding: 3.5

First: Riding trail bikes at a scout camp when I was 13 and being scared shitless of dropping the thing on my leg and getting crushed. or Going pillion on the back of an uncles 700cc Honda one day and passing cars like they where stopped...

Best bike memory: Either the first time opening up to full throttle or Blasting around the track at Taupo on the gixxer.

Estimated km to date: Oh hell I dont know. All of them :bleh:

[normajeane]

Who the f... cares.....
Really what difference does it make. This is the forum where we are all the same OR NOT! That's what make this forum. Many different people and different thoughts.
Hey you are obviously all alive and able to read and make decisions. There is always someone worse off that you. And someone more experienced than you. Hey i might even be your mum! Scary:gob:
Get a life and enjoy what you have cause tomorrow....

[short-circuit]

Who the f... cares.....
Really what difference does it make. This is the forum where we are all the same OR NOT! That's what make this forum. Many different people and different thoughts.
Hey you are obviously all alive and able to read and make decisions. There is always someone worse off that you. And someone more experienced than you. Hey i might even be your mum! Scary:gob:
Get a life and enjoy what you have cause tomorrow....

Lay off the wine lady and lay on my couch

[peasea]

Who the f... cares.....
Really what difference does it make. This is the forum where we are all the same OR NOT! That's what make this forum. Many different people and different thoughts.
Hey you are obviously all alive and able to read and make decisions. There is always someone worse off that you. And someone more experienced than you. Hey i might even be your mum! Scary:gob:
Get a life and enjoy what you have cause tomorrow....

...........is Wednesday!

[NDORFN]

Who the f... cares.....
Really what difference does it make. This is the forum where we are all the same OR NOT! That's what make this forum. Many different people and different thoughts.
Hey you are obviously all alive and able to read and make decisions. There is always someone worse off that you. And someone more experienced than you. Hey i might even be your mum! Scary:gob:
Get a life and enjoy what you have cause tomorrow....

...robins will sing?

[normajeane]

Lay off the wine lady and lay on my couch

Not if your dog has fleas!

[Reido]

Profession: student
Age: 17
Bike: Ninja 250
First bike: CBF250
How many Years riding: bout a year
First/best bike memory: getting home one day to find my new toy sitting the the garage :scooter:
Estimated km to date: 30,000

[short-circuit]

Not if your dog has fleas!

Just relax.... Perhaps you could start by telling me about your childhood

[Sammy12]

OK.... 17 PAGES LATER---My term..

Profession: Professional petrol head on the North Shore
Age: 22
Bike: Suzuki bandit 250
First bike: As above
How many years riding: 0 years, 1 month!
First/best bike memory: Pillion riding on a Harley to Poole Quay for once a month bike nights.
Estimated km to date: approx: 800 lol

[madbikeboy]

OK.... 17 PAGES LATER---My term..

Profession: Professional petrol head on the North Shore
Age: 22
Bike: Suzuki bandit 250
First bike: As above
How many years riding: 0 years, 1 month!
First/best bike memory: Pillion riding on a Harley to Poole Quay for once a month bike nights.
Estimated km to date: approx: 800 lol

PM some of the North Shore riders like MsKABC -good experienced riders to ride with and learn good skills and habits...

[Katman]

...........is Wednesday!

No, it's Big Wednesday!


Just relax.... Perhaps you could start by telling me about your childhood

I'll see you on Fuckin' Thursday.

[PrincessBandit]

... "your dog has fleas"!

Ukelele tuning anyone? Ooops, sorry that's "my dog has fleas". (He does too, so it's just as well it's not my couch on offer ):laugh:

[Squiggles]

Profession: Student / IT N00b
Age: 21
Bike: DR650 amongst others
First bike: Yamaha MT50 if memory serves me right
How many Years riding: 5 onroad
First/best bike memory: Touring the south island in jan 07
Estimated km to date: Dunno

[NordieBoy]

Ooops, sorry that's "my dog has fleas".

Only if it's your uke.
If it's someone elses then "Your dog has fleas" is entirely acceptable.

[Gareth51]

Profession..PM me if you need a new kitchen
Age.. born 1951
Bike..Triumph
First Bikes BSA 350, AJS 650as a 16,17 year old.
Years riding..Born again after 40yrs
Best bike memory...A group of us being chased by the Police and riding under Wellington Airport pedestrian tunnel to get away

[rosie631]

Best bike memory...A group of us being chased by the Police and riding under Wellington Airport pedestrian tunnel to get away

LOL. Those were the days

[Gareth51]

LOL. Those were the days

All british bikes,straight pipes,no helmets,no ear plugs,the roar louder than the planes above.