How to scrub tyres

[Donor]

10 Sell gijoe1313 a new bike with a full tank of gas.

20 Say goodbye.

30 Expect a midnight text to say he made it to Wellywood safely.

GOTO 10

Yes, it's as BASIC as that (snigger!)

Yes, as I type, the mad pootler is getting his togs on, departing his storage shed (my place) and preparing to ride to Welly for a burger.

So, if you're near the BK in Courtenay Place around 1230 - 0130, head on in and make sure the paint has been scrubbed off the rubber.

And if you're on the route (somewhere near the back roads I am told) then keep an ear out for a giggling idiot on a shiny motorcycle, babbling forth about the power his crotch has attained today!

Bastard.

[Nutter34]

He sure does do some miles that man...

When he and Gremlin passed through Nelson last year, we went out for a bit. I was just about done at the end of the day but the two of them were only warming up...

[Donor]

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The tyre scrubbing journey begins!!

[AllanB]

Bawhahaha

New today, booked in for it's 1,000 km service tomorrow I believe!

Nice colour too. I think the silver is the best :yes:

Happy riding GI - may sure you post a review when you get back.

[Donor]

Bawhahaha

New today, booked in for it's 1,000 km service tomorrow I believe!

Monday, the workshop is closed tomorrow :laugh:

I shall be up til I get the 'arrived safely' text... so will post any text updates I may get should our madcap motoring meister happen to actually stop anywhere!

[Donor]

Right, as at 7:53pm he is currently fueling up in Otorohanga.

Bucketing down, but this is good as it keeps the bike clean apparently.

[Ronin]

Right, as at 7:53pm he is currently fueling up in Otorohanga.

Bucketing down, but this is good as it keeps the bike clean apparently.

The bike will be very clean when it gets down this way then...

[Mom]

Right, as at 7:53pm he is currently fueling up in Otorohanga.

Bucketing down, but this is good as it keeps the bike clean apparently.

Well thats good to know, he will need fuel.


The bike will be very clean when it gets down this way then...

:pinch: I hope it has heated grips too :shit:

Hope you have cake to keep you company Donor.

[Donor]

Our adventuring ninja is now in Taumarunui, gassing up and gasbagging at the BP.

Weather has cleared up after Te Kuiti, and spirits are (as usual) still high!

Nothing can come between a man and his new bike burger!

[Genie]

He sure is one funy fella.....nice bike.

Question..........Top speed he will do while running in????

Bloody great evening for it...freezing out there and that wind...brrrr it's fierce.

We had some hail today, hope he doesn't get any of that...it may scratch his shiny new bike.

[Donor]

As at 10:20pm, our gallivanting guy is parked up at Ohakune to scrape the ice off his visor!

Reports of snow and hail have been received from him.

I am thinking it may in fact be a TWO burger trip!

[Nutter34]

He's keen, lol...

Thanks for the updates so far...

[Gremlin]

flicked him a txt warning him of conditions, snow on desert road expected later etc, but it seems he already knows :D

[Maha]

Oh yes, the return trip could get a tad interesting......:cold:

[Donor]

At waiouru now.

Ice and snow have definitely slowed play, but of course will not stop our portly pootler!

[Nutter34]

What's the plan at this stage? Continue to Welly and spend the night, then return tomorrow or Sunday?

[Gremlin]

har har, how little you know. I would be very surprised if he stays somewhere. He'll keep riding while there are roads and gas in the tank. When the gas runs out, he'll push until he finds more.

[Nutter34]

If conditions are that bad, surely he'd decide descretion is better than valour...

[EJK]

Amazing guy that man.

[Donor]

If conditions are that bad, surely he'd decide descretion is better than valour...

Cripes, what a strange idea.

Our mechanised marauder will continue with his plan, which in fact was to buy a pie in raetihi.

Now, knowing that the pie shop would be closed by the time he got there, he figured that he might as well head to Wellington for dinner, because by the time he got there, scoffed and took pics, the pie shop in raetihi would most likely be open on the return trip.

[Nutter34]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA...

Good on him.

So, what's he say about the bike so far?

[spacemonkey]

Well at this rate all the burgerbars in welly will be closed by the time he gets here.
Mind you there is always the 24 hour pie shop in Hataitai!! :Punk:

[Nutter34]

Any updates?

[Gremlin]

not to me... donor is probably tucked up in bed

I'll be sending a txt shortly, saying I'm warm and dry, snuggled up in bed... :innocent:

[Nutter34]

Wonder how the lad's doing. Hope all is well, lol.

[Donor]

Word is, our camouflaged comrade rolled into wellywood at 2:15am safe and sound.

Unable to confirm at this time, the status of any burgers that may have been scoffed. Strongly suspect however, several pies may have been slaughtered en route.

[Donor]

Disturbing news.

I am informed by the rampant rider, that there was an incident on the journey.

He is ok, bike is ok, and they are fueling up in Taihape.

More details in the next bulletin!

[DMNTD]

Nuttier than squirrel shit! As per usual mega respect for Mr J :scooter:

[Donor]

Right - at time of typing, our excellent explorer is departing Ohakune.

At least the weather gods have cleared a path for him back home this morning!

[Genie]

He sure is one mad biker...that's one fun way to run your bike in...did he get a burger?

[Donor]

Still no word on the fate of Wellingtons burgers, but latest report in has our intrepid idjit in Taumarunui, making his way back to home base!

Wonder if I should ring the dealer and book him in for a service Monday now... :D

[Maha]

Still no word on the fate of Wellingtons burgers, but latest report in has our intrepid idjit in Taumarunui, making his way back to home base!

Wonder if I should ring the dealer and book him in for a service Monday now... :D

So he basically did an 'Out and Back?.....:scooter:

[Ronin]

If conditions are that bad, surely he'd decide descretion is better than valour...

Oh how little you know of Joe's past escapades. This is a pootle in the park.

[Donor]

So he basically did an 'Out and Back?.....:scooter:

Indeed - a ride round the block, as it were :)

[Mom]

Indeed - a ride round the block, as it were :)

First time I met GIJoe was at a party in Whangaparaoa, he arrived after taking a detour from Auckland to Kaitaia and then to the party, just because he could.

[Maha]

Indeed - a ride round the block, as it were :)

He should have gone North to the lighthouse, its all sealed now, maybe he will do that tomorrow? :shifty:

Heres a pic of that first night, Justin put tape on his head with his name on it so we knew who he was.

[Genie]

First time I met GIJoe was at a party in Whangaparaoa, he arrived after taking a detour from Auckland to Kaitaia and then to the party, just because he could.

Seems he's a rider through and through....just because he can. Awesome attitude.

[Gremlin]

the wanderer has returned to base

[ajturbo]

how does he keep his hands warm??????????

[Donor]

Crivens!

There's a grubby biker with an even grubbier bike on my doorstep!

That's such crap about the rain washing bikes by the way...

[Gremlin]

I think he might even be tired. I've told him I'm popping over to Napier on a there and back this afternoon. He said enjoy. No hint of wanting to join in!

[Maha]

I think he might even be tired. I've told him I'm popping over to Napier on a there and back this afternoon. He said enjoy. No hint of wanting to join in!

And he calls himself a biker.:shifty:

[ajturbo]

Crivens!

There's a grubby biker with an even grubbier bike on my doorstep!

That's such crap about the rain washing bikes by the way...

send him outside and hose him clean...!!!

[gijoe1313]

I will update ... but it appears no rest for the wicked yet! :doh:

I had just finished washing some of the mud encrusted on the Preddy (whose name is Cyndi or Cindi or Syndi ... not quite sure ... she'll let me know in due course). I proceed to start sorting out my gear. Muck, mud, grit and the whole nine yards .... out with the scrubbing brush when ...

I get a text from my friend Greentea to help her practise on her VTR250 (right, done that) ... whilst I am doing that, zeocen rings up to ask me to help him put his new bafflerectomised cans on his Viffer800 ... so of course, I agree (still no sign of sleep)

And to top it all off ... it appears I have been shanghaied for a blind date this evening! :blink: I even had to ring and arrange a restaurant booking and all! :scratch:

Well, if things go swimmingly well - I probably won't get much sleep later on tonight? :whistle: :innocent: :devil2:

... fear not, my account of what I consider my most epic (in my mind anyway) pootle evar will be forthcoming.

(now where is the bloody address of that japanese restaurant :slap:)

[Genie]

Don't fall asleep in the sushi....it's so not a good look!

[zeocen]

Excuse me, I didn't ask. I demanded.

:angry:

(PS. if it's Taka in Botany, it's scrumptious.)

[Donor]

Excuse me, I didn't ask. I demanded.

Where was my invite?

Bastard.

Rest assured dear reader, the accounting of the epic ride is well worth the wait!

[gijoe1313]

Don't fall asleep in the sushi....it's so not a good look!


Where was my invite?

Bastard.

Rest assured dear reader, the accounting of the epic ride is well worth the wait!

Hook, line, sinker and sashimi I was!

gangtackled by two ladies who are there to ensure proprietor and decorum is rather like trying to eat your marshmallow at the fire with two sadists tapping it off your stick! :shifty:

Ah well as those two old salts in those cheesy ads say "good things take time"

And as for my tale of my travels, I have now been without sleep for a certain number of required hours and will catch on them now (as Donor has stolen my line, I shall simply state that the strain of my steps across the steppes has stopped me in my stride, so I should sidle off and satiate my sleep with slumbers and no small amount of susurrations).

So there! For tomorrow is for later and yesterday was done, and presently say Adieu!

[Squiggles]

Ever thought of getting a SPOT tracker Justin?

[Gremlin]

so that's why he hasn't been replying to my enticing texts. MSTRS sorted, 1013 km, lowest temp I saw on the dash was -4.2 :shit:

[zeocen]

Where was my invite?

Bastard.

Rest assured dear reader, the accounting of the epic ride is well worth the wait!

You can come too, I 'SPOSE. I had more work done on my arm so I'll need extra hands to do the manual labour for me :innocent:

[Gremlin]

This is scrubbing in a tyre...

[ajturbo]

No.. THIS is scrubbing in a new tyre217860

[Big Dave]

No.. THIS is scrubbing in a new tyre217860

Ghey - mine look like that on the outsides.

[Big Dave]

Is it a 600 or a thousand, Joe?

[gijoe1313]

Is it a 600 or a thousand, Joe?

the thou, CB1000R, 1000cc ... yeah that one! :msn-wink: Her name is Cindi!

[Big Dave]

Very nice bike. Name is ghey.
Needs more blood or gore.

[Big Dave]

I want to call my next dog

[gijoe1313]

Very nice bike. Name is ghey.
Needs more blood or gore.

She ran over a dog in Ashhurst! Blood all over the frame and muck ... story will be told in the ride report in post #7 I think! (Haven't got around to writing that bit yet)

So yeah, got the blood and gore and a Malibu/Valley girl name!

[ajturbo]

Ghey - mine look like that on the outsides.

THATS what you get from commuting to work on the Auckland M/Way......

[Big Dave]

THATS what you get from commuting to work on the Auckland M/Way......

I'm haven't been that fond of dual compound tyres on my XB in the past because they fluffed up the edges way before the middles were spent.

Got Avon VP2's on at the moment and they seem to be hanging in quite well edge-wise though.

Nada freeway either..

[Gremlin]

I think my Scorpion Syncs are supposed to be dual compound but I still run the centres out first (especially when touring, as I carry panniers etc, so a lot of weight). I lean her over plenty, but over long distances, its certainly best to be on the centre of the tyre as much as possible, since you have the best grip with least risk.

Now if only Pirelli would gift me the tyres... I've just finished the 6th set I think? since 2 October 2008. Got another 2 sets sitting in the garage, ready to go on as soon as I need them :ride:

[ajturbo]

I'm haven't been that fond of dual compound tyres on my XB in the past because they fluffed up the edges way before the middles were spent.

Got Avon VP2's on at the moment and they seem to be hanging in quite well edge-wise though.

Nada freeway either..

a "bit of topic..lol"

we have 2 sets of Angles, one on the XB and one on the CR... both seam to wearing nicely...! i would have expected the CR's rear to chop out faster, but they both seam to be holding up (and ON) very well!!

missed out on the last track day at Manfeild, i was very interested to see what i could do on the XB ....(was hoping to do around 1:20ish)

[pzkpfw]

My Dunlops (sportmax/roadsmart http://www.dunlopmotorcycle.com/tirecatalog_tire.asp?id=101 ) are dual compound, and I'm happy with everything... except for a much greater tendency for them to lock up and skid a bit if I'm being silly while the bike is upright. i.e. I think the centre compound might be a little too "hard".