The difference?

[D3ALN]

I have just got back from my first ever ride on a road bike. Rode like I would my dirt bike. fanged it out in first popped a wheelie that gave me the shivers hit the redline and found 2nd I was already doing 120kph. I can see why bikers like to go so fast now. I want a yamaha R1 just like my friends now.

[98tls]

Playstaion or Xbox?:innocent:

[D3ALN]

Not sure if Wainui Beach motel road counts as either of those? Next time I will make sure IO have leathers because it scared the hell out of me.

[awa355]

I have just got back from my first ever ride on a road bike. Rode like I would my dirt bike. fanged it out in first popped a wheelie that gave me the shivers hit the redline and found 2nd I was already doing 120kph. I can see why bikers like to go so fast now. I want a yamaha R1 just like my friends now.

Put up all your postings now mate. You wont be in this world for long if this is how you are starting out.

[sil3nt]

Fantastic thread. This will get them going in no time.

Better add some more fuel though...what bike and what were you wearing?

[D3ALN]

Yamaha R1 2007 mode./ I was in shorts shirt and my work boots and my mx helmet lol. Has pretty much made me want a roadbike just a shame you have to start on a 250 but he reckons I could get an ok one for 3-4g. Is it true you are only allowed to go 70kph before you get full?

[Berries]

Yeah, but if you do 140 you can half the length of time you have to spend on a learners.

Did you sit down or stand on the pegs the whole ride ?

[sil3nt]

Yamaha R1 2007 mode./ I was in shorts shirt and my work boots and my mx helmet lol. Has pretty much made me want a roadbike just a shame you have to start on a 250 but he reckons I could get an ok one for 3-4g. Is it true you are only allowed to go 70kph before you get full?70ks on learners that is 6 months. Nobody i know followed that rule and very few people get pulled up for it. 3-4 grand will get you a decent 250.

[D3ALN]

Yeah, but if you do 140 you can half the length of time you have to spend on a learners.

Did you sit down or stand on the pegs the whole ride ?

Felt like i was almost lying down on the bike

[Usarka]

The biggest difference is that tarmac bites quicker and harder than dirt! Otherwise :woohoo:

PS - second difference it's harder to lose licence on the dirt.

[98tls]

Felt like i was almost lying down on the bike

Whatever you do dont start waving,tis the root of all things evil.

[ClutchITUP]

Farken great aye!!! good on ya:yes: 4cyl always better than 1cyl

[Hitcher]

Lots of people will want to tell you that you're some sort of naive idiot with a deathwish. But they'd be wasting their time. Some people just don't understand creative enlightenment and calculated risk taking.

[motor_mayhem]

Farken great aye!!! good on ya:yes: 4cyl always better than 1cyl

Until you have to do work on them...

[wanpo]

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[steelphoenix]

My recommendations: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet))
1 - Brain.
2 - Gear.
3 - GN250.

[Drew]

Oh I do hope this thread continues!

How long have you been riding MX bikes man?

[yod]

I'm in, this could get interesting.....

:corn:

[oneofsix]

I'm in, this could get interesting.....

:corn:

+1 unless he gets a GN125, then it could become rather tame. Still with this attitude I'm sure he would make even a thread on a GN125 interesting. :corn:

[willytheekid]

Move over! :corn::jerry::clap::corn:

.....this could be good :girlfight: :nya:


please....carry on :innocent:

[avgas]

Whatever you do dont start waving,tis the root of all things evil.
It is while doing a wheelie at 120kph!
dahik

[bogan]

+1 unless he gets a GN125, then it could become rather tame. Still with this attitude I'm sure he would make even a thread on a GN125 interesting. :corn:

Any bike will powerstand if you put a big enough sprocket on it
<img src="http://www.dansmc.com/big_sprocket.jpg" />
though on a ginny the gearing may end up giving you valve bounce at 50kmhr, still sounds like this fulla may be better suited for some slow riding :innocent:

[Drew]

It's happening already. Everyone knows exactly how this guy rides without ever having seen him.

AWESOME!

[oneofsix]

It's happening already. Everyone knows exactly how this guy rides without ever having seen him.

AWESOME!

His description of is riding we have seen so we know from his own words what he rides like, well at least on his first go on the road. What he looks like is irrelevant.

[Drew]

His description of is riding we have seen so we know from his own words what he rides like, well at least on his first go on the road. What he looks like is irrelevant.

So he climbed on an R1 and made the very common mistake of giving it a handfull. From this you deduce he's an idiot and we should burn him as ah heretic?

Nice.

To the thread starter, I'll ride with ya man! Anyone who scares the shit of themselves and decides that's their cup of tea is a GC in my books.

[ducatilover]

Red line on an 07 R1 is a wee bit higher than 120.....:innocent: You'd have to drop 3 teeth on the front and have a top speed of 240 ish...:facepalm:

So, you got on an R1 and gave it a handful? Good times.

[SMOKEU]

Buy a Hayabusa and show us a wheelie. Don't wear any protective gear either, it's for pussies.

[unstuck]

I have just got back from my first ever ride on a road bike. Rode like I would my dirt bike. fanged it out in first popped a wheelie that gave me the shivers hit the redline and found 2nd I was already doing 120kph. I can see why bikers like to go so fast now. I want a yamaha R1 just like my friends now.

was it like wheel pointing to the clouds sort of :woohoo: wheelie???:innocent:

[Latte]

just to stir the pot...

250 2mx bike will wheelie pretty violently, haven't ridden a IL4 thou to compare but my KX can lift the wheel off the throttle in all but top and is just plain vicious in 1st (way more than my mille).

New to the road doesn't mean new to bikes - his dirtbike experience probably puts him in good stead to control a sportsbike.

[Spearfish]

at least 10 characters.

[quazimoto]

haha come to the darkside young skywalker

[avgas]

It's happening already. Everyone knows exactly how this guy rides without ever having seen him.

AWESOME!
The same way we think your an awesome rider really.......

People speak, we listen.
Unless you have a psychic ability for these kinds of things I can't see a better way to guess his level of riding without seeing him.

[avgas]

Red line on an 07 R1 is a wee bit higher than 120.....
Reread please. That was when he changed to second.
From past experience that is not too far off. I was guessing first ends at about 125-130.

[ducatilover]

Reread please. That was when he changed to second.
From past experience that is not too far off. I was guessing first ends at about 125-130.

"Hit the red-line and found second, was already doing 120" or something to that effect... End of first is around 145. :innocent:

[MSTRS]

Reread please. That was when he changed to second.
From past experience that is not too far off. I was guessing first ends at about 125-130.

Pfft! My old 750 will do 140+ in first at redline. A newer R1 is in another league.

[D3ALN]

Oh I do hope this thread continues!

How long have you been riding MX bikes man?
I been riding dirt bikes since november 2010 lol. Borrowing some leathers tomorrow to go for a ride with my mate on his mrs kawasaki ninja. think its a 250 I dont really know. But the throttle wont be getting twisted like i did the first time on a road bike. Got to respect road bikes, their power and the road. Its a total different cup of tea but I think I will enjoy it.

[DMNTD]

Borrowing some leathers tomorrow to go for a ride with my mate on his mrs kawasaki ninja. think its a 250 I dont really know. But the throttle wont be getting twisted like i did the first time on a road bike. .

lol...you're going to have to twist it on one of those! :scooter:

[Brett]

So he climbed on an R1 and made the very common mistake of giving it a handfull. From this you deduce he's an idiot and we should burn him as ah heretic?

Nice.

To the thread starter, I'll ride with ya man! Anyone who scares the shit of themselves and decides that's their cup of tea is a GC in my books.

I am with ya Drew.

[ducatilover]

lol...you're going to have to twist it on one of those! :scooter:

Around and around and around......:sick:

[D3ALN]

just got back from Taupo had a good ride but damn my face got cold with my mx helmet. Its amazing how easy it is just to pull out and pass cars. Nearly had an off going down the summit hit some loose gravel but managed to correct it. An hour 10 there and a an Hour 5 on the way back from the Bay view petrol station was pretty good for my first decent ride.
total kilometres ridden: 279kms

[MSTRS]

An hour 10 and an hour 5? On a 250? Now we know you're gilding the lily.

[Latte]

279k / 2hours 15 minutes is an average of <tick tock tick tock> 124km/h.

[MSTRS]

279k / 2hours 15 minutes is an average of <tick tock tick tock> 124km/h.

Exactly....

[unstuck]

:blink: Wow thats really moving dude :innocent:

[D3ALN]

Yea lol my mate got that time I was about 2o to 25mins behind him. got passed by a guy on a ducati who gave me a friendly wave which I thought was quite cool. Have jusat been for a dirt bike ride and boy the wrists are sore now.

[blackdog]

boy the wrists are sore now.

this is just too damn easy.

[ducatilover]

Slow down Rossi.

[MD]

Stop picking on him. Lots of us started on dirt bikes. Probably the best introduction to riding you can get. I did and yes, it was mind blowing moving up to more powerful road bikes. He's excited learning more about the joys of riding - hardly a crime.

Just take it easy D3ALN and don't kill yourself OK.

[scracha]

Stop picking on him. Lots of us started on dirt bikes. Probably the best introduction to riding you can get. I did and yes, it was mind blowing moving up to more powerful road bikes. He's excited learning more about the joys of riding - hardly a crime.

Just take it easy D3ALN and don't kill yourself OK.


Now if he was a girl in her mid 20's intent on buying an R6, you'd all be singing a different tune.

Enjoy yourself mate. I guess you've already figured out they bite back. Only lecture I'll give you is to get some good gear.

[D3ALN]

went for another fang on the bikes this arvo after spending most of the day at a track near lake tutira on the dirt bike. I have lost my gloves I think i left them at the BP storford lodge or the dannevirke Merry lees if anyone happens to pick them up.
Size 11 Large Alpinestars plain black and white

[Drew]

went for another fang on the bikes this arvo after spending most of the day at a track near lake tutira on the dirt bike. I have lost my gloves I think i left them at the BP storford lodge or the dannevirke Merry lees if anyone happens to pick them up.
Size 11 Large Alpinestars plain black and white

Jesus man, you've spent more time on the bike in three days than half the 'slam this idiot' type keyboard jockeys do in a year.

Keep it up man, it's good to see.

[pritch]

got passed by a guy on a ducati who gave me a friendly wave which I thought was quite cool.

Oh God! Another waving thread... :whistle:

[Drew]

Oh God! Another waving thread... :whistle:

Yip, I don't wave. Usually so far from in control it's unwise to take a hand off the bar though, so I think most people don't take offence.

[schrodingers cat]

Harrumphhhh

Signed Curmudgenly Old Man

[D3ALN]

Looking for a vfr400 what my mate started on with no experience.

[bsasuper]

"yamaha 2007 R1", I had dreams when I first got my full licence, If you keep thinking like this, thats all you will be to your parents.

[McWild]

Get a motard.

[Drew]

Looking for a vfr400 what my mate started on with no experience.

TSS Red Baron have one here in Wellington, and it's got the smoothest motor I've seen in one of those bikes. It actually pulls through the rev range nicely, where a lot of them have a real dead feel in a few places on the tacho.

[Eyegasm]

Jesus man, you've spent more time on the bike in three days than half the 'slam this idiot' type keyboard jockeys do in a year.

Keep it up man, it's good to see.

Fucken aye!!

I have doubts about half the pussies on this site even owning bikes.