Coromandel Ride Saturday 10/12/05

[Zed]

Our resident Aussie KiwiBiker *Zadok* will be in New Zealand in a few weeks time and is keen to ride around the Loop on the Saturday with me and several other keen KBers. We invite you to join us too if you wish.

Auckland riders meet:
Autobahn, Papakura
9.00am, leaving 9.15am sharp.

Hamilton/Tauranga riders meet:
Kopu Service Station
10.00 - 10.15am

The plan is to head off together from Kopu, around the Loop clockwise and stop at Whitianga for lunch, then continue round and back home. Depending on the weather and time I may detour down to Whangamata/Waihi and back to Aks that way.

See you there! :2thumbsup

[marty]

i might be keen - need to pay the bach a visit in whitianga - it's got a great deck for watching bikers going past - just as you go over the hump bridge on the main beach road by the yacht club. my son would be keen to pillion i reckon.

[Zed]

i might be keen - need to pay the bach a visit in whitianga - it's got a great deck for watching bikers going past - just as you go over the hump bridge on the main beach road by the yacht club. my son would be keen to pillion i reckon.I hope you can, 'bout time I sighted your ugly mug! Not to mention admire your busa :blip: .

[Mental Trousers]

blackyoshi is doing one (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=20909) on the Sunday.

[Zed]

blackyoshi is doing one (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=20909) on the Sunday.Oh no, how did i miss it?? :blink:

There is a thread on KiwiBiker that discusses what weekend days Kbers prefer to ride on, I think Sunday was more popular. In this case we have decided to go Saturday, being fully aware of the Sunday Loop ride, because it's more convenient for some of us. Has nothing to do with being anti-social I assure you...well maybee a tad. :msn-wink:

[Zapf]

now won't it be fun to loop Saturday and Sunday...! (I will surely be well broken by the end of that....)

[texmo]

I am there I think/hope Will be good to do the coro loop 2 days in a row cant get enough of that ride its fucking amazing!

[Mental Trousers]

Missed that thread.

I'd actually prefer the Saturday, but that weekend I've got a family thing on, otherwise I'd go Saturday rather than Sunday.

[DingDong]

If we go fast enough on Sunday we'll prob catch you up... :doobey:

[Zed]

Zadok has arrived into the country - all bikers beware of a forward friendly bloke wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with a funny accent who may approach you and say geeday cobber! :msn-wink:

Looking forward to this weekend, let's hope all this crap weather blows over by then. :niceone:

[SPman]

Have a horrible suspicion I may be working - if not and its not wet, Ill try and make it!
Want to catch up with Zadok - ulterior motives.........

[zadok]

Hi fellow K.B's. In Tauranga now. Hope to catch up with some of you on Saturday. :ride:

[Highlander]

Never done the Coromandel on 2 wheels, What time leaving Tauranga? Meeting here before you go or just gathering at Kopu?

Not sure about family comitments, but I'm looking into it.

[zadok]

Never done the Coromandel on 2 wheels, What time leaving Tauranga? Meeting here before you go or just gathering at Kopu?

Not sure about family comitments, but I'm looking into it.
Would love to meet up with any Tauranga K.B's for ride through to Kopu. I'm not too far from the road out of town that way, so if you would like to meet where I'm staying, or at the B.P Summit, I'm happy. I intend leaving about 8am, as I want to give myself plenty of time to get there and take a few pics along the way. P.M me please.

[White trash]

I'll stop by, say gudday on the way to the track.

[Devil]

Hmmph. Bad timing. I wanna do coro again :(

[Kornholio]

Go hard young man :D

[Highlander]

Hmmph. Bad timing. :(


Ditto, would have liked to tag along (albeit probably a bit slower than most of you) but can't this weekend.

[saul]

Would love to meet up with any Tauranga K.B's for ride through to Kopu. I'm not too far from the road out of town that way, so if you would like to meet where I'm staying, or at the B.P Summit, I'm happy. I intend leaving about 8am, as I want to give myself plenty of time to get there and take a few pics along the way. P.M me please.

Hi Z

I have just about got my bike sorted will keep in touch:spudbooge :blip: :2thumbsup

[Firefight]

hey Matt, have a great day, myself and a couple of others will be doing some other road......that day.


F/F

[Zed]

hey Matt, have a great day, myself and a couple of others will be doing some other road......that day.


F/FThanks Dave, you too. :ride:

[emaN]

Don't ya hate it when "life stuff" gets in the way of what you really wanna do?!
Can't come on the Coro Ride, but wondering about riding as far as Kopu... Anything's better than nuthin'!
Zadok - u still plannin' on that early start?
Which one is "BP summit"?

[saul]

The one up on top of Waihi road.

Its starts to lead you out of town:yes:

[Kornholio]

The one up on top of Waihi road.

Its starts to lead you out of town:yes:

Are you coming Sunday dude....it should be a wicked day


....and whats this I hear that you are getting a Gixxer? :banana:

[emaN]

The one up on top of Waihi road.

Its starts to lead you out of town:yes:

pls forgive my ignorantness...is it near the bethlehem roundabout? coming from pies pa i go past the bethlehem schools, then back onto the main road out. would this bring me near the bp?

[Potzman]

pls forgive my ignorantness...is it near the bethlehem roundabout? coming from pies pa i go past the bethlehem schools, then back onto the main road out. would this bring me near the bp?

That brings you out in Bethlehem, further north from TGA.
If you turn right and head back into TGA, then left again to avoid expressway will put u on waihi road. follow up the hill and straight thru roundabout, on a bit further then u will see BP on ur right- that is summit BP

Whew if you think you can follow my directions then go for it :-)

I used to live in that area.

[zadok]

Are you coming Sunday dude....it should be a wicked day.
....and whats this I hear that you are getting a Gixxer? :banana:

Just the Saturday ride for me. Off to Te Puke on Sunday.
Yes, I'll be riding a GSX1400!!!!!:D :apumpin: :ride:

[Zed]

Yes, I'll be riding a GSX1400!!!!!:D :apumpin: :ride:Will that mean that you'll be riding up the front bro? :Punk:

[Test Pilot]

im pullin out gana go to the nats instead, enjoy the day

[saul]

pls forgive my ignorantness...is it near the bethlehem roundabout? coming from pies pa i go past the bethlehem schools, then back onto the main road out. would this bring me near the bp?

Hey why don't you just wait at Bethlehem :msn-wink: instead of coming back onto town:niceone:

Just pm Zadok so he remembers to keep an eye out for you.

[zadok]

Will that mean that you'll be riding up the front bro? :Punk:
I don't think so. Don't let the size of the bike fool you.:scooter:

[emaN]

OK..all good; i know the one now. I'll join ya's 'til the Kopu meet-up, then trundle on back.
thanks for that Potzman.
nice new avatar,Zed...where was that taken?

[Zed]

...nice new avatar,Zed...where was that taken?Thanks. Taken out the back of Clevedon, pic courtesy of Big Dave. :spudbooge

[saul]

For any one interested I will be there at 8 am if the weather is sorta fine.:whistle:

Meet and greet at the Kopus then come back the same way as I have a fairly busy day ahead.:violin:

Should be good though:wari: :wari:

Till tomorrow:niceone:

Ps no one is allowed to laugh at my bike:spudwhat:

[Zapf]

so who's going?

[Teflon]

weather looks like shit for sunday, so could be keen to go on this ride.

[danb]

weather looks like shit for sunday, so could be keen to go on this ride.

I seccond that - will have to decide in the morning to which ride I do.

[zadok]

It will be great to catch up with you guys in person. NEWSFLASH: The Gixer got sold. I'll now be riding a Suzuki Intruder 1500.

[Firefight]

hey Matt, fight club ride not starting till ten, will ride over for coffee and to say gidday.

F/F

[Zed]

It will be great to catch up with you guys in person. NEWSFLASH: The Gixer got sold. I'll now be riding a Suzuki Intruder 1500.Well at least it's BIG! How was the Mout looking tonight Marty?

[Zed]

hey Matt, fight club ride not starting till ten, will ride over for coffee and to say gidday.

F/FLooking forward to tomorrow Dave.

[emaN]

I'm pullin' out...Got a balding front and don't wanna risk it on wet roads; bugger tho', cos i was lookin' forward to it!
Fingers crossed for next time!

[2much]

Whats up with your ride mate? did ya get rid off the R1?

Got a puntured rear so gotta get tyres swapped over first thing in the morning. Will get on the road asap and try to catch up.

[Zapf]

I'm pullin' out...Got a balding front and don't wanna risk it on wet roads; bugger tho', cos i was lookin' forward to it!
Fingers crossed for next time!

arrr freck! its suppose to rain? :doh:

[emaN]

'fraid so...weatherlady put up nasty pictures of black clouds and rain...we hates them we do, we hates them!
apologies to zadok et al; was gonna be good to hook up,meet & greet...

[Zed]

Well, it's overcast outside with very little wind here in Hobsonville, which is good. Metservice says the following about Thames weather:

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=navigation colSpan=4 height=18>Saturday</TD></TR><TR><TD background=/default/theme/default/graphics/DivBlueHor.gif colSpan=4 height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap width=60>Max: 24°C </TD><TD noWrap width=60>Min: 16°C </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>(Day)</TD><TD>(Night)</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=4>Occasional rain. Humid northerlies. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

So we'll see you keen Aucklanders outside Papakura Autobahn around 9am for 9.15 departure, and the rest of you at Kopu around 10am! :woohoo:

[saul]

I think it will be a little after 10:blip:

[zadok]

Well at least it's BIG! How was the Mout looking tonight Marty?
Not ridden a cruiser for ages. Should get the hang of it ok. Nice feed of fush & chups on the Pilot Bay side, before finishing off with an icecream and giving you a buzz.
Weather looking pretty reasonable here. I'll be leaving in about 20mins. So see you's all soon.:yes:

[Warr]

Intermittant wet stuff here, will review at Kopu. Teflon & myself meeting at 8.30 Thomas road BP

[Zapf]

What a blast.... cheers for the ride guys! :yes:

And nice meeting all of yas

[zadok]

Thanks Zed for the hospitality today, and all the other K.B's. The weather and ride was great (inspite of the cruiser). I was very impressed with Tairua. Very nice place. Great to put some faces to some K.B names. Hope to do it again sometime. A few of pics. Maybe Zed can add some names to faces.

[zadok]

First meet at Kopu.

[SPman]

As suspected, I was on roster today - bugger!
Might catch you in Perth next month, Zadok.
SP

[zadok]

As suspected, I was on roster today - bugger!
Might catch you in Perth next month, Zadok.
SP
Send me a P.M when you know what is happening.:niceone:

[justsomeguy]

Cheers for the ride guys and thanks for waiting for me to catch up.

As this was my first ride in over a month I continued on and did the Dwive :love: - reached home at 8:30 - Over 600k's:banana:

And back to do it again tomorrow:yes:

[Zapf]

And back to do it again tomorrow:yes:

wow you are keen :) :killingme

[Warr]

Great road, perfect weather, what more could a guy want!!
Yes we had it all and awesome company too.
Thanks all. I cant remember all your names so if you care to post you attended or names of others too that would be great.

[aff-man]

Cheers for the ride guys sorry i could only make it half the way.

Had a nice blat out through the hanua's being the first open road ride with the arrow. Glad i wore ear plugs didn't really notice and big power leaps but still kept good pace (well for me that is). Cheers mat for organising it i'll be keen to do the whole things next time..

After i left you guys i had a nice "tootle" up the east coast through kaiawa (sp) and kawakawa etc etc etc didn't see many bikes... or cars for that matter just a lot of sun and good roads...

p.s. sorry for overtaking you JSG on that corner as we turned off to miranda but i just luuurve those corners :banana:

[Zed]

What a truly fantastic ride, one of the best I've been on with KB! Thank you to all who came, everyone rode well and the group generally stuck together with the exception of poor old Zadok who lagged behind because his cruiser was bottoming out around corners, and the Coro Loop is just full of nice corners! :love:

The Auckland crew met up nice and early as planned and got away on time to make Kopu by 10.15am where there were another 5 bikes waiting for us. We had a good sized group of 11 bikes leave Kopu destined for Whitianga for lunch, where we arrived at 12.30pm and had a good feed and conversation. Riders & bikes were as follows:

Zadok - Suzuki 1500cc Intruder
Hayabusa01 - Black Busa
Busa Pete & partner - Gold Busa
Warr - Frosty's old VFR750
Teflon - Yellow TL1000R
CaN (Christine & Neil?) - Super Blackbird
SV1000 Gal - Naked SV1000 with twin Yoshis!
JSG - CBR250RR (600kms older!)
Zapf - CB900 Hornet
Digsaw - CBR400
Aff-man - GSXR600 (left us at Miranda)
Saul - GSXR1000 (left us at Kopu)
Me - Super Blackbird

The roads were all top notch and the scenery & weather equally complimenting. We ended up not only doing the Loop but also rode down through the awesome Hikuwai road to Whangamata and then thru those challenging twisties to Waihi, where Zadok departed and returned to Tauranga and the rest of us ventured homeward up SH2 thru the gorge, which was a good stretch alongside that river and one of only two places during the ride we got rained on, and at one point it rained so hard for about 2 mins that one guy said it stung him thru the vents on his leathers!

I calculated being in the saddle for a total of 8 hours and as usual the Blackbird performed brilliantly, my body was feeling it last night though...small price to pay for an excellent days entertainment! :banana:

Some pics attached. See you on the next one!


Zed

[Zed]

Some pics attached....and some more.

[Highlander]

Sounds like a good trip.
I would have kept Zadok company at the back of the group had I not been slaving in the garden in Thunder storms! :doh:

[justsomeguy]

p.s. sorry for overtaking you JSG on that corner as we turned off to miranda but i just luuurve those corners :banana:

No need to apologise mate. I got no problems with fast riders - you're becoming faster by the day even gave Zed a run for his money:2thumbsup

[Warr]

Great pic's there Zadok & Zed, ... and added them to my own.... as good as remembering to carry your own camera :doh:
And Zed thanks for organising. The table booked at Whitianga was a nice touch :2thumbsup
We made it back to Hamilton without falling off and sounds like you Auckland guys did too. Lets keep the stats up! :doobey:

[The Stranger]

Yeah Zed, A bit late, but I must say thank you for a about the best ride I think I have been on. Last time I was at Whangamata I was too drunk to remember and never been to Waihi before. The roads were excellent and a great bunch of people too.

[Zed]

Yeah Zed, A bit late, but I must say thank you for a about the best ride I think I have been on. Last time I was at Whangamata I was too drunk to remember and never been to Waihi before. The roads were excellent and a great bunch of people too.Thanks man. What a splendid way to end the year and start off the new summer! Let's do it again real soon. :yes:

[zadok]

Thanks man. What a splendid way to end the year and start off the new summer! Let's do it again real soon. :yes:
I second all the comments. Thanks for the Kiwi welcome. Great to meet you all. I had an enjoyable day. I'll look forward to reading more ride writeups and seeing some more pics. I'll be in Auck Sunday before heading out to Oz early Mon morning. Catch you on K.B.:2thumbsup :grouphug: :sunny: :D :spudwave:

[aff-man]

No need to apologise mate. I got no problems with fast riders - you're becoming faster by the day even gave Zed a run for his money:2thumbsup

hahahahahaha yeh right . Somehow i think he was just toying with me :slap:

[Warr]

I second all the comments. Thanks for the Kiwi welcome. Great to meet you all. I had an enjoyable day. I'll look forward to reading more ride writeups and seeing some more pics. I'll be in Auck Sunday before heading out to Oz early Mon morning. Catch you on K.B.:2thumbsup :grouphug: :sunny: :D :spudwave:
Great to meet a fellow enthusiast too there Marty!
You must be an enthusiast to drag that piece around the loop, top marks for that.
Reminds me of an early trip to Aus & car hire. I thought wow great the land of the mighty holden. What would they give me.... Price was important tho and what did I drive away with but a tired Carmia. And tired it was. Were in Sydney and the poor thing was supposed to be restricted to the city. Took it out to the Blue Mountains. It went really well .not.!
So commiserations to you Marty. You come to the land of twisties and end up with a cruser!!
I bet that Buell you left at the shop was looking pretty good by the time you got home!! And you would have been BigDaves mate for life without even meeting him!

[Waylander]

!
So commiserations to you Marty. You come to the land of twisties and end up with a cruser!!
I bet that Buell you left at the shop was looking pretty good by the time you got home!! And you would have been BigDaves mate for life without even meeting him!
You know some of us deal with taking cruisers on the twistie roads everyday and we find nothing wrong with it lol.

[Zed]

You know some of us deal with taking cruisers on the twistie roads everyday and we find nothing wrong with it lol.Well I followed Zadok for a short stretch to see what was happening, and for sure the foot rest was scrapping the ground with quite minimal lean on the bike. If you are not used to 'bits' of your bike scrapping on the ground it can be quite frightening! So he just slowed down and Nana'd it along - see, it is quite possible to ride like a Nana on a KB ride!! :bleh:

[justsomeguy]

You know some of us deal with taking cruisers on the twistie roads everyday and we find nothing wrong with it lol.

Buddy I'd like to see you on a huge 1500cc cruiser keeping up with us on the coro loop with large 150 size flat profile front tyres.

Zadok was doing bloody marvelously considering how difficult it must have been for him to pass cars and lean it over - he was scraping his footrests pretty frequently.

[justsomeguy]

see, it is quite possible to ride like a Nana on a KB ride!! :bleh:

Hey I do KB rides as often as I can and I'm the biggest nana around, so there's more proof towards your sentence.

[Zed]

Hey I do KB rides as often as I can and I'm the biggest nana around, so there's more proof towards your sentence.No I don't consider you a Nana at all JSG. The only thing holding you back is the size of your engine! Let the world beware once you upgrade! :shit:

[Waylander]

Lol I think you guys misunderstood me. What I meant was some on here do ride cruisers around the twistie roads. It is possible and not as bad an experiance as Warr was implying. (don't think I was attcking him cause I wasn't. Me and him are on good terms and ride with each other whenever I can afford to go on one and he is available for it)

Would be glad to take a 1500cc bike out for a spin, though I would make sure that it had foot pegs rather than floorboards. Even with the large front tyre. Not my preference but it will handle better with the front and rear tyres being nearly the same size.

And grinding the pegs/floorboards/whatever is fun once you get used to it. Exspecialy when comming around a corner and there is someone on the inside of it taking pictures. Then they can catch you in all your sparkly glory lol.

[zadok]

Some good points made about those footboards. The thing is, when it's your first ride on a style of bike you're not used to and there is a $2500 excess hanging over your head, you have to be carefull! It was all good fun.:scooter:

[Waylander]

Aslong as you enjoyed it that's the main thing. And those footboards/floorboards are indeed comfortable for long straight roads but they are a pain in the corners. They will almost always tap down.

Shame I couldn't afford to join you on this one mate.

[Zapf]

No I don't consider you a Nana at all JSG. The only thing holding you back is the size of your engine! Let the world beware once you upgrade! :shit:

Giggles... :eyepoke: :bleh:

[justsomeguy]

Giggles... :eyepoke: :bleh:

So you saying a CB400 is slower than a ZZR250 ?

[aff-man]

Hey I do KB rides as often as I can and I'm the biggest nana around, so there's more proof towards your sentence.

Hey is someone after my nana crown.... I don't think so :bash: :killingme :killingme

[justsomeguy]

Hey is someone after my nana crown.... I don't think so :bash: :killingme :killingme

If you're a nana I'm Valentino Rossi.

[Zed]

Hey is someone after my nana crown.... I don't think so :bash: :killingme :killingmeLet's not live in the past Johno, you have youthed from your Nana days and have now stepped up to Learner Squid! :headbang: Methinks you're enjoying that gixxer power too...or is it not enough for said squid?

[Zed]

If you're a nana I'm Valentino Rossi.*cough* maybee more like a retiring Max Biaggi (http://www.thrash-it.co.uk/mediac/400_0/media/MaxCrash.jpg)? :clap:

[aff-man]

Let's not live in the past Johno, you have youthed from your Nana days and have now stepped up to Learner Squid! :headbang: Methinks you're enjoying that gixxer power too...or is it not enough for said squid?

Exxxcelent i have entered squid-dom ......... Hmmmm it is enough for now. But who knows what the future may hold. When i finish my studies that is. Moohahahaha

[Zapf]

So you saying a CB400 is slower than a ZZR250 ?

yea u just picked the wrong 400 to race... besides... kind of hard for a rematch now... :wait: :bleh:

[sAsLEX]

No one come to greif, sorry to sound so sombre but on the hill out of Tairua first few corners heading north saw a big group of bikes stopped with a cop in a Lux on Sunday afternoon, didnt see the Bird or any bikes i recognised so cant of been this lot!

Was bloody hard work driving through there watching all the bikes come by having fun

[justsomeguy]

No one come to greif, sorry to sound so sombre but on the hill out of Tairua first few corners heading north saw a big group of bikes stopped with a cop in a Lux on Sunday afternoon, didnt see the Bird or any bikes i recognised so cant of been this lot!

Was bloody hard work driving through there watching all the bikes come by having fun

Alex :doh: this is the Saturday ride thread :killingme

Our ride was text book perfect.:2thumbsup

[Mental Trousers]

No one come to greif, sorry to sound so sombre but on the hill out of Tairua first few corners heading north saw a big group of bikes stopped with a cop in a Lux on Sunday afternoon, didnt see the Bird or any bikes i recognised so cant of been this lot!

Was bloody hard work driving through there watching all the bikes come by having fun

ummm, yeah, that was the Sunday KB ride that split in half at Coromandel.

[Zed]

No one come to greif, sorry to sound so sombre but on the hill out of Tairua first few corners heading north saw a big group of bikes stopped with a cop in a Lux on Sunday afternoon, didnt see the Bird or any bikes i recognised so cant of been this lot!The only cop I can remember seeing was parked near the end of one of those tiny little towns after you ride through Thames! Cunning blighter...would have been more cunning if he had stationed himself about 10kms past the Coro hill twisties mmmm. :sunny::Punk::Police: :scooter:

[digsaw]

Well,this was the second KB ride i have done and it was a great ride,great people,with the greatest weather.
It was good to meet marty after talking to him on skype for some months,zed,jsg(hope yar tried keeping yar bum on the seat in the twisties,lol),warr,and the others who i cant remember,thanks for the good fun and safe ride :drinknsin dig

[Zed]

Well,this was the second KB ride i have done and it was a great ride,great people,with the greatest weather.
It was good to meet marty after talking to him on skype for some months,zed,jsg(hope yar tried keeping yar bum on the seat in the twisties,lol),warr,and the others who i cant remember,thanks for the good fun and safe ride :drinknsin digSo when did you take off Dig? Did you go back over the Kopu-Hikuwai hills back to Kopu & home or summat? The roads to Whangamata & Waihi were in outstanding condition, you missed a treat!

Good to have you along, 2nd ride and all...:2thumbsup

[zadok]

Onya Doug. Catch you on Skype again before long. How about a few others getting on Skype!?:yes:

[digsaw]

Yep zed,did a runner before my leave pass run out lol:sweatdrop

[justsomeguy]

jsg(hope yar tried keeping yar bum on the seat in the twisties,lol) dig

Haha Dig:innocent:

Thanks for the advice :niceone:

I had to work twice as hard as I normally do, nothing was working for me...... luckily I've done the loop about 10 times so knew the roads...... :msn-wink:


Didn't help that those tyres had done 20km when I arrived at the Auckland meeting point and I had only ridden that bike for about 1 hour in my entire life and hadn't been for a ride for a month....... (excuses, excuses)
:violin:
I took your advice and went for a ride an hour ago down a lovely road called Cheenic Dwive:love: and found that I barely lost any speed by staying on the bike and the whole experience seemed smoother as I wasn't upsetting the bike by jumping around......:pinch:

Regards,
JSG

[aff-man]

Haha Dig:innocent:

Thanks for the advice :niceone:

I had to work twice as hard as I normally do, nothing was working for me...... luckily I've done the loop about 10 times so knew the roads...... :msn-wink:


Didn't help that those tyres had done 20km when I arrived at the Auckland meeting point and I had only ridden that bike for about 1 hour in my entire life and hadn't been for a ride for a month....... (excuses, excuses)
:violin:
I took your advice and went for a ride an hour ago down a lovely road called Cheenic Dwive:love: and found that I barely lost any speed by staying on the bike and the whole experience seemed smoother as I wasn't upsetting the bike by jumping around......:pinch:

Regards,
JSG

Baaa pussy... if it takes you more than 40km to run in some tyres (to the edge)then you doing something wrong:killingme :killingme

See ya on the next one can't wait to see how you go when you get the hang of the bike. Was following you for a brief time and hopefully noticed you were trying to ride the cbr like the zzr and it was fecking up your lines..... this bike actually tips in so remember that:lol: :lol:

[Zapf]

Baaa pussy... if it takes you more than 40km to run in some tyres (to the edge)then you doing something wrong:killingme :killingme

See ya on the next one can't wait to see how you go when you get the hang of the bike. Was following you for a brief time and hopefully noticed you were trying to ride the cbr like the zzr and it was fecking up your lines..... this bike actually tips in so remember that:lol: :lol:

sounds like my transition from my SV to the Gixxer

[aff-man]

sounds like my transition from my SV to the Gixxer

Speaking of which when you gonna let me take it for a blat???

I promise not to see if it can wheelie....... to much:rofl: :shake:

[justsomeguy]

sounds like my transition from my SV to the Gixxer
So what do I need to do differently??

[aff-man]

So what do I need to do differently??

The cbr will actually tip in quite fast comparitivley. So instead of going really wide and then taking the corner quite upright. You can leave it a bit later nd get a tighter line. It will mean you can brake later and carry more speed in the corners ...

Oh and the bike will like it better.

[digsaw]

Treat it like a bull,grabe its horns and point it where yar want ta go an screw it:yes: :spudbooge