yestrdays ride's

[Firefight]

got home from night shift, walked the dog had a feed, bit of KB....

then a nice refeshing ride out to Awhitu, back home to Puke for lunch with Mrs F/F, home for a bit more KB...(i can give up anytime honest) :oi-grr: then a nice afternoon blat down 22:eek: .. back via Mecer Ferry rd, Pokeno and along to ridge rd to meet up with Fishslayer and watch him do some suspension set up trails on his cool looking bike..

all in all a bloody fine day,

nice to meet you Josh, hope the test's went okay

looking fwd to a ride down 22 with you at some stage.

F/F:woohoo:

[Marmoot]

nice good clean fun there I see........

I'm stuck here between bike malfunction, untenanted rooms, broken washing machine, stuck-up boss, quiet business, financial depression, daily traffic jams and 3 simultaneous projects at work needing me to work on through my nights.

Good to see world is in a sense of balance :mellow:

Anyway, hopefully I'll be back with you next Month, great one.
Preferably on a shinier steed :headbang:

Btw, got a slight good news today: my bike insurance is due for renewal and the NCB has not disappeared yet, so I quickly called them and pay the premium. Saves me $600+
:yes:

[loosebruce]

Nice Dave, i envy you quite a bit, for the riding part, not the withered old fossil that you are, not too mention slow on a bike and in the head, guess that's an age thing though, but dont worry it can only get worse and i'll be here to remind you.

When you shouting me lunch again, my pockets are empty, friday sounds good, cheers.

[Firefight]

Nice Dave, i envy you quite a bit, for the riding part, not the withered old fossil that you are, not too mention slow on a bike and in the head, guess that's an age thing though, but dont worry it can only get worse and i'll be here to remind you.

When you shouting me lunch again, my pockets are empty, friday sounds good, cheers.



howabout some pizza :motu: ....dayshift saturday. sunday.

F/F

[Fishy]

Hey F/F,

Yeah nice to meet you too, suspension is feeling pretty good now so I will be pulling the bike to pieces next week and cleaning all the dirt dust and sheep shit out of the nook n crannies then will throw a new rear tyre on and I will be keen for a bit of 22.

I've got a heap of annual leave owing so I might take a coupe of week days off in about 2 weeks and hit 22 with you during the day time and then maybe hit Bruce up for some pizza afterwards? :apumpin:

[Firefight]

Hey F/F,


off in about 2 weeks and hit 22 with you during the day time and then maybe hit Bruce afterwards? :apumpin:



yeah sounds good mate,

Bruce needs all the hitting he can get.

I'd be up for some of that.

F/F

[Fishy]

:niceone: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Nice edit there F/F. Bruce doesn't even know me so he probably thinks I'm a right wanker now :tugger: Oh well ya win some you lose some, I ride a Honda so I'm used to losing :third:

[Firefight]

:niceone: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Nice edit there F/F. Bruce doesn't even know me so he probably thinks I'm a right wanker now :tugger: Oh well ya win some you lose some, I ride a Honda so I'm used to losing :third:


don't worry about him mate he's a pussy.

F/F

[Zed]

Hey Dave, thanks once again for rubbing it in!! :weep:

Marmoot, what have you done to your bike?? :blink:

Fishslayer, please trade up for a Suzooki cos the way you talk about Hondas is depressing me! :eyepoke:

Brucie, have some respect for yer elders! :whistle:

[Fishy]

Sorry Zed, I do like my bike and its far better looking than those fugly gixxers but its just not as exciting to ride. If I had more cash I would probably go an 06 ZX10 I reckon. :niceone:

[Grahameeboy]

Hey Dave, thanks once again for rubbing it in!! :weep:

Marmoot, what have you done to your bike?? :blink:

Fishslayer, please trade up for a Suzooki cos the way you talk about Hondas is depressing me! :eyepoke:

Brucie, have some respect for yer elders! :whistle:

You're just a youngster Zed......:doobey:

[Fishy]

Like you GB? :yes:

[Grahameeboy]

Like you GB? :yes:

Yep I am 43 years young........looking forward to being 50 years young too......

[Zed]

You're just a youngster Zed......:doobey:Sorry Grahame, *private* joke.

[Zed]

Sorry Zed, I do like my bike and its far better looking than those fugly gixxers but its just not as exciting to ride. If I had more cash I would probably go an 06 ZX10 I reckon. :niceone:Not exciting to ride?? Just how long have you owned the Blade for? :sherlock:

[Grahameeboy]

Sorry Grahame, *private* joke.

I know it was.....but ya know what us Londoners are like..he he

[Fishy]

Not exciting to ride?? Just how long have you owned the Blade for? :sherlock:

Bought this one in November, have ridden all the other litre bikes and yep mine is definitely the most boring!.

[Grahameeboy]

Bought this one in November, have ridden all the other litre bikes and yep mine is definitely the most boring!.

Lets hope Sarah is not boring then??

[Zed]

Bought this one in November, have ridden all the other litre bikes and yep mine is definitely the most boring!.Nah i don't think that way. Couldn't possibly make up my mind until i've actually got to know the bike inside and out, and you can't do that on a *test ride*, comes after several months usage when you can say you are 'one with the bike'! You know what i mean jelly bean? :scratch:

[Fishy]

Yeah I know what you're saying mate, I do like my blade like I said and its a great all round bike but after testing (on quite good long test rides) the others especially the Kwaka and the Gixxer give ya far more of a buzz when riding.

[Zed]

Yeah I know what you're saying mate, I do like my blade like I said and its a great all round bike but after testing (on quite good long test rides) the others especially the Kwaka and the Gixxer give ya far more of a buzz when riding.Fairy nuff then!

But I do believe that the buzz factor you speak of comes more from within the rider than the bike! There ain't huge amounts of difference between all the modern thous, in fact *on the road* a CBR could blitz a ZX or Gixxer with the right rider in the saddle!! :yeah:

[Grahameeboy]

Yeah I know what you're saying mate, I do like my blade like I said and its a great all round bike but after testing (on quite good long test rides) the others especially the Kwaka and the Gixxer give ya far more of a buzz when riding.

Riding my SV gives me a buzz.......don't be greedy......

[Fishy]

Fairy nuff then!

But I do believe that the buzz factor you speak of comes more from within the rider than the bike! There ain't huge amounts of difference between all the modern thous, in fact *on the road* a CBR could blitz a ZX or Gixxer with the right rider in the saddle!! :yeah:

Maybe I'm just a shit rider then? :spudwhat:

[Grahameeboy]

Maybe I'm just a shit rider then? :spudwhat:

No mate.......bikes are infectious......I would love a Ducati 996 but a) cannot afford one b) you cannot have everything in life c) sometimes you do not realise what you have and d) you are greedy.....in the nicest possible way..

Probs is you would get a Gixxer or ZX10 by which time there will be something better......

[Zed]

Maybe I'm just a shit rider then? :spudwhat:If you are then you shouldn't be on a Blade, or any other Thou for that matter in the first place...surely you're being too hard on yerself there!

At the end of the day you know what you like and dislike, and what's a buzz for you to ride and what isn't...we are all different in that respect.

[Fishy]

If you are then you shouldn't be on a Blade, or any other Thou for that matter, in the first place...surely you're being too hard on yerself there!

At the end of the day you know what you like and dislike, and what's a buzz for you to ride and what isn't...we are all different in that respect.

Yeah very true, think I may upgrade to a GN250 perhaps? or a tricycle with yoshimura stickers on it? :apumpin:

[Marmoot]

Marmoot, what have you done to your bike?? :blink:

It....err....malfunctioned.
Somehow it doesn't run......
Aye Dave?

[Zed]

It....err....malfunctioned.
Somehow it doesn't run......
Aye Dave?Well that won't go down as the technical answer of the day. :no:

[beyond]

I can vouch for the fact that Fishslayer is not a shit rider.
He can move when he wants to, when his doughnuts are in good shape. :)

I personally would like a GSXR1000 K5 as a hoon bike, but not for any rides longer than a couple of hours. That comes from being close to 50.

Even if I had a GSXR1000, I would still have a GSX1400. A lot of the new sportsbikes virtually do anything you ask of them and then more. Sure you can get into a heap of trouble if you are inexperienced on them, but generally you cannot out ride them, except on the track.

However, on the GSX1400, you can outride it, so you can ride to it's limits and work at getting the most out of it. This I find very satisfying. A fast run through some tight twisties gets the sweat up, believe me. I find this most enjoyable :) Who needs to go to the gym when you can wrestle a 1/4 ton of bike around the corners.

[Fishy]

haha the only reason why I keep up with you is that I have my go go gadget lassoo (sp) around your bike. :killingme

[beyond]

LOL

Nah, you do okay mate.

Might pop out for a short spin after lunch :)

[Fishy]

Lucky bugger!. I will give you a call later on about a business proposition. Something has come up and sounds really good and guess what.... it involves bikes!.

[Firefight]

Maybe I'm just a shit rider then? :spudwhat:


Only rode with you once so far, up ridge road and back, but that was enuff to evaluate your riding, I would not call you a shit rider.

F/F

[Fishy]

Cheers F/F, I look forward to riding 22 with you soon. If I can keep up? :violin:

[sAsLEX]

Cheers F/F, I look forward to riding 22 with you soon. If I can keep up? :violin:

You might need a map from FF first describing 22 mm by mm pothole by pothole! With such dramatic anecdotes such as Vladis corner etc

[Fishy]

Yeah I have heard its his playground and he knows it better than most if not all. Ha I still haven't even been down there once and I just live up the road sad eh!.

[Zed]

Ha I still haven't even been down there once and I just live up the road sad eh!.Just wait till you ride it, then you'll be kicking yerself you didn't before! :shit:

Doesn't bother the likes of me if you don't ride it though, the less the merrier! :shifty:

[sAsLEX]

have a look at Big Daves website especially his tv thingo, see attached image



Also take note of the scene in the attached image and slow down for the corner in the background, Zed can tell you how he had to skip around as an r1,NC30 and cbr250 went off on that corner all around him at the same time!

[Sniper]

Nice write up mate. Im envious of SH22

[Zed]

Also take note of the scene in the attached image and slow down for the corner in the background, Zed can tell you how he had to skip around as an r1,NC30 and cbr250 went off on that corner all around him at the same time!Coincidentally i stopped at that exact same corner last Saturday and told the story to someone...

KB ride down 22, heading back from Hams after lunch a group of four of us are slicing up the corners, blue R1 (we know who), my Bird, the NC30 & CBR following in close pursuit, we come to that corner and a mere 5m in front of me our mate takes said corner too wide and down the bank into the fence they go a tumbling...i managed to keep the Bird lined up around the corner and road to the top of the hill to turn around and when i did to my horror i realised that both bikes following me also went over the embankment ending in a pile on top of one another just mtrs behind the R1 - freaked me out to see them all down like that!! :(

Were you the first to arrive at that crash scene Alex?

[Fishy]

Shit that must have been pretty horrible to see!.

[sAsLEX]

Coincidentally i stopped at that exact same corner last Saturday and told the story to someone...

Were you the first to arrive at that crash scene Alex?


Yip, had only just thought to myself "hmm pace is up there not feeling the best will drop out" so was only seconds behind everyone. Had to lift a bike off one after getting some sort of grunting swearing from the pom to know he was ok. was an interesting day, but always listen to that little voice , was it Jim the other day saying about the truck on the takas that would of had him had he not pulled off the road for no reason..........

[sAsLEX]

Shit that must have been pretty horrible to see!.

at least the were easy to find and all concious, another ride watched the guy in front crash and fly (ie 20- 30 ft in the air) over some bushes then couldnt bloody find him!!! :confused: found him in a pile of leaves and nice bouncy shrubberys right next to a big tree! was very lucky he was!

[Fishy]

Yeah sounds like it!. A good mate of mine saw me get t-boned by a volvo at about 60kph. I flew about 12 feet in the air and broke almost every major bone in my body including 2 compound fractures (femur and radius) that wouldn't have been nice to see.Blood was everywhere to. Was very ouch!.

[Marmoot]

If it is the uphill tight righthander you're talking about (northbound) then I have done one there myself.

Mauled the bike pretty bad and had to stop a car to get help pulling the bike to the road so I could ride it back to Tuakau and store it there overnight for pickup.

That was back in 2004.......

[Zed]

If it is the uphill tight righthander you're talking about (northbound) then I have done one there myself.Yep...memories.

We should start a 'Victims of 22' club. I think i could qualify considering i binned my 600 on a road just off 22, Glen Murray Rd i think? Membership could easily begin with 10 or so riders that i know of on KB!! :buggerd:

[sAsLEX]

That was back in 2004.......

At least it gave you an excuse to buy a new helmet aye

[loosebruce]

[QUOTE=Fishslayer]Yeah I have heard its his playground and he knows it better than most if not all. QUOTE]

And the old man's still slow as shit, you'd think with that kinda road knowledge he'd be demon fast, must be that walking frame hampering his cornering clearance.

[loosebruce]

Yeah sounds like it!. A good mate of mine saw me get t-boned by a volvo at about 60kph. I flew about 12 feet in the air and broke almost every major bone in my body including 2 compound fractures (femur and radius) that wouldn't have been nice to see.Blood was everywhere to. Was very ouch!.

And a hard man like yourself still rides a Honda?

[Fishy]

Had a K4 Gixxer lined up at Colemans but the deal fell through and I got the blade very cheap and near brand new so I though oh well I'll just buy this.... regret it now.:brick: