Tunnel fun

[Timber020]

Out and about on the bike this morning I was heading against the flow of all those happy happy communters through the Mt Vic tunnel. And the road was perfectly clear ahead of me. Now as a public service and to lift the moral of my fellow man I felt the urge to give them a soul lifting wheelie. Now Im not saying the I did that, but does anyone know if they have CCTV cameras in the tunnel???

Its just become a much more interesting place to travel through, its not like the cop I saw in the tunnel at the same time would have been able to get my rego or do a U turn to pursuit.....that is if I was doing anything wrong....:yes:

[Karma]

Pretty sure they have CCTV in there, traffic monitoring and saftey... whether they are high def enough to pick up a plate is another matter altogether...

[Timber020]

Well then I wasnt there and didnt do anything. He did any of you guys borrow my bike this morning?

[Steam]

The Mt Vic tunnel is a funny old place, what with all that beeping and now wheelies! (or not, as the case may be.) Rockin!
Much more fun than the Terrace tunnel.

[limbimtimwim]

My understanding is the cameras point at the roads in Wellington are not taped. Privacy Act you see.

Vic Tunnel not good place to do stuff like that though. Police frequent it. Mr plod stands at one end with a laser gun, and half a dozen wait at the other end.

Might I suggest Northland tunnel instead?

[RantyDave]

Might I suggest Northland tunnel instead?
The bus tunnel. Wheelie through that. How to win friends and influence people :)

Dave

[Fat Tony]

Now as a public service and to lift the moral of my fellow man I felt the urge to give them a soul lifting wheelie. Now Im not saying the I did that

Haha, surely it would have been rude not to?!

Unfortunately, wheelying on demand is one of the many skills that I've failed to master. Tunnels are the business though eh?

Last year, there were six of us on GSXRs enjoying a holiday in Spain when we happened to find a tunnel that went on and on and on. We set off behaving ourselves, but the sound of the bikes soon intoxicated our senses and we found ourselves cruising at around 110mph, whereupon my mate Tommy came past on his rear wheel at I'd guess about 140mph (smart arsed bastard - I swear his front if filled with helium)

We were about a mile in to the tunnel when objects on the tunnels walls flashed us in the face every hundred yards or so. Realizing that they were cameras we slowed, looked at each other in the knowledge that we were in a foreign country and that the front facing cameras couldn't get our plates anyway, so obviously the antics started up again...

What is it about tunnels on bikes? :doobey:

Can you guys get prosecuted for such antics via CCTV camera footage then? I've only ever heard of it happen once in the UK thank God

[kickingzebra]

Not for traffic offenses, murder might be a different story though.
Dunno about welly, but in Auckland, the camera control is seperate from the police. They have an ask me no questions I tell you no lies policy too, or so I've been told.

[dawnrazor]

I used to have an old moto guzzi with open lafranconi pipes on it, apart from setting off car and house alarms in narrow streets, I would love to hit the kill switch in tunnels and fire it up on the fly and listen to the 'sonic boom' of a bloody loud backfire and the look of fear on cagers faces!

Ah fuel injection has kinda put pay to all that sorta thing :yes:

[limbimtimwim]

Haha, surely it would have been rude not to?!Unfortunately, wheelying on demand is one of the many skills that I've failed to master. Seems to happen all by itself at full throttle on my 750 at about 130km/h.. Easy.

[Fatjim]

I used to have an old moto guzzi with open lafranconi pipes on it, apart from setting off car and house alarms in narrow streets, I would love to hit the kill switch in tunnels and fire it up on the fly and listen to the 'sonic boom' of a bloody loud backfire and the look of fear on cagers faces!

Ah fuel injection has kinda put pay to all that sorta thing :yes:


MMMM, carbies

[Str8 Jacket]

I love the way the noise of my bike echoes through that tunnel! Sometimes I'll drop a bit back from the car in front of me drop it down to second and then give it the gas, boy does it scream :D Also my airhorns sound great through there as well.

[jumma]

The bus tunnel. Wheelie through that. How to win friends and influence people :)

Dave

Just watch for those hidden spped humps. Hit one on a BMX years back and sent me flying over the bars. It was about midnight though. Oh yeah, plenty of beer was also involved.

[The Pastor]

Originally Posted by dawnrazor
I used to have an old moto guzzi with open lafranconi pipes on it, apart from setting off car and house alarms in narrow streets, I would love to hit the kill switch in tunnels and fire it up on the fly and listen to the 'sonic boom' of a bloody loud backfire and the look of fear on cagers faces!


Can somone please explain to me how one would go about getting your carb'd bike to back fire? Someone once told me in a car if you switch it off then pump the gas then turn it back on.... but ive never driven a carb'd car before and tried to do this on my bike to no success......

[sAsLEX]

Do not speed through the base tunnel with an angry commander about....you have been warned!! Though the duke 996 that goes through there saounds magic!

[kickingzebra]

Can somone please explain to me how one would go about getting your carb'd bike to back fire? Someone once told me in a car if you switch it off then pump the gas then turn it back on.... but ive never driven a carb'd car before and tried to do this on my bike to no success......

Hit the kill switch with the throttle open, leave it for a second or two, then flick kill switch back on. Is very good for your valves...

[The Pastor]

Hit the kill switch with the throttle open, leave it for a second or two, then flick kill switch back on. Is very good for your valves...


Is that leave it with the throttle open?

[kickingzebra]

you can even do it without moving, just rev the bike up kill switch off and on, and bang! Leave the throttle open to suck extra gas into chamber and exhaust, not ignited, cause spark plugs are dead, then when you kill switch on again, when the spark plug goes, it catch the whole lot alight, past the headers into the exhaust pipe, and wala, back fire.

[sAsLEX]

you can even do it without moving, just rev the bike up kill switch off and on, and bang! Leave the throttle open to suck extra gas into chamber and exhaust, not ignited, cause spark plugs are dead, then when you kill switch on again, when the spark plug goes, it catch the whole lot alight, past the headers into the exhaust pipe, and wala, back fire.

Or drain the water and oil out of your bike and run it on the rev limeter, after a while the pipe will get red hot and ignite the fuel that gets through while the rev limeter cuts spark


bang bang bang bang

[Qkchk]

I used to have an old moto guzzi with open lafranconi pipes on it, apart from setting off car and house alarms in narrow streets, I would love to hit the kill switch in tunnels and fire it up on the fly and listen to the 'sonic boom' of a bloody loud backfire and the look of fear on cagers faces!


I used to have car like that, good party trick! :blip: Bring the revs up in neutral (while still rolling) then turn the ignition off then do a bump start - BOOM!

[kickingzebra]

Yes, it should be noted they call it an Internal combustion engine for a reason...
Backfiring generally does nasty things to the poor wee bike.

[The Pastor]

I tried it just not with the bike in the garage... to no success I'll report back when Ive tried it. Ive got a good practice spot...... right out side the coppa house!

[dawnrazor]

I tried it just not with the bike in the garage... to no success I'll report back when Ive tried it. Ive got a good practice spot...... right out side the coppa house!
if your engine is a bit shit, you'll get flames as well...fun fun fun

[Qkchk]

if your engine is a bit shit, you'll get flames as well...fun fun fun
Even better if its a turbo engine, minus the turbo ;)

[The Pastor]

hmm I cant seem to do it.. I must be handicapped?

[kiwifruit]

hmm I cant seem to do it.. I must be handicapped?
try it in motion, say 2nd gear, get it right in the power where it pulls best... say 4-5000rpm, hit the kill switch, pin the throttle for about a second, un pin the throttle and unkill the kill switch ......BOOM! helps to have a fairly open exhaust.
Not good for it tho aye
My old mitsi sigma went from a good runner to burning one litre of oil every 100km after a month of doing this.

[Fat Tony]

Or drain the water and oil out of your bike and run it on the rev limeter, after a while the pipe will get red hot and ignite the fuel that gets through while the rev limeter cuts spark


bang bang bang bang


Ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa