Viddy
26th September 2006, 23:33
Got learners wednesday last week, got fecking fablous Suzuki GSX-R 250 with glorious acceleration on Saturday, drove home Saturday afternoon... got dog boxed by the missus slightly later on...
Idiot mistake number one: Getting pissed off and flustered at the roundabout (on way home), clutch in, mashing gear leaver with boot to get to first gear with throttle somewhat open, then dumping clutch, and wheelstanding it accross the intersection. Fun, but on the first ride after I'd bought it? Gah!
Serious idiot mistake number two: Tonight, "just felt like ridin'.." sweet, go for blat from glenview in hamilton to terapa and back, and just before I go to turn into my street, I go, fuckit, why not go out into the country a little, and try some heavy braking? (it was ~9:30pm). Turn into street, and a little voice in my head says: "Wrong Decision". I ignore said little voice, and continue on, down random street, notice that its kinda dark, and I've not ridden or driven this street before, do braking, and then look for a section to turn around and go home.
Spotted section on side of road, slow down, turn in to it, slow to a bit under walking pace and then start to turn. Gravel. Lovely. Bike starts to slide out from under me. I start to step off, bike stalls. I grab ass end of bike and handle bar and pull together. Like a fucking tree falling in the forest, bike keeps on fucking falling. I stick hand under engine somewhere, feel for structural bit (how the fuck I didnt grab the muffler, I don't know) and haul. Bike slowly comes upright. Glasses then fog. Scratches are there but only a little bit, in about 10cm circle, on previously pretty fairing, and on previously pristine muffler, fuckit.
Apparent moral of story: Avoid gravel. Don't ride at night when slightly tired, especially in places that you don't know.
Other than that, its quite nice to ride, apart from the 12 or so km/litre of gas that I seem to be getting :) Cheaper on fuel than a cage they said...
More interesting in the corners? Hell Yeah!
70kph in first gear? Wouldn't know anything about that, nooo.... :)
Idiot mistake number one: Getting pissed off and flustered at the roundabout (on way home), clutch in, mashing gear leaver with boot to get to first gear with throttle somewhat open, then dumping clutch, and wheelstanding it accross the intersection. Fun, but on the first ride after I'd bought it? Gah!
Serious idiot mistake number two: Tonight, "just felt like ridin'.." sweet, go for blat from glenview in hamilton to terapa and back, and just before I go to turn into my street, I go, fuckit, why not go out into the country a little, and try some heavy braking? (it was ~9:30pm). Turn into street, and a little voice in my head says: "Wrong Decision". I ignore said little voice, and continue on, down random street, notice that its kinda dark, and I've not ridden or driven this street before, do braking, and then look for a section to turn around and go home.
Spotted section on side of road, slow down, turn in to it, slow to a bit under walking pace and then start to turn. Gravel. Lovely. Bike starts to slide out from under me. I start to step off, bike stalls. I grab ass end of bike and handle bar and pull together. Like a fucking tree falling in the forest, bike keeps on fucking falling. I stick hand under engine somewhere, feel for structural bit (how the fuck I didnt grab the muffler, I don't know) and haul. Bike slowly comes upright. Glasses then fog. Scratches are there but only a little bit, in about 10cm circle, on previously pretty fairing, and on previously pristine muffler, fuckit.
Apparent moral of story: Avoid gravel. Don't ride at night when slightly tired, especially in places that you don't know.
Other than that, its quite nice to ride, apart from the 12 or so km/litre of gas that I seem to be getting :) Cheaper on fuel than a cage they said...
More interesting in the corners? Hell Yeah!
70kph in first gear? Wouldn't know anything about that, nooo.... :)