Motorcycles "Legends" in your area?

[Funkyfly]

I have head two stories in the last week of a guy on a Busa in Taranaki that rides full tit for what i hear is most of the time, i havent ridden with him myself but from what i have heard hes certainly a good rider, albeit maybe one with a death wish.

Either way i would class him as a bit of a legend from what i have heard.

Stories like monos at 180 plus, riding under an SP1 on a 160kph sweeper and a few other interesting tidbits.

Taranaki's version of the ghost rider maybe?

[Mongoose]

I have head two stories in the last week of a guy on a Busa in Taranaki that rides full tit for what i hear is most of the time, i havent ridden with him myself but from what i have heard hes certainly a good rider, albeit maybe one with a death wish.

Either way i would class him as a bit of a legend from what i have heard.

Stories like monos at 180 plus, riding under an SP1 on a 160kph sweeper and a few other interesting tidbits.

Taranaki's version of the ghost rider maybe?


Hell, for a moment I thought you meant legends, not wankers.

[Sensei]

No Mongoose " Legend " Chased him the other night on a group ride .Told
FunkyFly about it . Some great skill with what he was doing on a Busha .Not just the speed he was going but the cornering angles & speed for such a large bike was Topshelf riding . Was left to chase & watch which I didn't mind
Called it quit's after sitting on 270+ for a while & let him going on to do his own thing . From what I'm told this is how he rides most of the time .
SENSEI

[Mongoose]

No Mongoose " Legend " Chased him the other night on a group ride .Told
FunkyFly about it . Some great skill with what he was doing on a Busha .Not just the speed he was going but the cornering angles & speed for such a large bike was Topshelf riding . Was left to chase & watch which I didn't mind
Called it quit's after sitting on 270+ for a while & let him going on to do his own thing . From what I'm told this is how he rides most of the time .
SENSEI

Must admit my comment was mainly on the undertaking at 160kmh on an open road on a sweeping corner.

[SPman]

Sounds like a certain ZX12R rider up this way...ran his bike in - 1600 k in just under 10 hours...only speed he seems to know is throttle pinned.....but hes not that great on a track...!

[Sensei]

Yea Mongoose must say if he did that to me while riding there would be teeth
missing when we stopped . :yeah:
SENSEI

[PhilBilly]

A guy Chris (i think its his name) some sundays rides a 150cc 2 stroke up the rimutakas kicking ass, dosent even look like he is going hard. He beats some of the 1000cc, they are half way down and he is at the bottom. Its like a walk in the park for him lol.

[LB]

A guy Chris (i think its his name) some sundays rides a 150cc 2 stroke up the rimutakas kicking ass, dosent even look like he is going hard. He beats some of the 1000cc, they are half way down and he is at the bottom. Its like a walk in the park for him lol.

He used to have a CBR600 with a 900 engine in it. Not sure what's happened to that, I think he may have crashed it?

[Jackrat]

I'm a legend mate,in my own mind.
Pity nobody else seems to get it,I could'a been famous I tells ya' :confused:

[White trash]

He used to have a CBR600 with a 900 engine in it. Not sure what's happened to that, I think he may have crashed it?

....repeatedly.

Chris is a nice young bloke but there is a huge difference between hooning up and down the same road 20 times a week and riding quickly on unfamiliar ones.

There's a group of four or five guys who "hide" at the cafe at the bottom of the hill, lying in wait for other riders heading up the hill. All in the hope of showing off how small their brains are and how bigs their egos are. It gives me the shits.

I've said it before but I'll quietly mention it again to those involved.

You are a bunch of cock suckers! Grow up, fuckheads and come join some real riders on a race track!

[Ninja51]

[QUOTE=White trash]....repeatedly.


There's a group of four or five guys who "hide" at the cafe at the bottom of the hill, lying in wait for other riders heading up the hill. All in the hope of showing off how small their brains are and how bigs their egos are.

They will more than likely end up as leg ends sooner or later! geddit??

[ManDownUnder]

Hell, for a moment I thought you meant legends, not wankers.

Agreed entirely. 20 years ago I would have said legend.. today (having survived) I have seen the error of my ways.

There used to be a record (12 mins from memory) from the northern roundabout in Stratford through to the top of Egmont Rd (Lepperton turn off near Waitara, coming down through the back way into Inglewood then down the main drag to Stratford.

Whoever held that record was a leged... I'd also be very surprised if he still hold the title of "living"

Fast is fun, I don't disagree... but save it for tracktime.
MDU

[FzerozeroT]

Most legend guy I know around this area rides an RG500, MINT AS! He rides it gentle, doesn't speed in group rides, and even installed a warmer to warm the bike up before he starts it, so far has 40,000km on the clock with current build (and it has 100+hp rear wheel). He's real nice to newbies (me) and is an all round great guy.

[**R1**]

Im a legend :2thumbsup
ask my kids, in their eyes im the Rossi of Chch.
but allas one day they will grow up and they will realise im just a prik who spent their college fund on tyres :cool:

[White trash]

but allas one day they will grow up and they will realise im just a prik who spent their college fund on tyres :cool:

Baahahaha. Same here!

Mate, you and I are gonna get along JUST fine. 'Till I give you a thorough kicking on your favourite road that is.

[**R1**]

Baahahaha. Same here!

Mate, you and I are gonna get along JUST fine. 'Till I give you a thorough kicking on your favourite road that is.
it will be fun indeed....but bro im the king of tha akoroa hills...if ya beet me...........well i guess i will have to buy ya a beer or sumin.....personaly i cant see it, oh and i drink coffee just so ya know :msn-wink:

[moko]

A guy Chris (i think its his name) some sundays rides a 150cc 2 stroke up the rimutakas kicking ass, dosent even look like he is going hard. He beats some of the 1000cc, they are half way down and he is at the bottom. Its like a walk in the park for him lol.

My mate Terry was like that.Back in the 70`s he had a lightly tuned Suzi GT250A and was pretty-well un-catchable on a twisty road.A lot of good riders on big bikes got left in his wake.A mechanic at a local dealer got him onto a track and tried to get it into his head to keep his considerable talents there.Guy was a novice but used to regularly get into the top 5 against guys on proper race bikes,admittedly nothing cutting-edge but racebikes just the same and he`d ride his to the track and back.Very,very talented rider as far as going very fast was concerned,an accident waiting to happen on the road.Sure enough he got killed in an accident that was mainly due to the speed he was doing.At the time he was already banned and waiting to go to court for riding while banned.He`d only been riding for a year or so and was a natural racer,the Suzi was the first bike he`d ever had,sad waste of a great bloke let alone someone with amazing potential.

[Teflon]

A guy Chris (i think its his name) some sundays rides a 150cc 2 stroke up the rimutakas kicking ass, dosent even look like he is going hard. He beats some of the 1000cc, they are half way down and he is at the bottom. Its like a walk in the park for him lol.

A good rider on somthing that light would be very hard to keep up with on tight roads.

[madandy]

I don't know any body well that might fit the criteria, "legend" in Biking circles, but to me a legend would be an old rider who started out in the days of hard tails and oil leaks, raced over seas, returned, unheralded and now rides regularly alone or in group rides and never talks about his exploits only listens as young ones tell others about what they heard he did years ago.

[soundbeltfarm]

hey sensei do you know ih the guy with the busa is from hawera?
talking to my brother inlaw last night and one of his mates rides one and he reckons he always rides full tit anywhere.

[Motu]

I don't know any body well that might fit the criteria, "legend" in Biking circles, but to me a legend would be an old rider who started out in the days of hard tails and oil leaks, raced over seas, returned, unheralded and now rides regularly alone or in group rides and never talks about his exploits only listens as young ones tell others about what they heard he did years ago.

I know a few of those,and some of the more famous ones by sight - go to any race track and you'll see a few around,grey haired of farts hanging around the pits being nosey,they could of cleaned up everyone there in their day....but are just happy to soak up the atmosphere.

[Sensei]

Yea Soundbeltfarm thats the guy from what I hear . He will not keep doing that for long I feel . He does ride very well but even hitting a small bird at 270k will take you off line or maybe off the road . I have had a few close calls when I had my Stage 3 GSXR1100R last one made me sell it & by a Ducati .
SENSEI

[SlashWylde]

...even hitting a small bird at 270k will take you off line or maybe off the road.
SENSEI

Hell, hitting a duck at 80km/hr will do the job, as my mate Allun can attest to. It's not the hazards you see that'll take you out, it's the ones you don't see. Take it easy out there, enjoy our beautiful country side, live life stronger than death. :apint:

[Mongoose]

Im a legend :2thumbsup
ask my kids, in their eyes im the Rossi of Chch.
but allas one day they will grow up and they will realise im just a prik who spent their college fund on tyres :cool:


A Legend in your own lunch time? :wari: :yeah:

[NordieBoy]

A local legend that no-one knew about died a couple of years ago.
Factory racer, rode and designed chassis/engines for Manx Nortons etc.
Designed a GP engine for Honda, was an aerodynamasististst on the Ford GT40 project, worked for Lotus etc etc etc.
Very quiet spoken and it was like getting stories out of a stone.
Was designing engines and consulting for Euro bike firms right up until his death.

Have one on me Colin :apint:

[**R1**]

A Legend in your own lunch time? :wari: :yeah:
Yeah sumthing like that..........no doubt oneday i'll be a legend but somehow i dont think i will be here to enjoy it.....duz they have telly in the "big house"?

[Riff Raff]

Yea Soundbeltfarm thats the guy from what I hear . He will not keep doing that for long I feel .
I rode with Soundbeltfarm from Normanby to Urenui. He was a good rider and very well behaved in the speed department.