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Malcolm
26th March 2009, 18:15
Thought I should quickly introduce myself before my forum whoring begins. I'm an engineering student at Auckland Uni (seems like theres heaps of us here). I'm pretty new to the whole riding thing, and picked up my first bike, a 1991 ZXR250c last Sunday. Had a good ride home - went from Glenfield to Papatoetoe via Whenuapai, Massey, Avondale and Mt Wellington :) It was a good way to build up confidence.

Anyway, enjoying the whole riding thing an awful lot so far, very quickly picking up confidence but trying to maintain cautious because being a bit old for a learner rider (25) I'm a lot more concerned about the possibility of dying than I was when I started driving.

Don't have any good pics of my bike yet but I'll see about getting some soon.

So yes, hello bikers.
Malcolm
26th March 2009, 18:37
just thought I should add a thank you to the government, getting 5 years of tax refunds and my course related costs payments within a couple of weeks of each other funded much of the purchase of the bike :)
The Baron
26th March 2009, 18:37
Welcome to KB.
Ragingrob
26th March 2009, 18:39
Have you signed up to the Uni SMC? (Scooter and Motorcycle Club). Check out our forum for beers and rides :scooter:
Slyer
26th March 2009, 19:55
just thought I should add a thank you to the government, getting 5 years of tax refunds and my course related costs payments within a couple of weeks of each other funded much of the purchase of the bike :)
If they taxed you properly you wouldn't need those refunds! :bleh:
Malcolm
26th March 2009, 19:59
Slyer - very true, but I like to think of it as mandatory savings :) Hoping that the return for year ending 2009 will get me a new jacket :yes:

Rob - haven't signed up yet, not sure about the steep membership fee
Ragingrob
26th March 2009, 20:03
You can meet Stephen behind the bike parks tomorrow after the chiller, I hear he takes other forms of payments.
skidMark
26th March 2009, 23:03
Good choice of bike mate, good choice...

If ya ever need engine bits or help with anything on it give me a yell, got 3 engines in bits...
skidMark
26th March 2009, 23:04
You can meet Stephen behind the bike parks tomorrow after the chiller, I hear he takes other forms of payments.


Quicky behind the bike sheds eh ;)
Hiflyer
27th March 2009, 18:34
......and picked up my first bike, a ..... ZXR250c ........

mate, your gunna be able to stop from 60kph in 2 metres. . . :bleh::Pokey:

sorry, couldnt resist
andrea
27th March 2009, 19:37
hey welcome to kb
wbks
27th March 2009, 19:44
Were you one of the guys that built the college cup (or what ever its called) car?
Malcolm
27th March 2009, 20:54
mate, your gunna be able to stop from 60kph in 2 metres. . . :bleh::Pokey:

sorry, couldnt resist

hahaha, yeah I was reading that thread - unfortunately because vehicle dynamics is a keen interest of mine, I have a reasonable idea of where the possible/impossible boundary lies :) (provided it's something nice and simple like braking in a straight line)


wbks - yep, I've been in the team for 4 years, we've had a huge number of bike riders/KB'ers in the team in that time. FWIW, it's called Formula SAE - our website is www.fsae.co.nz
wbks
27th March 2009, 21:05
Ok, I've seen it before but couldn't really remember what it was called and the last vid on youtube I watched of a similar car built by uni students in the UK for a world wide competition was (or atleast they called it) college cup, so I assumed it was that.

What do you have to do to do fsae? Whats your part in it? sorry for all the questions, its just interesting to me haha
skidMark
27th March 2009, 21:17
hahaha, yeah I was reading that thread - unfortunately because vehicle dynamics is a keen interest of mine, I have a reasonable idea of where the possible/impossible boundary lies :) (provided it's something nice and simple like braking in a straight line)


wbks - yep, I've been in the team for 4 years, we've had a huge number of bike riders/KB'ers in the team in that time. FWIW, it's called Formula SAE - our website is www.fsae.co.nz (http://www.fsae.co.nz)

Ohhh one of you fellers, geez i havnt been by there in a while!, might swing by to see hello sometime next week...
wbks
27th March 2009, 21:19
You couldn't possibly go from an engineering uni student to a dole bludger, surely?...
skidMark
27th March 2009, 21:32
You couldn't possibly go from an engineering uni student to a dole bludger, surely?...


LOL nah, knew some of the biker guys there.
Malcolm
27th March 2009, 23:40
Ok, I've seen it before but couldn't really remember what it was called and the last vid on youtube I watched of a similar car built by uni students in the UK for a world wide competition was (or atleast they called it) college cup, so I assumed it was that.

What do you have to do to do fsae? Whats your part in it? sorry for all the questions, its just interesting to me haha

Technically to be in an FSAE team you just need to go to a university that has a team and be enrolled in a degree. Realistically, you need to be doing engineering (we have a few others in the team that look after finance, marketing etc).

My role in the team is co-chief engineer (I look after the vehicle dynamics side of things and another guy does powertrain). Last year I was chief engineer, year before I was team leader. I don't mind the questions, this thing is basicaly my life at present and I always enjoy talking about it

skidMark - who were your buddies? Johan, Jeremy, Craig?
skidMark
27th March 2009, 23:43
Technically to be in an FSAE team you just need to go to a university that has a team and be enrolled in a degree. Realistically, you need to be doing engineering (we have a few others in the team that look after finance, marketing etc).

My role in the team is co-chief engineer (I look after the vehicle dynamics side of things and another guy does powertrain). Last year I was chief engineer, year before I was team leader. I don't mind the questions, this thing is basicaly my life at present and I always enjoy talking about it

skidMark - who were your buddies? Johan, Jeremy, Craig?

cant even remember names these days ahhhh was a couple of years back, had a old gsxr250

and i came in when the sports car club came to have a lookisie one night
wbks
28th March 2009, 08:54
Technically to be in an FSAE team you just need to go to a university that has a team and be enrolled in a degree. Realistically, you need to be doing engineering (we have a few others in the team that look after finance, marketing etc).

My role in the team is co-chief engineer (I look after the vehicle dynamics side of things and another guy does powertrain). Last year I was chief engineer, year before I was team leader. I don't mind the questions, this thing is basicaly my life at present and I always enjoy talking about it

skidMark - who were your buddies? Johan, Jeremy, Craig?I should have went up and had a closer look at it at paeroa. Is it going to be on display anywhere else any time soon? The thing I was watching, they said atleast one of their team members/students a year goes on to an F1 team or other racing class. Is that what you're going to try to do?
Malcolm
28th March 2009, 11:30
The next event we're likely to attend is the Auckland domain hillclimb, which is in early May I think. We have 2 former team members working for an F1 team, an heaps in local motorsport teams, especially Formula Toyotas. My ambitions are probably a bit more entreprenurial than joining an F1 team.

skidmark - that SCC visit was quite a while ago, either before I joined or not long after I did, either way I don't remember anyone having a GSXR back then
skidMark
28th March 2009, 15:43
The next event we're likely to attend is the Auckland domain hillclimb, which is in early May I think. We have 2 former team members working for an F1 team, an heaps in local motorsport teams, especially Formula Toyotas. My ambitions are probably a bit more entreprenurial than joining an F1 team.

skidmark - that SCC visit was quite a while ago, either before I joined or not long after I did, either way I don't remember anyone having a GSXR back then


SCC meet was first, met trhe gsxr250 guy a bit later when he was down at panmure motorcycles having rev out problems.
Malcolm
28th March 2009, 18:45
ah yep, that's Dan - he's a champion
Macros
2nd April 2009, 15:12
Welcome Malcolm
Candle
2nd April 2009, 16:27
welcome to the forum

if your new to biking id recommend something to the nass on Wednesday nights its a good way of both learning how to stay alive on the roads and meeting some of the locals as it were:buggerd:
icekiwi
2nd April 2009, 16:46
Welcome dude...
McWild
3rd April 2009, 09:00
I have a reasonable idea of where the possible/impossible boundary lies

And this, grasshopper, is where you are going wrong...
Brett
3rd April 2009, 16:18
Welcome, and good choice of bike. i started on one of those a while back, and I remember too well the feelings of being a complete novice, especially when riding out in the country at night...very overwhelming. I might suggest a few track days and you will speed ahead in learning this whole new riding thing.
Hope to see you on a ride!
portokiwi
3rd April 2009, 16:24
:scooter: Welcome to KB:scooter:
Malcolm
3rd April 2009, 22:35
welcome to the forum

if your new to biking id recommend something to the nass on Wednesday nights its a good way of both learning how to stay alive on the roads and meeting some of the locals as it were:buggerd:

Ok, I thought about this a bit and I have no idea what you mean when you say "id recommend something to the nass on Wednesday nights"

Cheers to the rest of you for the welcomes - hopefully I'll make it out to something sometime
Gubb
3rd April 2009, 22:44
NASS = North Auckland Street Skills.

It runs every Wednesday, and is a free meet up with other newbie bikers, and a few seasoned pro's to teach tactics, explain theory, and run drills.

Try and search for "NASS" if you're interested. Quite good.

And welcome along.
Creeping Death
3rd April 2009, 22:51
Your fuckin thing up there is annoying.
skidMark
4th April 2009, 16:29
Your fuckin thing up there is annoying.


Would you like a tissue? perhaps a womens support group?
MDR2
5th April 2009, 12:37
Hey Malc, stil got the AW? hows it going?
Malcolm
5th April 2009, 21:58
yep, still got it and use it on days that I'm not riding - it's quite nice having a fun/fast car and a bike to choose between each day - don't have anything practical but practical transport is for old men :)
skidMark
6th April 2009, 01:06
yep, still got it and use it on days that I'm not riding - it's quite nice having a fun/fast car and a bike to choose between each day - don't have anything practical but practical transport is for old men :)


Practical pffft.

I have rarely had a car... just throw it on the bike, pizza is a fun one.... 1 or 2 pizzas on the tank is always easy.... when i had 4 to carry.... well that was fun, mustve looked a right dick speed hunching everywhere lol
monkeymsea
11th April 2009, 21:03
Welcome to the zxr brotherhood my friend.. enjoy the green beast!!
Malcolm
24th April 2009, 20:14
Right, finally got some reasonable photos - used my phone so the quality isn't great but anyway:
sil3nt
24th April 2009, 20:27
nice bike! love that paintjob
Harvd
27th April 2009, 22:33
nice bike! love that paintjob

Yeah its gotta be one of the best. much better than the one thats got the green mirrors...Just wrong!
wbks
29th April 2009, 19:11
Yea, thats a really nice paint job. Makes me want to buy one of the C models
Malcolm
29th April 2009, 21:52
yeah I am pretty fond of the colour scheme too, I used to paint and was thinking about fixing up the fairings and repainting it but I haven't found anything I'd like to change it to