General Bike Ravings

Well Ikasu has been out now twice with mixed results. First day was the 15-3 and what a blast. While still needing decent exhaust she ran well. It took most of the day to get used to her, but by the end of the day I was able to take her to her limit and she just smiled and seem to love (performed better) it.

The next day was the 22-3 and after the warm up she packed a big sad and was not going to go around the track at all with missing and farting and generally made me aware she ...

So, Stevie boy fires me a text a couple of days out asking if I wanted a ride to the Cliffhanger. I was keen. I'd wanted to go this year but things conspired against me until he gave me a yell.

Friday stright after work Megan drops me off at his place and we saddle up and start heading south. The plan was to get down there, check into the motel, get a good nights sleep and turn up looking a million dollars. What actually happened was we ended up passing the Mangatainoka Brewery after ...

Turns out I only break my bike when it's stopped.

1) Hit from behind by a car when I stopped at a stop sign (bike written off... entire rear end and left hand side were squished... not to mention my fractured ribs, bruising and concussion)

2) Bolt sheared off from starter clutch and got flung around inside engine. Ended up replacing the whole engine.

3) Even the tyre developed a slow leak and deflated while the bike was parked at work.

...

COME AND EXPERIENCE THE BEST BACK ROADS THE NORTH HAS TO OFFER. 2 DAYS OF FANTASTIC RIDING ON WINDY METAL ROADS THROUGH NATIVE FORESTS & FARM LAND, VISITING BEACHES AND TRAVELLING ON SOME OF THE NORTHS MOST REMOTE ROADS. RIDE WILL START AT HIKURANGI ON SAT THE 11TH APRIL. HEADING NORTH VIA THE EAST COAST AND RETURNING TO WHANGAREI THAT EVENING. SUNDAY WE HEAD SOUTH-WEST, FINISHING AT WAIPU. FOR THOSE WHO LIVE SOUTH YOU CAN RIDE HOME FROM THERE, OTHERWISE A SHORT 20 MINUTE RIDE BACK TO WHANGAREI ...

One of the first things i changed on my bike was the horn.
I installed a set of air horns so that i no longer sound like a scooter.
I recently read on here of someone painting their front screen black instead of buying a whole new one that was tinted.
So thats what i did this weekend.
I bought a cheap can of matt black paint and painted the inside of my screen so that from the outside it still has a gloss to it from the plastic, but matt on the inside to stop ...

Back in 78 I traded in my Honda CB175 on a Suzuki GT380M, two stoke triple. A bike with a lot of chrome, four exhausts, and digital dash it was a reasonably advanced bike and I thought it pretty quick. I'd already come off the Honda a couple of times but thought I was invincible.

I was visiting a friend who lived at the top of the big hill just out of Cheltenham and we headed of down to the Cheltenham dairy. He was on a GT250 2 up so I just blatted past him down the hill. I didn't ...

Well, she's back. After weeks of wrangling, sleepless nights, abuse on here and lots and lots of support and help from some brilliant people, Tox is back in my possession. She looks a bit different to say the least, but I like it. The fairings are repaired but need repainted, but after a lot of thought I'm going to keep her naked. She's going to need a lot of work but I think she'll be a really unique-looking machine when she's finished, and I think a project like this will really improve my knowledge ...

Attached Thumbnails

       

I ride a Ducati Monster 2001 series with custom bits on it. I'm 37 and now live in Feilding( well...15km from Kimbolton!) The sticks! I'm a caseworker for Mental Health company. Help, i need people to ride with and where i am the roads are good.