The zone!

[toycollector10]

A Hikau for youse guys...

Beyond, Zone Riding,
Fast, along the open road,
A milk tanker waits.

[beyond]

A Hikau for youse guys...

Beyond, Zone Riding,
Fast, along the open road,
A milk tanker waits.

LOL. funny thing is I know some real tight good roads where you don't have to go too fast, actually you can't, but often I get right in the zone on those. Never seen a milk tanker there yet and if I did, plenty of room to move anyways. But cheers mate

[bogan]

A Hikau for youse guys...

Beyond, Zone Riding,
Fast, along the open road,
A milk tanker waits.

a quote for yourse self

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life

-Jean Giraudoux

also, bit of milk would be spot on to quench the thirst from some hardout riding, will make sure to thank the truckie for waiting for me

[Latte]

Well, the doomsayers were right, reading this thread caused me to have an accident.

Spilt my beer laughing

I've decided to just say no, and not read any threads that even hint at motorcycling being an enjoyable past time.

[beyond]

Now that's funny

[Katman]

This thread needs to be viewed in context with Pauls other threads.

This one's a doozie. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh.../39294-Coro-GP

[beyond]

This thread needs to be viewed in context with Pauls other threads.

This one's a doozie. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh.../39294-Coro-GP

Now that is a good thread.... thanks for bringing that one up again Katman.

[wysper]

This thread needs to be viewed in context with Pauls other threads.

This one's a doozie. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh.../39294-Coro-GP

Bollocks. This thread is a thread on its own. Take it as such.

[Katman]

Bollocks. This thread is a thread on its own. Take it as such.

Open your eyes - it's just another one of his 'Treat the road like a racetrack like I do' threads.

[wysper]

Open your eyes - it's just another one of his 'Treat the road like a racetrack like I do' threads.

Funny, you see what you want to see. I don't see his posts like that. Maybe because that is not what I am looking for. I see a guy who loves to ride. *shrug*

[mashman]

Funny, you see what you want to see. I don't see his posts like that. Maybe because that is not what I am looking for. I see a guy who loves to ride. *shrug*

that's blasphemy

[R-Soul]

Hehe. England eh! you must be confused with the ealrier trumpy's i think. Scooped the oil up from underneath a couple of those before. Hinkley's seem to have it all sorted.
You have just described most of my ride outs. The only difference is that i don't give it some fancy euphoric name. It's no different to when i drive my car (although i don't enjoy it as much) or my trucks. Been doin it for so long it becomes second nature. It sounds like it's being described by someone form the art fraternity. You know, how they get all these fancy names as such for various pieces of art..." Oh it's warm and violent and busy and ...." whoa let me stop you right there...it's a friggin river runnin through a valley. Think you get the picture!
For those who go on with the "if you haven't experienced it then you won't understand" please don't, it's embarrassing.

Yes OK so you get the zone, but are just too embarrassed that someone may label you a fag or something because you dare to label it. Or maybe you are just a guy that calls a zone a spade...

Whatever... you cannot deny that you get a feeling of harmony with the universe, time standing still. OK for you "ace ride".

Sometimes it is not even in the achievement of a perfect ride, but in the striving for it.

Its like the "Last Samurai", where Tom Cruise says that "those Japanese people wake up every day and attempt to do whatever it is that they are doing, perfectly". It is not necessarily the fact that they have achieved perfection, but the state of mind and focus associated with them attempting to do so in the first place.

[flyingcrocodile46]

Open your eyes - it's just another one of his 'Treat the road like a racetrack like I do' threads.

Still chewing the crotch out of Beyond's posts eh!.... Kooky shit Scatman.

[Grubber]

Just because 5 people have an idea and the rest don't, doesn't mean this state doesn't exist. In fact, I know heaps of people who didn't know what it was and when they finally found it knew exactly what we are talking about. No one has to be Rossi or Schumacker either and it's not an insult to suggest that anyone can find and ride in the zone for whatever level they are at.

These professionals have merely perfected the zone in which they drive or ride and anyone can do that at the level they are at personally.

Do not forget, that this is a forum where people can share there experiences and if people like yourself go around dissing everyone that posts their experiences this forum is going to be a pile of shit in no time at all. Who is going to post here and who is going to come and read if all everyone does is put others down and snipe about something they don't understand or refuse to accept exists???

Sounds to me like your trying to force your opinion on me here! It's simple really....you say what you want to say and so will i...end of really.
I think your so called zone is crap and basically quite egotistical, not to mention pretty airy.
But hey thats your buzz, not mine.
I think what gets me the most is that you label this thing and just carry on like those that don't experience this so called zone are either not real bikers or don't know how to ride or on a different planet or what ever.
I find that all very egotistical and quite frankly i get the impression your right up ya self.
Could be wrong maybe.
Anyhow i've had enough of this thread now so ....moving right along.

[MSTRS:Me]

For those who go on with the "if you haven't experienced it then you won't understand" please don't, it's embarrassing.

For who?
The Zone isn't a real place. We know that. It's a barely adequate term to try to describe in one word, that state of mind that exists when one is totally immersed in what they are doing (esp when on a bike) and everything seems to be in balance. Could also be called 'in tune with whatever'.
A state that leaves one feeling slightly euphoric, probably from the flood of endorphins one gets from the pleasure of everything flowing 'just right'.
The counter state is that one that leaves you feeling slightly bewildered as to what was wrong. We've all had a ride where nothing felt right, we were all thumbs, corners didn't link well, the bike seemed unsettled no matter what we were doing. Nothing you can really put your finger on as to what was wrong, but you just know nothing felt right.