How to do 1/2 a Two smoker treatment to a Gixxer

[Mr Skid]

Shit Zapf, if you wanted some scrubbed in sliders a bit of sandpaper would have sufficed.

Sorry to hear about the gixx, sounds like you've only brusied your ribs, rather than breaking any. I've had similar symptoms and nothing was broken.

I'm not suprised Scenic Drive has bitten again, it's a nasty bit of goods.

[FzerozeroT]

So I take it you havn't had time to use the suspension setup guide that you "borrowed" seriously though, that sucks.

[Silage]

Sorry to hear of the bin Zapf. Your bike looked soooo good (before !!) I hope you can get it back to good shape.

[2_SL0]

bummer dude, the ribs I think are bruised. The ego a large dent, the leathers, scrubbed in nicely. The bike but fixable as a guess. Shit happens.
At least your in one piece.

[Riff Raff]

h buggery buggrit. Funnily enuff after my bin yesterday I was asked if I was going to do a Zapf and trade up to a Gixxer after SV versus gravel. Perhaps I'll wait a while before following in your footsteps!!!

[Two Smoker]

thanks TS,
how can I get a copy off you? I work in Town Quay street if you are ever on your way to colemans :P I can make a copy there.

I will be avoiding insurance again... thanks re plastic welder.... any idea if the "COWLING UPPER BRACE" can be welded? it broke off on the right hand side just before the mounting for the mirror. Know of any good painters?


Does anyone have a spare right hand frame slider? as I'll have to replace mine, will pay $ of course.

Rear Brake level, anyone know of any reasonable after market item out there? as a OEM one will cost over $100. thanks.

I can leave a Copy at Colemans for you..

Plastic welder does painting too... $600 to get my tail, mudgaurd and top fairing painted INCLUDING plastic welding and prep!!! That was at Anything Plastic by the way... 6B Newark Place in East Tamaki...

Im about to get my upper cowling brace wleded soon as well... should be able to weld it... Then im going to get mine powdercoated... Otherwise im going to get a trick stainless steel one from the UK...

How did the frame sliders hold up???

ONLY $100!!!??? Thats cheap as chips, CBR1100XX cost $247 (just for the lever...)

[justsomeguy]

h buggery buggrit. Funnily enuff after my bin yesterday I was asked if I was going to do a Zapf and trade up to a Gixxer after SV versus gravel. Perhaps I'll wait a while before following in your footsteps!!!

Whaaaaaaaaaattttttttt you binned tooo??????????????

That makes it - You, Zapf, k14 and me over the weekend some sort of record is it??

How did the road rise up and hit you??

[Milky]

erik,
its the road out to Piha. and have done the road over 100 times... guerrrr.

Ah... I thought it looked rather familiar. Scenic Drive/general Waitaks are not a favourite of mine for riding quickly. Great for cruising on though.

Best of luck getting things back together. Try ebay for parts if you havent already. Although it is a little more risky than getting OEM from a shop, it is much cheaper.

[Ghost Lemur]

Whaaaaaaaaaattttttttt you binned tooo??????????????

That makes it - You, Zapf, k14 and me over the weekend some sort of record is it??

How did the road rise up and hit you??

K14? Must have missed that thread.

*goes searching*

[Riff Raff]

Whaaaaaaaaaattttttttt you binned tooo??????????????

That makes it - You, Zapf, k14 and me over the weekend some sort of record is it??

How did the road rise up and hit you??

My off is carefully hidden in the Well Done Quasi thread!
Not good that so many of us had offs - which one of us pissed off the biker god?

[gav]

Yeah, but K14 was on the race track Just a thought though, you said you found a spot of oil where your skid marks started, that oil wouldnt have sent you down, you'd need to look say 20 metres before hand, travelling at speed the bike will still travel some distance before it actually hits the tarmac wont it, more likely the oil could be your oil from your bike? check you havent cracked a case cover or something.

[justsomeguy]

From what I saw and since I was the only eye witness riding a few meters behind you'll will have to take my word for it:

Horribly slippy, wet, smooth road + seriously off-camber corner + too much lean angle =

The pics were taken well after the bin. The road was really before. It's a wonder that nothing major happened and we were really lucky that he came off where he did instead on on Scenic Drive where you either go smack into a mountain or down off the cliff.............

Don't think the oil caused the spill, the road was slippery enough without it.

[justsomeguy]

My off is carefully hidden in the Well Done Quasi thread!
Not good that so many of us had offs - which one of us pissed off the biker god?

Heard what happened, so sorry it happened , how are you feeling now girlie??

shitty weekend...... with all the bloody weather. Today was the best and I had to work.... grrrrr

[Two Smoker]

Heard what happened, so sorry it happened , how are you feeling now girlie??

shitty weekend...... with all the bloody weather. Today was the best and I had to work.... grrrrr

I seem to be the only one that had a good weekend

[dangerous]

More details and pics.

K14? Must have missed that thread.
*goes searching*

Your a blood thirsty bugger arnt ya


Zapf.... and all you others, sorry bout the bins aye, but in all cases it seems that it could have been a shit load worse..... and for some this w/e it was. fix em up guys and get back on the rd.