long ride gear

**Lou Girardin** · 29th April 2005, 17:24

Originally Posted by pyrocam

I dont know. I didnt even know they had standard sizes. (that sounds really stupid again. and I forgot to use the [stupid] tags

the comfy snow gloves I haev are L. I guess thats right. I might fit a ML

I'll bring the gloves into AMPS tomorrow, open 9 till 2, come in and check them out.

**pyrocam** · 29th April 2005, 17:31

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

I'll bring the gloves into AMPS tomorrow, open 9 till 2, come in and check them out.

I have to be in drury at 10 tomorow. will you/they be there at 9?

oh.
and.
whats AMPS?

*edit. Freaking thanks a bucketload btw!

**Big Dave** · 29th April 2005, 19:55

Originally Posted by pyrocam

I have to be in drury at 10 tomorow. will you/they be there at 9?

oh.
and.
whats AMPS?

*edit. Freaking thanks a bucketload btw!

http://www.amps.co.nz
Try not to dribble too much crossing the showroom - it takes me ages sometimes. A finer selection of new motorcycles is hard to imagine.

Lou is the funny lookin' one near the accessories.
This is him - the KB champoin of Gortex

http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/lou.jpg

**Pickle** · 29th April 2005, 20:21

Wear Ear plugs - you will feel better at the end of your ride.
Visor cleaner - you may want to see where you are going as it is South of the Bombays

**crashe** · 29th April 2005, 20:32

Originally Posted by pyrocam

oh and lastly. I get a sore arse after a decent (hour) ride. proberly dude to my arse being too fat for the seat. or the low quality of the seat. is there ways to 'protect' myself ther?

To make the seat nice and comfy.... tie on a sheepskin onto the seat area... then your butt wont feel so bad....
Mind you the sheepskin is only good if it aint raining...lol

Come on harden up lad....lol.... the more you ride the better your butt will be...

Shit I just rode 5 1/2 hours from Hasting to Auckland on Monday.... only had stops for refuel and pitstops.... and a quick cuppa in Hamilton... and my butt wasnt sore at all.

So what you need to do is lots of longer rides rather than lots of short rides.

**PZR** · 29th April 2005, 20:47

Originally Posted by crashe

Come on harden up lad.... the more you ride the better your butt will be...

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Yeah I'm with him.
Harden up Mate. Just go and ride the damn thing. Yes it would be a lot better if you could afford decent safety gear no doubt about it but if you do not have the money then you dont. Just go ride that beast and enjoy yourself. You will soon learn what works and what doesn't. Who here remembers the crap we all rode in when we were young. We certainly could not even buy a fraction of what is available nowdays but it did not stop us. Go for it

Take a back pack to store anything extra you think you need or may need to take off. You will soon learn from experiance

**XTC** · 29th April 2005, 21:27

Originally Posted by PZR

Yeah I'm with him.
Harden up Mate. Just go and ride the damn thing. Yes it would be a lot better if you could afford decent safety gear no doubt about it but if you do not have the money then you dont. Just go ride that beast and enjoy yourself. You will soon learn what works and what doesn't. Who here remembers the crap we all rode in when we were young. We certainly could not even buy a fraction of what is available nowdays but it did not stop us. Go for it

Take a back pack to store anything extra you think you need or may need to take off. You will soon learn from experiance

Cripes not sure whether i was ever young

. I remember riding my Honda C50 back from dargaville one night in my army surplus jacket jeans and a cut up 2L coke bottle for a visor on my old smelly mach 1 helmet

Froze my arse off... Got some news paper and shoved it inside my jacket, that helped a little. Poor little 50cc only did 70kmh and that was down hill

Still have fond memories of that bike and the 5 trips to dargaville and back to auckland on it. I used to wonder what the white line would look like at 100kmh...

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2005, 22:34

Originally Posted by pyrocam

Never been on a long ride before, just wondering what I should pack etc.
about 180k there and 180k back.

You call that a long ride? We call that going to lunch...

Take a cellphone and something to keep you dry if it rains. And some money for gas and lunch.

And remember to enjoy yourself.

**Zed** · 29th April 2005, 22:45

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Lou is the funny lookin' one near the accessories. This is him - the KB champoin of Gortex

http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/lou.jpg

Hey that IS Lou!! Mr Triumph '04 was it?

**Zed** · 29th April 2005, 22:52

Originally Posted by crashe

Come on harden up lad....lol.... the more you ride the better your butt will be...

Shit I just rode 5 1/2 hours from Hasting to Auckland on Monday.... only had stops for refuel and pitstops.... and a quick cuppa in Hamilton... and my butt wasnt sore at all.

You are comparing the nice comfy, padded, laid back seat of the Virago to the stiff 5mm foam thick slab seat of his RGV150 remember Ms crashe...try riding that back from Hastings and you probably wouldn't get out of bed the next day? :spudbn:

**Jackrat** · 29th April 2005, 23:04

Don't wear cotton against your skin if your going anywhere cold.
It drains the heat from you like you wouldn't belive,and you won't know till it's to late.Other than that just wear what you always do,an carry the tool kit you always do.
My undies come from Stoney creek,good stuff that

LB · 30th April 2005, 06:24

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I have several different sorts of undies.

When it's cold I wear Icebreaker undies - several different layers of tops (differing thicknesses) and a pair of longjohns.

I also have a couple of pair of Ducati undies (well, they're Ducati red anyway).

I don't wear a truss though I do have several in the ceiling of the gargre.

Make sure your clothing is comfortable ie not bunched up under your armpits or cutting off circulation.

Stop at a gargre to warm up if you're starting to get cold.

Bubble wrap under your jacket will act as a kind of insulation. ( © Jantar )
Might look funny but then who's going to see it? Even if they do, who gives a shit?

Safe riding, and enjoy. And make sure you let us know how you go.

(Back in the dark old ages when I started riding, I remember riding from Hamilton to Rotorua (what would it be, about 100kms??!!!) was a REALLY BIG DEAL!!!!)
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**Firefight** · 30th April 2005, 07:55

havn,t go time to read all this shit, leaving work now for a ride, have put spare pair of gloves in back pack, if they fit you can have them, will meet your group later in the am, somewhere on 22.

F/F

**Will** · 30th April 2005, 08:02

Originally Posted by crashe

Shit I just rode 5 1/2 hours from Hasting to Auckland on Monday.... only had stops for refuel and pitstops.... and a quick cuppa in Hamilton...

Just hijacking the thread a bit here.

Crashe, we did that to on Monday. But we left Napier. Had a two hour stop in Taupo (BBQ with mates) and then on up thru Whakamaru, go straight thru a tight corner, just before a cafe, cut across country and come out at Tihiroa, on up to Pirongia for a cuppa and then home.

We didn't have any trouble with the snow,

just out of Napier.

More hassles with all the speed cameras and cops though.

Otherwise we had a great ride.