South Auckland Street Skills

[Kartik]

Hahaha, 300 kms is like a dream on my bike. 200 is the most I can expect before the fuel indicator starts flashing.

[granda]

Wont be there tuesday. Just booked a nights stay at wangamonamona. Off monday. Stratford mon night then cruise up the highway. Gee holidays are hell.😈

[granda]

WHANGAMOMONA sorry.

[Tigadee]

Gee holidays are hell.

My sympathies...

[nzspokes]

Wont be there tuesday. Just booked a nights stay at wangamonamona. Off monday. Stratford mon night then cruise up the highway. Gee holidays are hell.😈

Enjoy. It will help your riding a big one like that.

[eldog]

chasing the sun and the moon again
another long one, practising for the 300k challenge.

[granda]

Im at Maraetai. Didnt get passed by you on way out. Dont run over me im on the cruiser.

[granda]

Whr r u front braking at 50% throttle

[aws]

Workmates said a biker was down this morning just before Mt wellington off ramp heading north (on the Southern) in the fast lane (which is the slowest at times). It must have happened after I went through. Involved cars as well. Anyone know who/what.

I rode past him the other morning about 8:30. Bike on its side in the fast lane right in the middle of Tip Top corner. I didn't see what the bike was, but he was wearing a red and black jacket and leaning up against the median barrier holding his left shoulder. While he didn't look real bad, he didn't look very comfortable either and had obviously been there long enough for an ambulance to turn up - it was parked in the fast lane south bound. There were a couple of cars stopped, but not terribly obvious what had happened.

[samgab]

so who was asking about a economy run? 300ks non-stop? Im in for that challenge.

I'd be up for that... My best economy on the GSX-R was 4.3l/100kms. I have a 17l tank. The maths says I only have to average less than about 5.6l/100kms to make 300kms, and I've never really ridden this bike in a deliberate attempt to be economical yet (well it's only got about 600Kms on the clock so far), so I'm pretty sure I can do 300kms on an economy run... Challenge accepted!

I went for a little blat out to the lookout point at the top of the Waitakere ranges today (Pukematekeo Lookout) to test out my Contour Roam camera. What a beaut ride! Great road surfaces and nice curves complemented by fantastic scenery. The cam was disappointing, cos of the low light performance, but I got a couple of nice shots with my phone at the lookout point. I must make a point of taking pix at all of the destinations I ride to in future:

[eldog]

Whr r u front braking at 50% throttle

the more experienced riders should be answering this

but here I go:

when you are riding you are one of the following

stopped
cruising
accelerating
coasting
braking
- in my case singing and asleep.

when slowing down, I don't want to be rolling the throttle fully of before engaging the brake, as the front of the bike lifts and rolls a longway BEFORE any deacceleration. Every second at 100 you delay braking is quite a few metres you have travelled before you START decelerating. is that the right word?
BEFORE I adjusted the levers (and I still want to get adjustable ones - can anyone point me in the right direction/shop) I had to roll of the throttle fully and just caught the levers with my finger tips, sometimes there was a slip
Had a few good moments on several parts on my ride to Taupo, no accident but...a few OMG moments..

does that answer your question?

[eldog]

Im at Maraetai. Didnt get passed by you on way out. Dont run over me im on the cruiser.

Maraetai - West Road - Twilight will be approx. April - those are tight twistes - want to do them before my full appraisal and then test with Phil at Riderskills

Been doing long rides - last night 3-1/2 hours out where there are no lights and lots and lots and lots of twistes

Chasing the sun - turn back when it goes down and the moon guides me back home - need to get better camera and take it with me

Building up the shoulders which have wasted away in the last 6 months, got a 1200 k ride coming up

[granda]

Sounds like the equivalent of left foot braking. Only for the track

[nzspokes]

(Pukematekeo Lookout)

Many a Westie has been conceived there.

Nice pics.

Crap bit of road most of the time due to moss but would be ok at this time of the year. My stomping ground.

[nzspokes]

Sounds like the equivalent of left foot braking. Only for the track

If you can be Rossi, always be Rossi.