PICS of newbie ride - Saturday 7th May 2005

**Zed** · 8th May 2005, 22:55

Originally Posted by Waylander

Lets just say it's a matter of lean angle and traction.

Have you ever owned a fast sportsbike Waylander? (You changing your name to Waylander reminds me of the "Napster" from the movie The Italian Job and how he wanted to be called that name

. I think he rode a yellow 749 Ducati in that too?? )

**Waylander** · 8th May 2005, 23:00

Originally Posted by Zed

Have you ever owned a fast sportsbike Waylander? (You changing your name to Waylander reminds me of the "Napster" from the movie The Italian Job and how he wanted to be called that name

. I think he rode a yellow 749 Ducati in that too?? )

Nah only owned two bikes. Same two I still have, rode Bugjuice's 636 though (not far and not out of second) and now I want one

(My speakers come pretty close to blowing the clothes off a chick too)

**Madmax** · 8th May 2005, 23:01

:unsure: man i do not look good in photos
and i am not that mad? i think
(but all the people that are plotting against me will
find out later)
:unsure:

**FEINT** · 8th May 2005, 23:09

Originally Posted by Zed

Thks for those shots...rep point earners! I see you have one there of the infamous Mr swanman mounting Feints lil' CB400 - lol, that bike has the greatest capacity underseat storage area I have seen! Forget the tool set man, there's room under there for cameras, water bottles, hey even a lunchbox! Well swanman managed to con Mr F into taking it down the road for a quick 2min ride at Kaukop, without wheelying it I might add...or did he try one while he was outta sight? Suffice to say the bike was returned in one piece!

Mr Swanman orignally offered Baby R to swap the CB400 for his R1, Baby R was defintely shocked as she couldn't ride the R1.. so we told Swanman he could ride it up at kaukapakapa.

if swanman managed to get it up, I want to know how!

hahaha.. Madguitarist and myself just changed the fork oil to a thicker oil and it handles much better now.

They don't make underseat storage like that anymore now do they? All those underseat pipes take away the storage! I should get a photo of the storage to show you all

Cheers for the photos KRAYY!! anymore photos??!??!??! i like photos!

**Zed** · 8th May 2005, 23:11

Originally Posted by Madmax

:unsure: man i do not look good in photos
and i am not that mad? i think
(but all the people that are plotting against me will
find out later)
:unsure:

Didn't your ZX-10's engine nearly seize going so slow up to Kaukapakapa?

**Kwaka-Kid** · 8th May 2005, 23:25

Nope, aint pics of me i never laugh!

**ricksta** · 8th May 2005, 23:30

Originally Posted by Krayy

Ask and ye shall recieve....(Sorry bout the delay as I went to day one of the VK at Puke, then on to the "Outlaws" for the rest of the weekend)

'Twas a bit of a shock seeing ya fall off the road in front of me, but thats whats learnings about isn't it? (you learning to fall off, and me learning to avoid people falling off)

Photos are titled "Crash pose", "On the road again..." and "The boys looked and looked but couldn't find Ricksta's virginity anywhere"

i love the titles!

**Madmax** · 8th May 2005, 23:41

Originally Posted by Zed

Didn't your ZX-10's engine nearly seize going so slow up to Kaukapakapa?

DONT THINK I GOT OUT 3RD GEAR!!
WAS THE ONLY TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO READ THE LETTER BOX NUMBERS,
PLUS I WAS PLAYING AROUD IN 1ST
TRYING TO GET A BIG WHEEL STAND
GOING, BUT I MAY HAVE LANDED THAT ON
THE SR250 IN FRONT OF ME.
NEXT TIME I WILL SWAP AND GO AND HOON AROUND THE FRONT
FOR A WHILE
(DID NOT MIND HAD A HANGOVER ANYWAY)

**Ghost Lemur** · 9th May 2005, 00:27

Cool pics.

Looks like you guys had a blast.

**Madguitarist!** · 9th May 2005, 00:35

Originally Posted by Ghost Lemur

Cool pics.

Looks like you guys had a blast.

In a word.........YEA!!!!

**ManDownUnder** · 9th May 2005, 10:13

Tell ya what though - thyey've got some high speed midges between Kaukop and Wellsford...

Cheers for the fun ride guys -I loved it although have to admit the more sedate pace on the way home was more to my liking (that WAS more sedate wasn't it... or did I get the hang of it a little more?!?)

Great to meet so many ppls too, beautiful day for it... let's do it again sometime.

Also, look out for a newbie to this site riding a Ducati (I missed the model). It was the guy filling the duc with the gun bag over his shoulder. I told him to look us up and his wife has just bought a GSX250 so it could be good to get them along.

I had a chat - hell of a nice guy

MDU

**ManDownUnder** · 9th May 2005, 10:16

Originally Posted by FEINT

if swanman managed to get it up, I want to know how!

hahaha..

Bloody swanny must have the bike on Viagra (is that what you got at Wellsford???) Bloody thing was up more than it was down on the way home...

A couple of really good ones in there too... talent is what it is talent...

**erik** · 9th May 2005, 11:34

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Is that a pic of erik's Zeal tail end in pic 3?? Wow... it looks almost Italinesque (if that's a word) in form

Yup, that's the zeal

**swanman** · 9th May 2005, 19:08

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Bloody swanny must have the bike on Viagra (is that what you got at Wellsford???) Bloody thing was up more than it was down on the way home...

A couple of really good ones in there too... talent is what it is talent...

Yep I enjoyed the ride back. It made a real difference when I had a quick play with the rear preload and let some pressure out of the tyres. I especially enjoyed attacking the corners to get my knee down, to scuff up Mad Guitarist's new, shiny sliders.(Anyone got some sparky ones I can borrow)?

I need to do this again soon. Is there a ride this coming weekend? After this weekend I am going to the UK for a coupla weeks.