crazy speeds

[nsrpaul]

not up in arms about kiwi bikers , just idiots where ever the happen to be , here or elsewhere
and trails riders do rock as do bucket racers

[texmo]

You guys should get a real bike like a lambretta with a ts1 no dampers no disc brake 10'' wheels and tell me 160 isnt too fast :S

[Motu]

Takes big balls to ride a trials bike!

[scumdog]

IM CONVINCED I WILL STOP SPEEDING RIGHT AWAY . YOURE A FUCKEN DICK , DONT RIDE JUST STAY AT HOME AND MURDER SOME KITTENS WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND

Hmmmm, there seems to have been about at least half a days worth of thought put into THAT statement!!

And how do you 'murder kittens with your boyfriend' ?, Use him as a club to hit them with??

Personally I prefer to murder them with a rifle.

[gav]

OK, as we all know anything over 100km/h is illegal, whatever ....its the inappropriate speed and the inexperience at speed that gets people into trouble. Being aware whats around you, whats ahead of you, what may be coming the other way etc. Yeah, I do over 200km/h from time to time, err mainly to catch up but just ride at what youre comfortable with, if you want to cruise and corner at 120 and nail it to 200 on the straights, so what, as opposed to doing 160 everywhere. Just be careful when catching up thats all, if the rider ahead brakes from his 160 and youre doing 200, try and read whats going on ahead and be prepared to hit the picks real hard. Practice braking hard from 200km/h if need be, you'll find out it takes alot longer than you might think. Nothing worse than wiping your mates out by not paying attention

[Bren_chch]

nsrpaul... please do not ride with your head in your arse.

1. Its just not safe Paul!
2. Not comfortable (of course I do not speak from experience therefore I am only imagining)
3. HIGHLY unhygienic

best regards!

[Skyryder]

I have long come to the opinion that there are two kinds of bikers here.

The ones that take themselves 'too' seriously and those that don't.

The newbie posters you'll learn.

Great entertainment guys.


Skyryder

[250learna]

I gota confess i do speed sometimes... there i said it
only if the road is clear and can see far ahead (and sideways too)
...be careful with unfenced vegetation
usualy try to enjoy the ride not the speed

[nsrpaul]

not only is riding with your head up your arse unhygenic it tends to get you killed

[Bren_chch]

I have long come to the opinion that there are two kinds of bikers here.

The ones that take themselves 'too' seriously and those that don't.

The newbie posters you'll learn.

Great entertainment guys.


Skyryder

...

[nsrpaul]

I gota confess i do speed sometimes... there i said it
only if the road is clear and can see far ahead (and sideways too)
...be careful with unfenced vegetation
usualy try to enjoy the ride not the speed

not against all speeding ,(I still go fast round corners but do limit my top speed)just stupid big speeds and people having the ilusion that they can be safe at 200 , as said in an ealier post on this thread try braking hard from 200 , most will be suprised how long it takes to stop , then factor in reaction time

[Bren_chch]

I would just like to add... there is nothing wrong with masturbation... aka 'wanking on'.

[dangerous]

not only is riding with your head up your arse unhygenic it tends to get you killed

LOL............ mate you have so much to learn

[ridespy]

Can you do true figure 8's on the R65? The K75 I can't they turn into sort of circles with a curvey bit between,like spectacles, because for you to hold it on full lock you have to be going so fast that you just can't get it back upright and cranked over the other way quickly enough. Tis a fearsome thing to see an RT going in full lock circles ! Li'l rat Bike can do true 8's , even though full lock is faster than a trials bike, but that's just cos it's so light and low slung.

Yes I have the same problem on my XJR1300 can't swap it from lock to lock fast enough to do true figure eights, But I can on my WR450.

Trials bikes rule, a trials bike will be the next bike into my stable.

Yes I like to ride fast on the road, but I also like to ride in a smooth and following manner, and hardly ever use my breaks on the road, but on the track it a different matter, hard and fast all the way.

I say drop the speed limit, Open road should be open road no limits, And soon we will have zero unemployment and a quarter on the number of idiots on the road.

[TonyB]

Having looked thru a lot of the posts on this site there seem to be a lot of guys wanking on bout how fast they are
.... i am an experrienced racer , rider and am fast
any thoughts??????

learn to ride ! , get back to me

Yep, I have a thought. There goes another one.

You ride an NSR 250. It has virtually no power at all below, what?, 6000rpm? It has a narrow power band, a close ratio gear box. It's light as, has a racer crouch seating position, clipons bla bla bla. OBVIOUSLY designed for travelling sedately at or below the speed limit (that would be sarcasm).

You make some good points. But I would love to see what happens when you get a bike that can effortlessly do 200k, rather than shreiking like a banshee and buzzing like a turbocharged viabrator. Take a ride on a 600+ and see how long you can resist it.

How far south of Nelson have you ridden? Sure, doing 200k anywhere north of the Kohatu pub would be reckless. But there are plenty of roads in our wee country that have excellent surfaces, are well marked/ signposted and have almost no traffic, cross roads or driveways.

There are even more roads where you can have an absolute ball without breaking the speed limit, but in reality you are putting yourself and others at greater risk than by doing 200k on the affore mentioned deserted roads. Think about it, if you're cranked over doing 95k around a 40k corner and you fall, your bike is going to hit something What if it's an on coming car? Just because you're below the limit doesn't mean that you aren't taking a risk.