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  1. #46
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    I had my FZR in at a local bike shop getting something or other looked at. Salesman comes out the back and rattles off a string of STOOOPID qestions.
    Is that a 400? (actually- I get that from other bikers, so we'll let it go)
    Wow- I haven't seen this one yet, the front is really narrow. It's a Yamaha right? How come you got the latest model before we did?

    Sheesh!

    For some reason, the guy's most likely to try and take me on drive Holden Commode V8's...
    My daughter telling me like it is:
    "There is an old man in your face daddy!"

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    It doesn't bother me too much on the whole "do a wheelie" etc etc, if it's a 50kph area, no way, open road and if it's not bumper to bumper, yea sure.
    Kids crack me up waving and pointing and trying to run out onto the road after the bike, always give em a wave.
    Old people are crack up to, when they come upto you and give the whole "i used to have a bike once a BSA, you know what that is, had some fun times on that it'd do 100mph that would. Things have changed a bit eh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by loosebruce
    It doesn't bother me too much on the whole "do a wheelie" etc etc, if it's a 50kph area, no way, open road and if it's not bumper to bumper, yea sure.
    Kids crack me up waving and pointing and trying to run out onto the road after the bike, always give em a wave.
    Old people are crack up to, when they come upto you and give the whole "i used to have a bike once a BSA, you know what that is, had some fun times on that it'd do 100mph that would. Things have changed a bit eh.
    Hehe love it when old folks come up to me. Makes me feel good to know that in some small way I impressed them or something. Kids are easy they always get excited about something exotic to them but old folks have seen it all and it takes a bit to get them excited.

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    Funny one when we were all warming up and leaving Tokanu last year after the rally.

    Hayden starts up his K3 Gixxer and some young fellah (from here but shall remain nameless, for now!) coments on the lumpy Gixxer idle by saying, "You really should get the carbs balanced mate"

    Ha ha ha, you know who you are!
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    Quote Originally Posted by sixpackback
    I had some middle aged women come upto me at the mall and argue my thou was a 250......wouldnt take ' no' for an answer. Thought she was scopping for a root till she got really angry.....still scratchin my head over that one!
    Regular harley pillion maybe?

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    A group of us were out riding in suburbia one day, probably trying to get to decent roads.
    Pulled up beside a station wagon, Mum was driving, young son in front seat and younger sister in back car seat. I noticed the scooter in the back so when I pulled up, I flipped up my helmet (very handy having those flip ones because people can read my lips) and made a comment about when you grow up you can ride two wheels like us. Son and daughter thought this was cool, but Mum was having trouble with a grandmother riding a bike.

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    Had my bike at work, cue idiot of the day walking up to it. Tells me he used to race a ZXR400, put a ZX9R wiring loom in it and it would top out at over 270km/h. Used to eat "Ducati 900's" at Ruapuna. Realising who I was dealing with (ie dipshit) I muttered a 'wow, quick bike' comment and excused myself.

    And a guy here in Chch who used to ride a FZR1000, not a bad bloke but must've been very insecure. Looking at a pic of Mick Doohan popping the front up while leant over on his NSR500 while waving at the camera, he informed me he was doing the same the other day, but leant over further with a higher wheelie and had his hand further away from the bar. Hmmm, right. Same guy, on the couple of occassions when we rode together, would always get off his bike with a book of excuses, front tyre stuffed, rear shock rooted, carbs out of tune, and I was only taking it easy etc etc. Yadda yadda. Also reckons he's been banned from Ruapuna due to 'starting from the back on purpose and passing everyone on the back wheel while waving at them'. My brother, years ago, was out on his WR490 when this guy turned up, spouted some b.s. and took my brothers bike for a quick ride, very quick as he flipped it straight away. I hear he's still riding dirtbikes to this day, but with an even bigger book of excuses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jantar
    Of course. Its only 42 kms so that's an average of 158 kph. Allowing for going a bit slower in the 50 kph areas then it would only need a cruising speed of 250 kph.
    Was this done in the rescue helicopter?
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    The only time I ride slow is when the CHI is not right then I listen to the ZEN & wait till alls good .

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    " QUICKER THAN YOU SLOWER THAN ME "

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sensei
    The only time I ride slow is when the CHI is not right then I listen to the ZEN & wait till alls good .
    Aaah the force is strong in this one :-)
    There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop

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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit
    Had my bike at work, cue idiot of the day walking up to it. Tells me he used to race a ZXR400, put a ZX9R wiring loom in it and it would top out at over 270km/h. Used to eat "Ducati 900's" at Ruapuna. Realising who I was dealing with (ie dipshit) I muttered a 'wow, quick bike' comment and excused myself.

    And a guy here in Chch who used to ride a FZR1000, ...
    Heh, yeah, met their "cousins" a few times myself, including one guy who'd ridden/driven in pretty much every competitive event including F1 cars - not bad considering he was not even 21 years old at the time.

    Normally just go "Wow, really, that must've been fun"/"impressive bike" or whatever and try to escape - saying "you're full of shit" and embarking on an argument was just too much hassle.

    Funny how they have such crazy mods tho', eh. "Ahh, yeah, I put a V8 in my Raleigh 20 - had a banana seat, chrome sissy bar, the works - raced it at Pukekohe... Fitted a CB radio to the sissy bar so I could talk to my mates..."

    Funniest we had was one guy who'd been in about half a dozen gangs, including "Highway 61", according to his tales; survived more fights than Mohammed Ali against guys with more weapons than a Schwarznegger flick, blah blah.

    He used to dress in a black cowboy hat with a studded headband, had studs and a huge ornamental buckle on his belt, black boots - looked a right poser. No tattoos at all - I've seen more "decorated" non-gang people, not a scar on him either (Wow, he must've been a really good fighter).

    He came in shaking one day because a couple of Maori teenagers decided they were going to hassle him and he high-tailed it out of there (I forget the excuse he used for not breaking out a can of his ex-gang-member whoop-arse (Cheers, Hitcher) on them).

    So we had fun: asked for descriptions of the guys and what happened and then pronounced with great authority that they were Prospects for the Mob hoping to earn their patches and the respect of the other mob members by smacking him over. We then said that not only would they be pissed but their mates in the Mob would be pissed because he'd deprived them of their Rite of Passage. Very serious, that, they didn't get their patches because he wouldn't submit to being beaten. We figured he'd have both the prospects and the Mongrel Mob out looking for him - and he did look kinda distinctive...

    He went into hiding for over a week!

    We pissed ourselves laughing about it for well over a month.
    Motorbike Camping for the win!

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