Sweet I'll try thatOriginally Posted by aff-man
Do you still have your mohawk on your helmet?
*hasn't taken mine off yet*![]()
Sweet I'll try thatOriginally Posted by aff-man
Do you still have your mohawk on your helmet?
*hasn't taken mine off yet*![]()
I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing![]()
Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
Originally Posted by placidfemme
No pictures for yhou. 1 year.
Is there some kind of secret biker society in NZ?Originally Posted by placidfemme
Saw a bald headed guy at the Middlemarch HOG rally with a yellow mohawk on his helmet, what gives???.![]()
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........![]()
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
1 year?Originally Posted by Big Dave
yeah no pictures of me on my bike
I dunno what gives... I went into the bike shop and saw them for sale, and thought "why not?" and brought one... wore it about 3 times and then it just sat in the "bike bits and stuff" box until this ride on SundayOriginally Posted by scumdog
I like it, I think it makes you slightly more visible to other road users... I guess it just depends on what floats your boat... For me I have a plain black CMS helmet and for the time being can't afford a nicer helmet so I decorate it with my mohawk... certainly stands out on the black
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I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing![]()
Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
I would have liked to have come along, but alas, I was not well and the bike needs a new camchain and tensioner. Haven't been out on that bit of road for ages
Hopefully theres a dry spell this weekend so I can blow out the cobwebs.
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Would have been kewl if you could have made the ride...
I was told that 38 bikes is a lot for a ride... but it sure was fun![]()
I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing![]()
Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
yeh well needed to go get new tyres and so i kinda (with much hast) removed the mighty mohawk.......Originally Posted by placidfemme
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I only wear it on special occasions anyway....![]()
so how is the stoppie practice coming along![]()
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Lump lingered last in line for brains,
And the ones she got were sort of rotten and insane...
Originally Posted by placidfemme
I was quite impressed at how well you were goin through the gorge Placid, I did my time on a ZXR250A and they are a brilliant bike to ride (I keep mine for 5 years!) KEEP UP THE GOOD RIDING!![]()
PS I would ride with you anytimeI have a pillion seat if you keen on a ride someday.
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Well said... Pity when your oil gets low..needing a change etc and the 'Neutral demon' comes out to play while going hardOriginally Posted by HDTboy
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I usually won't look at the tacho unless I'm on a straight and trying to get a perfect shift up over 18000 etc... well I look at it more than the speedo usually![]()
I hardly ever ride the bike above 16k except for brief periods, therefore I can't tell where the shift is as I am not used to the sound. And I have never done such high revs for such long periods of time - must say it was fun glancing at the tacho every now and then... amazing rev's these bikes have![]()
lol I havn't taken mine off yet... but then I havn't been on my bike since SundayOriginally Posted by aff-man
One of the staff members at work mouthed off to one of the guards and now no staff are aloud to park in the car park... only clients... I said "But I park my bike behind the rubbish skip... theres barely enough room to get my bike in there let alone a car... surely I can still park inside... but no
And with the shitty weather lately I don't want to park it out on the road
But we should find out today if we can park inside again
lol as for the stoppie practice... no not yetThe idea of it kinda scares me lol
WOOOOO HOOOOOO I'd take my hat off to you Qkchk any day of the week... It was the kewlest thing watching you ride up to the gas station on the busa... nearly everyone turned around to look at your bike... and then you got off... took off your helmet... and you were a chick!!!! Yay! That so totally rocks... I thought getting a 636 would be too big for me... but your only a little bigger than me, so if you can ride a busa I can ride a 636Originally Posted by Qkchk
Thanks for your comments on my riding
As for the ride on your bike, hehehe a ride on a busa... who would say no?
Yeah I've got a Rev Limiter on my lil ZXR tooOriginally Posted by HDTboy
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Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
If you can handle a ZX2 then the 636 would be the perfect next bikeOriginally Posted by placidfemme
That's the beauty of the ZX2, they are the biggest sized 250 around and get you used to the big-bike feeling. The one thing I noticed about goin up from a 250 was the power is smoother and a bit more predictable.. How much longer have you got to go?
You would be surprised how many people don't believe me that I ride a 'busa. "That's a big blokes bike" the usual comment. I had a RF900R before so the weight issue don't bother me. Goin from 203kgs up to 215kgs I don't really notice the difference (except when it comes to power) I think you just accomodate the difference. (If that makes any sense at all..) (Point to note; I am quite strong in the upper body - shoulders, arms etc... truck driver ya see..so that can make a difference.)
As for the two-up, give me a PM whenever suits you and I'll see what Im up too.![]()
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Thats interesting to hear... I've had a lot of people tell me to go from the 250 to a 400 then a 600 and if I make it to a 600 to stick with that as everything else would be too big and too powerful for me...Originally Posted by Qkchk
The weight issue shouldn't be too much of a problem... as long as I don't drop it... and even if I did drop it... chances are someone would see and come rushing over to see if I'm ok and then help me get it back upI've been concerned about that for ages... I'm a feather weight in the sense that I'm only 44kg's (lol little me) but there are techniques in picking up any size bike that any size person should be able to do
including me...
I only got my restricted last month, although I've been riding for over a year (only 8 month legally), so unfortunatly I still have over a year to wait for my full... but thats ok... gives me time to save for my next bike
Thanks for the offer for a ride with you on your bike, that would be awesome. I'll remember that and PM you sometime![]()
I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing![]()
Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
yeh do the straight to 600 jump. just be carefull. I did the 250 to 400 to 600 thing and while it made getting on a 600 real easy like i could have easily just gone to the 600 and taken a bit more time to get used to itOriginally Posted by placidfemme
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Lump lingered last in line for brains,
And the ones she got were sort of rotten and insane...
So you did the jump? Did you also find it to be a waste of money? What kinda 400 did you go to?Originally Posted by aff-man
I was thinking of going to a ZXR400 if I can't get a 636![]()
The way I see it, it's better to get something you REALLY want then to buy something you don't really want just to upgrade later...
If I can't get a 636 then I might look at getting a Fireblade 600 (they come in 600's right?)
lol anyway
Good news... if we buy the bike from Wellington I am considering you as a rider if I don't go... I've seen you ride... and trust you won't hoon it too much and do any damage to the bike... (lol otherwise Sam will be getting a nice blue 600 with new tyreshehehe)
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Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
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