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    Quote Originally Posted by aff-man
    as i said don't ride her below 12k revs. It makes the bike really scream but you'll be surprised how much more speed you can get through/out of the corners
    Sweet I'll try that

    Do you still have your mohawk on your helmet?

    *hasn't taken mine off yet*
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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme

    I love my mohawk I'm going to wear it on every KB ride from now on... it can be my signature... hehe and that way you guys can tell when its me holding everyone up in the twisties...

    *oh theres that bloody yellow mohawk again...*

    No pictures for yhou. 1 year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme
    I love my mohawk I'm going to wear it on every KB ride from now on... it can be my signature... hehe and that way you guys can tell when its me holding everyone up in the twisties...

    *oh theres that bloody yellow mohawk again...*
    *is still buzzing after Sundays ride*
    Is there some kind of secret biker society in NZ?
    Saw a bald headed guy at the Middlemarch HOG rally with a yellow mohawk on his helmet, what gives???.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave
    No pictures for yhou. 1 year.
    1 year?

    yeah no pictures of me on my bike

    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog
    Is there some kind of secret biker society in NZ?
    Saw a bald headed guy at the Middlemarch HOG rally with a yellow mohawk on his helmet, what gives???.
    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 Sunday 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
    I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme
    Sweet I'll try that

    Do you still have your mohawk on your helmet?

    *hasn't taken mine off yet*
    yeh well needed to go get new tyres and so i kinda (with much hast) removed the mighty mohawk.......

    I only wear it on special occasions anyway....

    so how is the stoppie practice coming along
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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme

    Gave myself a few hairy moments in the twisties... going in too fast (too fast for me that is) and holding up the bikers behind me (the chick on the busa was behind me through one section of twisties but wasted no time in leaving me in the dust when we hit the next straight... got to say I don't mind being over taken by a busa ).

    Placid & Sam

    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 anytime I have a pillion seat if you keen on a ride someday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme
    Was trying to teach myself the right Rev's to change gears in to keep upright in the twisties and to get faster take off out the twisties onto the straights... I think I change gears too soon... but I've started to get the hang of it a lot better now after that ride
    I suggest you don't look at your taco. Just listen to the bike, if it's screaming, it's happy. I dunno about ZXRs but my bike has a rev-limiter to stop you getting too rev happy
    Quote Originally Posted by Dean View Post
    Ok im coming out of my closet just this one time , I too kinda have a curvy figure which makes it worse beacuse im a guy. Well the waist kinda goes in and the bum pushes out. When I was in college the girls in my year would slap me on the arse and squeeze because apparently it is firm, tight... I wear jeans
    .....if I find this as a signature Ill hunt you down, serious, capice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HDTboy
    I suggest you don't look at your taco. Just listen to the bike, if it's screaming, it's happy. I dunno about ZXRs but my bike has a rev-limiter to stop you getting too rev happy
    Well said... Pity when your oil gets low..needing a change etc and the 'Neutral demon' comes out to play while going hard

    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by aff-man
    yeh well needed to go get new tyres and so i kinda (with much hast) removed the mighty mohawk.......

    I only wear it on special occasions anyway....

    so how is the stoppie practice coming along
    lol I havn't taken mine off yet... but then I havn't been on my bike since Sunday 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 yet The idea of it kinda scares me lol

    Quote Originally Posted by Qkchk
    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 anytime I have a pillion seat if you keen on a ride someday.
    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 636 Thanks for your comments on my riding As for the ride on your bike, hehehe a ride on a busa... who would say no?

    Quote Originally Posted by HDTboy
    I suggest you don't look at your taco. Just listen to the bike, if it's screaming, it's happy. I dunno about ZXRs but my bike has a rev-limiter to stop you getting too rev happy
    Yeah I've got a Rev Limiter on my lil ZXR too
    I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing

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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme
    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 636 Thanks for your comments on my riding As for the ride on your bike, hehehe a ride on a busa... who would say no?
    If you can handle a ZX2 then the 636 would be the perfect next bike 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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    Quote Originally Posted by Qkchk
    If you can handle a ZX2 then the 636 would be the perfect next bike 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.
    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...

    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 up I'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

    Quote Originally Posted by DingDong
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    Quote Originally Posted by placidfemme
    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...

    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 up I'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
    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 it
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    Quote Originally Posted by aff-man
    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 it
    So you did the jump? Did you also find it to be a waste of money? What kinda 400 did you go to?

    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 tyres hehehe)
    I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing

    Quote Originally Posted by DingDong
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    mucho papoosa bueno no panocha

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