Operation Mataki - SH75 to Akaroa

[Ocean1]

and God knows

Meh. F'kin know nothin' amateur.

Pffft, '79 Marina ute here.

1.3 litres of raw, screamin' horsepower - and drum brakes all around.

You know you're alive when drivng THAT muthafukka!

Had a '70 440 Buick skylark drophead coupe with 11" drums all round.

Would stop from 100k OK.

Once.

[scumdog]

Meh. F'kin know nothin' amateur.



Had a '70 440 Buick skylark drophead coupe with 11" drums all round.

Would stop from 100k OK.

Once.

440 Buick?
Is that a model, like say a '59 Electra or something?
'Cos it ain't a normal Buick engine size.

Oh, and my Marina drums are but then I don't get to 100kph very often!

[Dave-]

I've driven cars where the brakes lock up almost immediately (granted these were obviously faulty). My point is there's a lot to be said for 'feel'.

Oh for sure, but not being able to press hard enough isn't going to be a problem.

I like the feel I get in barefeet.

Ironically, I wouldn't do it on a race track though....would just feel wrong?

Well bloody hell, hair dressers need to learn physics these days! I wouldn't have picked that!

yeah get fucked, you wish you were cool enough to be able to pull of an mx5.

[dangerous]

The point of this thread was to cause people to think about it. That's the biggest we can have. Even if folk don't agree, and God knows, everyone doesn't, at least they've thought about it.

Ohhh Id say your point has been taken and possably have made a change, if one has not 'thought' about it after all these posts then well hey thers no helping some.

Are you saying that nothing could have changed your crash? What were the circumstances? I find it hard to understand that a different line, a different speed, a different gear, a different braking point, that something done differently wouldn't have changed your outcome.

Not that I could see, a different line would have made no differance, the road was clear and clean right across, speed was down as it was, unsure of gear but I generally use the revs up and down, was no braking point as I was... ummm, well may have been lightly on them, the something done differently was to stay at home, hey ya could be well right we will never know tho, but if theres something I could have changed was slightly over inflated 5yr old tyres on a ralativly cold day.

[rastuscat]

but if theres something I could have changed was slightly over inflated 5yr old tyres on a ralativly cold day.

A mate canned off just past hilltop. His bike is now featuring in the Star TradeMe damaged bike listings. He blames the road surface.

To his credit, he also accepts that he could have done better.

That's the biggest step to preventing a recurrence, accepting at least some responsibility.

From what I've read of your bin, the tyres sound like it. Or your lean angle was too great.

Whatever, on the up side, you were able to post about it shortly after it, so all good. Still just the KB amount of brain damage.

[Ocean1]

440 Buick?
Is that a model, like say a '59 Electra or something?
'Cos it ain't a normal Buick engine size.

Oh, and my Marina drums are but then I don't get to 100kph very often!

Good spotting, was actually a 430. I had plans to uprate it to 455 but someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse before I got around to it.

Nice wagon fr summer, was a "custom", which theroetically meant you could have whatever Mr Buick had on the parts shelf that year.

Lurking down ChCh last I heard.

[scumdog]

Good spotting, was actually a 430. I had plans to uprate it to 455 but someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse before I got around to it.

Nice wagon fr summer, was a "custom", which theroetically meant you could have whatever Mr Buick had on the parts shelf that year.

Lurking down ChCh last I heard.

Torque-monsters eh!

[dangerous]

From what I've read of your bin, the tyres sound like it. Or your lean angle was too great.

come watch me race, I never exceed my lean angle, I use the body, and in this case I was bearly tipping it in, however at the end of the day I fucked up, just not sure how... alth the bikes owner is now well stoked with his new 1050R speed triple.

[scumdog]

come watch me race, I never exceed my lean angle, I use the body, and in this case I was bearly tipping it in, however at the end of the day I fucked up, just not sure how... alth the bikes owner is now well stoked with his new 1050R speed triple.

C'mon D., nobody sez they fucked up on KB!

[Dave-]

C'mon D., nobody sez they fucked up on KB!

Yeah I call bullshit.

It was the sun in your eyes of a patch of gravel right?

fuckin' dragon or summat?

[Scuba_Steve]

Pffft, '79 Marina ute here.

1.3 litres of raw, screamin' horsepower - and drum brakes all around.

You know you're alive when drivng THAT muthafukka!

pfft probably only weighs 1300kg too.
Now my gas guzzling 3.3l straight 6 powered "road safe" (would never even come close to modern safety standards) 2 tonne beast, she also runs 4 wheel drum brakes. But should she need to brake in under 2 cities she can also utilise VAB or Vehicle Assisted Braking

[Subike]

331 powered 61 fairlane tank.......brakes? I remember using lamp posts to stop them, normally took 3, a 58 Bell Air could do it in 2 lamp posts.
as for the 58 Plymouth and dodges, both feet and push like fuck!

Most fun was in a 58 Holden, with a 3.3 velox motor fitted, went like stink, took a farm fence at the end of tram road to finally make it stop. Brakes? you the old drum brakes were great it you drove at 30mph.

[rastuscat]

How do I post a YouTube video on here so it appears in the post, not just as a link?

I finally have the vid of the rider I caught way back when, with the rider blurred out.

Nothing exciting though.

[onearmedbandit]

How do I post a YouTube video on here so it appears in the post, not just as a link?

I finally have the vid of the rider I caught way back when, with the rider blurred out.

Nothing exciting though.

Go to the video on youtube, click on 'share' (at the bottom of the video player), click on 'embed' and copy the text that comes up. Paste that into your post.

[Drew]

come watch me race, I never exceed my lean angle, I use the body, and in this case I was bearly tipping it in, however at the end of the day I fucked up, just not sure how... alth the bikes owner is now well stoked with his new 1050R speed triple.

You're sounding like a bit of a dick here bro. You fucked up alright, by going faster than the bike was capable of on the day. Story ends. That you did not think you were going faster than the bike was capable, is completely irrelevant.

You're welcome.