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Thread: Mangamuka Playdate: 22-23 March 2014

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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    I get that a lot.......

    GRK was happy riding at the pace on Saturday, I certainly did not want to go quicker. He was two up. So if he considers himself to be the slowest person he knows in the rain then he has a mate. Me.

    Hope that's a bit clearer.
    Haha, got ya! Yep that was my max wet road speed, without getting tense, at my current confidence level.
    Well led, nice and consistent.
    I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something I didn't do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelRashKid View Post
    Haha, got ya! Yep that was my max wet road speed, without getting tense, at my current confidence level.
    Well led, nice and consistent.
    In lots of places that road surface was pants. I was looking for the grippy bits through the corners. The shiny bits made my rear slipometer kick out on exit.
    Def keen to catch up next time ewes head north. Nice to ride with folk who don't try & stick on me back wheel, hustling the pace. Kudos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    I get that a lot.......

    GRK was happy riding at the pace on Saturday, I certainly did not want to go quicker. He was two up. So if he considers himself to be the slowest person he knows in the rain then he has a mate. Me.

    Hope that's a bit clearer.
    He?

    I'll only let you get away with that because admittedly I was asleep for most of the wet riding.
    What's the point in living if you don't feel alive?

    Toying with ones mortality shouldn't be this much fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Juniper View Post
    He?

    I'll only let you get away with that because admittedly I was asleep for most of the wet riding.
    Extra Kudos. They then. Ewes even.

    Is that handle on the tank for you? I've lost a bit of hair, scratching, trying to figure out what it was.
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    Is that handle on the tank for you? I've lost a bit of hair, scratching, trying to figure out what it was.
    Hope you don't mind if I butt in again :-) Yep, the handle is for Juniper. It attracts regular intrigue.

    After a couple of rides last year it turned out we were in unison 2-up on the bike. So we decided to keep riding together, and play with our riding style for a bit of fun.
    Many riders disagree with the concept of the pillion moving around on the bike, and previously I was in two minds about it too. Yet somehow Juniper makes herself not just invisible, but she assists cornering. She is often more exhausted than I am after a good ride. Both of us drop a knee, and both of us move part way off the seat.
    So the pillion tank handle makes this fun style a lot safer. It's more secure than hands flat on the tank. It's less weight on me than her hands on my hips (or using those clothing mounted handles).

    It turns out this style creates more safety margin in the tyres too. This weekend included some of our smoothest and hardest riding (in the dry, lol), yet the chicken strips have grown...
    I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something I didn't do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelRashKid View Post
    Hope you don't mind if I butt in again :-)
    It turns out this style creates more safety margin in the tyres too. This weekend included some of our smoothest and hardest riding (in the dry, lol), yet the chicken strips have grown...
    Can't find the pillioning thread so will banter here. It certainly sounds like everything has clicked. Some of the corners on the Old Russell road are tightening radius, not immediately obvious either, so you must have been pretty smooth & had good lines to avoid putting in that extra last second lean.
    That tank handle is genius, gives Juniper 3 points of control same, as the rider. Just needs a throttle on it..
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    That tank handle is genius, gives Juniper 3 points of control same, as the rider. Just needs a throttle on it..
    Shhh, don't give her ideas! I'm already receiving the occasional nudge forward lol.
    I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something I didn't do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    Can't find the pillioning thread
    We found a pillioning thread here a while back. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...scussed-enough
    It's been very helpful for both of us, a lot has evolved. Probably my biggest lesson, is that there is a lot still to learn.
    I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something I didn't do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelRashKid View Post
    Haven't worked out how or why...
    Well, it was my secret but I will tell you why... The reason is me. My aura of awesomeness is so great it affects other people when they are within a certain radius from me.
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    was up there middle of last week & it was AWESOME !!!!!!! stayed in Rawene for a few days headed down to Kaikohe,Okaihau, Mangamuka's turned off & headed to Kohukohu to catch the ferry back to Rawene & repeated the loop once more for the hell of it..........
    I Used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass

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    Quote Originally Posted by angle View Post
    Well, it was my secret but I will tell you why... The reason is me. My aura of awesomeness is so great it affects other people when they are within a certain radius from me.
    Wasn't you then. We were way outside your radius on the twisties
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juniper View Post
    Wasn't you then. We were way outside your radius on the twisties
    lol...
    I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something I didn't do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by insomnia01 View Post
    was up there middle of last week & it was AWESOME !!!!!!! stayed in Rawene for a few days headed down to Kaikohe,Okaihau, Mangamuka's turned off & headed to Kohukohu to catch the ferry back to Rawene & repeated the loop once more for the hell of it..........
    Mmm, nice loop. Did you manage to squeeze in the Waipoua Forest at all? It was really dry and clean on Saturday. A little miffed about the few sections of new un-swept seal without any signage at the northern end though Not the adrenalin buzz I was seeking...
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    [QUOTE=GravelRashKid;1130698432]Mmm, nice loop. Did you manage to squeeze in the Waipoua Forest at all? QUOTE]

    did it on the way up, spent a bit of time there as the setting is awesome
    I Used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass

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    Quote Originally Posted by Juniper View Post
    Wasn't you then. We were way outside your radius on the twisties
    Good come back! It takes a bit more than that to bait me though
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