Wgtn - The Real Thursday Night Ride (TRTNR)

**bungbung** · 24th February 2006, 13:58

Bastards! new bikes, riding etc etc.

I had to amuse myself painting my cast

**Str8 Jacket** · 24th February 2006, 13:59

Originally Posted by bungbung

I had to amuse myself painting my cast

Fark yeah, that looks awesome! When's it coming off?

**jimbo600** · 24th February 2006, 15:01

Originally Posted by Velox

ARGH!!! I had the scariest tank-slapper I've ever had too!! Actually it's the only one, but it was HORRIBLE! The whole situation's quite disturbing actually cause it happened twice and I wasn't even going that hard. I'm having to reasses the whole situation - it's probably going to happen again and will it chuck me off next time?! Not happy. How much would a steering dampener and fully adjusted suspension help?

Steering dampener would help heaps. Suzuki put a cheap and cheerful one on the GSXRs but it makes all the difference. Fully adjusted suspension won't help that much.

**flame** · 24th February 2006, 15:14

How much would a steering dampener and fully adjusted suspension help?[/QUOTE]

A steering dampener should help a lot, I have had the same probs with a lot of bikes, I think they are all built with 80kg rider weights in mind. I have a spare Ohlins dampener you can borrow for a while and try, see if it's going to help before you throw over some pingers to buy one. Not sure how to go about mounting it on the CBR, but the Motomart guys will help you with that one.

**jimbo600** · 24th February 2006, 16:04

Originally Posted by flame

How much would a steering dampener and fully adjusted suspension help?

A steering dampener should help a lot, I have had the same probs with a lot of bikes, I think they are all built with 80kg rider weights in mind. I have a spare Ohlins dampener you can borrow for a while and try, see if it's going to help before you throw over some pingers to buy one. Not sure how to go about mounting it on the CBR, but the Motomart guys will help you with that one.

I think it goes under the seat somewhere?? Does the Duc' have one or don't you need a dampener on the old rack an pinion steering?

**VasalineWarrior** · 24th February 2006, 18:14

See Velox? Should have bought a suzuki. BTW what and how many free beers will you be supplying on sunday?

**Velox** · 24th February 2006, 23:38

Thanks fellas! I'll try and work all that out Jim!

Bungbung - that's awesome mate! What a beauty!!!

Flame - thanks heaps, I'll chat to ya up at the track today about it.

VW - having a tank-slapper and coming off and possibly becoming seriously injured and having to get limbs amputated and pieces of metal pulled out of my skull is a small price to pay for not riding a suzuki!

**Deano** · 25th February 2006, 15:02

Originally Posted by Jim2

The tighter you hold the bars the WORSE the headshake will get.

Human arms, especially girly ones, aren't capable of damping an oscillation of that amplitude and force, and trying to fight a slapper usually ends up with you feeding force into the bar dance at the wrong part of the cycle.

I must be super strong then, cause in my experience, not holding the bars with enough grip will certainly allow the bars to start shaking in the first place.

I've found if I'm too relaxed on the bars switching from left to right over bumpy surface, bars can shake. Hold on tight - no shake.

Doesn't extra pressure on the bars through tight bumpy corners act like a dampener ?

Once the bars are in a full slap it's probably too late to do much of anything except pray.

**Insanity_rules** · 27th February 2006, 08:09

Originally Posted by bungbung

Bastards! new bikes, riding etc etc.

I had to amuse myself painting my cast

Ouch the Scaphoid, the real motorcyclist's injury. I broke mine palm planting under the petone flyover after I hit oil on my VF400F. Told was a hard bone to break and a harder one to repair.
Almost had to have mine rebroken and set. Walked around for 2 days before I went to the hospital with it. Dude I REALLY feel for ya. How'd ya do it?

Next time rubber side down eh?

**bungbung** · 27th February 2006, 09:12

I broke it riding my mtb on the Karori BMX track. Short landing on the double jump from the start, over the bars like superman. Hands out, splat!.

I thought it was sprained for the first 5 weeks. 8 weeks in a cast hasn't healed anything. I've got a CT scan on Friday and some kind of surgery involving screws and a bone graft after that.

**limbimtimwim** · 28th February 2006, 21:07

Weather is looking crap for Thursday.

This is the forcast for Wednesday

"Fine and cloudy periods. Northerlies becoming pushy."

Pushy? PUSHY?

I can just see this angry cloud waiting in line, getting impatient..

I knew I should have gone for a ride tonight, haven't had a ride since Saturday and I am getting withdrawal.

**Slingshot** · 28th February 2006, 21:21

I'm heading up to Tauranga on Thursday night so even if the weather is good....I'll be missing it this week.

Does anyone know when daylight savings ends?

Originally Posted by limbimtimwim

Weather is looking crap for Thursday.

This is the forcast for Wednesday

"Fine and cloudy periods. Northerlies becoming pushy."

Pushy? PUSHY?

I can just see this angry cloud waiting in line, getting impatient..

I knew I should have gone for a ride tonight, haven't had a ride since Saturday and I am getting withdrawal.