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Thread: Sportzone Suzuki Have a go Day 18th March, Ruapuna

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    Theres always something to put a dampner on learning.
    If it wasn't for the "Riding Gear you will need" I could've made it.
    Having to replace my helmet and buy boots/leathers is far too costly.
    Doubt they'll give 90% discount in exchange for attending this event.
    90% of the time spent writing this post was spent thinking of something witty to say. It may have been wasted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyingpony
    Theres always something to put a dampner on learning.
    If it wasn't for the "Riding Gear you will need" I could've made it.
    Having to replace my helmet and buy boots/leathers is far too costly.
    Doubt they'll give 90% discount in exchange for attending this event.
    Talk to motorcycling Canty (there is a contact in the details), they will often be able to help out with issues like this, especially for newbies, they like to encourage them... for the leathers part anyway.
    And by the way, dungeree/over shoulder type leather pants and jacket is okay, as they dont come off easily cos they do up over your shoulders. Thats what I have.
    Dunno about the helmet, that part really should be less than 10 years old anyway, even just to be safe on the roads
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    A free bump back to the top of the list for tomorrow.

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    bloody awesome day

    Bloody awesome day, but very tiring.
    Dont think I have ever spent so much time on the track as yesterday, alltho it was a HAG day... well ya still push the boundarys aye

    Well as I had 4 bikes to get out there and prep I shat the bed and was amongst the 1st to arrive followed in by Kickaha, we signed up and were then asked to put the flags out... sweet take the 4x4 turb for a strop round the track, well bugger it Kick said we will have a trailer on
    Flags out and then Kick remembers that he forgot the fire extinguishers so round we went again, Rashika who was sitting back seat said lets do a runner on kick and let him walk back... I said no way hes such a decent prick... I mean bloke we cant do that

    1st out was C class where I followed Rashika and SuzuQ to offer advice once back in the pits (for all I know)
    Both girls rode very well SuziQ even getting her arse of the R6, but I think she may have just been pointing it at hubby 30UTD in a marshels box as he was to crippled to ride, good one Suz rub it in
    all I can say is that they should take the turns from a bit wider out and to use the gears a bit more other than that bloody nice riding.
    After following Suz I blasted pass to catch Rashika and while doing this on the back straight kink the side stand dug in putting me in a two wheel drift, well believe you me the pinch mark in my nice Iti seat is still there, might have to put it out in the sun to see if it will sofen up and shrink out.
    Tell ya what tho, it was amazing how smooth the bike was sliding like that it was like I was riding on air

    B class and I snuck out (after removing side stand) shouldn't have as I am a licenced rider so should have done clubmans, but what the hell, the V11 needed a hiding and that it got :spudflip:
    was out in 2nd possie with a K5 750 in front we were going in to turn 1 rather hot, but I droped back just as the K5 locked the front up and had it slid out with the bike flipping over rooting both sides and landing on its nose, I followed it of the track and got the thumbs up from the rider so I booted it on out a there.

    streetstock and Rashika was keen to ride my CB125T bucket and I followed on the MT/MB bucket, I dont know what she thought would happen when ya open the taps up, but she seemed to be looking around as if something was missing (100hp & 100kph)

    Clubmans and I went out on the MT/MB100 bucket gave it the beanies and had it shit out as usual bout the 3rd lap, bloody thing is either over fueling or starving of gas.

    repeated the round then on the 4th round I went out on the R6 of SuzukQ's in B class, man them 600's have some decent balls, fuking flys I tell ya.

    Clubmans again and after a bit of sweet talking I had Rashika's Buell and on one wheel I was out of there, man its a fun bike, was running 2nd with a rather fast kawa400 behind me... well till it gave up the ghost and blew up on him

    And that concluded the day, thanks to Rashika & SuzuQ for the ride, keep up the good riding girls

    Pics to come
    cheers DD
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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    Clubmans and I went out on the MT/MB100 bucket gave it the beanies and had it shit out as usual bout the 3rd lap, bloody thing is either over fueling or starving of gas.
    it's running rich you cock if it was leaning out it'd already be dead

    He always makes that excuse because every time he rode it or his other one got his arse kicked well and truly by me

    Highlight of the day for, coming through the infield sweeper right on the arse of another bike closing him down into the right left before the dipper then making the pass around the outside of a GSXR1000 while I am on my FXR150 bucket beating him around the sweeper onto the straight only to have him pass me and chasing him the whole lap to make another pass around the outside coming off the sweeper onto the main straight

    Last session and Me and Tony Mac swap bikes (both FXR150) and go out passing and repassing each other a couple of times a lap, he's better on the brakes but I carry more corner speed and see 147kmh on the speedo into turn 1, his bike with only 12000km on it feels much better than my 38,000km porrly maintained shitter but they are both very even in performance, but he beat me over the line by a length, but a great time running against him
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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    Well as I had 4 bikes to get out there and prep I shat the bed
    4 bikes?! ...yeah OKAY... not all yours tho huh?!


    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    and was amongst the 1st to arrive followed in by Kickaha, we signed up and were then asked to put the flags out... sweet take the 4x4 turb for a strop round the track, well bugger it Kick said we will have a trailer on
    Flags out and then Kick remembers that he forgot the fire extinguishers so round we went again, Rashika who was sitting back seat said lets do a runner on kick and let him walk back... I said no way hes such a decent prick... I mean bloke we cant do that
    ahem... SOMEONE mentioned something about leaving him behind... but I wouldn't be THAT nasty

    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    all I can say is that they should take the turns from a bit wider out and to use the gears a bit more other than that bloody nice riding.
    yeah...and AFTER you took my bike out you concluded that some of the gears on my bike have such a huge range, esp 2nd that changing down was pointless... first just ran out way too quick... and I was prob doing it right anyway Even managed to get to top gear a few times along the straight, but not quite get to 200km...190 something...damn wish i had a digital speedo, looking at the wavering little needle is damn hard at close to 200kms. And that straight runs out REAL DAMN QUICK I tell ya!



    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    Clubmans again and after a bit of sweet talking I had Rashika's Buell and on one wheel I was out of there, man its a fun bike, was running 2nd with a rather fast kawa400 behind me... well till it gave up the ghost and blew up on him
    damn spoilt bastard, thats all I can say!

    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    And that concluded the day, thanks to Rashika & SuzuQ for the ride, keep up the good riding girls
    was a great day...but I'm sad, cos I want to go back out there again NOW!

    pic 1: final touches for bike prep
    pic 2: tidy wee number that SuziQ took for a spin...around the road, not the track
    pic 3: SuziQ on the Buell...she did great on a very different style bike to the R6
    Pic4: Dangerous blating on the R6
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    Bloody hell! I wrote a nice big post only to have it dissappear when the system logged me out!! Normally hitting the back button retrieves the post .... not today. GRRRRRRRRR!

    Right, I just want to say MUCH respect to Nipper who made me look like a complete TWAT in the last session. Nipper has been on the comeback trail after a nasty smash and some broken bones a while back. After yesterday I get the feeling he's well and truly back. Here I am on my FZR1000 blowing his RG150 away on the straights, but he's so much quicker than me into and through the corners that by the dipper he's trying to get past, and then on the sweeper he rode around the outside of me. This happened for the entire session. Oh the shame...

    Oh well, well done Nipper! That was a top effort and a heap of fun. Good to see you've excorsized your demons. I look forward to trying to keep up in the winter buckets series- BRING IT ON!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha
    He always makes that excuse because every time he rode it or his other one got his arse kicked well and truly by me
    OK then please explain this, AND I might add it was a common site

    BTW: I dont need no 90's something FXRie DOHC'd 4 valved wraped up in homosexual fairing bucket to kick your sorry arse I'm a real bucket rider
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    cheers DD
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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    OK then please explain this,
    He was getting bored because you were so far back and not gaining, so he let you pass him (gave you a false sense of accomplishment)... so he could kick your arse all over again!

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    and a couple more piccies
    I must say i quite enjoyed riding the bucket, it corners so much quicker than the big bikes, just a shame that you could sit and have a cuppa from one end of the straight to the other... and i got the hang of the race gearing really easily, too damn easily in fact...I had REAL trouble trying to ride the Buell afterward, kept missing the gears up and down fk it all!


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    pic 2: TonyB...umm...errr...NOT being beaten by Nipper
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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous
    was out in 2nd possie with a K5 750 in front we were going in to turn rather hot but I droped back just as the K5 locked the front up and had it slid out with the bike flipping over rooting both sides and landing on its nose, I followed it of the track and got the thumbs up from the rider so I booted it on out a there.
    hey dude...sounds like you had a blast....

    Ummmm.....you don't hav any contact details for this guy do ya?? I've been looking into writing a letter to suzuki NZ about the front end of the k4/k5 750.... thats is the 7th k5/k4 that I know about in the last 2 1/2 mnths thats crashed [including my one] by losing the front....and the fronts don't feel right [I honestly though it was me...until WT rode it and i strated hereing about these accidents]...some things wrong with these bikes!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cowpoos
    hey dude...sounds like you had a blast....

    Ummmm.....you don't hav any contact details for this guy do ya?? I've been looking into writing a letter to suzuki NZ about the front end of the k4/k5 750.... thats is the 7th k5/k4 that I know about in the last 2 1/2 mnths thats crashed [including my one] by losing the front....and the fronts don't feel right [I honestly though it was me...until WT rode it and i strated hereing about these accidents]...some things wrong with these bikes!!!
    Well I suppose anything is possible but do you really think?? No mention anywhere else on a 'dodgey' front end on any of these bikes, in fact some of the best handling motorcycles on the road. I believe myself that it is down to how popular these bikes are and how hard people try to ride them. Were his tyres warmed up D?

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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit
    Well I suppose anything is possible but do you really think?? No mention anywhere else on a 'dodgey' front end on any of these bikes, ?
    I'm positive mate....and since owing my bike and hearing other opinions on its front end....and the funny anomily of all these bins being losing the front...all going into a corner...my crash included...a few american road testers hav noted similar problems with the front end aswell...they tuck!!
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    Wow, first I've heard of it. I know GSXR's are tyre sensitive, it is a tyre issue more than a geometry or chassis design issue? The 600 and thou are very similar in their setup, do these suffer from the same problem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit
    Wow, first I've heard of it. I know GSXR's are tyre sensitive, it is a tyre issue more than a geometry or chassis design issue? The 600 and thou are very similar in their setup, do these suffer from the same problem?
    I run racetechs....guy who binned in front of me [who turn out not to be tony sampson as I though...erm...okay martin] he was running super corsas...guy on the taka's week before my one was running BT014s [they are shit]....not sure about the others....I think its a issuse with a badly set up front end....springs far far too soft....and damping very soft also....the rear seems fine....I bottom out my forks around manfield....with spring preload on max...compresion 1/2 turn out from max...
    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Given the short comings of my riding style, it doesn't matter what I'm riding till I've got my shit in one sock.

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