Just got home from work It's a nice night for a ride, apart from the eagle helicopter circling overhead
Just got home from work It's a nice night for a ride, apart from the eagle helicopter circling overhead
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Not tonight as planned.
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Was still caging back from Tauranga at 9pm that night, bloody work.
Every day above ground is a good day!:
been doing those sort of hours for the passed couple of months, weekends too.
hard but worth it.
even with a couple of good mates passing away, its been hectic.
Yes Papakura Motorcycle Services, still does WOFs
Good to see a bit Of Leathels work at the Motorcycle show
got a couple of rides coming up so need to do at least some riding and get the cobwebs off the bike, need some on the bike time-so rusty now.
so are some of U's coming to show me how its done?
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I was reminded recently that I should scrub up on my slow speed riding skills (or total lack thereof)
and
while travelling to work
- Emergency serve/braking - practise how the bike will react when something suddenly appears
- Don't go overtaking a stationary lane without being very careful that someone isn't going to suddenly appear thru the stationary lane
Even if you are overtaking 2 lanes this is more likely to occur, as I witnessed this week.
- Scanning ahead
- Think about possible things that might go wrong.
eg This is a nice corner someone might be tempted to cut, coming the other way.
And if its me doing the thinking, its gunna happen
- Some people just are steerers, blindly going where someone has gone before.
- Be mindful of people who maybe lost or trying to find a location, sudden turns can happen.
- On every trip there is at least one (stereotype) person who will try and beat the que, wow one car length-the stress of it.
and these where just things seen while in a cage - this week.
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Yeah yeah all of that...but on the slow speed thing, some years ago I had an idea (ominous some may say) to hold a slow speed race over a distance of 200 mts. Your feet may not touch the ground and the winner is the 'last one' to complete the 200 metre straight. A lot are not that comfortable with slow speed work so the idea was a moot point before it went any further. Riding fast is one thing but being the slowest is another level of skill.
I was reasonable before, but havent ridden for a few months (and out of shape - Yes Caseye round is a shape).
I was like one of those skittles with a round base that always stood back up when knocked over, weaving and wobbling. Haha!
summer is coming, so time to practise when I can.
200m thats quite a way.
could always wait at the start till every one else has finished then go
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Every day above ground is a good day!:
Suzi is in Auckland and will be making the trip verrrrry regularly! This Thursday I can't join you (work function) but keen to make a night in the near future.
22 mins door to door today - I was at work before my bus would even have arrived near the flat
The weather man says..... Looks Like Rain....thats good enough for me.
Why would you ride that long and that gnarly stuff if you don't have to, Its what we do, we love it.
Nathan Woods R.I.P.
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