Westie Ride Today! 04/07/04

[FROSTY:Me]

It seems frosty needs to eat humble pie here guys.
Sorry if I carved anybody up on the ride
No intention of giving anyone a hard time
I was having a bit of fun before I realised I had run away from you guys.
No intention to offend anyone.

[Kwaka-Kid]

hey wonko - good to see you showed up dude! But no, it wasnt me you chased - it would have been Kevin on his VFR400, mine had no fairings and a tailight that bounced around.

how much later was the next group from just that old north bit?

Kevin-you stayed up with us the whole time didnt you? - if so howd u find it on ur 400? didnt have to ring it too hard?.. mine wasnt too bad except i have to balance the carbs and sort out the rich midrange - btw guys i re-baffled my exhaust and shes a shitload quieter now, and with the extra backpressure she isnt running flat as like she was on sunday YAY - except my broke toe means i cant change gear now so no riding for me for a bit.

[Andrew]

- except my broke toe means i cant change gear now so no riding for me for a bit.

How'd you manage that?

[SPman]

TS, you pulled away from me plenty of times, the 150 has more acceleration around traffic than my 600, and you've got bigger balls than me when passing cars while going round blind courners.
I'm not quite that confordant in my or my bikes abilities yet to do that sort of thing.

Wasn't there, but if that was the case, its not balls, its stupidity!
If you're confident in your ability, you dont need to do that sort of thing.

[Kwaka-Kid]

playing indoor soccer on sunday night, dancing aorund the ball with player infront i stepped a little light and far on the left toes and rolled over the biggie, bugger. whats wrose is trying for the next 10 odd seconds to still play and then rolling and spraining my ankle too! - luckily very very lightly, ankles actually pretty godo - im just a whiner :P but yes riding home changing gear with the heel of my nikes wasnt a practised style.

[FROSTY:Me]

Shit mate I know how much that hurts. Take it easy on it aye.
I might have an old heel toe type gearchange off a ct110 so ya can keep riding

[6Chris6]

my broke toe means i cant change gear now so no riding for me for a bit.

No injuring yourself, it's very inconsiderate, now who's gonna organise the slow (yeah, right) rides?
But seriously, sorry to hear about that dude.

[Two Smoker]

Wasn't there, but if that was the case, its not balls, its stupidity!
If you're confident in your ability, you dont need to do that sort of thing.

I didnt do any blind corner passing.... thats asking for death...... I made one dodgy pass due to reading the road wrong, instead of the road going straight there was a 35kmh corner..... Silver Suzi got caught out on tht corner too..... as did a few others.....

But i just didnt feel like my normal self on that ride, not as flowing and wossing out before the corner.... I think a lowside at 130kmh might be the reason

[Kwaka-Kid]

chers frosty - instead im just going to bolt a plate to the bottom of my boot that sticks 1 inch back, so i can heel change easier with boots on, to get to work in a day or fews time

No injuring yourself, it's very inconsiderate, now who's gonna organise the slow (yeah, right) rides?
But seriously, sorry to hear about that dude.

Cheers dude - and dont worry, not this weekend but hopefully the following one ill be bashing about west auckland on the bike - havnt riden yet but dad has and repacking that muffler again has helped backpressure heaps.

[SPman]

I didnt do any blind corner passing.... thats asking for death...... I made one dodgy pass due to reading the road wrong, instead of the road going straight there was a 35kmh corner..... Silver Suzi got caught out on tht corner too..... as did a few others.....

But i just didnt feel like my normal self on that ride, not as flowing and wossing out before the corner.... I think a lowside at 130kmh might be the reason

Fair enough, it can happen.
I guess I learnt long ago to be a bit cautious on unknown roads, even when pushing along.Thats probably why I'm so slow
Still, its all a learning experience, even 130 k lowsides!

[Two Smoker]

Fair enough, it can happen.
I guess I learnt long ago to be a bit cautious on unknown roads, even when pushing along.Thats probably why I'm so slow
Still, its all a learning experience, even 130 k lowsides!

LOL, and what an experience lowsiding at 130km was ....... Yep, all experience.... its when you dont learn from your experiences when you should be dead, or not riding......