Hamilton Wednesday night ride

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ahh the sneeky camera man!!

Welcome to the site

[smoky]

Got diverted around the truck crash this morning at Whatawhata to the next road west & spent the whole trip imagining what that road would be like on the bike - awesome. Is that your local Warren?

Put my bike in at R&S for a WOF and new tyre, went to pick it up and they hadn't finished - kind enough to loan me a new Bandit to ride home on.

So I took the Whatawhata road - Te Kawa road home. Whatawhata was still closed off at 8pm so I was diverted thru Te pahu as well - nice road next to no traffic, on the new bandit.

[TerminalAddict]

Put my bike in at R&S for a WOF and new tyre, went to pick it up and they hadn't finished - kind enough to loan me a new Bandit to ride home on.

So I took the Whatawhata road - Te Kawa road home. Whatawhata was still closed off at 8pm so I was diverted thru Te pahu as well - nice road next to no traffic, on the new bandit.

.. somebody go tell boyds they need a loan bike

nice dude .. gonna buy one?

[@mmie]

Honestly, I didn't even know you snaped me, no insults intended!!

[smoky]

nice dude .. gonna buy one?

Don't see the point at the moment - my bandit actually goes well enough for me - the problems I have with it arn't solved by buying a new one (shocks) - mind you it is fuel injected, a bit quicker, has a better/fuller torque range
But more wind? foot pegs give you better road clearance but my heel sits on the exhaust pipe.
It has a 6 speed gearbox, but still sits at 4k at 120km/hr, the same as my old bandit, so that just means more gear changes for next to no advantage? No gaps in the gear ratio with my 5 speed bandit.

So about $8K to change I can't see that much advantage in doing it.

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So about $8K to change I can't see that much advantage in doing it.

I hear The Gixxers calling your name

[smoky]

I hear The Gixxers calling your name

I've thought long and hard about a sport bike - my guts is too big and would spend the day polishing the paint off the tank, with my tree trunk legs cramped up behind my fat arse.

I also have to grin a bit when I ride with some sport bike riders moaning about the weight on their wrists - all that so they can look cool - the bandit goes fast enough for me and it's comfortable. I might enjoy the extra performance however

Not too many sport bike rider are leaving me in their dust anyway

[ZeroIndex]

I've thought long and hard about a sport bike - my guts is too big and would spend the day polishing the paint off the tank, with my tree trunk legs cramped up behind my fat arse.

I also have to grin a bit when I ride with some sport bike riders moaning about the weight on their wrists - all that so they can look cool - the bandit goes fast enough for me and it's comfortable. I might enjoy the extra performance however

Not too many sport bike rider are leaving me in their dust anyway

Don't get a sportsbike... those are gay... ask Carver

[smoky]

If I did up date - I would go for a ride on the following;

I chucked the buell in the mix as it's a sport bike a big guy like me could fit - and i love it's rawness
The SV would be a bit cramped but I'd like to compare it with the duc

I know there's a honda in my mix - but ya never know!! I might go crazy or somin

Kwak ZX14R, Buell XB12 with a bikini fairing if possibe, CBR1100 Hondie, SV1000 Suk, 999s Duc

[carver]

if you have the dough, consider

aprillia tuono

triumph speed triple

kawazaki z1000

mabe the fz1...but it aint too far from ya bandit.

i didn't think much of the stock SV thou

[Switch]

Buel and Duke are definetly the sexiest...Are you after comfort? Short trip doing devil speeds? Long distance touring?

[smoky]

Buel and Duke are definetly the sexiest...Are you after comfort? Short trip doing devil speeds? Long distance touring?

Both?
But I don't really do devil speeds!!
or that long of a distance - like I don't get out there touring - just get out for a ride for a few hours or a days riding, fun is the name of the game

[TerminalAddict]

hypermotard

[smoky]

hypermotard

You get one first

[carver]

anyone keen to do kawhia this wed?
i dont mind doing the gravel loop on the way back and down the tar seal on the way down, thats premium riding roads