My first pillion ride... (Pics now added!)

**Deviant Esq** · 5th February 2007, 07:29

Had such a good time yesterday, that we decided to go for another ride again today. Another nice day, though a little colder, and the roads were in better condition which was good, less chance of a bin... and with me more comfortable on the pillion seat, we went a little quicker today.

Managed to get a few photographs, but they're not very good - my camera has a tendency to over expose in bright light. It's a real pain, it was expensive.

Anyway, someone requested a photo of Tony, and he's begrudgingly agreed. I've also got a couple of photos of his bike and Squire's Cafe & Bar. Click the thumbnail to see the full size image. I haven't put them up as attachments so as to save space on the server.

Hopefully all those work out alright! I've got a few more pictures if anyone wants to see them, but the quality isn't so flash. The first two pictures were actually blue sky and much brighter, but the stupid camera over exposed them.

Cheers.

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 5th February 2007, 07:45

[QUOTE=Fat Tony;923082]Hell, if Wiggum sees it he'll know where I left Springfield for.

Ok now that we have seen the photo i have to ask why fat tony.

**dawnrazor** · 5th February 2007, 07:50

See who says the UK is grey and that the sun doesn't shine there...I can clearly see blue skies....good collection of bikes mind

**Fat Tony** · 5th February 2007, 08:43

Originally Posted by busa pete

Ok now that we have seen the photo i have to ask why fat tony.

Anorexia

Just a nick that some of the lads I ride with tagged me with due to me being on the skinny side.

Ryan, shame the photos are a bit over exposed mate. Sorry about it being bright, I'll sort out some cloud cover for next time

God, I hate having my photo taken... almost as much as seeing the bike with the pillion pegs and seat back on

It's amazing how quickly you forget how well the bike handles when you've spent the weekend with a pillion. The ride back from yours was ace. If I get a ticket... I lent *you* the bike. OK? You'll be pleased to know it's clean again.

**Deviant Esq** · 5th February 2007, 09:00

Nothing wrong with the fact that it was bright... just that my camera, despite being stupidly expensive, is absolutely shite. My girlfriend's $350ish Sony I bought her for christmas has out performed my Panasonic quite easily. I take good photos with the Sony so much more easily, and it's pretty well the cheapest digital camera on the market. Sigh! They came out hideously over exposed, didn't they?

Ah well. All the more excuse to go out there again, right?!

Yeah I bet the bike felt quite a bit better without me on the back. Glad I could be of service to re-remind you of how much fun it is.

I had a lot of fun being pillion though. As I've said it's quite a lot faster than I've been before! By GOD the NZ is going to feel slow when I get back on it!

**dawnrazor** · 5th February 2007, 09:05

Originally Posted by Deviant Esq

Nothing wrong with the fact that it was bright... just that my camera, despite being stupidly expensive, is absolutely shite. My girlfriend's $350ish Sony I bought her for christmas has out performed my Panasonic quite easily. I take good photos with the Sony so much more easily, and it's pretty well the cheapest digital camera on the market. Sigh! They came out hideously over exposed, didn't they?

Ah well. All the more excuse to go out there again, right?!

have a similiar problem with my digital camera, found I have to pull down the stop by up to 2 stops on bright days...I run it all the time now on manual, 'cus automatic is shite.....try that, if you haven't already

**Beemer** · 5th February 2007, 13:23

Thanks for posting the photos - nice bikes! And we are SO glad to see that Fat Tony does not actually mean that! We only have a double bed in the spare room and we were thinking that your missus and daughter may have to share the bed and we'd have to clear a space in the back paddock for you!

Bit like the nicknames you get here - I once knew a Maori guy called Rowdy who was the quietest person I've ever met! Mind you, I never had the guts to ask why another guy was called Donkey...

My nickname is Gorgeous - you'll see why when you get here...

**Fat Tony** · 5th February 2007, 20:43

Originally Posted by Beemer

Thanks for posting the photos - nice bikes! And we are SO glad to see that Fat Tony does not actually mean that! We only have a double bed in the spare room and we were thinking that your missus and daughter may have to share the bed and we'd have to clear a space in the back paddock for you!

A paddock eh? All to myself you say? Hmmmm... I'd better get some more pies ordered... sounds cushty

Originally Posted by Beemer

Bit like the nicknames you get here - I once knew a Maori guy called Rowdy who was the quietest person I've ever met! Mind you, I never had the guts to ask why another guy was called Donkey...

See you soon Gorgeous

**Beemer** · 5th February 2007, 21:47

Originally Posted by Fat Tony

A paddock eh? All to myself you say? Hmmmm... I'd better get some more pies ordered... sounds cushty

See you soon Gorgeous

Mmn, not quite all to yourself, we do have some sheep and a rather large ram called Sarge...!

Oh, and I have a new nickname now thanks to my friends on KB - Troller. Still want to come and stay?

**Deano** · 5th February 2007, 21:53

Fat Tony eh ?..........no chicken strips whatsoever on the front tyre and a Nurburgring sticker on the guard..........Mmmmmmm, sounds like someone I'd like to meet.

Nurburgring............Mmmmmmmmmm

**Fat Tony** · 5th February 2007, 22:08

Originally Posted by Deano

no chicken strips whatsoever on the front tyre and a Nurburgring sticker on the guard....

I think the chicken strips on the front must be masked out by the road salt

Plenty of evidence of them on the rear unfortunately... the roads are just shit at the moment so no choice other than taking it fairly steady (though we got a few chances to speed things up a notch yesterday... Deviant's been introduced to the other half of the throttle now, lol)

The Nurburgring still ranks as one of my life's scariest but best moments. If you ever get a chance to do it, grab it... but not at Easter weekend... it was mental... 35 crashes on the Saturday alone so dodging the debris made life interesting

The two days following the mad weekend were awesome though. Hoping to get back their with the lads around August