18-24th April Where Did You Ride and What Did You Practise?

[R6_kid:Me]

i spent all weekend in the garage assembling an R6 and troubleshooting the differences between the 1999 and 2002 engine.

[CM2005]

21 April...
I had my first ride on the Mt Welly kart track on my racebike (GP125), and got heaps of advice from the fast dudes! Managed to pass a couple of people and use heaps of energy. In the 2nd practice I put some of the advice into practice and got my lap times and pegs down alot... then of course i fell off! Pegs lifted the front wheel off the ground.

22 April. Morning practice got my lap times down even more (35.99 ) and i got smoother and faster, and hung off more, but still got the pegs down (note to self: hang off MORE), and my knee down ONCE with the back sliding a little..
Had a go at Superpole, great fun, wheelied outta pitlane OH Yeah! and got my lap time down to a 35:42 i think..?
RACE!!
I qualified 5th for the B Grade race, lined up on the grid, and stalled it when the flag dropped! Thanks john for the pushstart! So i started well last! Turned the heat up and did a 34:82 lap, and made all my places back up to 4th, and lapped the people i had already passed. then i settled into good 35 second laps until the 43rd lap, when, yes... I FELL OFF! oh yay Tarmac surfing!
couldn't bump my bike so i retired.
BUT it was REALLY FUN!

Josh

[Rosie]

On Sunday I went for a small ride, around my usual loop of back roads around Waikite valley.

I focussed on identifying potential hazards, and keeping the revs up on the bike. Some of the farms I passed were milking, so I was expecting to see cows on the road. I didn't, but you could see several places where they had been crossing earlier.

I worked on using the gears a bit more, and keeping the revs above 7k. Even though I know that it's a two stroke and needs to be revved, I get a bit edgy when the revs get much over 9k. so I need to practise keeping the revs high, so I get used to it, and learn to get a bit more power out of the bike when I need it.

[Terminated]

Reading all these good posts and will make selection tomorrow evening.

Heads Up and Enjoy

[skidMark]

i sat at my computer being depressed i aint got my new bike yet.

do i win the pity prize? lol

[CM2005]

how many VFR's you got mark? i'd love one...

[yungatart]

Its great to see so many replies on this thread this week!
A lot of us use this thread for advice and tips....I am glad it is going strong again
Keep it up guys!

[Terminated]

My choice this week is Daza, he is out there working on it and asking the questions and thanks for the feed back to him.

From his posts this week I extracted the following:

I then went for a tiki tour practicing cornering and stopping at intersections everywhere. I even ventured further out, getting more confident and feeling more natural riding. I'm changing gears better i think, not letting it rev too high before changing since i'm just cruising around at 50k.

Good on you Daza.

Heads Up and Enjoy

[Rosie]

I chose Mrs Kendog, for taking the time to make sure her suspension is set up properly, and for mastering the non-peg-scraping cornering technique. And having fun, of course.

Washed the hubby's bike and mine too yesterday, so no ride. Today spent the morning arseing about with tyre pressures, chain adjustments and suspension, so took the bikes for a spin to the top of the hill and back. I had to stop several times to 'Tweek' my suspension a little until I got it feeling right.
Practiced: keeping relaxed arms and bent, especially under brakes, weighting outside peg and outside knee firmly pressed into tank upon cornering, coupled with bent arms and shifting my newly clad in leather arse off my seat to lean me and not my bike into corners to avoid scraping pegs.
Mission accomplished, had fun!!

[Trudes]

I chose Mrs Kendog, for taking the time to make sure her suspension is set up properly, and for mastering the non-peg-scraping cornering technique. And having fun, of course.

Ohhh, that's nice Rosie, thank you!!

[Pwalo]

I'm still painting the house. Oh joy.