New Bike! Bye Bye GN.

[Ronin]

Awwwwwwwww Sweet!! Yea shes a bit bigger than me and alot shiner though!!

You both have a sweet ass tho must stop saying that in public

[Lissa]

Agreed..... and even in the wrong gear / revs it will probably be going better than the GN!

Thats an understatement!! Although I dont want to put the GN down, its is good bike for ya dollar, but I just outgrew it quick.

Lets just say, cruising towards Martinborough today, and being able to pass cars quickly without the bike redlining was a great thrill for me today!! plus going down the takas without friggin locking up the back tyre was great too.

[Lissa]

You both have a sweet ass tho must stop saying that in public

Yea Cut It OUT!!!!!! Friggin wearing condura from now on matey. Once I get that damn polish off the seat!

[Colapop]

Take it off with your butt...

I mean by riding...

[Ronin]

Yea Cut It OUT!!!!!! Friggin wearing condura from now on matey. Once I get that damn polish off the seat!

It was cordura that made me crash the 1st time

[elle-f]

all I have to say is.........GO THE RG!!

[Kinje]

Great days riding. Nice wee bike there Mel. Had heaps of fun hoping back on the 250 and screaming up and down and up and down the takas

[Lissa]

Great days riding. Nice wee bike there Mel. Had heaps of fun hoping back on the 250 and screaming up and down and up and down the takas

Yea I am glad you guys made me go up and down and up and down again .. on the takas.. still freaks me out though, (just a confidence thing you know!)

Elle... you friggin pass me on the RG!!! Its a speedy little bugger!

[Wasp]

ooooohhhh a bandit, its a bit hard to throw the 636 into the corners.....

can i have a go? i promise not to scrape the pegs too much

p.s. what tyres?

[elle-f]

Now that I am wide awake and nobody in Carterton is stirring - thought I would type this......OH and i did my planning as well

I decided to take out the RG150 yesterday as I hadnt ridden it for a while and while I was out on Wednesday Jens kept pinging me at the lights and zooming off SO I thought I wonder how fast I can get it.......I jumped on to meet Mel and Kinje, who I knew was on his 250 as well and I discovered I could lift both of my hands off the handle bars and wave them around like some kind of oddity! Can't do that on the Radian because the bars kinda shake and the speed stops as soon as there is no throttle SO that was fun and we took off to Martinborough.......for a coffee and a chat and Mel was great *poor her being told to harden up by Kinje and I*........he might not have said it but he was smiling when I said it so in my world it means he was agreeing
Anyhow, we then decided to go up to the top of the Takas, Mel not that happy about it but Kinje and I didnt care and zoomed off HAHA........We all had something to think about while we were riding - I think Kinje was thinking about scraping his knees on corners, Mel was thinking about a steady speed and something else - i cant remember because I had something to think about - and that was my planning that I wasn't doing .
I had said that when I got to the top of the Taka's I would come down and go home but NO, we met Ronin and came down only to have my 150 STOLEN and zoomed UP the hill whilst the little muffler thingy was scraped on the ground HAHA.....I sedately took off on Ronin's bike which I admit was lovely to ride and just so balanced......Poor Mel had to go AGAIN HAHA
Then down again and off to Martinborough because we hadn't been there for about 2 hours and the cafe might have missed us and THEN......off to the gladdy for a belated lunch and a staggered ride Wairarapa Style! - which I must admit was a load of fun if you weren't Lissa HAHA
Anyhow, Lunch was delicious and I headed home to get some work done BUT when I got home my dog was all over the show so I bundled her into the car and went walkies and when we got back Jens was home so I couldnt plan and resigned myself to doing a 5amer - which I have done!
THERE!!.......
OH, and have a wonderful day all

[merv]

Nice one elle, you gotta live life to the full eh!

[Toaster]

Yea I am glad you guys made me go up and down and up and down again .. on the takas.. still freaks me out though, (just a confidence thing you know!)

Sounds like you had a great time! Confidence will come.... just have fun riding as often as you can. Good on ya

[skelstar]

p.s. what tyres?

Think they are the IRC ones (Road Winners maybe?). Can't remember what model but they are supposed to be good. I understand the Speed Demons are the biz Wasp?

[Hawkeye]

Anyway here are the pictures of my awesome bike:

Just catching up with old threads. Awesome looking bike there Mel. No doubt by now you will be over the initial nervousness and are throwing the bike around the corners as if you have been doing it for years. Catch up with you on a ride sometime..

[Lissa]

Just catching up with old threads. Awesome looking bike there Mel. No doubt by now you will be over the initial nervousness and are throwing the bike around the corners as if you have been doing it for years. Catch up with you on a ride sometime..

Thanks hawkeye. Well I am not throwing it around the corners YET!! But getting there... hopefully I might be on the next sunday morning ride if you are on it, you can see my bandit.