On behalf of 86gsxr.....

[sarahtvet]

Fab idea Sandra, get to see you all before I run away to warmer climes

Can always drive 86 over so he can supervise and help cowboyz with bourbon and we can all get a gawp at the scar

Could do with being a grease monkey for a day or two to get me into fiddling with bikes

[chanceyy]

Fab idea Sandra, get to see you all before I run away to warmer climes

Can always drive 86 over so he can supervise and help cowboyz with bourbon and we can all get a gawp at the scar

Could do with being a grease monkey for a day or two to get me into fiddling with bikes

only prob is depends when i get bike back .. hoping it will be next week


runs to ring mechanic to see if there are any developments

[dogsnbikes]

when you off the boat? sounds like you're doing most of the work and the rest of us are destroying liver cells

Didnt relise We meat I work and you lot drink and how come cowboyz thinks he is a chief he gets lost getting to Marton

[cowboyz]

Whats wrong with you now
Anal Glycoma............................Cant see your arse going into work

something close to that.

Id be in for a day on the drink, swearing at the fork seals and dogs at Yods place

awesome. lets organise a get on the piss arvo at Yods. Is anyone going to invite Yod?

so hang on...who was the big girl again??

is this the same guy? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Lis...?member=244692

some of the auctions are worded almost exactly the same as the freddy chap's history - just wondering if he's changed trademe names or something...

that seems like the same guy.

fuck I am sick. and No. I am not taking bike out this weekend. far too ill.

Sorry to hear that, too much sliding around in the wet last sunday with no thermals on me thinks

Hope you feel better sooooon

Copious volumes of alcohol may not be great for the immune system but you feel better anyway so bourbon is a brilliant idea. [/QUOTE]

at least someone cares

Didnt relise We meat I work and you lot drink and how come cowboyz thinks he is a chief he gets lost getting to Marton

I am allergic to work.

[chanceyy]

went to see Betsy on my way home



.. whoooo hooooo new throttle cable on .. the boys have also fixed a few of the annoying bits .. like the rattly kick start .. bolt to hold on the back fairing, cap for the gear oil (dipstick is now under her seat)

so fingers crossed they test riding her morrow but she kicked over & seems to tick over nicely sooooooooo mechanic is taking her for another thrash morrow & I will take her for a quick blat when i finish work .. I might have a bike back on sat .. :


ohh yeah i did get told off .. umm tires i guess are next (AJ might finally score the front tire he wants) & apparently shocks might need looking at

[yod]

so am I invited to my own house yet?

how about next saturday? (14th) - mrs yod gets back from Tauranga about 3pm so need to pick her up from work but other than that a messy arvo pulling a honda apart sounds like a plan

i will supply a bottle of beam for those who wanna come along and help (or give advice, or abuse...etc)

I'll make it to-be-confirmed at this stage, have to see what parts i can get hold of first...

so...where do i get fork seals and oil? repco/supercheap/afc/freedom??

[chanceyy]

so is this a work on yods bike party or a general working on the bikes party ... ???

cause being a girly I dunna have many boys toys .. or know how to use them

[98tls]

first off Al good .. just got back fr hospital & he is looking great .. & having excellent care

sorry guys it is a bit of a novel ...

Al's bikes over the last few days now my arm has recovered from yesterday & I can actually think a few coherent thoughts ..

Riding the trumpy on Friday .. of course this was only a few ks all up (thought I better stop stressing Alistair out) but she felt fantastic .. very light, smooth, responsive & very comfortable position on the bike .. now I have something to compare it with ..

the Gixxer .. I dunna think it took 2 seconds to convince me to ride it yesterday to wellywood to met Yod off the ferry, I am sure when Al called I said fark yes instantly .. so maybe 05 seconds to convince me ..

Anyhow did not want an audience for my first wee ride .. (just in case I made an ass of myself - sorry Sarah didn't need the pictorial evidence) so Al & I ventured for a wee ride round the block & went to gas up .. came back & got the weather report from Cowboyz that the weather in wellywood was pissing down ..

all geared up & ready to go .. apart from the wee ride on Friday this is the biggest road bike I have ridden .. & prob took all of 5 or so ks before I was sitting on 120 ks on the back roads outta palmy ... novel idea having a speedo

Still backed off the corners & played with counter steering but all in all felt good .. only stalled it twice on the ride down .. but was not a major ..

the very forward position on the bike I was not sure that my stuffed back would handle (thanks to 800kgs of horse standing on me when i was 15 after a fall) however the lower back pain did not evenuate .. more a bit of burning between shoulder blades keeping head up ..

have never ridden in such poor light with driving rain before .. & on a new bike so a few firsts there .. but trusted the bike would go round corners & backed off the speed a bit just happily tucking in behind a car & just crusied .. but man the weather was foul .. was quite happy to get to ferry terminal & see the others waiting .. while we hid under the ramp could have a wee break .. overall I was still nice & warm appeared dry .. & the weather could have been worse it could have had a frigid wind as well so at least that was missing ..

so off we all went & a few flooding patches that could not be avoided .. thought crap but stayed upright & followed Yod through the water ..
stop at Mana for a much needed hot choccy & to wring out the gloves (which are still drying by the fire tonite, rest of gear airing out but not bad) & headed off .. I managed to get a wee break on the rest of the crew .. & just again just cruised, was not prepared to risk bike or me by taking stupid risks .. but realised once we left mana some of the night/rain issues that bikers faced .. was interesting glare of headlights coming towards you, rain on visor making visablity pretty poor, & losing the road markings at times .. quickly realised the best bet would be to sit behind a car & follow their red lights ..

got to pram & still no signs of bikes so pulled into petrol station & got to other end bout 1 min later they came up so shot out & got back into the group .. much better with numbers .. also by this stage was starting to get fatigued, the throttle needed quite a bit of twist to keep her on power .. luckily i have a fair amount of upper body strength but was having to let go occassionally to shake my hand out .. combined with very wet gloves prob did not help

also this was quite a distance to ride on a bike that I had only just gotten on & with weather conditions not being the best, adding to the fatigue being constantly vigilant for cars who simply could not see you .. well i guess thats wot happened on the motorway heading down there ... had to take a wee bit of evasive action .. but all good & a boost to the heart rate ..

got to Otaki & had realised that cowboyz had been "missing" for quite a few ks .. so pulled over to wait .. others sailed off, but figured that they would realise the group was getting smaller soon enough .. cowboys rocked up a few mins later & we were on the way again .. picked up meanie few ks up the road ..& off the three of us set .. coming up the hill outta Otaki (passing lanes) the back end of the gixxer gave quite a good flick back & forth (is that a fish tail?) so figure I must have gone through a good puddle or river across the road .. certainly felt that one but survived it & did not panic, whew Al was not there to see it .. might have given him a heart attack.. speaking of which we picked up yod & 86 quite a few ks up the road just outta Manakau .. so off we set as a group again ..

finally got a break from the rain about levin .. stopped in shannon .. but since my truck & all were in Palmy was not heading home immediately .. so off we set again .. the twisties just outta shannon was my opps moment .. was far enough back to need high beam .. coming up to first corner had high beam on & car came round corner .. could not figure how to turn them off again .. & only one hand on handlebar trying to go round a corner .. will not do that again .. so a slight wobble from the bike again guess not giving in to the panic feeling stands me in pretty good stead .. still needing to be smoother through those corners & obviously being able to judge them in all conditions will help me though this ..

felt pretty good by the time we got back to Al's .. knees were not sore but shoulders & right arm quite tired .. & woke up about 2am with shoulder aching like crazy & muscle spasm .. but am guessing being in that sports rider stance is quite hard on the upper body .. being quite a long ride & mostly wet weatherfor the first time prob did not help either ... but fun factor totally up there .. & nerves gone once i was on the bike & started riding .. so totally worth any ache ..

Yod that is one nice machine you have, glad we came to escort you home, & knowing you got home safely in that weather

thanks Al totally appreciate the trust, & allowing me to have fun on your bikes .. it has been a real adventure, that I would repeat today if I could. Its also given me confidence to know that I can ride bikes of that size .. gives me plenty to ponder when I get my full licence

Blown away.......awsome read girl and well done.........loved the write up and was imagining how you felt,guess id better chuck you some keys on the day then eh................

[chanceyy]

Blown away.......awsome read girl and well done.........loved the write up and was imagining how you felt,guess id better chuck you some keys on the day then eh................

thanks mate .. & I will look after the TL am not up to pulling wheelies at 180ks .. yet !!!!!!! hmmm but ......... I will look after her

[cowboyz]

so am I invited to my own house yet?

how about next saturday? (14th) - mrs yod gets back from Tauranga about 3pm so need to pick her up from work but other than that a messy arvo pulling a honda apart sounds like a plan

i will supply a bottle of beam for those who wanna come along and help (or give advice, or abuse...etc)

I'll make it to-be-confirmed at this stage, have to see what parts i can get hold of first...

so...where do i get fork seals and oil? repco/supercheap/afc/freedom??

goto freedom and they should be able to order what you need.

Cant comment on that other shop.

I will tag along. Might even bring another bottle and shout a comment or two at the workers.............

[dogsnbikes]

goto freedom and they should be able to order what you need.

Cant comment on that other shop.

I will tag along. Might even bring another bottle and shout a comment or two at the workers.............

Freedom dont do road bike parts and will tell you to go to Anza who order there parts of Ecohonda so may as well go direct yod

[86GSXR]

Sounds like a good session coming up then Hopefully I'll be in some sort of condition to participate in some way

The last two days have been spent in bed, with the odd hour or two limping around the house, and yesterday I managed to get down the road a little and wander my old neighbourhood. Whoah, some of those old memories fair made me blush too

Among the more innocent ones were of riding my XL 250 to work every day and then gunning around the local hillsides every weekend. Those were the days

[yod]

Sounds like a good session coming up then Hopefully I'll be in some sort of condition to participate in some way

The last two days have been spent in bed, with the odd hour or two limping around the house, and yesterday I managed to get down the road a little and wander my old neighbourhood. Whoah, some of those old memories fair made me blush too

Among the more innocent ones were of riding my XL 250 to work every day and then gunning around the local hillsides every weekend. Those were the days

he lives!!

[86GSXR]

he lives!!

Heh heh, sure do Just been a little waylaid, and it seemed like quite an effort to turn on a computer and sit in one spot for too long.

I'm feeling soooo much better today tho thank god! It really makes one aware of one's mortality going through an op, and mine was nowhere near the 'major' category by any means. My total empathy goes to those who have or are going through similar situations.

I'm hoping to get downtown with Mum soon and confirm that there is still life on earth and that life is not just confined to daytime TV

[chanceyy]

Heh heh, sure do Just been a little waylaid, and it seemed like quite an effort to turn on a computer and sit in one spot for too long.

I'm feeling soooo much better today tho thank god! It really makes one aware of one's mortality going through an op, and mine was nowhere near the 'major' category by any means. My total empathy goes to those who have or are going through similar situations.

I'm hoping to get downtown with Mum soon and confirm that there is still life on earth and that life is not just confined to daytime TV

well good to hear your in the land of the living there Al & plenty more living to do as well .. I know how you feel .. when i had my op & could only move from couch to bed for 10 days .. it sucked big time .. but got real good on playstation LOL but it went quite quickly & once I got a moon boot the freedom was totally liberating ..

c u soon .. & take care