Manawatu Monday Ride - English's introduction

[chanceyy]

well woke up this morning & what a fabulous day for riding.

Text English (Hi Mark & welcome) to see if a ride today would be on the cards.

it was ... So met aound 12 for the 1st cafe stop met say hi over a hot choccy .. by this time 86 gsxr had crawled outta bed & was getting organised .. so arranged to met on the Pahiatua track ..

great ride up - not alot of traffic & no wind (actually quite warm)

waited for 86 to turn up & finally heard the trumpy climbing the hill .. so off we headed did the loop of track woodville, saddle road & another cafe stop in Ashurst ... then back roads to colyton back into palmy.

Nice steady speed was had & took the day to try counter steering through corners, sweepers great no probs .. but a slightly tighter turn & lose the mojo as it were .. so still allowing the bike to fall through the corner a bit ..

Still have an issue with we think carbs & downshifting .. she still getting fuel & surging forwards .. got a handle on it today & with roads being pretty dry was not a major issue .. Hopefully that will be sorted towards the end of the week... (thanks English)

all in all a great day for riding, great company of course, & English we will see you out on a few rides now

a few pics .. last one Al's garage looking a bit fuller with 4 bikes in it ...

[86GSXR]

Great pics Sandra, thanks It was a good ride too!

[u4ea]

wow sounds like a cool intro WELCOME ENGLISH! with a cool ride to boot!!!!damm cant afford a battery for a while(have a renovation to do)so hope to join yas as soon as I can...

[chanceyy]

wow sounds like a cool intro WELCOME ENGLISH! with a cool ride to boot!!!!damm cant afford a battery for a while(have a renovation to do)so hope to join yas as soon as I can...

hon can we crash start it to get it running ? or will it have no lights ?

[u4ea]

hon can we crash start it to get it running ? or will it have no lights ?

its been dying for a while..getting harder every time to start so I just give up till I can sort it!!!!

[chanceyy]

Great pics Sandra, thanks It was a good ride too!

it was .. thanks for the coffee hon .. ohh guess it helps when I have my lights on full instead of park huh

damn glad i had the extra thermals on riding home .. just on dark it started to drop in temp .. Balaclava is awesome under helmet .. its a winter necessity

[english]

thanks all nice to have such a nice welcome, great ride today , the first of many , but might buy me a better bike cos strugled to keep up with chancy,
but great fun great company,
nice wright up sanda,

[chanceyy]

thanks all nice to have such a nice welcome, great ride today , the first of many , but might buy me a better bike cos strugled to keep up with chancy,
but great fun great company,
nice wright up sanda,

very welcome there english & woo hooo its official your no longer a lurker ... may this be the first post of many

[english]

thanks but how do i change the words under my name on the tread it says i am a learner

[Stickchick]

thanks but how do i change the words under my name on the tread it says i am a learner

You have to have more posts. Check under FAQ and it will tell you how many you need to be able to change.

[chanceyy]

thanks but how do i change the words under my name on the tread it says i am a learner

only to Kb posts hon ... the more you post that will change til you become a forum whore like most of us that talk crap

[yod]

good report there chanceyy, nice pics too - looks like a good ride, how were the roads?

Hi english - bound to see you out there at some stage, always good to have another one in the group

Nice shed 86, but i think you need a honda in there to keep all the other brands company, and I just happen to know where you can get one

[chanceyy]

good report there chanceyy, nice pics too - looks like a good ride, how were the roads?

Hi english - bound to see you out there at some stage, always good to have another one in the group

Nice shed 86, but i think you need a honda in there to keep all the other brands company, and I just happen to know where you can get one

roads pretty good, odd wet patch where it has not dried out ... not much crap on the roads .. over the saddle quite a bit of gravel .. but Al said that is normal .. held pretty well but was not gonna push it

Yup its official English will be joining in on some rides (when is the next one anyhow) ??????

86's shed looked good with the bikes .. however dunna think a certain viffer will make the grade ... so whats the replacement gonna be ??

[yod]

however dunna think a certain viffer will make the grade ... so whats the replacement gonna be ??

wouldn't make the grade!?!?!?

o ye of little faith my dear!!!

nah you probably right

not sure on the new machine yet, been looking at something around mid nineties 750cc to 1000cc, but i've looked at:

RF900
Firestorm
Fireblade
FZR1000
VFR750
or even a cowboyz machine

just depends whats out there (and whether I can sell the viffer)

[chanceyy]

wouldn't make the grade!?!?!?

o ye of little faith my dear!!!

nah you probably right

not sure on the new machine yet, been looking at something around mid nineties 750cc to 1000cc, but i've looked at:

RF900
Firestorm
Fireblade
FZR1000
VFR750
or even a cowboyz machine

just depends whats out there (and whether I can sell the viffer)

LOL no faith wot so ever hon .... but she sure looked good in Betsy's rear vision mirror on Sat (out the back of Fielding - am sure you remember those roads )