weekday riding

[badlieutenant]

just got back, so thats nearly 9 hours riding. And what a day. Caught myself just staring at the sky and thinking "mint" and "wow". Rest of the time I was finding many lonely lovely corners. Initially went the back way to hamilton and cut thru to go out to raglan which is when i think I got carried away and missed a turn off. What fun Anyway was just leaving Ominaia (?????not sure) and thought "bugger me the winds a bit strong here" gave the bike a little flick "oh shit!!back tyre feels nearly flat".
With the day been so mint this didnt even phase me, found the local garage and asked the girl at the counter if she had a tyre pando. I know they wreak your tyres but I was just gona use it to get to hamiltron and replace the stuffed one, anyway she didnt know what I was talking about but did say "try the garage round the back". So I did. Im not a big porche fan but Im sure if I was then id have made a mess in my pants when I saw this garage. These guys had about 30, maybe more, porches in different states of repair. lots of racing chassis etc. Even I was impressed. 20mins later and 20$ for the repair and im off.
Raglan was going off too. Was there for about 2 hours just watching people surf.
One of those days you dont really want to end and the thought of aucks traffic didnt make me want to leave raglan either, sigh.

oh, and the ironic little twist (every day has one, you just have to look for it)
the puncture was caused by a pasload nailgun nail, and im a builder. Karmah???

[Madmax]

I did a bolt from work, found one other dude from work
was keen !!ZIP gone

[badlieutenant]

I did a bolt from work, found one other dude from work
was keen !!ZIP gone

where did you guys go ? I saw 4 bikes all day and only one of them was on the open road

[Madmax]

we went late,out east sort of (he got called back)
bummer

[igor]

"oh shit!!back tyre feels nearly flat".
anyway she didnt know what I was talking about but did say "try the garage round the back". So I did. Im not a big porche fan but Im sure if I was then id have made a mess in my pants when I saw this garage. These guys had about 30, maybe more, porches in different states of repair. lots of racing chassis etc. Even I was impressed. 20mins later and 20$ for the repair and im off.
Karmah???

sounds like u went to the Porch fella in Pirongia

there was 1 place better than Raglan yesterday and that was the coromandel pennisula,

there was 3 BMW's and a Blackbird up there.
I did Thames Tapu Coroglen Matarangi, Coror Town Thames and home

broudy beautiful day

spoke to the fella on the Blackie and he had never been up there b4 (shisssssssssh)

[badlieutenant]

sounds like u went to the Porch fella in Pirongia

there was 1 place better than Raglan yesterday and that was the coromandel pennisula,

there was 3 BMW's and a Blackbird up there.
I did Thames Tapu Coroglen Matarangi, Coror Town Thames and home

broudy beautiful day

spoke to the fella on the Blackie and he had never been up there b4 (shisssssssssh)

ahh so thats where i was, Pirongia. I often dont take a map just to see where i end up.
Where I end up must be where I was ment to go.
kinda wish Id gone to coro now. those hills.....

[Madmax]

went out early, no HP out east at that hour
bloody ZX10R seems to want to kill me or anything around
and i am being nice to IT (sort of)
big slides/Etc
dont think i have got out of second gear in trafick
since

[badlieutenant]

went out early, no HP out east at that hour
bloody ZX10R seems to want to kill me or anything around
and i am being nice to IT (sort of)
big slides/Etc
dont think i have got out of second gear in trafick
since

shocks or semi-intentional ?

[Jackrat]

made it to within about 100mtrs of work and before anyone could spot me turned around. Too good a day not to be on the bike. Anyone else going riding ? Could possibly hook up, ill check here just before I leave in about half an hour.

That reminds me of a time a few years back when I was coming into the company car park an saw one of the guys off my shift going out.
I thought it was a bit odd an that maybe he'd been called out for a night shift or something.that was until he rang in sick about an hour later.
I was team coordinator at the time and took the call,lucky he was a mate and it was me that picked up the phone,BLOODY BIKIES!!

[badlieutenant]

That reminds me of a time a few years back when I was coming into the company car park an saw one of the guys off my shift going out.
I thought it was a bit odd an that maybe he'd been called out for a night shift or something.that was until he rang in sick about an hour later.
I was team coordinator at the time and took the call,lucky he was a mate and it was me that picked up the phone,BLOODY BIKIES!!

sounds like you should have too. pulled a sick day. Responsible people dont tho, not team coordinators. But more money for you better bike etc

"The best way to avoid responsibilities is to claim that you have other responsibilities" <<

[Madmax]

just me being a dumb arse
should know better from riding old triples
they have the same bad habbits
but a bit less HP

[badlieutenant]

Ive never riden a triple. What are they like power wise? Im assuming its a inline triple ? Im guessing they are linear ? with nice torque ?
**edit* just looked it up on the net. Fuaaar they would have been the shit in their day. Inline triple 2stroke..nice. So ill revise my guess and say bags of torque with tendency to snap out from under you as it decides to scream??

[Madmax]

kawasaki h1 500 two stroke triple
bloody good in there day
problem was they were to light on the front wheel
and going from a brit twin they had a habbit of
trying to turn themselfs inside out,
have tuned most of the probs out of mine though
some day you may have to have a go on my one
(no bining though parts are hard to find)

[badlieutenant]

thatd be awesome man. Id drive it like a nana though. For some strange reason when ever Ive riden someone elses bike I get real nervous and feel quilty. Mind you if Im on your bike then youd better ride my vifer. Same deal though, parts are hard to find
and what year is yours? The little bit I read about them says that the last one was detuned to meet new emission laws (restrictive breathing, smaller jets). But it also said it was probably the best handling as most of the issues had been ironed out by that stage.

[Madmax]

mine is a c series but i changed the front wheel from a 19inch
to an 18inch and droped the forks up in the clamps
the frame has been braced as well
the E/F series were detuned but had rubber mounted
motors (stops the rocking couple vibs from the crank)
good for a laugh and a stay in hospital