The Forgotten Highway (25 November)

**HornetBoy** · 24th November 2007, 15:46

Originally Posted by chanceyy

Yeah was ok .. not wot I am looking for .. but felt ok shrugs .. dunno wot I will upgrade to yet .. will wait til i have my full then do a tour of the bike shops

ok,yea a bit out there for me to as i usually go for the more relaxed upright position but i dunno had the suddern urge to try something new and i think it was worth it

o and i brought a nice helmet to match to called a KBC VR-2 LEGEND

**banditrider** · 24th November 2007, 15:46

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Geezz! Were'nt you just saying Suzuki's would'nt break?

They will with a bit of assistance - see pic. Geez Mark's gonna kill me.

Originally Posted by Meanie

Fitted my rad gaurd in preparation for tomorrow, All ready to go

One less worry eh?

Originally Posted by Hornet250Boy

yep brought it today from phil turnbulls,i think i got myself a pretty good deal to

looked at the 750 but mmmm looked at the 500 which was cheap but looked weird, had the cool new suzuki gsx headlight cluster setup but also blocky fairing,the 600 has only done 20,000kms and is very comfy and i thought was the best value for money.

Sweet!

**HornetBoy** · 24th November 2007, 15:48

Originally Posted by banditrider

They will with a bit of assistance - see pic. Geez Mark's gonna kill me.

One less worry eh?

Sweet!

WOw

hope that never happens to me ... id be spitting the dummy big time

**NZsarge** · 24th November 2007, 15:50

Originally Posted by banditrider

They will with a bit of assistance - see pic. Geez Mark's gonna kill me.

opps..bugger!

**banditrider** · 24th November 2007, 15:52

Originally Posted by Hornet250Boy

WOw

hope that never happens to me ... id be spitting the dummy big time

When I picked him up he spitting dirt & a little blood...no serious damage to him, just a tad sore. Good gear helped look after him.

A good illustration as to why you have to be careful on those back roads...

**Meanie** · 24th November 2007, 15:52

Originally Posted by banditrider

They will with a bit of assistance - see pic. Geez Mark's gonna kill me.

One less worry eh?

Sweet!

Well that would rip your sacks eh

**banditrider** · 24th November 2007, 15:55

Originally Posted by Meanie

Well that would rip your sacks eh

Well, they were his sacks, don't think they got ripped but I think they took a bit of a hit on his trip over the bars.

**cowboyz** · 24th November 2007, 15:55

Originally Posted by Hornet250Boy

yea and they didnt have any replacements but at that point i was swearing against hornets for life so i thought ill try a 2005 gsx600f katana bloody nice ,completly different ride style but from todays experience good for touring and commuteing and capable of hitting high speeds fast

I sold my gsx600f at 107,000km earlier this year. They are good bikes for touring on. I did the 4 points on mine last year wearing a backpack. Had an awesome time.

Originally Posted by banditrider

They will with a bit of assistance - see pic. Geez Mark's gonna kill me.

That is some fairly shocking gravel right about there. Alot like the gravel/shingle on the piahatua track at the moment.

**HornetBoy** · 24th November 2007, 15:56

Originally Posted by banditrider

When I picked him up he spitting dirt & a little blood...no serious damage to him, just a tad sore. Good gear helped look after him.

A good illustration as to why you have to be careful on those back roads...

yea sure is especially in good ole new Zealand there are some nasty roads and the government doesn't really take top priority in fixing them either.

**banditrider** · 24th November 2007, 15:59

Originally Posted by cowboyz

That is some fairly shocking gravel right about there. Alot like the gravel/shingle on the piahatua track at the moment.

Talking to a guy who lived there anther guy had an even more serious off there on the same crap the week before.

I think that that is Mangaone Road out the back of Halcome. Apparently the sheep farmer runs his sheep across the road all the time and they drag crap across the road all the time. I'm certainly a lot more careful through there now...

**HornetBoy** · 24th November 2007, 16:03

yea the joys of new zealand roads,althought that stuff keeps ya on ya toes and stops ya from "zoneing out' into robot mode

**banditrider** · 24th November 2007, 16:16

Just got a PM from Sassie1 about road conditions up where we're headining, see below:

Hi there, just a quick note to let you know they put some pretty big sharp gravel down on some of the unsealed bits of the road. We went through a couple of weeks ago and one lady came off and broke her leg, a guy with a brand new FJR 1330 lost his bike when he had to move over to let a car through. My other 1/2 has a Honda 1300 Pan European and it was hard to guide through. Just be aware that's all. Bye Sal.

Thanks for that!

**HornetBoy** · 24th November 2007, 16:19

Originally Posted by banditrider

Just got a PM from Sassie1 about road conditions up where we're headining, see below:

Hi there, just a quick note to let you know they put some pretty big sharp gravel down on some of the unsealed bits of the road. We went through a couple of weeks ago and one lady came off and broke her leg, a guy with a brand new FJR 1330 lost his bike when he had to move over to let a car through. My other 1/2 has a Honda 1300 Pan European and it was hard to guide through. Just be aware that's all. Bye Sal.

Thanks for that!

will have to really take our time aye peoples,must be hard for you to maneuver the concors in that kin of terrain banditrider

**banditrider** · 24th November 2007, 16:34

Can't work out if you're getting at the bike or my riding now?

She'll be jape - just point & squirt & mind you don't bury that little GSX with roost!

**HornetBoy** · 24th November 2007, 16:38

Originally Posted by banditrider

Can't work out if you're getting at the bike or my riding now?

She'll be jape - just point & squirt & mind you don't bury that little GSX with roost!

na just genuienly interested as youd think by its weight and width that it would be very hard