Thanks for making me smile

[fireball]

and yet at the same time feel so under powered!

yes you the young hoon on the flash sprots bike heading down the southern at about 330 this arvo in your matching sexy red one piece......

dont cha just hate that on your 250 just cruising at 100 (my bike tops out at 120) and someone comes up next to you in like 2nd gear no worries all comfortable, does a weave of some discription you can tell that they are laughing away under their helmet, just taunting you to come play when you know and they know your bike is almost at its limit...

just made me smile and laugh on my way to work and hey next time pop a wheelie or something and thanks for pointing out my err lacking body extension!

[shafty]

LOL, - great post. You'll prolly be too young to recognise the bikes in the following parallel example:

Must have been about 1977, and I was on my mighty 1976 Suzook GT125, complete with RAM AIR Cooling (wahoo) and FRONT DISC BRAKE (Wow) , and was "cruising" (boy, thats stretching the definition, lol) back from Hamilton to Tauranga, following a drunked Uni party over there.

Needless to say, altho a minter, the 125 was using ALL its 2 stroke twin power to keep close to the open road limit, which in those days was 50 MILES per hour. Anyway, just outta Cambridge, having survived ascending the Golf Course hill, and holding a steady line, namely the left hand white painted line, LOL, a Kawasaki 750H2 pulls alongside me. He was all kitted out with leathers - AND a FULL FACE helmet - I was impressed! Now to say he pulled alongside me is a bit of a stretch. Bearing in mind the weapon he was riding (think of a ZX1400 equiv nowadays) he would've had to have braked fairly liberally and changed down several gears. Anyway, pull alongside me, he did and good naturedly imitated my "lying on the tank" (to reduce wind resistance) posture. He then gave a friendly wave and whisked off rather rapidly into the distance.

That was it - I was part of the fraternity, never to look back!

[Oakie]

Must have been about 1977, and I was on my mighty 1976 Suzook GT125, complete with RAM AIR Cooling (wahoo) and FRONT DISC BRAKE (Wow)

Ah ha ha. I had one of them. It was the last bike I owned before I stopped riding to do the family and mortgage thing. Neat wee bike too. I used to do a 16km commute from the country into work each day. Even managed to blow a hole in one of the pistons on the way to work one morning and the bike shop had it fixed by home time that night.

[Edbear]

Ah them's were the days! My cousin had a 125 Stinger, with the upswept pipes, I loved it but he traded it for the 250 Hustler. Don't we all wish we had them now?

I had the T500 so no probs with keeping up...

Great to see the comaraderie coming out though!

[MSTRS:Me]

It's all relative...
I, too, have a similar story. In 1974 I had a TS125 and my girlfriend at the time...her sister had a GT125 (the flash gold one!!)...anyway, I was allowed a ride and I nearly crapped myself when the powerband kicked in. Her brother had a RD250 and I wasn't allowed a go on that (prolly a good thing). But power is addictive so I got my first T500...and learned to control that mighty array of 47 HP *snigger*

[Bonez]

The boyz do this on nearly every ride. The GBs no match for FZ1s, 995i Daytonas, ZXR900s, Concourses, Bandit 1200s et al. Ah lads . Mind you I don't have to stop as often for a smoke

[FilthyLuka]

The boyz do this on nearly every ride. The GBs no match for FZ1s, 995i Daytonas, ZXR900s, Concourses, Bandit 1200s et al. Ah lads . Mind you I don't have to stop as often for a smoke

Its a single, its awesome by default

[chanceyy]

The boyz do this on nearly every ride. The GBs no match for FZ1s, 995i Daytonas, ZXR900s, Concourses, Bandit 1200s et al. Ah lads . Mind you I don't have to stop as often for a smoke

but the rider & bike leave betsy & me in their dust huh bonez

[Bonez]

but the rider & bike leave betsy & me in their dust huh bonez

You're coming along just fine Sandra.

[chanceyy]

You're coming along just fine Sandra.

thank you Bonez to be honest I am really enjoying the cruises we have been doing lately .. much more relaxing & fun

also have to say when you wind open the cb & go for your wee blat it always makes me grin too , I pick my moments for a wee blat for sure ..

ahhhhh magic

[yod]

The boyz do this on nearly every ride. The GBs no match for FZ1s, 995i Daytonas, ZXR900s, Concourses, Bandit 1200s et al. Ah lads . Mind you I don't have to stop as often for a smoke

hey!!!!

[Maha]

Boomer!!!!!.....

[chanceyy]

hey!!!!

well yod it could be argued that the cb is faster than the RF at the moment

[fizbin]

LOL, - great post. You'll prolly be too young to recognise the bikes in the following parallel example:

Must have been about 1977,

1977 i was literally the a twinkle in my old mans eye hahaha

[banditrider]

The boyz do this on nearly every ride. The GBs no match for FZ1s, 995i Daytonas, ZXR900s, Concourses, Bandit 1200s et al. Ah lads . Mind you I don't have to stop as often for a smoke

That's funny I seem to remeber being cleaned up up by the mighty GB on my first ride out with you guys. Was forced to trade the Bandit the very next week...