SMC L-Plate riders' practice thread

[2wheeljunkie]

ahah i wud have said its the engineering side of him that thought of that..lol..

[BANZAI]

EngRish translation of 0-100kmh site.

http://user.wazamono.jp/kasokusure/E-index.html

[2wheeljunkie]

wow the internet does have everything..

[BANZAI]

I had to visit my friend in Botany today and when I was leaving the rain wasnt hard so I decided to go with GN.

Then on motorway it started to rain really badly...

At the exit of motorway to Pakuranga, there was road patches in left courner to Pakuranga highway and it cought the wheel or something and slipped a little bit.

It was just a little bit so I stayed on road safe but was very scary!

Then on the way back it was raining badly too!!!!

And I just couldnt shut my visor. On the way to Botany I can shut my visor but still can see, but at night theres no way I can see with visor on in that rain.

My jacket was fine except wrists bit and gloves are soaked and over pants is soaked too! Jeans was ok but got moist.

I need proper riding pants!!!

Overall it was good experience...

It was crazy to see that guy in Gixxer (two eyed one, not really sure which one but I saw suzuki mark) was riding pretty fast in rain... He over took me and over took cars in the heavy rain and kept going!!

[motorbyclist]

i'm still drying my gear from riding monday night


the northwestern floods and you get as much water from the sky as you do from infront and both sides the way cars chuck water everywhere!

[Hanne]

yuck yuck yuck! I looked like I had been dumped in a pool when I got home last night. Gear still by fire, taking ages to dry out!
My old teacher came by and stephen answered the door in clown pants. The only dry pants i had that fitted him.

Haha yep rain is fun!

[2wheeljunkie]

yuck yuck yuck! I looked like I had been dumped in a pool when I got home last night. Gear still by fire, taking ages to dry out!
My old teacher came by and stephen answered the door in clown pants. The only dry pants i had that fitted him.

Haha yep rain is fun!

if i were steve i wud have just rocked around in my tighty whities if i had to wear a clown pants..maybe mc hammer gold umbrella pants but no clown pants for me thank you..

[Phurrball]

Hmmm -

I got to work on Monday just before 7am. It wasn't raining then.

That changed...it rained...a lot.

My work roof leaked.

I viewed home time with the trepidation of someone that knows their dry, comfy crotch won't last.

My trusty Placemakers el-cheapo throw over waterproofs were pretty good - except the pants are not designed for on a bike = too short when sitting on seat!

(If anyone wants any let me know - they seem at least as good as most 'budget' bike throwovers, and cost 1/4 as much. Pants OK with proper bike boots, but too short for anything else. Sizes L-XXL fit over bulky gear OK - good to have under the seat or at the bottom of your backpack if you're not sure what the weather will bring)

I knew I was going to get wet, so I wrapped my un-nuggetted steel cap work boots in this small cling wrap we use for bundles of timber - much the the amusement of my colleagues. It worked pretty well, except where it rode up on my gear change foot. I was pretty happy with how dry I was after 25km in the hosing rain. It took my high-vis 2 days to dry though...

At least heavy rain washes the crap off the road and offers predictable levels of grip, unlike showers that just float the diesel and oil to the surface!

I always feel real solidarity with other riders I see in the heavy rain.

*I cheated yesterday and took the car on my mission. The gas bill will punish me*

[klyong82]

I just drive my Porsche to work, reach the main door and the porter opens the car door with one hand and hands me an umbrella with the other. He then drives my car to the carpark and give it a wash and polish...problem solved I dont get wet at all

[BANZAI]

My trusty Placemakers el-cheapo throw over waterproofs were pretty good - except the pants are not designed for on a bike = too short when sitting on seat!

(If anyone wants any let me know - they seem at least as good as most 'budget' bike throwovers, and cost 1/4 as much. Pants OK with proper bike boots, but too short for anything else. Sizes L-XXL fit over bulky gear OK - good to have under the seat or at the bottom of your backpack if you're not sure what the weather will bring)

Hey, I'm looking for rain jacket (my jacket is waterproof but it is not nice that jacket gets wet!) how much are they??

[Squiggles]

I have bright orange hotpants, with non matching yellow jacket

[Hanne]

I have bright orange hotpants, with non matching yellow jacket

Which I once borrowed and wore to German class.
No one said a THING!

[klyong82]

Which I once borrowed and wore to German class.
No one said a THING!

That's because no one dares to say anything to you as they're afraid your rapist boyfriend might turn up in front of their house door smiling as the door opens.... I just had to bring it up again.....

[BANZAI]

Okeis so there will be End of Exam year ride on JULY 6th.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=72996

Now howbout us learners do Half or something shorter loop with keeping the speed limit and ride like nana??

It is open road but it is a road so as long as we take it slow there shouldn't be problem right?????????????????????

Who would like to do this and who could help us learners? Perferbly at least 3 experienced rider with mechanics knowledge as well just in case anything happens on that day.

I gotta be at airport by 10pm on that day so prefer to come back before 6pm just to be on safe side.

RSVP

BANZAI

[klyong82]

You could ride to Thames and back but I think at nana pace gonna still take 6 hours to and fro or to Whangamata and back....depending how I feel I could be in for a nana ride ... but those roads are pretty good riding at 80-100km/h