First blat today!

[Irontusk]

Woah alright I locked the back wheel up for the first time tonight, that felt dodgy, bloody cop with his lights on making me let him through

I found a VL250 with a bolt on pack rack http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...p-74336803.htm thought maybe one of you would be interested in fitting something like that to yours. Doesn't really suit the bike (what bike does suit a packrack?!) but convenience is nice. I find that panniers look like hand bags, lol.

How many Ks have you guys got down now? I've done a whole 85

[newby]

Hey dude, haha, i did that on one of my first rides in the wet too, but i did it deliberately, just to test out the braking in the wet compared to dry!

Im just about to click over 1000 :P Although it had 220 on the clock already so im up to 780 in 2 weeks!

[Irontusk]

Man you've done some serious riding! I'm about to head out and try get some more, will be atleast a whole 30ks.. yeah I'm working my way up SLOWLY. You must've been on it nonstop.. in all weather.

[newby]

Man you've done some serious riding! I'm about to head out and try get some more, will be atleast a whole 30ks.. yeah I'm working my way up SLOWLY. You must've been on it nonstop.. in all weather.

Not really lol, just did a couple of big trips, like the one with EAR around the coast to Kaiaua, and then last week down to Cambridge and back (in the non-stop rain lol)

[Irontusk]

Rain, not my favourite! I wouldn't say I'm ready for a ride that long

Heh, something I learnt tonight.. too much speed, not enough lean and a roundabout don't agree with each other too well, I must've been an inch or 2 away from running up over that curb! My foot went in the grass (yes, I know, don't put your feet down!)

[Blackshear]

Rain, not my favourite! I wouldn't say I'm ready for a ride that long

Heh, something I learnt tonight.. too much speed, not enough lean and a roundabout don't agree with each other too well, I must've been an inch or 2 away from running up over that curb! My foot went in the grass (yes, I know, don't put your feet down!)

Don't worry. There's concrete dust and an odd dent in the header-collecting-bit of my exhaust. Not enough speed, and too much lean, uh.
PEOPLE THROW CEMENT AT YOUR FOR IT! Uh...

First time I ever got my foot above the handlebars whilst sitting down, though

[Ehgreiz]

hey ive done about 170 kms over the last few days, keep trying to find excuses to go out haha

getting the hang of the clutch pretty quickly, in the last 2 days i havent stalled once haha..

although on the first day i got it i was at the front of a queue at the lights at the top of a slight slope, and i kept stalling, and wondering wtf was going on.. i was doing everything right.. and then i realised i was in second gear ><

the ppl behind me were pissed

i even did a little blat on the motorway, even with my fat ass i can get up to 110 at like 50% or less throttle in 5th gear - i like it..

i will post some pictures later - i got some willy and max saddlebags on it, they reeaaaallly suit the bike..

the only thing i can say at this point is fucking auckland weather..

went for a small ride today when there was blue sky about... 30 minutes later it was PISSING down - didnt have my wet weather pants on

ah well..

[Irontusk]

Has anyone else dropped theirs yet? Trying to get into my garage quickly this afternoon (cause it was raining) I somehow managed to let it go while backing it in, dunno if it was my stupid bumpy cobblestone driveway or my new helmet with it's blindspots making me twist round further than usual, but I ended up tipped over to the right, sitting there swearing to myself and wondering wtf to do next.

Luckily all it's resulted in is a tiny scratch just behind where the exhaust goes from 2 into 1 and the tip of the front brake lever looks slightly rough. Still pretty pissed off at myself about it.

I've done 180kms on mine all up now I think. Planning to ride it to work on Tuesday, pretty much rain or shine (gonna take my bike cover into work and leave it there for shitty days )

I really don't know how I dropped it, I picked it up by myself so I don't know how I didn't hold it up in the first place.