Wellington and back on FXR150

**Jerry74** · 6th October 2008, 00:41

Gald to hear you had a good trip

**Meanie** · 6th October 2008, 11:45

Nice little vid there EJ
Love that red bike in the last pic with the windmills

**BANZAI** · 7th October 2008, 13:40

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAA

Man I wish I could have gone with you....

I had to pay my stupid fines so have no money for it!!!!

The vid is cool! Nice choice of music LOL

If you can do this on your FXR, I should do whole NZ trip on my GN

(only If I can save up and cover the loss of $550 XD)

You hardcore biker!

**raftn** · 8th October 2008, 18:14

Great vid, great story, I am sure you will have many more! ANd it is great that you have kept a diary of it all.

**sweetp** · 12th November 2008, 19:41

Well done you! I learnt to ride on an FXR and they are such great bikes. Took mine on the 1000k capital cruise last year and it held its on. Really miss it actually - did the C1CK on my SV650 this year and didn't enjoy it half as much! (well except for going up the hills). Anyway enough about me, just wanted to say good on you. And yes the wind is a bitch on a light weight bike but you survived!

**Elysium** · 12th November 2008, 21:14

How fast was that little 150 able to go? I rode a Yamaha Scorpion and it struggled to get past 80.

**cowboyz** · 12th November 2008, 21:48

eat less pies. Even I got a volty up to 115!

**Meanie** · 12th November 2008, 21:50

Originally Posted by cowboyz

eat less pies. Even I got a volty up to 115!

Down hill with the wind behind you

**cowboyz** · 12th November 2008, 21:54

I must admit. I did fart for the extra power.

**Owl** · 13th November 2008, 05:48

Mechanic out the back of work used to use an FXR150 to run errands and ride to work on. He reckoned it would go anywhere at 120kph and loved it. Certainly didn't seem the type to be full of shit either!

**Badjelly** · 13th November 2008, 08:01

Originally Posted by Elysium

I rode a Yamaha Scorpion and it struggled to get past 80.

Would that be 80 m/s or 80 furlongs per fortnight? It can't be 80 km/h.

**EJK** · 13th November 2008, 12:50

Originally Posted by sweetp

Well done you! I learnt to ride on an FXR and they are such great bikes. Took mine on the 1000k capital cruise last year and it held its on. Really miss it actually - did the C1CK on my SV650 this year and didn't enjoy it half as much! (well except for going up the hills). Anyway enough about me, just wanted to say good on you. And yes the wind is a bitch on a light weight bike but you survived!

Whoah now thats a difficulty! Capital Cruise on FXR... Wow...

Originally Posted by Elysium

How fast was that little 150 able to go? I rode a Yamaha Scorpion and it struggled to get past 80.

The vehicle is capable of cruising at 110kph easily (seems alright...). However I belive that Scorpio can manage 110kph too (easily), cause I had one too and it's not that different to FXR. And no, I'm not calling you fat

**Choco** · 13th November 2008, 18:33

Originally Posted by EJK

Hope you like it Choco lol

haha, finally found the video and yes I did like it!

I've been making some more videos myself trying to find a place with less vibrations (on a hornet!?!?).

Keep up the good work mate!
Choco

**samgab** · 1st December 2008, 17:51

Mate! I rode my FXR back from Hamilton to Auckland, and had a very sore rear when I arrived... You must've been sore as with this road trip!

I wonder if it's possible to get a place like Stu's Trim Shop to change the padding in the seat to something a bit more comfortable, but leave it looking good?

**EJK** · 4th December 2008, 15:32

Originally Posted by samgab

Mate! I rode my FXR back from Hamilton to Auckland, and had a very sore rear when I arrived... You must've been sore as with this road trip!

I wonder if it's possible to get a place like Stu's Trim Shop to change the padding in the seat to something a bit more comfortable, but leave it looking good?

Hmmm I dunno, after about 2 hours of riding i got used to the pain(?) The seat wasn't the main problem!