Learner Ride - Sunday 30th November

[klyong82]

But but it involves lots of $$$, 10x of TL

Interested in a BMW 330CI convertible? Its got formula 1 style gear changing shift pedals? Could do you a deal

[GSXR Trace]

so i've gone for a cruise and assessed the route. it's all sweet, plans have been made, lunch is sorted and all should be good

i checked out the muriwai beach accesses, went right up the south head, including the gravel (which is pretty tame but vibrated and broke my fairing ) and came back through riverhead and ridge road (another fine road for learners)

next post is the plan with maps

Im fine with gravel... but a little worried about your fairing breaking... why?
Im gonna be a pedantic little girl and ask... cause i don't want any damage to my bike (im very protective of my bike if anyone hasn't figured that out yet)

[Ragingrob]

I just gotta say, I dunno what all this learner ride bashing is about Dushy? Any learner ride I've been on has been exactly that, where we cruise at learner pace as a group. The rides where people have boosted off obviously weren't organised learner rides as such. As far as I can see, there is noone coming on the ride that doesn't see it as a learner ride.

[PirateJafa]

Interested in a BMW 330CI convertible? Its got formula 1 style gear changing shift pedals? Could do you a deal

This is Banzai.

He likes drooling over cars which he can never afford, instead of drooling over bikes which he could afford some day in the next few years and half the time which perform better anyway!

[klyong82]

This is Banzai.

He likes drooling over cars which he can never afford, instead of drooling over bikes which he could afford some day in the next few years and half the time which perform better anyway!

Well I myself tend to only look at cars that I can afford buying. Only other expensive car that I have sat in was a Ferrari Modena which belonged to a mate and the cockpit of a Mclaren F1 MP4-16.

[BANZAI]

I have a funny story about banzai and cars...

No, Im practicing now

Interested in a BMW 330CI convertible? Its got formula 1 style gear changing shift pedals? Could do you a deal

$500? or wanna swap with GN?

This is Banzai.

He likes drooling over cars which he can never afford, instead of drooling over bikes which he could afford some day in the next few years and half the time which perform better anyway!

I do drool over cars that I cant afford, and I do drool over bikes I can't physically afford (ie, B-king, V-max, Hayabusa etc)

Cars corner better and protect you from temparamental NZ weather

Well I myself tend to only look at cars that I can afford buying. Only other expensive car that I have sat in was a Ferrari Modena which belonged to a mate and the cockpit of a Mclaren F1 MP4-16.

Wooooot. But 348/355 is best V8 Ferrari came out, I don't like 360 personally...
But Mclaren

Anyway I should be able to come to see you guys after the ride.
Are you guys gonna do practice at carpark or something? RC track would be best place to practice slow cornering!

I can come back to akl about 3pm-ish??

[portokiwi]

BMW 330CI convertible Is it a manual

[motorbyclist]

Im fine with gravel... but a little worried about your fairing breaking... why?
Im gonna be a pedantic little girl and ask... cause i don't want any damage to my bike (im very protective of my bike if anyone hasn't figured that out yet)

nothing major. there was two pre-existing cracks in my front fairings when i bought the bike, that had been glued back up. all the vibration from riding on gravel that long managed to break the glue and spread the cracks

so today i hope to find some suitable epoxy to fix it properly

but don't worry - we are NOT riding on gravel

Cars corner better and protect you from temparamental NZ weather

can you really claim cars generally corner better than bikes? i'm yet to be out cornered by any car, holden or porche

besides, bikes are moar fun

[PirateJafa]

Anyway I should be able to come to see you guys after the ride.
Are you guys gonna do practice at carpark or something? RC track would be best place to practice slow cornering!

The whole point of the learner ride is to teach learners how to ride on the road!

[Slyer]

I think it's more about riding as a group?

[motorbyclist]

it's both

primarily it's a (relatively) safe way to start, and we can nip any bad habits in the bud

[motorbyclist]

yui i strongly suggest you come on this ride

[Slyer]

Why do you strongly suggest that?

[Squiggles]

Because he wants to 'nip his bad habits in the bud'?

[portokiwi]

How long do the rides normaly take?