Another one let loose on the road.

**Motoracer** · 4th February 2005, 15:26

Cheers guys and gals!!

Cheers for your wise advise Quasi, I will give buying the ZX10R or a R1 a miss then...

Bugjuice, Cheers man but Quasi is just being humorous.

crashe: I only rode by the book. It is only illigal when you go over 60 on a 50 zone and 110 on a 100 zone because there is a 10kmph allowance. Ofcourse they don't say that to you but they know it too. These figures don't really matter just as long as your are going along with the normal traffic flow and you don't go over the legal allowance.

RR: When and where??

**zeRax** · 4th February 2005, 15:37

congrats dude, and yea, its perfectly legal to do 109/59 kmph :P cops are obligated to stop you if u do 10kmph more than the speed limit, as i read a broucher thing at the cop station today

**SPman** · 4th February 2005, 15:48

The cops can and sometimes do stop you for a lot less than 10k over - so dont get too cocky, zeRax. "But I was only doing 54, officer! Yes, but there is a school further down the road !"

Congrats Sudeep. Does this mean you're allowed to ride real bikes now? - yknow - like ZX10R's and things?

**Motoracer** · 4th February 2005, 16:05

Originally Posted by SPman

Congrats Sudeep. Does this mean you're allowed to ride real bikes now? - yknow - like ZX10R's and things?

Cheers man!

ZX10R?? Maybe I can afford the 2007 or 2008 model in the future but at the moment all this really means is that I get to race in Paeroa for which I required A MNZ Race licence and a NZ Drivers licence with a class 6 on it.

**crashe** · 4th February 2005, 16:19

MR,
I have heard that they have dropped the leway down to 5km over the legal limit... not 10km anymore as its been for a long time.

(meaning 50km leway 55km)

**zeRax** · 4th February 2005, 16:20

*starts singing*
dont go breaking my heart~~~~~~~~~

maybe, but thats some hardcore enforcement stopping ppl for 4kmph over the limit :P perhaps if the cops having a bad day, i mean, he does have the power after all :P

**Blakamin** · 4th February 2005, 16:21

Good Shit MR!!!!
you'll have to start touring the country so I can get to meet this legend I've heard so much about!!!

**zeRax** · 4th February 2005, 16:23

Originally Posted by crashe

MR,
I have heard that they have dropped the leway down to 5km over the legal limit... not 10km anymore as its been for a long time.

(meaning 50km leway 55km)

:\ they need to sort out info they are giving out down at cop station on the billboards then

(edit) looks like a job for those kb coppers to mosey on into this thread and give the whats up

**toads** · 4th February 2005, 16:24

congrats I am sooooo happy for you!

**Holy Roller** · 4th February 2005, 16:29

Great effort.
I'm sure you will soon nail those stoppies.

**soljan** · 4th February 2005, 16:38

Its all done on error tolerance ie of the gear they use, which used to be 10% which translates to 110kph for 100 and 55kph for 50, the certified error tolerance for the the gear they use nowadays is now 5% so yeah they can do you over 105 now, and have been able to for a while.

The demerit points table shows for 1 - 10kph over the limit is 10 demerit points. Now after asking a cop thats a bit dumb pulling someone up for doing over 52.5kph in a 50 he said yeah well the community cops probally wont seeing it means paper work so you might get a warning or a light flash but the highway patrol cops, the yellow striped cars, are on a quota system where they have to pull over a certain amount of vehicles a hour and also get bonuses for the extra fines the write over a set amount.

To sum this up, yeah it sucks, but watch out for the yellow fullas.

**Motoracer** · 4th February 2005, 16:54

Originally Posted by Holy Roller

Great effort.

Originally Posted by Holy Roller

I'm sure you will soon nail those stoppies.

Yep, all I have to do is understand why oh why do I start veering off to one side after it is already rolling along nicely. Once I get that sussed, I am sure stoppies can be pulled at any speed, wet or dry.

Blakamin, as soon as I put together a road bike, I am there man! Even if I have to come to Welly on a FXR150 that I have got that needs a new engine right now. It'll be awesome to meet some of you Welly people who haven't come up this way or who aren't into track days. P.S. I am really keen on giving the Rimutakas a go too!

P.S. Thanks soljan!

**Zed** · 4th February 2005, 16:56

Originally Posted by Motoracer

I just did my full bike licence test today aswell and it was pretty fun. It looked as if it was going to be pretty simple so I tried to make it a bit fun. I just kept the legal speed 109/59 for 100/50 zones and went around the 90 degree turns at the same speed but I gave him time to catch up afterwards. Throughout the whole test, I only scraped my toe once tho...

Came back and got told that I rode very well and that the instructor was impressed. LOL

Finally I can ride something bigger than a 250... legally!!

Lol MR, you are a risky young fella!!

Congratulations on the "full" and may you ride accordingly to keep it!

Btw, sorry to hear about all the troubles back in your homeland. Hope your relatives aren't too badly affected?

Zed

**Andrew** · 4th February 2005, 17:44

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Maybe I can afford the 2007 or 2008 model in the future but at the moment all this really means is that I get to race in Paeroa for which I required A MNZ Race licence and a NZ Drivers licence with a class 6 on it.

Sudeep, you never cease to amaze me!!
LOL, and here's me thinking you sat your full test only to keep the gestapo off ur back.
Well done!!