Hornet Swarm Night City

**wanpo** · 28th March 2011, 08:35

Originally Posted by GSXR Trace

If I can get my embryo made between classes during the day

ewww... what you get up to in your own time... (we want pics for)

Originally Posted by steelphoenix

Everyone was saying how comfortable the VTR was, and it just didn't sit right with me.

Had a ride on the flatmate's VTR250, sounded nice (the previous owner spent a lot of time getting it to sound that good) and it was 'comfortable' but it didn't do anything for me. That upright seating position feels more like riding a scooter, or sitting in a kitchen chair, than riding a sports bike to me.
The Daytona however was on the other end of the scale, ass up in the air, all the weight on my wrists. Again, however, loved the noise, had an almost il4 whine from the front of the bike and a v-twin rumble from the rear.

**steelphoenix** · 28th March 2011, 08:37

Originally Posted by gale_wolf

Yup redline is 20 but IIRC 'peak' power is probably more in the range of 15-17 and depending on the year it may be limited to about 18-19. Dont think that limit applies to the MC22 though. Not that it matters, you're going to enjoy that bike.

Yeah, the real torque kicks in at about 9k, with peak around 15, as you say. Best thing about the MC22s is that they aren't limited. Definitely going to enjoy.

Originally Posted by wanpo

Had a ride on the flatmate's VTR250, sounded nice (the previous owner spent a lot of time getting it to sound that good) and it was 'comfortable' but it didn't do anything for me. That upright seating position feels more like riding a scooter, or sitting in a kitchen chair, than riding a sports bike to me.
The Daytona however was on the other end of the scale, ass up in the air, all the weight on my wrists. Again, however, loved the noise, had an almost il4 whine from the front of the bike and a v-twin rumble from the rear.

Yeah, the VTR sounds good (the one I was looking at had a Yoshi pipe, sounded really nice). The position was weird - kind of halfway between properly upright (like Scorpie) and in sportbike crouch (like the-CBR-which-is-as-yet-unnamed).
Will wait and see on the Daytona... does sound very nice from videos, though...

**GSXR Trace** · 28th March 2011, 11:46

Originally Posted by wanpo

ewww... what you get up to in your own time... (we want pics for)

ha it's a model you twat for teaching purposes... but it does sound bad to say I will be making embryos with first year students for two days straight doesn't it?!

**gale_wolf** · 28th March 2011, 11:52

Originally Posted by GSXR Trace

ha it's a model you twat for teaching purposes... but it does sound bad to say I will be making embryos with first year students for two days straight doesn't it?!

I did wonder about that... but thought it best not to ask

**gijoe1313** · 28th March 2011, 22:27

A nice quiet pootle around the back blocks tonight, some Star Wars references and grub in nice company. Gravel around the Hunuas made it more interesting and the ride back for Momotea was a nice sedate affair.

I think we head North next time!

**GSXR Trace** · 28th March 2011, 22:40

So considering I'm still awake, maybe I should have come! but then again I think I'm awake due to being overtired! And at least i missed the gravel!!

**zeocen** · 31st March 2011, 18:41

Dropped into Botany Honda on the way home today, noticed in the garage a very tidy looking CBR250RR getting the once over before it went to it's rightful owner. I have to say the pearl white looks very good on that bike!

Getting yourself a minter Steel.

**TOTO** · 31st March 2011, 19:22

white is the new black

**steelphoenix** · 1st April 2011, 17:56

Originally Posted by zeocen

Dropped into Botany Honda on the way home today, noticed in the garage a very tidy looking CBR250RR getting the once over before it went to it's rightful owner. I have to say the pearl white looks very good on that bike!

Getting yourself a minter Steel.

Yeah, she's pretty much mint but for a ding on the tank (which she had when she was shipped in from Japan, according to the Botany Honda guys). She's so pretty!

Unfortunately, I can't show her off to you guys on Monday, I'm working, but next week...

Originally Posted by TOTO

white is the new black

Nah, black is the new black, but there's something about pristine white bikes that always strikes a chord...

You should have seen me drooling over the white CBRthou...

**zeocen** · 2nd April 2011, 07:59

I'll be going back today to pick up my bike and drop off my hilarious loaner, time to defile a certain 250.

Although after riding back on this sorry excuse for a bike I might be too sore!

**gale_wolf** · 2nd April 2011, 08:32

Eh why are you riding that thing? Was your new beastie due for a 1000km service or something?

**zeocen** · 2nd April 2011, 08:39

Yeah first service. :P
Richard decided to throw a Fury at me.

Now, I usually quite like cruisers but this faux-chopper is almost on bar with the SV650 in terms of how much I dislike a motorcycle. It's preeetty bad!

**gijoe1313** · 2nd April 2011, 10:32

Well at least it's better fun than sitting at school typing up the same batch of reports again due to the bloody server throwing a tanty and deleting my ones!

Roll on school hols ...

**zeocen** · 2nd April 2011, 14:13

Hooooo boy there are some crazy folk on our roads.

I was riding home from picking my bike up from Botany Honda, on the motorway - as the South Western connects to the Southern this red trashy holden was coming onto the onramp at speed and he seemed to think that since he had his indicator on that meant he could cross four lanes at speed, making me stomp on the picks in order to avoid squishdom.

I went to the other lane as he was stuck behind a slowpoke and I passed him, looked at him and shook my head and he brmm brrrrmmm'd up to me and gave me the fingers. So I gave him the fingers back :P

Well! He took exception to that and the chase was on! He went into my lane, so I went to the next lane, he went in the next lane also. I went onto the offramp to go home and so did he. Curious, I thought. I might add he had three kids with him in that car while he was being a maniac.

I was coming up to the lights that were green and they changed yellow as I approached - I went through before the red and he was a good few seconds behind me so it would've been a good second or three when he went through the red light, wheels screaching and everything!

I thought this was getting kinda out of hand, he has three little kids in there! So I nipped past a few cars and pootled on home.

Talk about anger issues! If you don't want someone to shake your head you, don't try squish them!