Hornet Swarm Night City

[TOTO]

Can do with a bit of wond. See you there.

[gijoe1313]

Very cruisey ride yesterday , nice food at Clevedon and Zombie Apocalypse talk - usual suspicious issues with Wanpo and his chapstick! Nice to see Sharry again after such a long hiatus!

Drinkies at Momotea lead me to talk the back way home and I was safely back in bed just before 11pm (much to the sleepy delight of my dear girl Kathy! )

Thanks for waiting for me guys, was wondering if I was going to turn up to an empty bike park

[gale_wolf]

Some pix from Sunday's racing, in the pits and down the front straight.

not the best quality... the pix were taken on an iphone 3gs

[wanpo]

Some pix from Sunday's racing, in the pits and down the front straight.

not the best quality... the pix were taken on an iphone 3gs

not the best quality... the pix were taken on an iphone 3gs

iphone 3gs

How do you tell someone has an iPhone?
Don't worry, they'll tell you.

[gale_wolf]

How do you tell someone has an iPhone?
Don't worry, they'll tell you.

Meh it's conveniently supplied by work but I wouldn't choose to buy an Apple product.
Massively over-hyped, over-rated, over-priced, and deliberately hamstrung by Apple.

Was merely explaining why the photos are crappy, they were taken on an iphone.

Of course the other reason they're so crappy is that dude with the 85 on his bike

[wanpo]

Meh it's conveniently supplied by work but I wouldn't choose to buy an Apple product.
Massively over-hyped, over-rated, over-priced, and deliberately hamstrung by Apple.

Was merely explaining why the photos are crappy, they were taken on an iphone.

Of course the other reason they're so crappy is that dude with the 85 on his bike

I know, taking the piss.

Also, yeah that 85 guy, what a douche.

[TOTO]

here is a video of woodcocks road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2ahruy-sQ

watch this one too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EB5U...el_video_title

[wanpo]

here is a video of woodcocks road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2ahruy-sQ

watch this one too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EB5U...el_video_title

The rolling motorcade one is cool, you could tell the bike cops were enjoying themselves.
Don't quite get the significance of the first one

[TOTO]

the first one is themgoing for a ride on woodcocks road but it was road works. I feel the pain for the cars in front of them - being followed by a gang of police bikers lol

[zeocen]

I'm forgoing my weekly brunch at The Shack to try the Wharf Store endorsed by botany Honda (presumably because the owner has a familiar looking Fury parked outside!).

Happy to say the food is good, but I had a better time because said owner came out to have a yarn about bikes with me. So now we have two great eateries in Maraetai. The Shack would be my fav for food but service of Maraetai Wharf is a clear winner!

Now, to see if I can ride home with such a full belly.

[gale_wolf]

Next time you're there tell them to stay open later on a Monday. We rode through Maraetai looking for eats the other night but everything was closed so we grabbed takeaways in Clevedon instead.

[wanpo]

Times from round 2 are up on the net:
Qualifying
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3

Quite happy with a few things that I noticed;
-Placed better than I qualified (in the races my bike didn't break)
-Was faster each time I went out (by about a second each session)
-In the last race I'm on pace for 11th place

[baffa]

A penny for your thoughts.


I just got the motorcycle Dr to service my bike, and he pointed out a few things that need doing.

Steering head bearing (Oh yay).

Front tyre needs doing

Rear tyre is 3 months old (Maybe 5000 kays or so) and is already looking pretty shallow.

The bike had the standard bridgestones on it when I got it (bt45 from memory), which seem like good tyres, if not an old design. I replaced the rear 3 months ago with some roadrunner or something orother tyre that the newer VTRs come with, but it doesnt seem to offer the best grip, and is clearly wearing pretty quickly.

Any suggestions for a decent tyre? I want decent grip, and a good wear rate. Doesnt have to be top of the range, hopefully upgrading the bike in 3 or so months.

[wanpo]

A penny for your thoughts.


I just got the motorcycle Dr to service my bike, and he pointed out a few things that need doing.

Steering head bearing (Oh yay).

Front tyre needs doing

Rear tyre is 3 months old (Maybe 5000 kays or so) and is already looking pretty shallow.

The bike had the standard bridgestones on it when I got it (bt45 from memory), which seem like good tyres, if not an old design. I replaced the rear 3 months ago with some roadrunner or something orother tyre that the newer VTRs come with, but it doesnt seem to offer the best grip, and is clearly wearing pretty quickly.

Any suggestions for a decent tyre? I want decent grip, and a good wear rate. Doesnt have to be top of the range, hopefully upgrading the bike in 3 or so months.

Get Pilot Road 2s, I saw cycletreads had a good special on them the other day. Or 3s if you don't mind spending a bit more coin and want the extra confidence in the wet

[gale_wolf]

+1 for the Pilot Road 2s. They've been really hard wearing on my gixxer for the daily commute and regular Monday night rides (400km+ per week). Plenty sticky enough for my riding style (or lack of style!). I did 20K+ kms on the rear before the squaring off demanded replacement. I had another PR2 put on, would've gone for a PR3 but the 2 was a lot cheaper. Done about 14K on the front so far with a fair amount of tread still remaining.