Also need a job

[Kwaka-Kid]

all i can say is Meh to IT... just Meh.

its all good, lax out antallica, dont stress to hard.. just lax and ride that FXR, oh and my mate mike is looking @ buying one end of this year/start of next....

[jrandom]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
my mate mike is looking @ buying one end of this year/start of next

FFS, why would he want to do that? It really is an unfortunate little machine. I don't think I'd buy it again if I could go back and make the 'first bike' choice over. Gets you round town and all, goes quick *enough*, but it's tiny and twitchy and less than confidence-inducing. A $1500 GN250 would've done the same job, and had the Officially Shite Old Bike semi-coolness factor.

And to think I saw a decent-looking ZZR250 going for *LESS* than what I paid new for my FXR (if you count the $400 ORC) at Cyclespot yesterday!

Blehhhhh. Never mind. Roll on next year, full license and an SV650... new FI model (nekkid) ones going for <$10K now!

[Antallica]

I can pick up a 1993 ZZR250 (with backpack rack) for $2500 + whatever that charges are to service the bugger. Hasn't been used for 6 months apparently, slow starter. Probably just needs a cleanout.

Got an offer on my FXR too, so if both are timed right I should have the ZZR250 .. whip the pants off my FXR anyday.

w00t

hehe if the ZZR250 is 40hp, then my FXR must be 2hp!!

[Andrew]

[i]

hehe if the ZZR250 is 40hp, then my FXR must be 2hp!! [/B]

The ZXR is rated at 40hp and seems to have quite a bit more there than a ZZR. What is the difference between bhp and all the other types of horse power definitions out there. Any answers - CK?

[Sharkey]

My understanding is that bhp - "brake horse power" is the power at the wheel, as opposed to say the flywheel. Because of transmission losses, the bhp is lower than the actual horse power the motor produces.

[Lou Girardin]

Brake horse power is that measured by a brake dynamometer.
It is the same as flywheel hp, but there are various standards for measurement, eg. SAE, DIN, etc. These govern how the engine is tested, eg. with all engine accessories driven or not, which gives very different ratings.
Lou

[Big Dog]

and then they confuse you futher still because most bike rags refer to PS. or Phieder Strake (phonetic spelling, may be wrong), which is german horse power. Measured at the back wheel under full load. If I recall correctly 100 ps = 107 bhp = 110 bp but can't remenmber the conversion to kilowatts but I'm sure one of the engineers out there will correct some or all of the above as well as tell us kilowatt conversion.

[Sharkey]

HP to kW

1 to 0.7456999

[Big Dog]

78.3 kw just dosent sound as sexy does it?

[marty]

Originally posted by Lou Girardin
150 metre wank to work. Hmmm, assuming a penis length of 150mm thats 100 strokes.
Lou

there's a 1000mm in a metre dude..... would have to be 1000 strokes. even my RS would be warmed up by then

[Coldkiwi]

Originally posted by Marmoot
No joking? I keep on hearing people talk about this degree that degree, but I don't see how they help in finding job.

I have an engineering degree. Heck, I even have masters degree in IT.

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you have an engineering degree? what in?

TBH, the only guys (and girls) that graduated from my course not in engineering jobs that I know of are either a) at uni doing a masters cause they didn't want to work or b) doing other job cause they decided they didn't want to do engineering after all that. Engineering degrees normally make you pretty damn employable (especially if from Auck or Cantab. uni) whereas a commerce degree simply puts you on the employers pile of "people to reply to with a 'sorry' letter" (sorry to any budding commerce students out there, but its true!)

 

[wkid_one]

Originally posted by Coldkiwi
Engineering degrees normally make you pretty damn employable (especially if from Auck or Cantab. uni) whereas a commerce degree simply puts you on the employers pile of "people to reply to with a 'sorry' letter" (sorry to any budding commerce students out there, but its true!)

 

Oh so true

[jrandom]

Originally posted by Coldkiwi
you have an engineering degree? what in?

er, to back up CK's comments here, I just *have* to weigh in and say that if one has a BE from Auck uni in any of the majors whatsoever with average grades of B or better, I can't really see how one could fail to find a job within a few weeks in the Auckland area.

Really. Especially if you speaka da good England and all that. *Particularly* if you're EEE or mechanical. In fact, if you're EEE and looking for a job, you should probably send me a PM

Not sure what you mean by masters in IT, Marmoot... wossat? Nothing from Auck I can think of... sounds a bit commerce-y to me, anyway

[Marmoot]

BSc in Electronics (Indonesian university)
and MCMS from Waikato, specializing in HCI. Come to think of it, OSH department might be interested?

[Marmoot]

BSc in Electronics (Indonesian university)
and MCMS from Waikato, specializing in HCI. Come to think of it, OSH department might be interested?

The only thing I can think of that's stopping my application was that I am classified as over-qualified-n-not-experienced.

I really need chance for experience. Heck, I'd even pay for good work experience.