Hamilton Wednesday night ride

[TerminalAddict]

yar .. 8 hours of sitting round in leather pants .. yay me

[Switch]

I wont be out. Got work experience at boyds, finish at 5:30, start work at the cobb at 6

Hope yas all have a good ride.

[Bnonn]

Nice day for a ride. What sort of route are people thinking of?

[2 wheel madness]

pearler day for a ride, cant wait

[ZeroIndex]

See you guys soon... This should be fun

[Switch]

So how was the night guys? Where did ya end up going?

[smoky]

So how was the night guys? Where did ya end up going?

It was a cool ride - took a while to get into it, I got a bit wide on one corner with the rear locking up a bit, but all good.
We went to Okarori pub via back of Cambridge, then home via the damb and Te Awamutu.
Thanks for the encouragement to come out guys, well worth it.

[smoky]

Nice day for a ride. What sort of route are people thinking of?

so where were you - I only went cause you were going, I was going to ride at a more acceptable pace with you - but instead I had go hard and keep up with them.

[smoky]

See you guys soon... This should be fun

Is that only a 250 your riding? It can move for a 250!

[ZeroIndex]

Is that only a 250 your riding? It can move for a 250!

it's a 400

[deeknow]

Sorry I had to slither off early lads, waiting for "someone" to go home and pick up his wallet put me behind on the schedule assigned by her who must be obeyed

Had to laugh when Warr ripped past those 1st two intersections on the Maungatautari rd down to that low-level crossing. I was thinking, oh well, its a nice tight section from here to Arapuni dam.

[Warr]

Had to laugh when Warr ripped past those 1st two intersections on the Maungatautari rd down to that low-level crossing. I was thinking, oh well, its a nice tight section from here to Arapuni dam.

Yea I was reminising about an amazing off I had on the second corner. It looked different 30+ years ago!!
But you werent the only one to get a laugh tonight. Wee incident close to TA's place !!
But both times the rider in front was oblivious to it all

[TerminalAddict]

Yea I was reminising about an amazing off I had on the second corner. It looked different 30+ years ago!!
But you werent the only one to get a laugh tonight. Wee incident close to TA's place !!
But both times the rider in front was oblivious to it all

tehehehe
no demerit type outcome however

[deeknow]

tehehehe
no demerit type outcome however

Jammy bugger

Good thing they werent parked on the swamp road early on, I think I saw 114.999km/h or so on the speed at one point?

[Bnonn]

Hey Smoky, sorry I didn't make it; some things came up. I wasn't really sure if I would come at all, so sorry if I seemed more certain than I was.

On an unrelated note, I managed to bin my bike on the way to work today. Taking off from the lights that go from Normandy Ave onto Cobham Drive, my rear wheel just slid right out. I've thought about it a good long while and still don't really know what happened. I didn't take off any harder than usual, and the road looked fine. Obviously taking off into a lean with some throttle puts the tires close to the traction limit, but I've never even had a slither before. Yet, today the rear just dropped right out from under me. There was no loose feeling from the tire beforehand, like you normally get when you're pushing a bit too hard. The only thing I can think is that I hit a spot of something slippery and invisible, or that I've discovered the outside of the lower limit of my tires' operating temperature. Or both. It was the coldest morning I've ridden since getting my Storms, so I'm sorta leaning toward the latter option, but again, I'd have expected some feedback from the tire before I found myself on the ground watching my bike sliding through an intersection.

Thank the good Lord for frame sliders; it would be a bit of a wreck otherwise, but as it is the damage is pretty minor. Also had the good fortune to have a friendly cager help me up and get the bike over to the side of the road.