Who are we chatting to?

[The Stranger:Me]

How many Years riding: 3 weeks.

Awesome! No wonder you know so much about motorcycling, that's practically expert level on KB.
Who knows, maybe one day you can be as smart as DB.

[Mikkel]

Awesome mate, bet you worked like a bitch to get to where you are, good on ya.

You're on. How much do you want to loose?

[Tubbsy]

You know you can display all this info on you're profile page aye...

Yup...5 pages means it's more fun this way.

[The Stranger:Me]

I only provided one significant digit.

I frequently use one significant digit

[phoenixgtr]

Profession: Accountant
Age: 25
Bike: 99 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 01 Suzuki SV650, Suzuki FXR150 Bucket Racer
First bike: Suzuki FXR150
How many Years riding: 4
First/best bike memory: There's so many. My best would probably be the first time I went on the track. It was Manfield. I was on my first bike (FXR150) and I had an absolute blast!!
Estimated km to date: 60,000kms

[Mikkel]

I frequently use one significant digit

Is that to compensate for shortage in other areas?

(and just to be pendantic - doesn't a finger consist of three digits? - I see that it doesn't, but what do you call the individual parts of each finger - i.e. the bones)

[Breed777]

Profession: Guitarist (yes it is a real job!)
Age: 33
Bike: 88 GSXR
First bike: One of those plastic ones when I was 2 (looked like a motorcycle!)
How many Years riding: 3 months
First/best bike memory: Realising I hate manual cars but I love changing gears on a bike... all this time I thought I hated gears... when I really hate cars!
Estimated km to date: bout 300

[Hitcher]

You know you can display all this info on you're profile page aye...

No you can't. And it's "eh", not "aye".

[sinfull]

Well, 3rd of January 1981 - so it's not too far off.

I'm going to be a pedant - you should say I was approximately 30 years old. I only provided one significant digit.



Yes, I am serious - I love the hype-i-ness of that title. I did my M.Sc. Engineering Physics in Denmark - thesis on fabrication of polymer lasers through nano-imprint lithography. Currently doing my PhD on superlening at Canterbury (in the field of plasmonics and metamaterials). Did a couple of short-term jobs as a researcher on two different EU projects while I waited to be able to move down here.

If you want a proper job in the field you'd have to move to the US or Europe - hardly anything here. Plenty of challenges to overcome in regards to CNTs before they can be even considered as a structural material. There's a lot of hype and a lot of misunderstandings around the term nano-technology... but there's also a vast number of applications. My advice if you want to work in that area is to do a few chemistry and bio-chemistry papers on the side to complement your physics degree.

Misunderstandings ? Understatement ! Re read 3 times laughed and thought good on ya !

[Magua]

Profession: Student/Hell Pizza
Age: 22
Bike: Cb400n/cb200 1980/1974
First bike: gn125
How many Years riding: 5
First/best bike memory: Riding on the back of my grandad's motorcycle as a child.
Estimated km to date: No idea, a lot.

[Mystic13]

Profession: Too many

Age: is a number

First bike: Suzuki GT250 Ram Air, freshly rebuilt and repainted by a lady biker.

How many Years riding: 30

First/best bike memory: Too many to list and...
- Trying to steal my neighbours bike every Sunday morning and succeeding about half the time.
- The women that have loved me and my bikes. They're a special breed. There is nothing hotter than a lady who loves bikes.

Estimated km to date: yeah right... too many done and still not enough.

[steve_t]

what do you call the individual parts of each finger - i.e. the bones)

Phalanges

[kevfromcoro]

I am an unfucker..
Some cunts fuck things
And i un fuck them..

[Mom]

Profession: Self-employed bean counter
Age: ageless
First bike: A 125 cc Yamaha of some forgotten model, little 2 stroke, went like the clappers
How many years riding: 33 odd years
Memories: Too many over the years, but one that springs to mind is... Wanted to upgrade my little bike for something with a bit more pep, so went for a test ride on a Kawasaki of long forgotten model, also a two stroke (was there any other kind?) that had the power band from hell! Took this thing out around the back of Howick, to East Tamaki and then back along TeRakau Drive, Pakuranga Higway back to the shop. Treated it with the respect it deserved as I got out to open roads (yes back then that was all countryside) and stopped at a set of traffic lights to turn back towards Pakuranga Highway. Thye did not trigger my presence so I sat there and sat there and waited. In the end I got so frustrated I went through the red light. Frustration meant I was a little less than cautious with the throttle so I learned what it is like to ride a bucking bronco motorbike, this powerband really meant business I tells ya! That front wheel would not stay on the road, so I would back off, down it would come, the bike would bog and not wanting to foul the plug I would change down and give it a handful. Most fun I think I have ever had on two wheels really

Absolutely no idea how far I have travelled on two wheels.

[boman]

Profession: Slave to the money
Age: 36
Bike: 2008 Sv1000
First bike: 1995 GSF 250
How many Years riding: 4-5
First/best bike memory: Chateau to Plateau charity run in January this year. 1100 km in 2 days. The trip back home, especially, from Stratford to Te Kuiti up the coast road was magic.
Estimated km to date: 50,000 or so.