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    It's not until the gun is pointing at your head that you have to think about the consequenses.

    Is there a website to allow you to look up how many demerits you have and when they expire?

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    That's bad lucj with summer on the way.

    Not being a speed person myself (weight displacement + bike = very slow up hills etc) I coulkd only suggest you drop it down a notch and see how it goes. I'm still on my 250cc but funds dictates that.

    Anyhow, whatever you do mate, hope it works out

    Take care

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    If you don't want to lose your licence again then don't stop if the cops try to do a 3T.

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    As mentioned a naked bike helps to curb the higher speeds....better still a naked V Twin!
    I sold my 'old' ZX10 and bought a Superduke for exactly the same reasons that you are going through right now.
    TBH...I had more fun at lower speeds

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    Get a noisy mid-sized vtwin with bumpy suspension.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cowboyz View Post

    So now demerits have finally caught up with me and its looking like a summer of walking. (which kinda sucks)
    Does this mean no Grand Challenge next month for you then??

    One thing I like about the BB is you CAN play with the sporties to a point OR you can chill, sit upright cruise on 110km AND do the odd endurance or tour buzzzzzzzzzz !!!!

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    If you pay that sucker now, and hand in your license pronto, won't you get it back around the end of December? That doesn't seem 'too bad'....

    .... but yeah, that sucks, dood!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cowboyz View Post

    I got booked yesterday, so picking I can stretch this out another couple of months. Need to stretch it out 10 months to avoid losing my licence. So thinking its gonna hit me around Jan. sucky suck suck.



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    Mate there is no avoiding losing ya licence, if you had 60 demerits yesterday and the ticket ya got is 40 then there is no avoiding it, ya will be doing a 3 month walk ! But the system aint very fast so if you don't volentarily pay that fine and let it take it's course, it could drag out till may or june before your licence is tagged !
    Periodic checks of your demerit points through ltsa will let ya know when the fine has been through court and then ya know the next time ya stop for a cop its a walk home !
    But going by my experience last year id say you will be hurrying things along come winter, or it might drag into next summer that it gets taken !
    Mate, i had 180 demerits by the time they caught up to me in june ! Cop was in the car checking my licence, i was packing my shit and lockin mine up lol went and stood at his door waiting for my seat belt ticket !
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    ive lost my licence loads, im on a 250...
    Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot

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    Cowboyz on a tourer? Yeah friggin right.
    If you class mine as a tourer type,it is no help to you,the torque means it can hit 130km and you think it's 100 or so,easy to hit 150 passing.

    Maybe ,and this sounds stupid,but hand license in asap,back to you in January.Allowing for the crappy weather usually in Oct,Nov and Dec may make it bearable.Keeping license till say Jan,means Feb,Mar,Apr is no bike time,and the weather is shit loads better that time of year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cowboyz View Post
    I ride because I love the freedom it brings. I love the scenery and the feeling of the bike being on its side. Every now and then I got nato on the twisties for the rush, but never been booked doing so. Its always when I going slow that police show up. Man I got some bad luck me thinks!
    Well.... there ya go. I don't think a trackbike is going to offer much scenery then? I found tracks too boring, with 10-15 corners, all simple (not like the roads out Wimbledon way etc). Doesn't mean you have to be permanently slow, I still go quicker in the twisties, but only the tight twisties. Rolling country where you could 150-160 ish I still keep at 110-120 ish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by insomnia01 View Post
    Does this mean no Grand Challenge next month for you then??

    One thing I like about the BB is you CAN play with the sporties to a point OR you can chill, sit upright cruise on 110km AND do the odd endurance or tour buzzzzzzzzzz !!!!

    Theres a real beauty for sale on KB for $8-9k that has all the fruit & has been well maintained
    I almost brought a blackbird but then realised it is a honda.............

    (actually Yod has one and they are really nice bikes)

    As for the grand challenge.. having not actually lost my licence yet I am not volenteering it and looking forward to the GC in a couple of weeks. then there is the coast to coast, capital k.. ummmm. never does seem a good time to surrender the licence tbh/

    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    Well.... there ya go. I don't think a trackbike is going to offer much scenery then? I found tracks too boring, with 10-15 corners, all simple (not like the roads out Wimbledon way etc). Doesn't mean you have to be permanently slow, I still go quicker in the twisties, but only the tight twisties. Rolling country where you could 150-160 ish I still keep at 110-120 ish.

    v-twin nakeds are excellent like that
    thats the thing with the trackbike.. its good to get the buzz but thats not the whole picture.

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    I think it is time you invested in a Bel STI - not to enable speeding, just to remind you to check your speed - especially when the police are about with radar active.
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    Get the best radar detector and laser jammer unit available, keep super alert and pick your roads if you`re going to open it up a bit.
    It`s always a gamble out there anyway, so why not keep the odds in your favour.

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