North Auckland Street Skills - NASS

**R-Soul** · 10th February 2011, 14:19

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Go for it.... they are only as scary as the amount you twist the wrist.

Only saw this afterwards- what he said. More twist, more go. No sudden powerbands to catch you out.

And its really nice knowing that you have that torque in reserve.

PS and do not, repeat DO NOT twist the throttle like a 250. Be very, VERY careful about it the first few times until you get used to it - we would hate to see you with a cracked skull from falling over backwards.

**zealchick** · 10th February 2011, 14:24

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Go for it.... they are only as scary as the amount you twist the wrist.

had a wee dram had work had to deal with

so had to flag it for today.... think i'll just wait til Monday and try the 650
.....but still the gsxr is calling me

**Hinny** · 10th February 2011, 20:40

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Go for it.... they are only as scary as the amount you twist the wrist.

From the people I know who have had SV thous', the shit handling is also scary.
They all mentioned that they didn't fully realise how shit the handling was until they got new bikes. (Street Triple. GSXR750, CBRR600 and CBRR1000) When they had them they thought they handled well. Even expensive after-market suspension didn't help.
Also worthy of consideration is the problem with buying Suzukis new is the dealer's propensity to rape you with resale prices by discounting (cut the guts out of) their prices to off-load old stock when a new model comes out.
Rego costs on over 600cc bikes is ridiculous.
Not worth Tania considering one of these IMHO.
Tu Meke. Too big, too powerful, too expensive (to purchase and to run - Rego, Insurance, depreciation and so on.)
Shit load of dough to spend on a toy when there are so many alternatives.
If one is 'young dumb and full of cum' or a 120 kg rider with a habit of hauling an extra ass around you may find reasons to justify purchasing a superbike. Suggesting it for a petite lady who has just got her full licence is, at the least, not very sensible.

**p.dath** · 11th February 2011, 10:32

Originally Posted by racefactory

That was pretty fun, never put any thought into low speed manoeuvring before and realised leaning into the turns adapting a road riding body position was handicapping me big time. Doing counter leaning totally changed things. Good opportunity to get used to the new bike too.

Low speed riding is not very glamorous, but as you say, a different and still important skill.

**superman** · 11th February 2011, 11:07

How did things with the ACC person turn out? Were they impressed/horrified?

**R-Soul** · 11th February 2011, 11:35

Originally Posted by racefactory

That was pretty fun, never put any thought into low speed manoeuvring before and realised leaning into the turns adapting a road riding body position was handicapping me big time. Doing counter leaning totally changed things. Good opportunity to get used to the new bike too.

Another thing that really works well on low speed corners is looking past the corner, and picking out a specific patch of dirt / mark that youwant to ride over on exit. Your brain then just kind of automatically works backward to make you see where/how to approach the corner. This should work for high speed cornering too, now that I think about it...

**Neon** · 11th February 2011, 13:33

Originally Posted by p.dath

Low speed riding is not very glamorous...

It is when it's Gymkhana

**LankyBastard** · 11th February 2011, 13:37

Originally Posted by Neon

It is when it's Gymkhana

Some youtube vids of guys (or gals) doing that is nothing short of amazing! The sad thing is that they make it look so easy....

**TOTO** · 11th February 2011, 18:16

Originally Posted by LankyBastard

Some youtube vids of guys (or gals) doing that is nothing short of amazing! The sad thing is that they make it look so easy....

you should have seen neon on his hornet when he still had it. He was the master of every Gymchana course we set up

**Newo** · 11th February 2011, 18:18

Originally Posted by LankyBastard

Some youtube vids of guys (or gals) doing that is nothing short of amazing! The sad thing is that they make it look so easy....

I'll second that,

Definately.

**p.dath** · 12th February 2011, 08:11

Originally Posted by superman

How did things with the ACC person turn out? Were they impressed/horrified?

I think they were suitably impressed.

On a different note; can someone point me to some info about the upcoming Westpac charity ride?

**sueallan** · 12th February 2011, 10:49

Hey, is the Wed night learners session still running? L Plate in Browns Bay!

**zealchick** · 12th February 2011, 10:53

http://www.holeshotmotorcycles.co.nz...cle_id=1180485

OK so I had one of these for the night.... I think it could be the one.....just deciding on colour