Regular weekend rides

**Ntoxcated** · 13th February 2011, 17:16

Boris, when are your's going up?

**zealchick** · 13th February 2011, 20:00

Originally Posted by Ntoxcated

Back from Taupo - here's the latest vid.

Any pic's of the painting?

Looked great

**BoristheBiter** · 14th February 2011, 06:26

Originally Posted by Ntoxcated

Boris, when are your's going up?

Should be today.

**javawocky** · 14th February 2011, 09:38

Originally Posted by Ntoxcated

Back from Taupo - here's the latest vid.

Any pic's of the painting?

Very entertaining stuff.

**OutForADuck** · 14th February 2011, 10:21

Originally Posted by zealchick

Looked great

which lap... cause they were all entertaining in different ways

Looked like a fun day Ntox... Sorry I missed it, but they tell me you can't be playing all the time.... Damned if I know why

**zealchick** · 14th February 2011, 11:00

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

which lap... cause they were all entertaining in different ways

Looked like a fun day Ntox... Sorry I missed it, but they tell me you can't be playing all the time.... Damned if I know why

its about balance....struggling to find it myself

it'l be less play time for me i guess.....struggling to get the accountant to see my argument for sponsorship

imagine her respnse when she sees a new 'vehicle purchase' through the company

**BoristheBiter** · 14th February 2011, 12:22

Originally Posted by Ntoxcated

Boris, when are your's going up?

There you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUZwepifFM

Not as quick as you but i was going sightseeing

third session file when i cut out turns 2 to 6 was corrupt as it would not shut off so i had to pull the battery so sorry all my dirt riding can't be seen, well this one anyway.

**OutForADuck** · 14th February 2011, 14:31

Reasonably tidy Boris, Did you get much rain?

So a tip or two: Some corners on a track (probably not so much on a road) can benefit from an inside line, allowing deeper braking and more importantly longer on the gas coming out. The hairpin/sweeper before the back straight at Taupo is one of these.

Rather than enter it wide on the right of the track as you normally would you can enter narrow on the left. What happens is you use the fact that the track is quite deep (wide) in this corner to go in, turn sharper but at a slightly slower speed and then get on the gas and drive out. The wide line means you are on your side for a long time (right up to and even slightly beyond the exit) and you can’t get on the gas. The wide line tends to end up wide all the way around and leaves you feeling like you are using ALL the track, but waiting for a chance to get on the gas. The narrow line lends itself to faster entries, a more sharp slower turn and then a straighter more upright drive out on the gas. You could gain a couple of seconds there

Turn six needs a tighter line through it, letting the bike roll wide off the turn only if you can’t hold it down any more... .going wide doesn’t benefit the next corner as it is a slightly opening corner anyway and you just have to cover more track to get around, you might have noticed faster riders passing on the inside here, happens to me as well

Otherwise good lines, just need to push up that corner speed and you’ll be threatening Mike. Good job you weren’t looking at the guy that fell off you could've ended up cuddling in the middle of the track

P.S. Notice I’m not giving Ntox advice anymore... Bugger is getting to fast, pushing me up the Mangamuka’s (I think his horn was broken), but I'm sure I could see his thumb working overtime

**BoristheBiter** · 14th February 2011, 14:40

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Reasonably tidy Boris, Did you get much rain?

So a tip or two: Some corners on a track (probably not so much on a road) can benefit from an inside line, allowing deeper braking and more importantly longer on the gas coming out. The hairpin/sweeper before the back straight at Taupo is one of these.

Rather than enter it wide on the right of the track as you normally would you can enter narrow on the left. What happens is you use the fact that the track is quite deep (wide) in this corner to go in, turn sharper but at a slightly slower speed and then get on the gas and drive out. The wide line means you are on your side for a long time (right up to and even slightly beyond the exit) and you can’t get on the gas. The wide line tends to end up wide all the way around and leaves you feeling like you are using ALL the track, but waiting for a chance to get on the gas. The narrow line lends itself to faster entries, a more sharp slower turn and then a straighter more upright drive out on the gas. You could gain a couple of seconds there

Turn six needs a tighter line through it, letting the bike roll wide off the turn only if you can’t hold it down any more... .going wide doesn’t benefit the next corner as it is a slightly opening corner anyway and you just have to cover more track to get around, you might have noticed faster riders passing on the inside here, happens to me as well

Otherwise good lines, just need to push up that corner speed and you’ll be threatening Mike. Good job you weren’t looking at the guy that fell off you could've ended up cuddling in the middle of the track

P.S. Notice I’m not giving Ntox advice anymore... Bugger is getting to fast, pushing me up the Mangamuka’s (I think his horn was broken), but I'm sure I could see his thumb working overtime

I didn't start enjoying myself till the last session. I got a guy to look at my tires, as they look really bad now, so he played with my suspension but that made it harder to turn in, like i had a flat back tyre, but he fucked off and i tried to put it back the way is was and only got it by the last session. last time someone touches my bike.

Ntox said you were holding him up

**OutForADuck** · 14th February 2011, 15:18

Originally Posted by zealchick

its about balance....struggling to find it myself

it'l be less play time for me i guess.....struggling to get the accountant to see my argument for sponsorship

imagine her respnse when she sees a new 'vehicle purchase' through the company

No no that's not the way it works.. you just made a significant investment in a new toy, err piece of business equiptment, you'll have to now make sure you get your monies worth out of it, its just good financial sense.

Makes sense no?

**zealchick** · 14th February 2011, 15:25

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

No no that's not the way it works.. you just made a significant investment in a new toy, err piece of business equiptment, you'll have to now make sure you get your monies worth out of it, its just good financial sense.

Makes sense no?

does to me, happy director = happy business.... right??

**R-Soul** · 14th February 2011, 15:52

Originally Posted by zealchick

does to me, happy director = happy business.... right??

Think of all the additional productivity by getting to work on time, or when visiting clients, or cutting the commute. No amount of money can be put on timeliness....

**Ntoxcated** · 14th February 2011, 18:23

Originally Posted by OutForADuck

Sorry I missed it, but they tell me you can't be playing all the time.... Damned if I know why

Who says you can't

Here is today's effort from Hampton Downs

**Ntoxcated** · 14th February 2011, 18:25

Originally Posted by BoristheBiter

third session file when i cut out turns 2 to 6 was corrupt as it would not shut off so i had to pull the battery so sorry all my dirt riding can't be seen, well this one anyway.

Cue Tui's ad?

I thought they looked good. The wet session wasn't much fun though.