Laxed out rides

[kb_SF1]

All coming along well, Mark is checking out a meeting place west of Hn this weekend for the Hn and Akld riders to meet before heading down to Te Kuiti. Looks like we will have details next week.

Plans are well progressing well, looks like we will meet the NP leg riders at Te Kuiti mid afternoon then into Hn the shortest way, on to Akld and the relay on Nth Shore.

I',m planning to ride Te Kuiti to Akld. looks like there will be a good number riding with the baton all the way.
I'm looking to get to the club night wed if work allows and give as much inf as I can, if I can't get there I text you.

KB

[BigAl]

I saw one officer while I was behind car&boat. I assume s/he looked in the rear vision while watching us zoom past, and took note of regos? Cause if thats the case I'd better start putting aside some $

Nah you'll be right mate, no way they could read your plate from rear view mirror.

Advantage of riding in a group is Popos doesn't know which bike he locked on to, mind you they could try and do all riders so big advantage in not being last

[wharekura]

since i cant flutter my eye lashes or pull out my chest if i get pulled ova, i just go to the officer "its a hyosung 250 - they dont go that fast or they'll break apart"

[kevie]

All coming along well, Mark is checking out a meeting place west of Hn this weekend for the Hn and Akld riders to meet before heading down to Te Kuiti. Looks like we will have details next week.

Plans are well progressing well, looks like we will meet the NP leg riders at Te Kuiti mid afternoon then into Hn the shortest way, on to Akld and the relay on Nth Shore.

I',m planning to ride Te Kuiti to Akld. looks like there will be a good number riding with the baton all the way.
I'm looking to get to the club night wed if work allows and give as much inf as I can, if I can't get there I text you.

KB

Im interested in riding along on this too ..... should do my wife has survived cancer twice.

[awa355]

If there is no organised ride for tomorrow, Phil and I thought we might to the Kawhia-harbour rd/Marakopa-Waitomo circut.

Anyone wants to come along, Phill will leave Hamilton about 9.45. We'll leave my place at 10am. My mob is 027 6923454 if you want to join in.

An alternative, depending on the weather could be a Kopu-Whangamata-Waihi loop. (added, sunday morn.)

[kb_SF1]

3 rounds of Classic Bike racing at Hampton tomorrow with the Post Classics having 3 races as well. Hot up there today and heading back tomorrow morning.

[philmc]

leaving gull melville ss @9.45 for ride to kawhia. will pick up aw355 on way

[Warr]

Went on the Boyds ride to Nikau Caves Cafe and back down the coast with great views of Mt Karioi to Te Akau Wharf which is across the Raglan harbour.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=99152a2913

Here is the route taken including lots of Gravel ! http://g.co/maps/8gfbr

Glenn showed some of us an interesting site
Its a Vortec Wind-turbine perched on a hill past the Caves Cafe

Some extra reading here ... http://www.y23.com/global/vortec/

[sil3nt]

Went on the Boyds ride to Nikau Caves Cafe and back down the coast with great views of Mt Karioi to Te Akau Wharf which is across the Raglan harbour.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=99152a2913

Thought that was next week

[wharekura]

Anyone wants to come along, Phill will leave Hamilton about 9.45.

Gardening and roof painting happened that day - went to raglan on saturday with the wife following and she said i was going to slow. so going to get a bike mount for an android phone and calibrate speed with android speedo app.

[ckai]

Glenn showed some of us an interesting site
Its a Vortec Wind-turbine perched on a hill past the Caves Cafe

Some extra reading here ... http://www.y23.com/global/vortec/

I only skimmed over it but was it due to finances or being a bit before it's time that it didn't come to anything. Interesting though. Bloody ugly! They'd suit tidal generation.

[ckai]

Gardening and roof painting happened that day - went to raglan on saturday with the wife following and she said i was going to slow. so going to get a bike mount for an android phone and calibrate speed with android speedo app.

I know the Daytona's speedo is out by about 6kms. Brooke followed me in the car once and said I was riding like a nana. Followed her and I was doing 112 on the bike when she said she was 109. Obviously the car's out too. I get the same 6km/h differences from all the speed signs I go past. Never done the phone check thing. I really should get a waterproof phone mount for my bike as well. Although I'm yet to use GPS on it (maybe cause I don't have a mount )

[awa355]

You will find every speedo ever made probably reads fast. My XVS650 reads four k's faster than the GPS at a 100kph. And thats more accurate than my CBF250 and my Nissan Pulsar were.

A TV programme looked at car speedo reading errors last year. An indicated 8 kph faster than the true speed at 100kph isn't unusual.

Years ago, I was told it is due to the twist that occurs in the speedo cable between the front hub and the dial. I dont know whether that's true or not, or if electricaly wired speedos are more accurate.

[BigAl]

Get a Speedo Healer, most speedos are out by 5-10% plus different sprockets/profile tyres muck up your speedo as well.

They are real easy to install and calibrate.

[slofox]

You will find every speedo ever made probably reads fast. My XVS650 reads four k's faster than the GPS at a 100kph. And thats more accurate than my CBF250 and my Nissan Pulsar were.

A TV programme looked at car speedo reading errors last year. An indicated 8 kph faster than the true speed at 100kph isn't unusual.

Years ago, I was told it is due to the twist that occurs in the speedo cable between the front hub and the dial. I dont know whether that's true or not, or if electricaly wired speedos are more accurate.

Electronic speedos are no more accurate. My gixxer was +9% until I speedohealed it...

Get a Speedo Healer, most speedos are out by 5-10% plus different sprockets/profile tyres muck up your speedo as well.

They are real easy to install and calibrate.

USUALLY...quite apart from the fact that you need baby sized hands to get to the wiring on the gixxer, my speedohealer had a component that was a fraction off spec. My bike and two others in the world would not work with it in place. SpeedoTech had to make me up several units before they got one to work. I should add that they went to enormous efforts to get it right. But the speedo is now totally in agreement with the GPS. Until the tyres wear down that is. Then it's 1% out...