Learner Ride to Taupo (Saturday 11 Feb 2012)

[jaffaonajappa]

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Bro. I know you......youve probably given me a Mardi Gras enrollment phone number.

[The Singing Chef]

sounds like it was another Awesome weekend - even if the last three or four pages of discussion should have been shifted to a different "Leading group rides" kinda thread.

Have a question. My better half is gaining confidence on her GN250. But its a pig dog of a bike on the open road. Doesn't like to corner at speed (it IS a GN after all), doesn't like to sit on 110kmh for too long, and is comfy at only 90 really.

So the question is this. After reading pages about cornering lines and so forth....just how fast were you guys going?

Only the speed limit, but if there was a bike that wasn't able to go 100 I am sure the leaders would have slowed to 90 to accommodate.

[The Singing Chef]

Bro. I know you......youve probably given me a Mardi Gras enrollment phone number.

Haha shit you are onto me

speaking of which, would be good to see you out for a ride bro!

[jaffaonajappa]

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Mmmmm sexy predator!

This is wrong on 2 levels. If not several levels.

1. Honda.
2. Northland.

[Phreak]

I kept my top speed at 100, if a corner was signposted I slowed down appropriately. Not hugely slowing down, admittedly, but keeping the average pace more than comfortable. Although, in saying that, there was a section of unpainted road that I took a lot slower, because it was a lot less comfortable to navigate without a centre line (without taking focus off what was in the distance to look down at how far over the lane you might be...)

[Ntoxcated]

Haha it is like OCD's bike which is a lowered Er6f, her husband grinds away the pegs when he rides it quite easily.

I most certainly have not

[Timmeh:P]

Ha! Well moral of this story everyone... It's better to use lube than panadol. Reduce the risk of injury and the next ride will be even better!

[Rehab]

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Mmmmm sexy predator!

This is what was conjured up in my mind....

[Phreak]

Mmmmm porn....

[The Singing Chef]

I kept my top speed at 100, if a corner was signposted I slowed down appropriately. Not hugely slowing down, admittedly, but keeping the average pace more than comfortable. Although, in saying that, there was a section of unpainted road that I took a lot slower, because it was a lot less comfortable to navigate without a centre line (without taking focus off what was in the distance to look down at how far over the lane you might be...)

We all found it quite a comfortable pace, but yea those unpainted roads took a bit more concentration lol

I most certainly have not

Hahaha I am sure if someone tried they could drag their balls through a corner, it is rather low.

[Grant`]

So the question is this. After reading pages about cornering lines and so forth....just how fast were you guys going?

This was all in the group riding, so sub 100kph speeds.

[Timmeh:P]

sounds like it was another Awesome weekend - even if the last three or four pages of discussion should have been shifted to a different "Leading group rides" kinda thread.

Good to have this discussion here... A kind of rider debrief thing. We all learn from it and the next ride will be safer and more enjoyable.

[Grant`]

This is wrong on 2 levels. If not several levels.

1. Honda.
2. Northland.

The honda wasn't in norfland when that foto was taken Au!

[Phreak]

"last of the non oil burning blades"? Get an 08 one then - a 1000cc two stroke would be mental.

I prefer the look of the '07 model. '08 front fairing / nosecone just looks plain fugly!

[Phreak]

The honda wasn't in norfland when that foto was taken Au!

Nope, it was in Whakamaru if I remember correctly!