Bombay Hills crash (mid April)

**scumdog** · 29th April 2012, 21:28

Originally Posted by vtrchick

yeah come on Rossirep, im new to the akaroa GP and want to see how some real riding is done on this road, wheelies and all! so far all iv seen out there is old nanas, stupid slow harleys that cant even go round corners and the odd scooter! am i wrong in saying that its just courtesy to let people pass if your holding them up????

Ask the mountainbiker on the Port Hills...

**rossirep** · 29th April 2012, 21:35

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie

haha, classic. I do want to see some video action tho

next time your in town give me a holla and il show ya, thats if i dont post something on here to shut the haters up.. lol,

**ducatilover** · 29th April 2012, 21:41

Originally Posted by rossirep

next time your in town give me a holla and il show ya, thats if i dont post something on here to shut the haters up.. lol,

Go ooooooooooon.

**Ender EnZed** · 29th April 2012, 21:46

Post the fucking video!

**Madness** · 29th April 2012, 21:48

I think he needs help. Start by plugging your camera into the computer or sticking the SD card in...

**gammaguy** · 30th April 2012, 03:43

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Have you ever thought that not everyone has enough money to go to a race track? You might have enough cash to throw around but some of us struggle to even find the cash to buy half a tank of petrol.

riiight

so he can afford an R1 but not a trackday

**Kickaha** · 30th April 2012, 06:42

Originally Posted by gammaguy

riiight

so he can afford an R1 but not a trackday

It's more he can't afford to do a track day as he'll get shown up as a slowcoach

**rossirep** · 30th April 2012, 07:52

Originally Posted by Kickaha

It's more he can't afford to do a track day as he'll get shown up as a slowcoach

and here we go again with the track talk..

the track has all of about 14 bends in it, so no matter how shit and slow you were if you went round it enough times you would get fast at it, or 1 would hope so

so with all this track talk from you bunch of awesome riders on this most amazing site i hope i dont see any of you on the roads next summer.

**rossirep** · 30th April 2012, 07:55

Originally Posted by gammaguy

riiight

so he can afford an R1 but not a trackday

i can more than afford a track day, its that im not interested in doing one.
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i like to pretend im fast by passing slow riders on the road, nothing better than blasting past a harley or scooter to make myself feel awesome.. hahahaha,

**nzspokes** · 30th April 2012, 07:59

Originally Posted by rossirep

i hope i dont see any of you on the roads next summer.

Why? You wont be able to get past?

**R1** · 30th April 2012, 09:09

Originally Posted by 300weatherby

A bin waiting to happen: a blue R1 with blue healight covers doing the Akaroa GP.

I watched in my mirrors ( Busa has outstanding mirrors!) from when I hit the bottom of the Hilltop, Cooptown side, I am going up the hill at a fast cruise, just my normal pace in the real world, I keep an eye on this guy as he is all over the road and passing cars in really dumb places, stamping on the brakes and giving it handfulls off them, tried to make him pass me a couple of times, unsuccessfully, over the top and going down I stick it in the slow lane and yay! he goes past and I go back to my fast cruise, not hard on the brakes, useing lines I choose to and progressive rollon the gas so my ride is smooth, controlled and fun, not an intensive workout in fear management.

Only trouble was, my rate of progress was such that I had to watch this guy passing cars going into blind left handers accross the bonnet turning in. I had to watch this guy going in on the centreline passing cars on the brakes into blind right handers. I had to watch this guy frequently useing both sides of the road to go around corners. On one of the downhill straights, he passed a car that would have held him up for a couple of corners, fair enough......... maybe not for the car coming past going up the hill level with the two of them......

I have to pass the same cars, but manage to do it without risking my neck or theirs, I manage to do it without acually looking like I am racing on the limits, but somehow am unable to keep from being able to see the pending tradgedy racing before me. I am not actually going stupid fast.

I roll along the marine parade in Akaroa as he is getting off his bike, and get the "nod" as if we were mates back in the pits after the chequered flag. He gets only a sad resigned shake of the head in return, as I head back to Little River to get an icecream and enjoy the afternoon sun.

The Akaroa cop hates us, hard to blame him.

What I do not get is why this type of rider rides on the road in a closed environment like he is after Rossi's Ducati ride, yet doesn't jump on the track and show us how fast he is in a place without the random variables.

The people who race in the real world, tend not to have the skills to get out of trouble without a healthy dose of luck, riding at mega pace does not equall mega skill. Why Why Why!

Lol I watched the video of your so called "fast cruise" and have to say you ride like all the other busa owners.....Shit! why the fuck did you not just pull out of his way if you couldn't handle the pace? in my opinion you were the one making it dangerous iv ridden with the guy on the blue R1 for over a decade and he is all good!! you should have faced the fact you were never going to keep up and pulled the fuck over!!

**R1** · 30th April 2012, 09:15

Originally Posted by scumdog

PM me and I'll give you some grammar tips.

And some that might save your life - and even better, some advice that might save you from embarrasment on KB.

The only thing embarrassing on KB is having more than a couple of thousand posts, I mean seriously do you guys even ride?