South Auckland Street Skills

**nzspokes** · 3rd June 2014, 16:35

I'm going.

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**eldog** · 3rd June 2014, 16:50

Originally Posted by Tigadee

Would love to come to SASS but am swamped with work and didn't sleep well last night, so want an early to-bed night tonight...

and yur excuse is ...

**eldog** · 3rd June 2014, 16:51

Originally Posted by nzspokes

I'm going.

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I'll join ya, when I finish work

**Theantidote** · 3rd June 2014, 16:58

Me and uncle b will b there tonight...rugged up to the max but it'll b clear as...depending on where youre gonna head i might have to peel off and rejoin my family...c yall soon

**Sis** · 3rd June 2014, 17:43

Originally Posted by f2dz

I knew Lance was secretly a gang member. His Scorpio and hivis vest is just a front. Very clever...

Forecast is good. I'm aiming to be there. Got some good riding in over the weekend. Gradually increasing confidence on the new bike.

I passed Peter on his GSX650 2up heading towards Kawakawa Bay on the weekend. Does he come on KB at all?

Peter knows about SASS through Ulysses so I am not sure if he comes on KB at all.

But the REAL BIG question is if you bother to wave at your KB mates

Well 3 of us were left speechless as you tootled past on that sexy beast of a bike. Maybe that is the reason right there.

We were stunned. We had our bikes lined up and MellowYellow was the first. How could you miss that beacon of a machine, even when it is silent.

**aws** · 3rd June 2014, 21:19

Originally Posted by Theantidote

Cool....sounz good...what r the brands to go for and which wood u avoid?
I remember years ago my uncle had some on a triumphwhich melted his grips off at a 100 kph once. Not the best look when youre tooling down the road...

I only have experience with Oxfords. My DL650 came with them and they worked OK. I think they were the standard model. I'm now on my second set of Oxford sports Hot Grips on my Fazer. The controller from the first set packed up after about a year/18 mths, I think due to water inside it - pretty disappointing. In the meantime, Oxford have completely redesigned the controller and it is a lot better and now completely sealed against water ingress. It is also easier to fit since it doesn't have a second controller box under the seat. The auto cutoff is also a lot more reliable and does actually switch the unit off after a few minutes of turning the bike off (it detects the reduction in voltage noise once the engine is shut off). The old unit supposedly detected voltage drop to switch the unit off, but I've had to push-start my bike on at least 2 separate occasions after forgetting switch them off. Not an easy task in a flat carpark wearing full winter gear!

The sports Hot Grips are a little slimmer than some of the other models Oxford offer. They are still a touch thicker than standard grips - but not enough to cause a problem with the brake lever. One person I spoke to said he had a problem with the rough texture of the sports grips being too grippy when reaching for the brake/clutch levers, but I've never had a problem with this. However I do seem to be wearing through the clutch grip quite quickly. Fortunately I have a spare set now since I didn't need to change them over with the new controller.

**eldog** · 3rd June 2014, 22:59

Originally Posted by aws

I only have experience with Oxfords. My DL650 came with them and they worked OK. I think they were the standard model. I'm now on my second set of Oxford sports Hot Grips on my Fazer. The controller from the first set packed up after about a year/18 mths, I think due to water inside it - pretty disappointing. In the meantime, Oxford have completely redesigned the controller and it is a lot better and now completely sealed against water ingress. It is also easier to fit since it doesn't have a second controller box under the seat. The auto cutoff is also a lot more reliable and does actually switch the unit off after a few minutes of turning the bike off (it detects the reduction in voltage noise once the engine is shut off). The old unit supposedly detected voltage drop to switch the unit off, but I've had to push-start my bike on at least 2 separate occasions after forgetting switch them off. Not an easy task in a flat carpark wearing full winter gear!

The sports Hot Grips are a little slimmer than some of the other models Oxford offer. They are still a touch thicker than standard grips - but not enough to cause a problem with the brake lever. One person I spoke to said he had a problem with the rough texture of the sports grips being too grippy when reaching for the brake/clutch levers, but I've never had a problem with this. However I do seem to be wearing through the clutch grip quite quickly. Fortunately I have a spare set now since I didn't need to change them over with the new controller.

thanks AWS, nice review, still thinking about these above (heated grips) or glove liners, heated jacket with/out arms. They all seem to have equal pros and cons maybe NZSPOKES can point us in some other direction to look on the web, just cold one some days, would be nice if the jacket could act as a fridge as well on those hot days

**nzspokes** · 3rd June 2014, 23:06

Take a look at my jacket sometime. Its well vented fot hot weather and watm for cold with the liners in.

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**Glowerss** · 4th June 2014, 03:42

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Take a look at my jacket sometime. Its well vented fot hot weather and watm for cold with the liners in.

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Got a link to said jacket (or what it is)? Replacing a bunch of my gear as it's all falling to bits, and am definitely looking for ideas for a good jacket/gloves.

**Tigadee** · 4th June 2014, 09:05

Originally Posted by Glowerss

Got a link to said jacket (or what it is)? Replacing a bunch of my gear as it's all falling to bits, and am definitely looking for ideas for a good jacket/gloves.

Well, well, well... look who's decided to finally show up on here!

How've you been? What have you been up to? Where have you been riding?

**f2dz** · 4th June 2014, 09:12

Originally Posted by Sis

Peter knows about SASS through Ulysses so I am not sure if he comes on KB at all.

But the REAL BIG question is if you bother to wave at your KB mates

Well 3 of us were left speechless as you tootled past on that sexy beast of a bike. Maybe that is the reason right there.

We were stunned. We had our bikes lined up and MellowYellow was the first. How could you miss that beacon of a machine, even when it is silent.

Next time I'm gonna wave, scream and shout to embarrass you. Still dunno how I missed you all.

Cheers for the ride last night, was great, and the bike setup advice, spokes.

**nzspokes** · 4th June 2014, 12:31

Originally Posted by f2dz

Next time I'm gonna wave, scream and shout to embarrass you. Still dunno how I missed you all.

Cheers for the ride last night, was great, and the bike setup advice, spokes.

Originally Posted by Glowerss

Got a link to said jacket (or what it is)? Replacing a bunch of my gear as it's all falling to bits, and am definitely looking for ideas for a good jacket/gloves.

Its a Revit Spectrum from memory. From Motomail. There Revit seems to last well.

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