South Auckland Street Skills

[jeeron]

For the ride tomorrow will it just be a ride or also some maneuvering?

[nzspokes]

Sis will be there with the balls so we will do some carpark work.

[kiwi-on-wheels]

Damnit, cant make this week

[jeeron]

Nice. Bringing someone along so just got her bike. Has some ozzy experience

[aws]

I've put my leave request in to the manager, so hopefully make the ride tomorrow

[Tigadee]

Essential info for the newbies to SASS:
South Auckland Street Skills or SASS

WHAT: Learning and improving Riding Skills
WHEN: Tuesday Nights
WHERE: Meet at Z (ex-Shell) Service Station, Cnr Great South Road and Taka St, TAKANINI (the one with a Burger King)
WHO: Riders new and old, and anyone getting back into Motorcycling (must be legal & hold a motorcycle license).
Weather and venue permitting - Heavy Rain may mean that we are watching DVDs. Showers are OK, look on the thread for more up-to-date information.
Depending on the number of riders and their experience levels, a short ride may be included to practice further skills. If there are enough riders, some nights can be split into two different groups.

Some nights may include:
Practicing essential skills and techniques in a quiet carpark
On-the-road practice which may see you doing up to a 1hr - 1 1/2hr ride.

WHY:
- Practice essential skills for staying alive on the road.
- Practical help with your riding.
- Fun times with fellow riders, with great stories and discussions.
- Build friendships, solicit advice and pick-up riding tips.

MEET at Z station Takanini -----------> before 6.55pm

START ride -----------------------------> 7pm

FINISH ride at ex-Manukau City Council car park for slow-speed safety exercises -----> usually 8pm-8.15pm
(next to the new Manukau train station & opp. police station)

SOCIAL time @ BRONCOS after car park exercises -----------> 8.45pm-ish

Cost: Nil, nada, zip, zero, nothing... Just your time and attention.

Details of what will be happening each week will be posted on this thread. So kick the tires and light the fires... Let's ride, aSASSins!

Disclaimer:
The SASS activity is intended to give any riders advice on their riding and to practice their skills in a safe and relaxed environment. The organisers of SASS are NOT responsible for any rider, their machines and/or any persons involved. All people attending SASS do so at their own risk.

[Tigadee]

I'm quite sure I'll be there tomorrow, folks, with my different looking horney Black Beauty! See you there, aSASSins!

Going for my learners today(monday), it will be my first time on public main roads so not sure if i'll be confident enough to ride out to south.

Maybe after I get a bit more experience in on main roads with cagers around me, also fucked up my finger so not sure if i'll be able to use the clutch

Good luck and join us for SASS, whatever the outcome. You'll get better with SASS...

But it is quieter now.

Awwwww...

[jeeron]

Whereabouts are you coming from aziz? Might be able to pick you up if you want

[Tigadee]

Whereabouts are you coming from aziz? Might be able to pick you up if you want

If coming through SW20, I can meet and bring you in, Aziz.

[Azizthetics]

Good luck today Aziz. Let us know if you'd like an escort out South or to SASS if ur keen, someone might be able to meet ya and you could shadow them to the rendezvous point. Hope ur finger heels fast, bugga! How'd ya manage that? Now that's bloody inconvenient isn't it!

At piha
Rugby Ball
Friend told me to go long
Went long
Failed at catching
Finger dislocated I think.

Hopefully i'll be able to make it next week.

My bike doesn't have a fuel gauge so I have to continually open up the tank and check... Or maybe it does have one and I just can't find (?) lol

Whereabouts are you coming from aziz? Might be able to pick you up if you want

Also coming from West Auckland, Kelston, New Lynn Area

[Tigadee]

Also coming from West Auckland, Kelston, New Lynn Area

We can meet up at the BP in Mangere Bridge or Mangere Bridge Village and go on from there next week if you want...

[aws]

My bike doesn't have a fuel gauge so I have to continually open up the tank and check... Or maybe it does have one and I just can't find (?) lol

Don't know about Keeway, but old school bikes never had a fuel gauge - just a fuel tap to switch between normal and reserve - often on the left hand side below the tank. Run it till it splutters, then switch over to reserve - then you have about 30 or 40 ks to full up. Also used the trip meter to keep track of how far I'd gone on each tank. Still do this.

I used to hate it when my old TZR spluttered out at the lights. It had a vacuum fuel tap, so I'd have to kick it over heaps to pull enough fuel back through the carbies - usually with other traffic waiting to get going behind me Not so bad if I was moving with enough speed to draw it thru before it stopped (and that's without grabbing the clutch). Had to know exactly where the tap was for a quick switch in those days!

[nzspokes]

At piha
Rugby Ball
Friend told me to go long
Went long
Failed at catching
Finger dislocated I think.

Hopefully i'll be able to make it next week.

My bike doesn't have a fuel gauge so I have to continually open up the tank and check... Or maybe it does have one and I just can't find (?) lol





Also coming from West Auckland, Kelston, New Lynn Area

Just fill it when you come over, should have the range for that.

Im In Glen Eden and sometimes cut back home to pick up my pillion before coming back out. You can tag along with us.

[Azizthetics]

Just fill it when you come over, should have the range for that.

Im In Glen Eden and sometimes cut back home to pick up my pillion before coming back out. You can tag along with us.

Learners is booked for tomorrow as it was full today.

Can't move the finger so no riding for at least a week I'm guessing. Will most likely hit you up for next weeks SASS.

At least i'll have my learners sorted though!

[Sis]

Balls are packed on the bike.

Remember to bring your sunnies as my bike is clean now.
The bling might catch you out.