Cruisy Night Rides

[helenoftroy]

Video was awesome Transalp

Good for my young one to watch(Casualty) -lines etc,and there are some good bits where your looking ahead and through the corners, we had a bit of a talk about wot to try and do when you come across idiots.Its hard explaining things to learners sometimes.

The mighty DR was right up there

The son is very keen for tonight.We'll be there

[Mikkel]

You guys have a nice ride! As I wrote in an earlier post in this thread - going up the Valley beyond Diamond harbour is a nice place with very little traffic.

Be safe, enjoy

[Transalper]

......,and there are some good bits where your looking ahead and through the corners, we had a bit of a talk about wot to try and do when you come across idiots.Its hard explaining things to learners sometimes....

hi Helenoftroy, I reckon you should go get the latest Kiwirider mag and sit down with him and watch the included DVD asap.
I do usually look through the bends but when filming I often try hold my head so that I think the camera is pointing more at the next guy while i move just my eyes further up the road. Doing it that way can mess a bit with balance though because the best weay to look up the road its to lift your head.

[Transalper]

You guys have a nice ride! As I wrote in an earlier post in this thread - going up the Valley beyond Diamond harbour is a nice place with very little traffic.

Be safe, enjoy

Shoot, if they plan to do that then I'd think about dropping todays OT and go too.

[helenoftroy]

hi Helenoftroy, I reckon you should go get the latest Kiwirider mag and sit down with him and watch the included DVD asap.
I do usually look through the bends but when filming I often try hold my head so that I think the camera is pointing more at the next guy while i move just my eyes further up the road. Doing it that way can mess a bit with balance though because the best weay to look up the road its to lift your head.

Will buy it tomorrow and we'll watch it thanks Transalp.

I think your filming is excellent

[dangerous]

There will always be room for improvement and don't ever go thinking that where the camera is pointing is the same as where my eyes are pointing.

ohh man, I was not refering to you... but the other riders in the group.

[Transalper]

ohh man, I was not refering to you... but the other riders in the group.

that may be, but my worst dirty little secrets from that ride have been mysteriously and oh so conveniently cut out of the video

OK ok, I'll admit it, I stuck my head way toooo far over the middle line on at least one blindish right hand bend on Gebbies.
What makes it even worse is I was aware I was about to do it and could have backed off to avoid it.
I'll blame the camera on my head wanting to get closer to the lads in front.

[Transalper]

You people now have only 15 minutes to convince me that I want to go riding more than I need the overtime. I'm running my dirt tyres today so will be definitely not chasing any sport bikes at pace this time. I hope we all got that out of our systems last week anyway.

[Deviant Esq]

not bad lines, but always room for improvment. That car reversing on a blind corner should have been delt with.

I quite agree, always room for improvement, there was a bit of erraticness on that ride, a bit of "artistic licence" in some creative lines that were taken!

Car reversing on the blind corner? Fookin' lucky none of us ran into the back of it!! I was up the front with Mikkel in front of me. We both went honking around that corner doing roughly 75km/h... and how we didn't end up collected by that fookin clown is pretty much down to luck - luck that there wasn't anything coming the other way. Definitely a moment.

[JMemonic]

Good ride tonight folks, Alex I hope you got home ok, was a great night and the light is lasting longer which might account for all the new faces tonight.

Shame we were sort of fragmented at the end there and went off different ways but such is the way of things.

[fireliv]

So we did the blat round sumner and round the bays to the weatsheaf. 20 riders tonight so great turn out! Also some new people which was awesome to!

Dangerous- the advice you were giving Helen and Casualty was really good and I found myself thinking about that more on the way back. So I have lots to work on and figure out! But hey practice makes perfect (I hope)


THe only downer tonight is my speedo cable broke again on the way homw. JMermonic took a look and thinks its because there is a brass feeder bit missing and that Parrot should fix it so heres hoping. Will take it to them 2morrow. Oh a JWalkers little stone incident- freak of nature that was!

[Spuds1234]

Good ride tonight folks, Alex I hope you got home ok, was a great night and the light is lasting longer which might account for all the new faces tonight.

Shame we were sort of fragmented at the end there and went off different ways but such is the way of things.

Yea mate got home ok.

Headlight was a bit weak though when I got home.

An excellent night for a ride and Im glad I came along. Good to see many new faces on the ride.

[fireliv]

DEVIANT!!! where were you!!!

[Ghost_Bullet]

Ghost Bullet took a look and thinks its because there is a brass feeder bit missing and that Parrot should fix it so heres hoping.

There is another G-Bullet??? god damn I am freakin here right now... am I really at home... Just went outside to check if the bike was warm... no.. stone cold it is. Ghost Bullet is only a avatar name... now I am begining to wonder.. what am I becoming, or has it already happened. So glad I could help though?????

My oh my... Even Mrs Bullet never seen me go or come home

[dangerous]

Dangerous- the advice you were giving Helen and Casualty was really good and I found myself thinking about that more on the way back. So I have lots to work on and figure out! But hey practice makes perfect (I hope)

See... Im not that bad a old bastard after all aye

OK ok, I'll admit it, I stuck my head way toooo far over the middle line on at least one blindish right hand bend on Gebbies.
What makes it even worse is I was aware I was about to do it and could have backed off to avoid it.

Ok IMHO the reason this happens to the averag rider is... apexing to soon.
by this I mean the rider is turning in to soon as they are looking to far forward, I reconmend using ya upper body weight to counter stear and ulter the direction of the bike, should you get in such a situation... remember IMHO, what may work for me may not for the next.

Oh a JWalkers little stone incident- freak of nature that was!

naaa it wasnt, he came in to hot and too much front brake... yes I seen it all, and yes it was me that picked the bike up, hell could happen to any of us, was a tad gutted for ya Walker