SMC L-Plate riders' practice thread

**Ragingrob** · 6th June 2008, 20:27

Originally Posted by Squiggles

Lucky, i've passed my general ed, but have 2 exams on thurs and one the following monday

Oops I meant three to go

. Damn! Mine are pretty spread out, wait don't you have one on the LAST monday? The 30th?

**Ragingrob** · 6th June 2008, 20:30

Originally Posted by shingo

well...thats the plan, but i'm not making any promises

Hell yeah i'm keen, been wanting to go snowboarding since my brother started, just been to lazy to do anything about it.

So yeah, you can count me in for the next trip. Just have to start saving some dosh to pay for it.

Well here's to hoping that we do more good than bad to my bike!

MEAN, always good to get more people into riding both on the roads AND the slopes

**Ragingrob** · 6th June 2008, 20:31

And for a nice triple post... So about 1:30 or 2pm at Stephens then? For making my bike even cooler, and Soph to battle the GN.

**shingo** · 6th June 2008, 20:56

Originally Posted by Ragingrob

And for a nice triple post... So about 1:30 or 2pm at Stephens then? For making my bike even cooler, and Soph to battle the GN.

Sounds good to me.

I have been given permission to ride the DR too

**Macstar** · 6th June 2008, 23:23

Remember to purge the coolant bleed valve if youe engine has one robby

**EJK** · 6th June 2008, 23:25

I'm hungry. Can we light up the barbie tmrw?

**Ragingrob** · 6th June 2008, 23:33

Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI

I'm hungry. Can we light up the barbie tmrw?

I'm free after about 1pm

**Ragingrob** · 6th June 2008, 23:34

Originally Posted by Macstar

Remember to purge the coolant bleed valve if youe engine has one robby

After reading the manual and looking at the cbr forums, I don't THINK my bike has one. There's been a little talk about releasing any trapped air by running the bike with the radiator cap or something, so yeah I assume it doesn't have one

**Macstar** · 6th June 2008, 23:40

Sweetas. You're spose to do a radiator flush annually. Apparently, coolant can become positively charged after awhile making your radiator act like a big battery? If that sounds too far fetched, crappy radiator coolant corodes your hoses and engine...

**Ragingrob** · 6th June 2008, 23:45

Haha yeah, well if I cruise into town from Karaka the temp sits down the cold side of things. Hop off the motorway, sitting at lights for 2mins and it'll be up around 3/4 or higher! So I'm gonna see if new coolant and a nice flushing will help that.