Hornet Swarm Night City

**Badger8** · 19th January 2009, 14:19

I will be there tonight, and will endeavour to be on time. Got a very important NFL game to watch first tho

**gijoe1313** · 19th January 2009, 15:42

Originally Posted by Badger8

I will be there tonight, and will endeavour to be on time. Got a very important NFL game to watch first tho

Hey I'm 1500km over my service interval, but I'm still riding it! At least it wasn't as bad as last time ... 3000km over!

I keep booking them in advance and calculate what milage I do roughly to get there ... but it seems I somehow manage to cram more riding in somewhere before then!

**Badger8** · 19th January 2009, 20:29

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Hey I'm 1500km over my service interval, but I'm still riding it! At least it wasn't as bad as last time ... 3000km over!

I keep booking them in advance and calculate what milage I do roughly to get there ... but it seems I somehow manage to cram more riding in somewhere before then!

However do you do it? i wonder...

Well it was just m'self and GIJoe tonight, so pootle onward we did. Stopping off for the obligatory Daikoku noodle house dinner, then on the dingle dale park (or is that dingle dangle?

), through the st helliers GP a few times, getting some pointers on my lines and smooth riding. Then onward to the secret shady establishment of blush for a slushy and a bit more chinwag before heading for home. A nice little evening pootle, and home before too late. Excellent

**gijoe1313** · 19th January 2009, 21:27

Badger8 did the easy yards with me tonight, I did the padawan thing and got him to brave his comfort zone a little more! Did blardy well an started to polish his cornering technique

He's already described the gist of the ride, so a nice and cruisy start for my re-introduction to the Hornet Swarm Night City rides again!

Oh yeah - he did have a go riding my Big Ol'Hornet around a wee bit! Just to get a taste of it mind!

**BANZAI** · 19th January 2009, 21:46

Hey you guys should try Mentaz noodle house or Tanpopo noodle house. Altho both of them are very hard to find parking for it.

**Badger8** · 19th January 2009, 21:50

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Oh yeah - he did have a go riding my Big Ol'Hornet around a wee bit! Just to get a taste of it mind!

Ooer, how could i forget! Was just a quick spin round the block, but was impressed with how smoothly she picks up speed. Will have to take her for a little pootle away from the confines of traffic and 5-minute traffic lights on queen st sometime

Originally Posted by BANZAI

Hey you guys should try Mentaz noodle house or Tanpopo noodle house. Altho both of them are very hard to find parking for it.

Dude, that's what the footpath is for

**zeocen** · 19th January 2009, 21:53

So, these Hornets eh....

**TOTO** · 19th January 2009, 21:55

I was working, but managed to arange a swim with a gorgeous hottie of the female kind for later this week, so please excuse my absence

Is anyone keen on a pootle tomorrow ?

**musicman** · 19th January 2009, 22:04

Originally Posted by TOTO

I was working, but managed to arange a swim with a gorgeous hottie of the female kind for later this week, so please excuse my absence

And you will be providing pics of said hottie as proof, yes?

**TOTO** · 19th January 2009, 22:12

Nope, pics and vids will remain toto's property

**Badger8** · 20th January 2009, 14:41

Originally Posted by TOTO

Nope, pics and vids will remain toto's property

Pics or it didnt happen

**BANZAI** · 20th January 2009, 18:20

Originally Posted by Badger8

Dude, that's what the footpath is for

Mentaz is manageable but not Tanpopo. Unless they finished working on bottom of Anzac Ave...

**zeocen** · 20th January 2009, 18:59

Well had a bit of a small trip around bike shops today with gijoe1313 after picking his bike up from a service, randomly met up with TOTO and I was firmly introduced with "The Hooligan".. I swear TOTO pops out of nowhere! But even through the helmet you can see his ear to ear smile from a days riding going on.

We had a look at some bikes but none took my fancy, I came home with intentions of having a look at a certain cherry red bike, with reservations, in the evening....

I am now happy to say that I have crumbled and have become a member of the swarm! A 2007 cherry red Honda Hornet 900! How can I fault this bike? For the price, I cannot! I had EVERY intention of going back to a sports bike but this bike.. it does everything. I pick the beaut up later this week and I absolutely can NOT wait.

I'm not sure if cherry red is the correct colour term, but that's what I thought of when I saw it! I will have to stop being a pussy and harden up on the ol' wind resistence though, but I think a small investment in a tiny screen is in the works!

Woohoo!

**Swoop** · 20th January 2009, 19:11

Hopefully you chaps didn't meet up with a sneaky bike-snake who was praked up with his back wheel to the curb (between praked cars) on Nelson St last night.
His little laser doing the pointy-pointy thing...
Watched him go WHOOP WHOOP "pull over" to a psyclist, and then proceeded to give the lycra clad one a good talking to!

Ahh. Entertainment is where you find it.

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

I tussled with throttle, light braking and looking to where I was going and somehow managed to haul us back into the right lane.

What the heck did they teach you in the Island of Southness?
In this island we ride on the left...

**TOTO** · 20th January 2009, 19:36

Originally Posted by zeocen

Well had a bit of a small trip around bike shops today with gijoe1313 after picking his bike up from a service, randomly met up with TOTO and I was firmly introduced with "The Hooligan".. I swear TOTO pops out of nowhere! But even through the helmet you can see his ear to ear smile from a days riding going on.

We had a look at some bikes but none took my fancy, I came home with intentions of having a look at a certain cherry red bike, with reservations, in the evening....

I am now happy to say that I have crumbled and have become a member of the swarm! A 2007 cherry red Honda Hornet 900! How can I fault this bike? For the price, I cannot! I had EVERY intention of going back to a sports bike but this bike.. it does everything. I pick the beaut up later this week and I absolutely can NOT wait.

I'm not sure if cherry red is the correct colour term, but that's what I thought of when I saw it! I will have to stop being a pussy and harden up on the ol' wind resistence though, but I think a small investment in a tiny screen is in the works!

Woohoo!

Oh wohooo - another hornet rider

When do we get to go for a ride ? ha ? Ha ? HA ?

Man I wanna see it