Looking for people to ride with in Otago

**fatzx10r** · 25th March 2009, 08:45

Originally Posted by Toppo1

yes i did crash my nice new bike, Walked away from it unscathed, get the bike back this week , will just be more carefull in the future,

bugger. good to hear your ok and that bike will be back on the road soon

**my_r32** · 25th March 2009, 13:21

Originally Posted by Toppo1

yes i did crash my nice new bike, Walked away from it unscathed, get the bike back this week , will just be more carefull in the future,

Did you get it from SPV? I was talking to Daniel and he said someone just got a bike and had gone for a wee swim down the bay road (had just finished telling him I got back from a ride down there)

Gutted to hear about it though, glad you'll be up and running again soon

Mine fell over 2 days after I got mine aye, all sweet tho, just sucks having it happen so soon

**Toppo1** · 25th March 2009, 17:34

but its in at SPV, they are doing the insurance job on it, just waiting for a new headlight to arrive then ill have it back, cant wait to get back on it

**Toppo1** · 25th March 2009, 17:37

is your zx6 the one that got blown over in the wind 2 days after you got it, guys in at spv told me about that, its gutting aye

**Toppo1** · 25th March 2009, 17:39

Originally Posted by my_r32

Did you get it from SPV? I was talking to Daniel and he said someone just got a bike and had gone for a wee swim down the bay road (had just finished telling him I got back from a ride down there)

Gutted to hear about it though, glad you'll be up and running again soon

Mine fell over 2 days after I got mine aye, all sweet tho, just sucks having it happen so soon

Is your zx6 the one that got blown over in the wind 2 days after you got it, guys in at spv told me about that, its gutting aye

**gpcustom** · 25th March 2009, 19:55

yea but toppo's a idiot and hes got a huge head. Its amazing he can walk without falling over hes so top heavy. Last time he changed a wheel on a car it came off and passed him on staurt street

**my_r32** · 26th March 2009, 16:53

Originally Posted by Toppo1

is your zx6 the one that got blown over in the wind 2 days after you got it, guys in at spv told me about that, its gutting aye

yup thats mine

i nearly broke a fence kicking it after that lol http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...d.php?t=85243&

Got some nice pics of it in my profile albums.....cant even tell it was damaged aye

**Toppo1** · 27th March 2009, 19:21

hoping for some good weather over the weekend to get out for a ride

**Kemet** · 27th March 2009, 19:37

Originally Posted by Toppo1

hoping for some good weather over the weekend to get out for a ride

me too

Wanted to go for a blat tonight cos I'm bored but bike is not long back from getting some maintainance done at the workshop so not very sure about the tyres. Haven't had a chance to "clean" them on the road yet.

Last thing I want to do is go down when I only just got it back.

**Toppo1** · 27th March 2009, 19:46

, been 8 weeks since a bined it and dont want to be doing that again!!
Might head along to the southern hotel if guys are still heading out for thursday rides

**Stan** · 27th March 2009, 21:18

Originally Posted by Toppo1

, been 8 weeks since a bined it and dont want to be doing that again!!
Might head along to the southern hotel if guys are still heading out for thursday rides

I don't want to sound too much like a safety nazi but I did the Right Right Otago course last week and it was really worth the time.

I've been riding since 1975 and even did a few seasons of production racing but had a bit of a gap between about 1989 and 2006 and was horribly rusty. These guys gave some great advice and even opened my eyes to some stuff I had never thought about. I'm now riding far better than I was and, with practice, might even start to ride better than I did in the '80s.

My advice: If you really want to avoid another swim, check them out.

**Toppo1** · 28th March 2009, 07:56

yea i was planning on doing one of their courses before i had my wee accident, definataley going to do one as ive heard nothing but good things about them.