ATNR (Auckland Thursday night ride) - Discussion thread

[avgas]

$60? I thought it was a cheapies cabinet? Where's the nearest $2 shop?

$5 metal frame jobs - good quality
That place on Dom rd, next to Chinese grocery shop and foodtown. The place that sells Halloween's costumes.

[crashe]

Weasel - Im with you on this one...... there is nought wrong with $2 sunnies.

I have brought $45, $50, $10 and $25 pairs of sunnies and all of them have snapped one arm piece off.

Now the $2 pair I brought back in Oct 2003 when attending a funeral..... and they are still going strong. Ok they arent a fashion statement, but they keep the crap out of my eyes and the sun rays out as well.

I have to wear sunnies a hell of a lot due the sunlight actually hurting my eyes. And these $2 sunnies work a treat.



It's the putting them on and taking them off out of the helmet that damages the arms on the sunnies.



EDIT: Sorry for taking this off topic....... my apologies.

[Phenoix]

...yeah i know that feeling! Tempted to install spot lights! or attach a torch to my fricking helmet!!!

If we all do this, it'll light up DAN corner when the first person goes off so hopefully everyone else see's it and doesnt follow this time.

But yea, the naked and Ducati (I think) have that advantage of moving headlight, brillent idea

[Morcs]

If we all do this, it'll light up DAN corner when the first person goes off so hopefully everyone else see's it and doesnt follow this time.

Nah because Dan will be there at the side of the road waving a huge reflective banner saying 'disco corner' in a way of deterrance so it remains his corner

[Phenoix]

You raise a valid point.
Not many people (espially so young) have there own peice of road :P
tho it was well paid for :P

[Disco Dan]

Nah because Dan will be there at the side of the road waving a huge reflective banner saying 'disco corner' in a way of deterrance so it remains his corner

....diddnt you come off the same corner a week beforehand?

[vagrant]

The trick for twin headlight bikes is to cross the beams. Unlike ghostbusters, you don't blow up , but when you tip the bike into the corner, the inside headlight is now pointing more upwards and round the corner.
You may have to swap them back for your WOF, depending on where you take it

[Disco Dan]

You raise a valid point.
Not many people (espially so young) have there own peice of road :P
tho it was well paid for :P

Who you calling 'young' sonny? Last conversation i heard about you people were surprised you were over 18...

[surfer]

Weasel - Im with you on this one...... there is nought wrong with $2 sunnies.

I have brought $45, $50, $10 and $25 pairs of sunnies and all of them have snapped one arm piece off.

I have to wear sunnies a hell of a lot due the sunlight actually hurting my eyes. And these $2 sunnies work a treat.


It's the putting them on and taking them off out of the helmet that damages the arms on the sunnies.

EDIT: Sorry for taking this off topic....... my apologies.

I'm not so sure that you are doing yourself any favours here. The cheap ones may not actually have a UV rating in which case your pupils are wider because of the dark lense and you let more sun in to damage your eyes. Worth checking before you bargain buy, especially at $2.

[skidMark]

Hey skidmark,
Im so not having a dig at you, but dont you think a zx10 is a pretty huge jump? Im not saying this to just you, i dont think i would recomend anyone take a big upgrade like that. What about a cbr600 or something. They still go hard and hold their own but it's lighter and more of a gradual step.Its just my opinion and it dosent mean squat, but i think a riders bike should grow in CC's as the riders experance and skill's grow. Get something that challanges you dont get me wrong you need a challange to keep your learning curve going.

Like i said im not giving you any shit and its just ones guys opinion. What ever you do keep riding and try not to bight off more than you can chew.

appreciated mate i understand youre not having a dig, i wouldn't go for the cbr600 as i'm not a honda man myself i like the kawasakis

the main thing is at the moment unless they impore i do not like the new 636 and have heard from riders about them starting to get very feathery in the front at higher speeds, in reality i in no way need a zx10r for street use no way in hell you could use all the power on the street, considering on the open road a very rarely go above 110-120kph, except for when ive had a new bike and done the tradional how fast does it go routine,

wouldn't be doing that with the zx10 except for down the back straight of pukekohe which in reality by the time i have a zx10 will be paddock with horses running on it.

the thing is i really like the zx10 it's fast but still rideable for everyday commuting (didn't scare the shit out of me) could nurse it round or give it shit bbut very easily nurseable for commuting use, and i just found it so flickable, it felt in no way like a 200 kg bike flicked into corners alot like a 250 if anything it felt alot more stable than a zxr250 and so on and far more stable and flickable than 'the 600cc bike ive ridden in saying that i have only ridden older 600's in the past, but who knows when i get my full and it comes time to actually buy one i may go for a modern 600 and find thats enough for my liking, but nobody's let me ride theirs yet , and i can't do a shop test ride without a full,

maybe i'm just dreaming, i want to get into trackdays,

first call of duty is a plate,(before prices hike up to the $1200 they will be in 2008) then some leathers undecided on one or two piece yet i want two piece because easier for everyday riding , but one piece will be alot better for trackdays i want to do , and it's not like i can afford a one and a two piece set of leathers, and i know if i get two piece i will go heck i'm only going down the road i will just wear jeans and the top half. well i would rather put on one piece considering 2 of the times i have crashed have been within 1km of home,

embarresingly dad saw one from the kitchen window(got home and he was laughing extremely hard , i was too because it was a silly mistake (new tyres , had to throw it into a corner in a hurry hoped it would stick but hit the slick part and down she went, yes i already knew all about slick new tyres.....long story lol).

damn am i babbling tonight, and i'm meant to be fixing my r/c monster truck, (too many esses up the street sideways , stripped all the teeth off the gears in the servo, **whoops**) , hey i have no license gotta pass the time LOL.

up shut now will i, were you as.

[Karma]

I'm not so sure that you are doing yourself any favours here. The cheap ones may not actually have a UV rating in which case your pupils are wider because of the dark lense and you let more sun in to damage your eyes. Worth checking before you bargain buy, especially at $2.

Yeh... I don't need sunglasses eh, ironically quite the opposite, I just want a pair of clear glasses so that I can flip up my visor but still have some protection against the wind for my eyes.

[crashe]

Yeh... I don't need sunglasses eh, ironically quite the opposite, I just want a pair of clear glasses so that I can flip up my visor but still have some protection against the wind for my eyes.

Buy yourself some safety glasses....... the wrap around ones with the arms on them.


I have a set for when I ride at night time when I have the visor up.

[NinjaNanna]

Yeh... I don't need sunglasses eh, ironically quite the opposite, I just want a pair of clear glasses so that I can flip up my visor but still have some protection against the wind for my eyes.

Wouldn't you be better off with a clear visor and sun glasses during the day, that way you never have to compromise and ride with your visor up at all.

[The Stranger:Me]

Wouldn't you be better off with a clear visor and sun glasses during the day, that way you never have to compromise and ride with your visor up at all.

I use a clear visor and sunglasses by day so as I can ride with my visor up. Better cooling.

[Karma]

Wouldn't you be better off with a clear visor and sun glasses during the day, that way you never have to compromise and ride with your visor up at all.

Hmm... sounds far too logical to me.