Small (250) bike ride - AUCKLAND

**Firefight** · 12th June 2004, 20:18

Originally Posted by Shade

I'll be there, KK's making me, eeek.

Im a slow nana rider after my accident, so will be at the back, wooohooo.

See you then :P

Thats the way Shade, get back into it mate,

just build up slowly, at your own pace thats the main thing,, then you can wip KK

arse.

firefight

**Darryboy** · 13th June 2004, 00:32

Originally Posted by Two Smoker

How many kays you done on it?????

Umm.. I'll go check... (goes off to garage)

735Km

Manual says after its first service at 1000K's I can rev to 8000Rpm.
Then after the odo reads 1600K's I can use full throttle up to 10,000Rpm (manual says 10,000Rpm but redline says 13,000)

I live in Milford so i've been riding the length of beach road and back quite a few times to bring up the milage.

**erik** · 13th June 2004, 07:42

Originally Posted by gareth_d

just checking if everyone is sweet for my planned route. Its not like im going to try and stop you from breaking off and going your own way, but just making sure there are no violent objections!!! Looking forward to it, will be my first organised ride. My bike is a alright up to around 120/130kph but will struggle for anything over 140, just to old i guess, oh well, you guys on the big toys will have to restrain yourself!!! Im sure MR can find self control there somewhere

Im keen on some stickers too Spankme, was it $4 a sheet?

Yeah, the route sounds good to me. I'll probably head home either at Kumeu or Westgate, depending on whether I feel like taking Scenic drive home or not. I won't be going south as I should really start studying for exams sometime soon...

My brother on his zzr250 might be coming too.

**Motoracer** · 13th June 2004, 08:31

Somethings come up so I can't make the ride. Sorry guys

**Two Smoker** · 13th June 2004, 08:32

OOOOOHHHH COME ON MR.......... WHAT THE HELL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHIPPING MY ARSE ON A BIKE RIDE?????

**Ghost Lemur** · 13th June 2004, 08:52

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Somethings come up so I can't make the ride. Sorry guys

What's her name?

**Darryboy** · 13th June 2004, 14:58

Just wanted to thank everyone for helping me out after my 'little scrape'

Got the bike back home on a trailer alright.

I'll post pics soon.

**R6_kid:Me** · 13th June 2004, 16:19

dont worry mate, you werent the only one, Shawn binned his ZXR250 into a ditch at 70kmh, bike is in a shed across the road from where he crashed and he went home in the ambulance. I got pics of it and i'll post them later once i get them loaded on the computer.

To the rest of us who managed to keep it rubberside down, thanks for a great first ride, looking forward to the next one, see you all the the KB BBQ.

**erik** · 13th June 2004, 17:07

Aww man, another bin!? I hope he's not too bady hurt.
I wonder if maybe more of an effort should be made to organise who rides with who on future rides? I mean, maybe it would be a good idea to group riders with similar skill levels together, or to break the whole group into 2 or 3 smaller groups so that people are riding in a group where they hopefully won't be pushed outside their skill level? Like when Darryboy binned, he was just ahead of me, and it was one of the few times when I was towards the front of the group, following some of the faster riders who were having fun around the corners. Just before it happened I thought that this probably wasn't the best place for a learner to be, behind some people that were going a bit quick. That round about was hard to see, the corner went downhill and to the left, there was a Give Way sign that I saw and started slowing down, and then I saw Darryboy's rear tyre lock up and slide out to the right, and then I guess it got grip again because the bike tipped over onto the right side as well. Ouch. It wasn't fun to watch.

I hope it doesn't cost too much to get it sorted. I didn't have too close a look at it, but the handlebar shouldn't be too expensive since it's just a hollow steel tube. I'd guess that it's probably made to collapse and bend like that to keep your forks from getting twisted.

After we gassed up in Silverdale (I'm guessing that's where it was?) I kinda got a bit left behind and lost. I pulled out of the gas station after the main group, and saw them all turn right into that side street down the hill. So I turned right too, but when I got to the intersection at the end of it, I wasn't sure which way everyone had gone, so I turned right, but it took me back to the road with the service station. I think Andrew and Motoracer left the gas station even after I did, and I saw them coming up the hill towards the road I'd just pulled out of. Anyway, they turned down that road, so I had to do a U-turn and get back on it. But by then I guess I was just too far behind to catch up, even though I tried. Ah well...
I made it to Muriwai in the end, and then on the way home turned off at Kumeu and took Scenic drive back to Titirangi.

P.S. Have any of you lost an indicator? I found this one on the road just before a sharp corner that turns onto a bridge that goes over the motorway. This was after I was left behind, so I'm not really sure if I was going the same way that you guys had gone or not...

**Quasievil** · 13th June 2004, 17:46

Nah Shawn is okay, I think he popped his AC joint , but Xrays are proberly being done on it.
I was following him and saw the whole thing ,I almost followed him in ,had to wake up and concentrate on where I WAS GOING,It is quite side tracking watching someone binn it infront of you.
One thing is for sure he is a lucky fella cause the way he went in it could have been alot worse.
The corner he binned on got tighter as you went through it, from where I was it looked like he wasnt quite ready for it and had a "FUCK ME " moment. the bike went into the gravel and the rest is history.
Lucky I lent him my armoured pants though ( fuck hope they are okay)

Im sure we will hear more later on.

**Darryboy** · 13th June 2004, 17:53

Yeah, I feel more foolish than anything.

That round about seemed to come out of nowhere
I really feel lucky that I didn't end up in a worse state or land infront of or hit a car (or one of you guys).

The ride was fun while it lasted and I can't wait til next time (once the bike's fixed and I get a few more miles under my belt)

Thanks again for the help guys.

I hope Shawn's alright.

**MikeL** · 13th June 2004, 18:19

Originally Posted by erik

I kinda got a bit left behind and lost...

Yeah we noticed you had gone missing before the second bin and of course we started speculating which ditch you were lying in.
After all, bad things come in threes...
Glad you had a pleasant ride even if it wasn't quite the route you were expecting!

**Darryboy** · 13th June 2004, 18:21

Ok here's my first go at posting pics. Hope it works.

Shot 2 shows the right bar which before it was unscrewed and twisted into the current position was bent into the fairing making a right turn impossible.

In the third shot the scrape on the tip of the exhaust makes me wonder what the hell my bike did after I left it.

EDIT: Just resized the photo's