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Thread ID: 74400	2006-11-21 05:17:00	Let's See Some Pix Of Your Motorcycles!	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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500851	2006-11-22 11:27:00	Twist that throttle and see, Thats how a crap rider becomes a good rider. i was once told in order to get faster you should enter corners a gear higher than you think you should.... it's true, but it pays to have good tyres too experience tells me landing myself in the deep end is when i improve the most, and if in trouble nail the gas - riding down a hill on only the front wheel is NOT a fun way to do it, no matter how good your teeth act as brakes lol (once i crested a hill in 4th gear on my yz400f, i spent about 20% of the decent in contact with the ground and the other 80% airborne - i thought it was safer than braking (which it was), untill the track thought it would turn (which is why i dont advise entering a corner airborne and 3 gears higher than you should be)	motorbyclist (188)
500852	2006-11-22 16:34:00	Confession time here . . . I feel the best way to improve your driving skills is to follow another, better rider than yourself . . if it's on the street or dirt, the ability to see someone else doing something that you are attempting is a great training aid . I could get my time down to some close-to-professional riders on the Ortega Highway in South Orange County, California . The route is now very heavilly policed by the Highway Patrol for people such as I was . Cafe racing was a great thrill/sport . A few riders got killed . . . they were n00bs on bikes with too much h/p and 'way over their heads . The KZ640/4 that I had could do over 190mph/300kmh . Kerker 4-into-1; Mikuni 30mm pumpers; Yoshimura camshaft; etc . At that time, I did not run a fairing . This was the fastest top-speed bike I ever owned . It was originally a "Q-ship" that was made for, (but bought by me) a Kawasaki dealer who had a lot of trick stuff put into a sleeper engine for Cycle World magazine . . . but I had a check in my hand and just hadda have the candy apple red one . . . and they sold it to me . Cycle World never saw the bike . . . hah! One time I outran the CHP (California Highway Patrol) on a run from Yuma Arizona on Interstate 10 (I-10) that started at 4AM and ended just at sunrise in Whitewater California, SW of Palm Springs . After I crossed the border from Arizona into California, I turned up the wick and got rolling on the long straighaway . Almost immediately I picked up a Dodge Polara black & white local sheriff and when I outran him, he called in the Chips who came onto the freeway near Chiriaco Summit . I outran the 2 CHP's pursuit Mustangs, their helicopter (easy!!) and got away from a fixed wing aircraft . Taking the swing to the North around Searchlight, I couldn't see any of the pursuit vehicles from that point on, but I reasoned it's not a good idea to stop or slow down now as they might be pretty close to me; really wanted to stop at Searchlight for breakfast though! I figured that they'd get a roadblock set up somewhere down the road and I just pulled over at the Whitewater grade under the HWY 111 overpass, another 40 miles down the freeway or so . Lounging on my bike, a few minutes a couple of Chips pulled up to me on their Dan Gurney CHP Special Z-1's Kawi's, they just looked at me . Since I was not in "hot" pursuit, they had no case against me . Off the record with me, they asked just how fast I had been running, and I guessed 200 or so . . . 320kmh . . . . . :D	SurferJoe46 (51)
500853	2006-11-22 21:26:00	I must be getting old. All these Jap bikes that don't even have a decent oil leak leave me cold. Mention of the Ariel square fours got me interested. I've never even ridden one but in about 1948 I was in the Isle of Man at Signpost Corner watching the TT. A travelling marshal who was riding a square four stopped and talked to us for a few minutes when a rider went by and was obviously leaking oil. "Must stop him" he said and took off after the rider who was riding a Manx Norton. We couldn't believe his fantastic acceleration and the way he was rapidly overhauling the racer when they disappeared round the next corner (Bedstead Corner?). I don't suppose for a moment the Ariel was capable of keeping up that pace but it was a real eye opener to us all. Of course since then I have often wondered if the rider concerned knew he was in mechanical trouble and was taking it easy - but at the time none of us thought that. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
500854	2006-11-22 22:48:00	Confession time here... Awesome story Joe! You're another crazy Metla in disguise methinks! :lol:	Greg (193)
500855	2006-11-22 22:55:00	Awesome story Joe! You're another crazy Metla in disguise methinks! :lol: I don't do things like that any more either . . . . . . . . Metla, on the other hand is still a wild man as far as I can see, but I have a few years on him too . Hey Met! . . . . . old bones remember the days of yore! I know of what I'm talking here . :blush:	SurferJoe46 (51)
500856	2006-11-23 02:24:00	This is the only one I have now, it's a bit small to sit on :) www.imagef1.net.nz What a tease. I just saw the file name and presumed you had a real one :( As for me, I have nothing. I had a 1970s(?) Kawasaki GA2A (2-stroke 90ccc road bike). I also used to have a Honda XR80. I must get another bike at some stage, probably just get a GN250, stupid learner licensing system. So instead I'll mention some of the ones Dad has had. 1969 Norton Commando 750 S-Type, sold it a couple of years ago. It was a Californian import and was in original condition, even the original sticker was on the tank. Later on heard from the grapevine that the person that bought it repainted it from the wonderful Metal Flake Blue to a yellow.:angry image1.frappr.com www.frappr.com Still got two Nortons in bits that he must get around to building up at some stage. BSA C15, this is supposedly "mine". Not sure when I'll actually get it though. www.classicmotorcycles.org.uk	Jeremy (1197)
500857	2006-11-23 04:48:00	....GN250, stupid learner licensing system. i rekon, i mean a 250cc bike can go well over 180kph, those '92 cbr and zxr 250s could do 250kph! why limit the engine size to 250cc when they can be just as lethal as a 1000cc - sure some people can't ride when they start, but that's why you have to prove you can to get ur learners (which has a 70kph limit for those who don't know)	motorbyclist (188)
500858	2006-11-23 08:43:00	Ok, Im gonna throw a jappa in amongst all the classics . 2005 Suzuki GS500F, erm on my learners . In my defence, it is yellow and black, the colours of a 'L' plate . :rolleyes: Attached file: taine . jpg ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/taine . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) (68 KB)	Sam I Am (1679)
500859	2006-11-23 10:06:00	Thanx Metla, first bike i had was a Suzuki T350 2, 1970, Indian 500, Norton 500 domi,Indiumph, Ducati 960 & last was an 81 Sportster	Whenu (9358)
500860	2006-11-23 10:28:00	I never really got into road bikes. No license was the biggest factor. I remember the old man had a Jawa motorcycle at one time. My own personal experiences of bikes have been on the farm, 2 wheelers mainly, one 4 wheeler. As for advice, don't get on a 4 wheeler you don't know and go blatting down a farm track (that you dont know) thats not totally flat at fullspeed (especially when there is a fence approaching that goes right up to the edge of the track with a ruddy great tractor haybale spike sitting beside it). Needless to say, I ended up on my butt (hurt pride but little else), however the spike got the bike and there was a nice scrape along the side of the petrol tank (ie the spike missed my leg by inches.. I must have been airbourne by then :p). And who said man can't fly :D	Myth (110)
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