Had so many bikes I could fill the thread by myself..... here is some more bike porn from my garage :)
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Had so many bikes I could fill the thread by myself..... here is some more bike porn from my garage :)
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Have to laugh at the two 748s and the "spare parts bike" in the background.:D
Fila 916.
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Is the yellow one a 748 SP, had one for a day I preferred it to the 916
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@xtightg yep. The advantage the 748 had was the internal gearing, shorter to keep it on the boil, better in the real world twisties, the best was 916 pistons in the 748, really works well. The 996 Matrix was the bike I should have kept, only one in NZ, oddly, not built as a special edition by Ducati Italia, but by Ducati Japan (as soon as the Matrix movies came out), you see it in the Matrix in a long and spectacular bike chase.
Went to pick up crutches and knee scooter from local mobility store for my 3rd surgery in a year on my damn foot,and I came across this little run about.
I had joked with family in friends about buying a bike and joining a gang with my buy back money ... might get my foot in the door as a prospect for Grey Power [emoji23][emoji23]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d8170a3a40.jpg
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@seano considering my mum has cracked the shits about driving here in chch, how much was it?
I'm not sure of price or if they sell or rent only ,but here is link.
http://moremobility.co.nz/pride-sportsrider
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This thread inspired me to get out the RC8 and go for a quick blast.
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Hey @Shearer we both seem to like odd looking Euro's - my current squeeze.
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@Philipo looks like you need to put a motor in it to stay in this thread;)
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My old FZR400, lotta fun
An old nearly buggered photo of one of my favorite bikes (1986 Ducati Laguna Seca) during a pre national points practice at Ruapuna. She was good for keeping you sharp for proddy racing and could place top ten amongst the fat heavy Jap fours if you were on it and the slicks fresh.Attachment 118141
Were Honda VFR and RVF 400s popular in this country?
Yes, the wee screamers were pretty popular, imports from Japanese used market for us.
Now that I’ve cleaned it, here’s a couple pix of my 2018 Fat Bob, 114CI (1870cc) with Vance & Hines Hi Outputs...
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Had an RC30 off a dealer for the day to see if I liked it, the bike was immaculate and an ex racer with the original as new bodywork refitted.
The handling was superb and well set up I particularly liked the slipper clutch you could slam down through the gears with no rear wheel lock up or chatter first I had experienced this.
Wish I purchased it and kept it they are expensive, classy and unique with a great sound track.
I had my Fireblade at the time which was more powerful and a double seat, still like the RC30
This 1988 one is for sale in UK and only $ 52,000 nz !!!!!!!! not mine unfortunately. https://www.thebikemarket.co.uk/honda/vfr/vfr750r-rc30
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Love those bikes. Them and the Ducati 916-998 series have to be the best looking sports bikes ever built for the road.
I was meant to get a ride on my mates bike like this just before I moved back here.
Wasn't organised enough so dipped out
Cant remember the year but about a 2013 aprilia V4 tuono.
best bike he's ever had. This isn't a pic of his bike,
even my son said it looked like bumblebee from transformers
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2015 YZ250
DEP Expansion Chamber, V Force Reeds, Aftermarket Ribbed Seat Cover, Flywheel Weight, Folding Levers etc.
I prefer technical riding. Hill climbs, enduro, trail and cross country racing etc but do the odd bit of MX for fun too.
Used the have a Suzuki GSX600 Bandit but wasn’t riding it much so sold it to buy our first house. Wouldn’t mind another road bike but maybe when the kids are older and I’m not spending all my money on hunting and dirt bikes haha.
Hahahaha Yeah seems that way but fuck as long as it's got only two wheels she's algood. At least no one has posted a pic of a bloody E-Bike
I've had plenty of motorized wheels ( & have the hardware in my spine to show for it ) but just enjoy pushing myself at the mo ( might get a road bike again at some stage, always wanted a Fireblade or GSX-R750 )
But fuk I'm happy pushing my body to it's limits while I can, just got my Strava ap sorted this morning & got KOM on a new trail that opened last week so not to bad for a 46yo semi alcoholic painter aye lol
Strava does provide a good challenge. Used it a lot in Taupo. Would really piss me off though if I did a screaming run somewhere and the bloody thing would fail to record. Had it happen a number of times.:pissed off:
Yeah mate I hear ya about Strava, after blowing me ring out for the past 2 weeks I've discovered my phones GPS is poked. Nothing worse than riding ya guts out to get back to the ute & discover it hasn't uploaded anything
Finally got it going this morning using my old phone, funny as I haven't given two shit's about times etc for the past 20 years & now I'm getting all competitive :wtfsmilie::ORLY::D
Kicked the tyres on this yesterday... DCT version, pretty cool.
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I generally just used the treadly for transport, but did a few races and trails too. My aim was to be barely able to stand when I got where I was going. Fastest time to uni (10km) was not on the motorbike. I'm calm as with any motorised transport, but on the bike...the roads mine. Could not stand anything else beat me across an intersection controlled by lights. Put way too much torque into the crank and twisted out the rear spokes. Taught myself to respoke wheels and still have the frame I made to make it easier.
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To be fair, the average Christchurch driver is glacially slow at noticing the light has in fact turned green, and that they should drive off in order to allow other road users to clear the same intersection. I have often wondered if it is a Christchurch thing, to get off the light and through the intersection as slowly as possible in order to prevent as many as possible from getting through. The average Christchurch driver also has zero situational awareness and a complete inability to identify and track the moving variables in their operating zone. Must be scary as a pushbike operator in that environment, the drivers in this town are far too retarded for me to do the pushbike thing, even though it makes sense to do it.
To the first point, we are not glacially slow getting away when it turns green. There are often cars still going through as it turns green and as such, we now make sure they have actually finished before we put our cars "in front of them". Most of them seem to fall into two categories.....Primarily small newly painted Japanese turbo sedans wagons or hatches with exhaust pipes that look like they were stolen off a truck......And the second lot are large US or Aussie ute/ cars that are people trying to look like a local version of Greg Murphy. The first lot dont have a lit of cash and are usually effectively bankrupt to avoid paying all their fines, and the other lot are spending so much money that fines are just a running cost.....
As a push bike rider, I can also attest that they see us, some of them just dont care if we are there or not, and others can be roper dicks. Mostly though, they are pretty good, and once they see that you are stopping for red lights and following road rules they are less inclined to be dicks. But we also have a fair number of cyclists who seem to think red is for cars, footpaths are for bikes, and helmets are for dopes.
Like so many things in life; a few bad eggs in Japanese cars tarnish all young drivers with the same brush, A few bad eggs with money Tarnish all V8 drivers with the same brush, and a few bad eggs on cycles tarnish all cyclists with the same brush.
I will finish with one point. I saw the council putting in cycle lanes thought the city a few years back and thought it was a senseless waste of money and space. Then I started to use them as an alternate route to see where they went, and I must say, I enjoy using them. For my 25 km commute to work, the last 5 km that would usually be on traffic filled roads with angry commuters and cars stuck in traffic, I am zipping along on a back street, and can get to where I am gong faster than in the car. If they are done properly, they are great. If they are done like St Asaph street, they are bloody diabolical.