Thread: Getting power out of a harley

Originally Posted by rugerman

Yeah I used to ride with some people from the kiwibiker forum, but they always seemed to want to be racing everywhere so gave them the flick. Came around the corner on 1 ride over the Wairarapa and a bunch of sheep on the road. 1 guy 2 up couldn't stop and had a ding dong into them. You have to ride like the bastards are out to get ya, cause sometimes the tin tops are.

Lol BenTard, I had a loaner bike that was a bit like that. It was a 1800 Suzuki Boulevard with a huge flat car tire on it. Scraped the footpeg going around a roundabout. Felt like shit up on the edge of the tire. Not my cup of tea

I’ve also ridden with a Kiwibiker crew, we all knew each other and the various riding skills/styles etc, never had any issues.

But then again we were (a) older and (b) had many years of riding experience (some of it track)

Unfortunately I once went on a large charity ride with randoms - hoo boy, THAT was an experience never to be repeated!

Passing on blind bends, riding two metres behind the bikes on front, three abreast, undertaking etc etc.