50km per hour over the speed limit is a charge and loss of license... im pretty sure if someone were fanging 120km per hour over, a cop won't let it slide. Unless said copper is a family member or mate I guess.
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50km per hour over the speed limit is a charge and loss of license... im pretty sure if someone were fanging 120km per hour over, a cop won't let it slide. Unless said copper is a family member or mate I guess.
all depends on the suituation, a friend of mine on an MV Augusta was clocked at 220 and was given the maximum ticket (130km/hr if i remember right) so that he had one demerit point remaining till loss of licence. The cop was driving towards him and he pulled straight over and wasnt giving the cop a hard time.
Not all police are out to ruin peoples lives
Real trail braking is a race only thing, if you do it in the real world, you better understand just what you are doing.
When you reach your braking marker, you shut the throttle, use the rear brake to begin front end compression and then go to the front brake hard, (maybe 2 tenths of a second between them) (at this point you have already transferred your body position) you tip in at your turn marker still hard on the brakes, at this point you begin progressively releasing the front brake as the lean angle increases (you don't ask a tyre to hold lean, turn and stop at the same time, you must trade the competing pressures and find the optimum balance between them or crash) - just before the apex you have nearly full released the brakes and are already actively standing the bike up and beginning to open the throttle to drive it out.
Get it wrong and you tuck the front and crash, it is a delicate balance. The job of the rear brake in this, on approach, is to preload the front so the extreme brake effort you suddenly ask of the front doesn't get you out of shape, as you have already shifted you body position, you can use the rear brake to help step the rear wheel out ( backing it in, some do, some don't) because it can help to gets you turned faster, after attaining the turn geometry you want you leave the rear alone, its job is not to help you stop, only to turn! on the way out of the corner, the rear brake is used to help keep the front down so you can get maximum acceleration, front comes up on the gas, you lose time modulating the throttle to control it, brake is faster and less clumsy, you simply keep it pinned.
Not sure I've explained it well enough, but it is what it is.
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.
This is a dangerous thread for the wallet...once a bikie always a bikie!
Have half an eye open for something to play with again. Some great machine styles appearing here and I like these 650 size cruisers like the interceptor, CX650 etc. Mmmmmmm...
In the past my kids had a whole series of little learner bikes like the Yamaha Chappy 50, Suzuki Maverick 50, Suzuki RV90 etc.. These were great little machines and they are worth quite alot now. There is a facebook group called 'small bike runs in canterbury' and they gather groups of up to 100 of these little 50-100cc machines out for rides. Definitely going to see them all in the carpark next time. Alot of the riders have all the flash jackets and gear for their big machines at home, but they really enjoy bringing out these restored wee ones. Great to see..
i tried riding a harley but didnt like the ride position, each to their own i guess.
but a few months back i had a customer bring me the electronics module out of a recent one and to say it was antiquated electronics and looked like it had been soldered by an epileptic inebriated chimpanzee would be about right
Yeah, remember those little 50cc replicas of the race bikes, they could do about 120km/h but tiny little wheels. Looked pretty hard case.
I've been thinking about getting a mid sized bike since the seat on the bandit is a bit hard for my delicate arse :) I'm not keen on the riding position on some of the cruiser bikes though with ya feet up in the front. Doesn't inspire confidence mid corner as you know you have no chance of putting your foot down if ya get a bit wonky.
A group of us used to take over the local go cart track at the beach here and race our pocket bikes once a month . they were 40-50 cc and capable of over 60kmh, mid shin in height at the seat and were an absolute blast. I still have mine in the shed and fire it up and do a lap of the neighborhood occasionally. I fitted mine with a high compression cnc machined head, full stainless exhaust an chamber, huge carb and free flow air filter etc. Painted it up .50cc of insanity. Have pics somewhere popping little wheelies coming out of the corners at the track under power. I will post a pic of the bike later for a laugh.
Here is the 'Beast' as promised. 50 cc of two stroke madness......
The shoe on the seat is for scale... that is my size 10 bush boot....
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Very nice. I pulled an old (2013) 50cc two stroke chinese scooter off the rubbish dump a few months ago. Threw every piece of plastic off it and ground everything I could off the frame. A cheap expansion chamber, a K&N rip off filter and a new stator pulse coil and away it smokes. Reckon yours looks way more masculine though. Senility approaches quickly now...
Believe me you feel far from masculine with that wedged up your butt and knees around your ears...
See what I mean @outlander ?
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And when you lay it over into a corner your entire lower leg scrapes the ground from ankle to knee
Like a gorilla humping a Corgi....
Bumps in the road certainly are....
And it probably still out accellerates, handles and stops better than most harleys :thumbsup::cool:
A mate of mine changes his bikes like other people change undies
He got himself a Buell after having owned many bikes including Harleys
I asked him how he found it and his words were -
"It's just like a Harley except it goes around corners and stops"
Certainly some good options to look into here. I did have a buell xb12, it was a lot of fun. A little impractical for the longer trips etc. This thread certainly has made me laugh... good to see the bikie cult still going strong. Even a pocket bike in the mix! We also use to race them on our local Roy's hill go cart track. Good humor. All bikes are different strokes for different folks however and these days I like my knees stretched out, arms up and turning myself into a giant, non streamline wind sail. I know pretty much anything Italian or Japanese is going to have more power than a harley. I probably should've kept my triumph rocket, aside from brakes it had it all! I'll be going into this with an open mind, that being said, I see alot of chopped 7mm rem mags on here, 7mm08s reamed to 284, carbon barrels replacing sako ones etc etc. Some say wasted money, some say custom, I say good on them.
Harleys are good for chugging along in a straight line, but don't have the cornering clearance for my liking, but as you say different strokes for different folks.
I bought my Suzuki bandit for travelling up to Dorkland but for a "sports/tourer the seat is too narrow and hard for my arse. After about an hour I just want to get off. You would think with all the padding in my generous ass it wouldn't be a problem, but I guess it's made for little 60kg jap bums. It's a bit heavy too for puttering around town so I'm gonna look for a mid sized cruiser type bike with a seat like they were "back in the day". My old GPZ750 had a bench seat that you could sit on all day no worries. Seems most manufacturers these days go for styling over comfort.
Very true about speedos!! I never accept any speed reading until I've GPS'd it as some speedos can be 9% out - and are commonly 5% out - or so the local instrument tech tells me.
Yep ride comfort alot more important than max speed after 1-2 hours on the road. Some nice bikes popping up here - the XJ900 and GPZ750 etc. Kind of bikes you wish you still had.. This old schooler was my favorite ride - nothing like the Suzuki GS750 and Yammy FZ750 for speed but you'd climb off after 3-400ks feeling good:
https://ridermagazine.com/2006/01/21...ohc-1975-1978/
Cameron - that 09 Harley Nightster has about 64rwhp to start with - or so I read - and that ain't bad. Yes its heavy and its no sports bike but its got enough hp to have some straightline fun. Being a Harley there must be lots of different aftermarket head/barrel/piston sets you can buy for greater compression? Or can you buy and transplant a secondhand 100hp unit into it? Great that you enjoy them - must have a closer look at one some day. Its totally clear after decades with bikes and a few sportscars (if you're not doing track) that maximum hp and highest speed are NOT the main criteria for a personal best bike or car. Absolutely not. Also true the world would be a bloody boring place if people only bought what I think was best!!
Go for it.... Let's have a pic of this thing, and while you're at it tell us why they're fun. Suck it up boys... Its Harley week :)
This is a Bandit that I built in Ozzy, back when Street Fighters were in vogue. It had cams, GSXR shock, short dog bones, timing advance etc. Very nimble with the weight on the front, but still wheelie prone with one tooth less on the counter shaft.Attachment 150509Attachment 150510
As promised...note the racing ignition, shock and expansion chamber. I can imagine your envy.Attachment 150523
:thumbsup::thumbsup: Twelve pages later and still no ones figured out to get power and handling out of a Harley Fergusson. Melt the bloody thing down and turn it into something else. lol:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Back in the day I used to scream around the roads of Phnom Penh on a not very road legal Honda CR80 with bits missing off it. Looked a bit like that. Boys could hear me heading home from 3km away:o:o:o