The learning curve!

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:18 pm

Strika wrote:...Swap your plug leads at lunch stop! ...

It'd have to be a long lunch stop

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:36 pm

goanna_38 wrote:
It's also mandatory to attempt to grab their front brake lever, try to remove the ignition key, or hit their kill switch while overtaking.
Oooooh!!!!!!!! Won't be going riding with you anytime soon.

You have no need to worry. didn't you read it properly?......I said when I ride with my MATES.........

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:46 pm

Strika wrote:
Gosling1 wrote:
Passing through corners (with less-experienced riders) just reduces the safety margin for both......

but passing through corners with someone you have ridden with for *years* is not only acceptable, it should be encouraged

Anyone know what a *Buffalo Girl* is ?? ....... well, that was the *preferred* riding style back in those days.....

Yeah I agree. An inexperienced, new just got my licence, look out I am wobbling all over the place learner demands a certain err margin of safety within which to pass. And I agree these are not the people we should be Buffalo Girling!!!!

this exact thing happened to Gos and I on the weekend, we came up behing this guy on gsx-r and he was *visually* very very scared. we gave him a very wide berth trying no to scare him as we putted past.

now the guy on the gsx14 - that could obviously ride a bit

didnt need as much room.............

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:50 pm

Strika wrote: next ride out, I am gunna have some fun. 50 Psi in your tyres when your not looking! Swap your plug leads at lunch stop! Lower or raise your idle.......Move your mirrors n lever positions around,...........Ahh the fun!!!

if anyone EVER touched my bike without permission we would be attending
a) a funeral

b) my court hearing

you touch my bike - i kill you

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:22 pm

Phil wrote:
Strika wrote: next ride out, I am gunna have some fun. 50 Psi in your tyres when your not looking! Swap your plug leads at lunch stop! Lower or raise your idle.......Move your mirrors n lever positions around,...........Ahh the fun!!!
if anyone EVER touched my bike without permission we would be attending
a) a funeral
b) my court hearing

you touch my bike - i kill you

Ahhh you speak too soon grasshopper!!! Now that I know you are gunna kill me, I had better make sure the brake lines are leaking and the tyres are at 15Psi

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:24 pm

Phil wrote:[

now the guy on the gsx14 - that could obviously ride a bit didnt need as much room.............

Straffing run was it Phil??????? Bahahaha!

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:29 pm

Strika wrote:
Phil wrote:
Strika wrote: next ride out, I am gunna have some fun. 50 Psi in your tyres when your not looking! Swap your plug leads at lunch stop! Lower or raise your idle.......Move your mirrors n lever positions around,...........Ahh the fun!!!
if anyone EVER touched my bike without permission we would be attending
a) a funeral
b) my court hearing

you touch my bike - i kill you
Ahhh you speak too soon grasshopper!!! Now that I know you are gunna kill me, I had better make sure the brake lines are leaking and the tyres are at 15Psi

nah you heading in the wrong direction

....dont touch it and we can be bestus buddies

seriously - i wouldnt touch anyones else's bike cause i know how anal i am about mine. reminds me of years ago (circa 1994) when the 916 had just come out....we are on a social ride and someone asks the duke guy "can i have a go on yer bike" his reply was "can i ride your wife".......nuff said really.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:31 pm

BTW did i mention tjhat when I was in the army i was in the infantry..........infantry....were in the infantry corps (for all you metalica heads)

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:32 pm

Strika wrote:
Phil wrote:[

now the guy on the gsx14 - that could obviously ride a bit didnt need as much room.............
Straffing run was it Phil??????? Bahahaha!

not quite....although he did mention we appeared from nowhere.

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:34 pm

Phil wrote:
Strika wrote:
Phil wrote: if anyone EVER touched my bike without permission we would be attending
a) a funeral
b) my court hearing

you touch my bike - i kill you
Ahhh you speak too soon grasshopper!!! Now that I know you are gunna kill me, I had better make sure the brake lines are leaking and the tyres are at 15Psi
nah you heading in the wrong direction ....dont touch it and we can be bestus buddies

seriously - i wouldnt touch anyones else's bike cause i know how anal i am about mine. reminds me of years ago (circa 1994) when the 916 had just come out....we are on a social ride and someone asks the duke guy "can i have a go on yer bike" his reply was "can i ride your wife".......nuff said really.

So did the 916 owner say how she was????

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:58 pm

Strika wrote:....
Ahhh you speak too soon grasshopper!!! Now that I know you are gunna kill me, I had better make sure the brake lines are leaking and the tyres are at 15Psi

strika
Phil...is serious
as he is serious 'bout his bike(s)

Edit:doh
just been orf reading the rest of the posts
and meanwhile Phil and strika have been...ummm corresponding

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:29 pm

Phil wrote:...this exact thing happened to Gos and I on the weekend, we came up behing this guy on gsx-r and he was *visually* very very scared. we gave him a very wide berth trying no to scare him as we putted past.

now the guy on the gsx14 - that could obviously ride a bit didnt need as much room.............

that guy on the GSX looked *really* wobbly, I felt a bit sorry for him......for about a nanosecond

But Phil and I did slow up, made sure he saw us in his mirrors, and proceeded past him at a reduced pace, simply to ensure we didn't scare the crap outta him.

This is a *good thing* - we didn't lose any time, after 2 or 3 corners we were back into our *normal* pace

old mate on the little GSX was none the worse.....- same deal with old fellah on the GSX1400, only real difference being he could ride a bit, and was never going to be quite as *fussed* when overtaken by 2 quicker pilots.....

Poor bugger though on the straight run to Cathcart - he said he had *just* done a mirror check, seen nothing, then 15 seconds later got strafed by the ZX9/ZX12 patrol.......and we sat behind him for , oh, at least 10 seconds......

.......

Have to laugh at Strika's *pining for the past* !! Hitting the kill-switch while overtaking on the inside was almost *mandatory* back in the 80's, shit we did this all the time !!! and no-one fell off, or sued our arses off .....I guess when you ride with the same group of mates for a *few* years, you can get away with anything !!

Bastards though, they knew if they hit my 'hazard' switch on the LH side, the main fuse would blow, and I would be *out of action* for at least 5 minutes

- so I had them strafing both sides of the Zed.......now and then......

Swapping/removing plug leads outside the pub on a Friday night was always *fun*......and occurred so frequently, that you just naturally checked your leads before even contemplating a start !!

Aaaah, the good old days...........

Tack · Post by **Tack** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:19 pm

Mr Strika sir, I don't know you (except what I perceive of you on here) and maybe it's none of my business but I hope your not taking to many risks out there.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:16 pm

Gosling1 wrote:...snip...

Swapping/removing plug leads outside the pub on a Friday night was always *fun*......and occurred so frequently, that you just naturally checked your leads before even contemplating a start !!

Aaaah, the good old days...........

Gos
bit of a challenge to find the plug leads on a 12R

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:31 pm

do they have plug leads ???

buggered if I can see any...