Getting my Repairable Write-Off Registered

[robracer]

The Truth Cometh Out! Glen, sounds like you had a wayward past as well

[Glen]

The Truth Cometh Out! Glen, sounds like you had a wayward past as well

Yes Rob it's true. I admit it. I've owned three Suzuki's. Oh the shame.

It's not that photo though Tim. I'm pretty sure I have another......I'll go looking on the weekend.

[robracer]

I cant remember my shame list but there was at least a few that have been in my garage
A100 smoker, GSX 250, GS 650, GS1100GKE, 85 GSXR1000, 87 GSXF750, there could be more but its Friday & my brain is toast

EDIT: just found the list .... might not be complete but it seems my calculation was a tad out
Road licenced fer 22 Years & most bikes at any 1 time is 4

Yamaha SRX 250
Suzuki GSX 250
Suzuki GS 650
Suzuki A100
Yamaha XJ 650
Kawasaki Z1RMK2 1000
Suzuki GSXF 750
Suzuki GS1100GKE
BMW K100
Suzuki GSXR 110
Kawasaki Z250
Yamaha XJ650
BMW K100RS
Ducati Pantah 500
Ducati Darmah 900
Suzuki GSXR 750
Suzuki SV650
Suzuki Katana 750
Yamaha DX100 Race x 2
Suzuki 250 Post Classic Race
Ducati Pantah 600 Race
Aprillia RS 125 Race
Ducati 750ss Race
Honda CBRR 250 Race
Yamaha FZR 400 Race
Suzuki GSXR 750
Kawasaki ZXR 93 750 Race
Kawasaki ZXR 94 750
Kawasaki Z750 05
Kawasaki ZX10R 05
Kawasaki ZXR400 01
Kawasaki ZX6R 05

[tim]

Holy Smokes Batman, that's a lot of bikes!

What's your favourite?

[robracer]

The current road bike 05 Z750 its so flexible

[tim]

Coming from you Rob I call that a big endorsement for my 2nd bike. Z750

Hey Quirks, the RTA in nsw can let us know who can do those inspections, so I would be surprised if QLD Roads and Traffic couldn't do the same for you.

On my riding/bike side, I've done 200+ks in 2 days.!!!!!!!

What I've done so far:

Somewhere between 200 and 300kms in 3 days around blacktown/hills district/rouse hill.

Involving:
Few hours of Industrial areas and local backstreets getting the real basics down. (seven hills/norwest/northmead/quakers hill.
A couple of hours of car park work (braking/turning/dropping off gutters/hill starts/circles etc)
Some repetitive corner practice in industrial areas, looking up the road, trying to use peripheral vision.
3 night rides
Plenty of traffic
2 rides worth of VERY wind riding(so strong today out at Rouse Hill). Scared the shit out of me to start with, I had no idea it was that intense on a bike...... they were bordering on gail strength today.

As a result i can say I'm pretty confident now with the basics, but I know I need to work more on lots still, and stay vigilant and focused every minute of my rides.

AND REMEMBER TO TURN THE BLINKER OFF!

Won't do The Old Road yet, I've well and truly used up my $10, and I've gotta go back to work and commute all this week so I need to have a rest sunday.

Tim.

ps, ran out of fuel because switch was on RES. Trap for young players.

[robracer]

ps, ran out of fuel because switch was on RES. Trap for young players.

You learn so quick Tim

[tim]

Had another small mishap tonight, one more lesson learned.

Doing 80 with my brother in law in his car behind me.
Scratched my back with my right hand, put my hand back on the throttle and the bike dies.
Try to restart while rolling, won't start. Then I assume I've put the side stand down..... check while rolling, still up won't start.
Pull over on a bridge, no curb, my brother in law pulls up behind me.
Then it clicks and I realise i've hit the kill-switch when my hand came back to the throttle.

Give him the thumbs-up, and we're off.

Then i proudly parked it successfully in cafe-central church st parra next to 2 other bikes, an R6 and something else, and realise my bike looks rather old-school from the front.

One of my mates greets me and says "Ahh so you got a cruiser"........ "IT'S NOT A CRUISER!"

Gah!

[robracer]

now you have to practice bumping off yer mates kill switch mid corner as you go round the outside of him jkg
& tell your mate that thinks the zuki is a cruiser to have his eyes checked, mabey he should stick to knitting rather than talking bikes with ya

[tim]

Rob that list of yours counts something like:

11 suzuki
8 kawasaki
5 yamaha
4 ducati
2 bmw
1 aprillia
1 honda

Seems your scales are low on the spuzuki side. If you list is chronological then the last ones are all kwakas then and that's what really counts...... no?

[robracer]

You got nothing better to do than work out my statistics get a life man .
The Kawasaki thing started with the Z1R which was also the first motor I ever stripped, it just took me many years to realise that K was the best... all the others were just basically just long test rides