[Zeeman]

Have a good one

Z...

[the.dragon929]

Originally Posted by Kneedown

G'day everyone!

Thankfully life is a bit easier in the Wild West!

Anyone else from Perth here??

Yep, originally... living in tropical Townsville at the mo', riding the roads and trying to avoid the rednecks..
Hoping to ride the long road home one day, prolly across the bottom.
U with WAR?

Wade

[ratter]

Originally Posted by the.dragon929

Yep, originally... living in tropical Townsville at the mo', riding the roads and trying to avoid the rednecks..
Hoping to ride the long road home one day, prolly across the bottom.
U with WAR?

Wade

G'day dragon and to the org

[brennyP]

Hey guys im back from the bush damn 3 hour ride on the 954 are a real pain in the arse... Congrats again on the new bike Zeeman..i posted a reply on the fireblade dyno run in thread....have you guys taken your bike out on a stinking hot day yet +35.c< ??? i did and after about 20 minutes my bike was buring the **** outta my legs i could have cooked a damn egg on my tank..ah well just let me know anyway..it aint like im going to sell my blade.... Also guys in Melb do any of you do 1/4mile runs?? i was thinking of going out to Calderpark or some where else and getting some times before i do anything to my bike..im not taking it donw PI until i get some raceglass...well cheers

[ratter]

Originally Posted by brennyP

Hey guys im back from the bush damn 3 hour ride on the 954 are a real pain in the arse... Congrats again on the new bike Zeeman..i posted a reply on the fireblade dyno run in thread....have you guys taken your bike out on a stinking hot day yet +35.c< ??? i did and after about 20 minutes my bike was buring the **** outta my legs i could have cooked a damn egg on my tank..ah well just let me know anyway..it aint like im going to sell my blade.... Also guys in Melb do any of you do 1/4mile runs?? i was thinking of going out to Calderpark or some where else and getting some times before i do anything to my bike..im not taking it donw PI until i get some raceglass...well cheers

Mine generates a fair bit of heat, a lot more than my 929 used to, but it has not caused any problems, besides discomfort.

No 1/4 mile runs as yet, maybe 1 day, I used to take my old GSXR1100 to calder years ago, but have not taken any of my blades.
You will have a ball at the island if you ever get the chance to ride there


nearly forgot to add, ride with youe legs spread wide apart to get some cool air in there, when the ride permits.

[Bacchus]

Welcome dragon . Been to Townsville (and just about every other place on the entire coast). Nice place, I could definitely live there. Ever been to Port Headland? That was my idea of paradise in the middle of nowhere.

[ratter]

Originally Posted by Bacchus

Ever been to Port Headland? That was my idea of paradise in the middle of nowhere.

Did you get to Broome, now that was nice.

[Bacchus]

Yep! You name a coastal town, I drank a beer (or 10) in it. Did a lot of interior trips too. Took the rough trip out of Kununurra (sp?), the "unimproved" dirt one (at the time) to the south of the Kimberley's. I had adventures that I won't even attempt to relate on Conq's bandwidth. Let's just say that I felt both fun and pain!

[ratter]

Originally Posted by Bacchus

Yep! You name a coastal town, I drank a beer (or 10) in it. Did a lot of interior trips too. Took the rough trip out of Kununurra (sp?), the "unimproved" dirt one (at the time) to the south of the Kimberley's. I had adventures that I won't even attempt to relate on Conq's bandwidth. Let's just say that I felt both fun and pain!

Sounds like a fun trip.

Broome is the furtherest I have been from home, If you measured a straight line from melbourne to the furtherest spot in australia, i think broome would be it.

[Bacchus]

Just realized I made a mistake in the Kimberley route. Actually, the southern route was paved at the time. The route I took went smack through the Kimberley's. After totally slicing a tire and bending a rim early on, I hobbled on to the first cattle station (the guy owned three, totalling I think 2-3 million acres). He had a spare Toyota wheel w/tire, which I had to pay a fortune for - can you say middle of nowhere here? After his idiot help inflated the tire to a coupla hundred thousand kilo-pascals, or what-the-hell-ever they are down there, I finished the 4 day trip after breaking the bull bar brackets from vibration, plus about every bolt under the hood (bonnet) was half way out or gone. Never so happy to see Broome in my life!

[brennyP]

Cheers Ratter1
Ill let you know when i get around to doing a Calder run
ill have to catch up with you some time and talk about your mods...ive got no idea what to do to mine. where can i put my bike on a dyno in melb??

[Zeeman]

Yup - I went for a ride on Xmas day here, and it was 35+ - and yes, I think my thighs are well done. It is alot hotter than the 929...

Z..

[ratter]

Originally Posted by brennyP

Cheers Ratter1
Ill let you know when i get around to doing a Calder run
ill have to catch up with you some time and talk about your mods...ive got no idea what to do to mine. where can i put my bike on a dyno in melb??

There are a few dyno shops around, dyno bike in moorabbin, Phil Tainton racing in wantirna, just to name a couple depends on where in melbourne you are located

[Will]

I work directly across the road from dyno bike. They had an rsvr in their the other day, aural sex at it's best

[ratter]

Originally Posted by Will

I work directly across the road from dyno bike. They had an rsvr in their the other day, aural sex at it's best

have you changed jobs or just location?

[Will]

Thats the moorabbin branch. thats where I'm usually stationed now, but down seaford as well.

[brennyP]

Im right next to Calderpark raceway..hillside....but i dont mind riding over the east i do it often enough anyway...my bikes going into redwing tomorrow and then after that ive got some time off so i might call around a few of the shops and have a talk to them...im already paying $3000- insurance(swan) i dont know if mods will make it go up any more?? if so ill have to hold off awhile...if not come feb ill start doing some stuff to my bike


HAVE A GREAT NEW YEARS EVE!!!!!!!

[Will]

Brenny, swan is the cheapest, and it dosen't get any cheaper till 25, I'm in the same boat.
Think about it, unless you right of your bike, insurance is not worth it, 3000 prem + exess of what 1200? roughly 4 grand worth if you claim, that's every fairing panel + tank+ pipe, do the math it dosen't work out for you.
Unless of course it's stolen or written off, or if it's compulsary on your finance.
At 22 you will pay the same price till 25, 3 years at 3000 is 9 grand! That's practically another bike in itself.
Insurance company's blow

[omen137]

I can't believe that you're paying 3K for insurance! Have you tried Aurora, that's the mob I'm with. Mind you I'm an old fart at 34 but RACV were charging me $1200, QBE's quote was $900 and Aurora are doing it for around $550 fully comprehensive. Honestly brenny, as Will said, for that amount of cash, get yourself some aftermarket fairing, a tank from the wreckers and pay for third party fire & theft. It's a much better option buddy.

Will, if I'm ever in your ambo make sure you feed me with lotsa pethadine okay....

[brennyP]

Yeah cheers guys ...im all paid up for this year anyway...next years a different story....i dont mind this year coz its my first big bike and it was a big jump from my cbr250rr..and my bike was brand new last week...next year its older and if i havnt crashed it by then ill probably not get insurance again...just 3rd party..i only had 3rd party on the babyblade and i crashed that 5 times...3 by my self and i had 2 mates run into me so add another 100 HP with my new bike and it shouldnt be long before im dragging my arse along the road again...knock on wood

and anyway i might sell it after a year and go backpacking until im 25 and come back and get a black cbr1000 (not that it looks as good as my 954)

[Jungleboy]

Earlier on this year when I got my 954 I insured with swan and the policy was $4060!!!!!! NRMA quoted me about the same and western QBE Quoted me $4600!!!!! I was 27 at the time and hadnt had comprehensive insurance on any vehicle before, hence the astronomical price then shortly after I found out about aurora (now Arista) and they quoted me $1223 for an agreed value of $17000, That was before I wrote off my bike since the accident Arista still offered me a 30% no claim bonus and Im now insured with them for just a little over $2k I dont know what they are like to deal with if something goes wrong (and hopefully I wont find out) I know it takes the forever for them to send out any paperwork and getting through to them on the phone can be a hassle as I also have two mates who have recently insured with them and theyve had pretty much the same experiance, Hopefully this is because of lean staffing, hence the low prices and there is no problems with them processing claims.

[Will]

RACV quated me 2800 and qbe was 3200 NRMA was like 4200 most the others said flat out they wouldn't insure me. 23 no claim rating 1. Oh and most exess was around 1500!
I do believe it's an image problem as well as alot of squids are to blame to, bike theft is apparantly high, but it's a blade not an mv agusta senna!

Oh and Omen I'll give you as much as you can suck on bro

[brennyP]

It could also be so much coz im rating 4. i got 3 party insurance with RACV with my babyblade and i hoped that when i got my next bike id have a history with them and they would do me a deal...well they sort of did they said i could have rating 2 but it was still going to cost me $4600 . if i was rating 2 with swan the insurance would only be $2000 and rating 3 was $2600. So i hope each year it drops when my rating gose up....ill just see

also >HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!<

[ratter]

Ahh it's good to be old sometimes, approx $900 with QBE and they paid my 929 out within 8-10 days when I wrote it off

[brennyP]

Hey guys..i just got my bike back from its first service....it was at 1600km i had no time and so on...so it was real late..but the dude at redwing said the oil looked fine when he took it out and that the new oldwings dont have their first service until 5000km.....so cheers anyway Zeeman but i dont think i hurt my engine.....i know it would have been good to change it a few times...but hey..its all good....i asked redwing about the PC111...they said i might as well get a full exhaust first and not just the can. i might just wait...cheers

[omen137]

Originally Posted by Will

I do believe it's an image problem as well as alot of squids are to blame to, bike theft is apparantly high, but it's a blade not an mv agusta senna!

Speaking of the MV Agusta, here's a couple of pics from the Italian bike show...

[Will]

Well all I'm away for a while now, holidays! Yes Zeeman not just you have them
By the time I get back Zee will have gone through another passport and Brenny and Omen will have put 15000 kms on their dial, coincidently 15000 is the numbr of posts ratter will have posted. Not bad considering I'm only away for a couple of weeks.
Of to work now for the last time in a while. Things are pretty bad 2 paramedics where killed yesterday at the black spur, knew both of them, hits pretty close to home, they were both good men who gave it 100% every job.
Well keep it upright boys, Brenny and Zop I'm looking in your direction!
Cheers all be good

[Zeeman]

At least you gave it the first service, unlike some people I know Brenny

should be all good
Mmmmmm... MV.. I think my next bike will be an MV1000...

Z...