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davemfox

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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2007, 06:24:27 PM »

Welcome mate  :occasion14:

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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2007, 11:52:05 PM »

I'm getting the hang of it, ive sort of loosened up, moving around a bit more seems to do it- bike is sort of interactive - still aint really up to actually using what its got (big surprise there then not) afew seconds here and there strung together. The bloody thing has turned my favourite bits of road into strings of enormous braking zones. Struggling with brakes a bit, they work great but I seem to be running into corners a bit - I leave a safety margin then use it up - it picks up so fast in between that its tricky loosing it in time for the next one. On the plus side Im having no problems pointing it in the right direction - or should that be    "I am very priviledged to be experiencing the precision of a genuine track tool"  sounds better. Cliche goes where you point it actually means something to me now.

Anyway, the forums little secret is out -this isnt actually a  road bike at all - tee he he
Well maybe not tee he he, more of  a Whooooaaaah  Haaaaaaaa  Haaaaaaaaaa   

I imagine each bike saying to itself as it comes off the production line Oh for gawds sake please gimme a decent rider, I aint been born this way to fart around pottering with an occasional girly squirt...
Sorry girls not meant that way     
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2007, 12:05:39 AM »

not that I am telling you how to ride but rather than going break neck speeds then having to brake hard.... try keeping it slighty slower then carriying the speed in the corners......

I have started to pre empt every corner with progression and smoothness in mind ..... will get to the race braking once I have the cornering speed of a racer  :icon_thumright:

these thing handle like a 600 might as well corner on them like a 600 too  :headbang:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2007, 12:08:50 AM »

Nice one, it is by far the easiest bike Ive owned to turn - youre right I should work on using that more.
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2007, 12:10:42 AM »

and probably the easiest to get carried away with that superb vicious addictive power delivery too [whistle]   

Like G says keep the speed to a relative constant and it's bloody brilliant but it's also sort of like having a pint of your favourite beer and not getting pissed on it  :roll:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #20 on: April 14, 2007, 12:12:51 AM »

was out tonight with yogi and a couple of others si/jez and I get carried away though I calm down on the twisty stuff and yogi speeds up..... think If I can have his cornering speed I will be top  :icon_thumright:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #21 on: April 14, 2007, 12:14:46 AM »

Nice one, it is by far the easiest bike Ive owned to turn - youre right I should work on using that more.

you'll crack it way before I do fella.... I have only been riding a few years.... had a few bikes but this bike really make me feel alive..... makes me feel like if I don't respect her she'll spit me off...... thats what keeps me buzzing.... I don't wanna sit back on a sofa and let the bike do the work.. yet  :dontknow:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2007, 12:16:54 AM »

aye, no point buying a ten and riding it like a goldwing  :dontknow:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2007, 12:22:52 AM »

Yeah. ever since Ive been on big engined bikes Ive been over cautious of getting the power on coming out of corners while still leaned over - which is how I assume 600s are ridden - whack it on as soon as possible. Kind of build up to it very gradually I guess
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #24 on: April 14, 2007, 12:24:57 AM »

buy a stickey set of tyres and you'll be fine 2 good tyre for both dry and wet either michelin 2CT's or avon viper super sport

dry use only recommended for the viper xtreme or corsa/racetec's  :icon_thumright:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #25 on: April 14, 2007, 12:29:27 AM »

Ta - that short circuits lots of effort re which tyres
 Yep me too on the buzz thing - its a reet good high it is - Im sat at work and I start sniggering when I think of the bike...
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #26 on: April 14, 2007, 12:35:34 AM »

Ta - that short circuits lots of effort re which tyres
No probs buddy  :icon_thumright: (dunlops are ok just didn't give me any confidence... the new qualifiers are meant to be better than the 208s I had but still hated them other guys on hear got rid as soon as)
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Yep me too on the buzz thing - its a reet good high it is - Im sat at work and I start sniggering when I think of the bike...
think thats why we all do it isn't it .... that little bad side of us that loves the adrenaline running through us  :headbang:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #27 on: April 14, 2007, 09:33:30 AM »

its cool when someone asks what do you ride and you say a zx10r
and they go "F**k me  thats a nutters bike"
i just laugh and say no its just fun to ride
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #28 on: April 14, 2007, 10:05:24 AM »

its cool when someone asks what do you ride and you say a zx10r
and they go "F**k me  thats a nutters bike"
i just laugh and say no its just fun to ride


the bad bikes are always the ones that you get the most fun from........ a few years back I had a notoriously wobbly GSXR1100K, I knew it had a reputation when I bought it but it never put me off and the reputation of the 10R made me just want one more  :icon_thumright:
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Re: Knitting patterns anybody ?
« Reply #29 on: April 14, 2007, 12:20:38 PM »

Back in the 70's I had a blue 1969 Kawasaki H1 (how old am i) which looks like a pile of poo now but at the time it was running alongside Bantams and Royal Enfield 350s so you can imagine what it seemed like - low 20s mpg an all.

Re 10R I just told my wife I got rid of the Fazer1000 (cracking allrounder) cause i fancied a change but really I knew if I didnt go for a hot one soon then I never would. She didnt ask me what the new one was for a week but then a bloke at her place asked what Id got so I texted her back with Zx10R. That night I asked what the bloke has said and a great big grin broke out on her face - he must have let on ...

She says I look like a boy racer on it - the neighbours think I've got the male menopause but I couldnt give a flying f*k.
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