New Bike - woot!

I've finally graduated to the real world. No more 250 for me, I've just put
a deposit on a 97 CBR600F.
I have to say it was a thrill it was riding a proper bike for the first
time. After pulling out of the Dealer and trying desperately hard not to
stall or bunny hop it, I crawled along to the nearest long straight road I
could find and gave it a boot. **** me was it quick. You guys on big bikes
may yawn at a 600 but stepping up from 250 made me feel like a teenager
again. I couldn't get the grin off my face all day. I was giggling like an
idiot everytime I accelerated.
Can't wait to pick it up on Monday ))

 

Good feeling eh? I remember when I first rode my new ZZR600. Until then
I'd only ridden dirt bikes as a kid and the 250 offerings at HART. Gave it
a few tentative boots and... FAAAAARK. Couldn't imagine anything possibly
quicker. Same again going from that to the ST2, though not as exciting as
moving to the XX. At the end of the day though, the real excitement comes
from becoming a part of the bike and making that baby flow. It's not always
about tons of grunt (says he...).

In any case, make sure you don't get too carried away with the FAAAARK
experience. Faaark can quickly turn into "OH FVCK" and then it's a long
time until you're back on a bike at all.

So have fun dude and take it easy out there. A 600 is a big jump for sure.
No doubt you've got some fun ahead.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

...... thanks, that reminded me of my first ride on a "big" bike...
nothing quite like that feeling. Too bad it fades (along with your
demerit points)

Morgz

 

Man, it only fades if you're not improving yourself I reckon. If I ever
feel like the smile isn't the same as it was, it usually means I'm not
working at something and realising results. Every corner is an opportunity
to improve your riding, whether at 60 or 160. Smooth in/smooth
brake/throttle transition, smooth out.

Anyway, what would I know? It was great to get out there today though - the
Old Road was a bit cluttered with cyclists (spread across the road) but
still cool - and the new bit (Hawkesbury to Mt White) is not as bad as
people have been saying IMHO.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX
P.S. Thinking about a Caterham for the same "FAAARK" upgrade feeling on 4
wheels.
(Lisa would kill me for sure!)

 

Dave E wrote:

Is this before or after the P51?

Yup!

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Hi Cam,

How's it going? Did you mean "P76"? hehe I think a P-51d could be a tad
on the radically unfvcking-believably unattainably expensive side for me!


However, a nice little Superlight R500 could just be the tonic for a bit of
the old work stress! Not sure if Caterham bring the R500 to Oz (and frankly
it would be too radical to have any realistic place on our roads). The
Rover 1800 version (~200 bhp) would provide more than enough joy for this
little black duck (~500 kgs).

Have you driven a Caterham (or Seven) Cam? Knowing you, you've probably got
hundreds of hours on the damned things on Oulton, Brands, Croft,
Silverstone, Nurburgring etc...

Cheers,
Dave

 

Dave E wrote:

Good, thanks. Yourself?

No, but I have driven a pretty neat one of them... they weren't that
bad, and could be made rather fun to drive.

Yup. Although have you seen those scale model ones? IIRC there is a
mob in the states that build 3/4 scale models.

Nope. They started from the Lotus 7, which grew out of the old clubman
formula for racing.

I did drive one of those, road regoed, in Scotland a few times.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Sorry GS, We all know that the P51 Mustang was the best prop plane!!

in case you dis-agree - getfugged! (tm)

Johno

Beer?

 

Merlin of course - apparantly the P51 was shit with the Alison motor
in it...


Johno

beer mate?

 

I disagree:
http://www.warbirdalley.com/p38.htm

....and when it comes to jets, this little bubby is a clear winner:
http://www.warbirdalley.com/f104.htm


BTH

 

Dammit Clem. Got up too late this morning. Again.

As supplied by the yanks, it was a piece of crap.

Theo

 

The Spitfire could do that. It just couldn't get back.

Of the Pommie fighters, the Hurricane was better than the Spitfire, but
who's going to remember a more competent, uglier aircraft, or woman.

Theo

 

I would have said a heroin addict, myself. ;-)


BTH

 

Useful, too!

http://www.landspeed.com/


BTH

 

Alison..........girl's-name-engine...(bloody Yanks)

Postman Pat

 

Blistering barnacles...

TB

 

My favourites are the P40-E Kittyhawk with the Supermarine Spitfire second, of
the jets I'll go for the SR71 Blackbird.


Mark.

 

The Fw-190 was more than a match for the spit at the time it was introduced.

I wouldn't call a 262 a dogfighter. Fighter yes. Dogfighter no.

Toosmoky
Ride the Penguin...
http://toosmoky.d2.net.au

 

No, the name came from the high rate of deaths from the sort of flight
characteristics that you get when you put two tiny wings on a fuckin' big
engine.

http://tinyurl.com/68vmo

" The Starfighter was commonly called the "missile with a man in it." In
service, American pilots called it the "Zipper" or "Zip-104" (because of its
prodigious speed). The Japanese SDAF called it Eiko ("glory"), but other
export pilots were less charitable, dubbing it "Flying Coffin" or worse.
Some German critics called it Witwenmacher ("widowmaker"), although it seems
doubtful that Luftwaffe pilots did so. The Pakistani AF name was Badmash
("bastard"). "

http://tinyurl.com/5j5eg

"I flew that bird, the F-104 Starfighter. It's scary and fast. Tony Levier
(then Chief of Lockheed Test Pilot's) has a tendency to play down the
danger. But if you want to get an idea of how dangerous that plane is, you
should dig into the German Air Force'' accident records for the 104 and
count the fatalities. They attribute them to pilot error, but it wasn't the
case. I think they lost something like eighty-five F-104's in the first 1 ½
years of flying them. Eighty-five? That's more than two killed a week during
some weeks. They blamed it on the pilot, but the plane had a nasty tendency
to pitch up under certain conditions and there wasn't much you could do to
save yourself under those conditions. There was not wing area there to
recover. Tony, being the naturally great pilot he is, would pooh-pooh the
dangers, but the F-104 was a tricky airplane to fly. I took it to Mac 2 and
I guess that's the fastest I've ever gone. You had to be extra careful in
the slower speed ranges and getting it back onto the ground. It wasn't, and
still isn't a very forgiving airplane. It will not forgive a pilot the
slightest error and you get into fatally hot water so fast. Dangerous
airplane."

Apparently the British Lightning had a worse record than the Starfighter...

 

No, ejection seats are boosted clear of the tail. As they are on every other
aircraft with a vertical fin.