off topic/ place to chat

hehe, I guess I'll feel the difference later on, but rolling the throttle too fast on the sv650 has me panicked sometimes. especially with all the cages around me, the feeling of being absolutley vulnerable is a little unnerving. and here, we have more trucks/suvs and minivans, driving with blind-folds and lead-foot. all the motorcycle crashes I seen were thanks to soccer mom green mini-vans.

and WTF is it with the soccer moms that drive exrcusions and F-250 and 350's around? I blows my mind why these moms would ever get one of these. The exrcusions could pick up the whole damn team, but the trucks? Not much room for passengers and I never see the bed full. Wasteful really. Oh I almost forgot. Then they bitch, about gas prices.

I think its their attempt to feel superior on the road...

hahah just had an interesting experience this mornin;

I dropped the company car off and went to get into mine, when i realised the door handle was frozen...

Looked at the windows, ALL frozen... so i got in my car and tried to squirt some water onto the windshield, FROZEN TOO!..

Tried the windscreen wipers, FROZEN... hahahaha ended up having to wind all the windows down to see, and had to stick my head out the window the whole way home to see where i was going, i swear my snot nearly froze up in my nose, but because i could imagine the humourous site of me driving in my shi**y ole 81 diesel sedan with my head out the window at 6:00am at 2 degrees, i couldnt help but grin all the way home...

hehehe i got some pics of that r1 (i think) that i was tempted to sit on, can someone identify if its an r1 or r6? theres no stickers to tell, pics from my night in my gallery :)


hahahah, i just got off the topic in an off topic forum! :D

hahahaha, and check this out, an old movie i remembered the other day, ive GOT to go hire this again! the review almost has me in tears!

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/385.html

yes, its bike related... slightly

any of you net freaks know how to do background check? I opened a topic about it, and people claimed they can get my address over the internet just by full name and city. I said it's improbable. but the guy is going to get back to me after a while.

1: Soccer Mums. one backed over my old gixer and thought she hit a bin, so pushed it out of the way!

2:r1 or r6: i can't tell for sure.

1: Soccer Mums. one backed over my old gixer and thought she hit a bin, so pushed it out of the way!
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:rofl:

in parking lot I assume?

:rofl:

in parking lot I assume?

im guessing it was in the driveway, dont you yanks put bins out on certain days for garbage collection?? ... freaks :)

As for the ability to get your address, im sure a decent hacker could get into your isp account and find the billing procedures, atleast getting your full name and your bank card number or postal address, depending on how you pay, or simply looking at the name you've chosen to install microsoft products, like the splash screen that starts when you open word or powerpoint, when installing the product you get the option to put in your name, some people put there full name which would be up for grabs to any hacker with a brain.... sucks hey?

a slighty tech question:

with naked sportsbikes, are they just as safe at high speed as the full fairing type? i love the look of some of these bikes, but want to know any of their downsides compared to normal sportsbikes :D

also, another naked sportsbike identification test, in my gallery, the yellow thing :D good luck :)

im guessing it was in the driveway, dont you yanks put bins out on certain days for garbage collection?? ... freaks :)

As for the ability to get your address, im sure a decent hacker could get into your isp account and find the billing procedures, atleast getting your full name and your bank card number or postal address, depending on how you pay, or simply looking at the name you've chosen to install microsoft products, like the splash screen that starts when you open word or powerpoint, when installing the product you get the option to put in your name, some people put there full name which would be up for grabs to any hacker with a brain.... sucks hey?

yes I guess we do have bins in the driveway. but our family lived a lifestyle where we would throw the trash out in a central unit outside. so didn't have to bother with garbage falling off front of the driveway.

I know all those things, but since Im not a hacker, I don't know how to go about it. So I'm up for bids, I wanted to know if someone could get my current home address just by full name and city alone. don't worry, lol, I keep nothing worth of value for someone to steal at my apartment.

with naked bikes, you will suffer a little handling, especially if you don't have windscreen and riding on the freeways at high speed.

Btw, I could have told you if it was R1 or R6, if you hadn't blocked FRONT OF THE BIKE. lol.

Dammit Boyo, what're you doing with your tongue? It's not like you're in front of a cat.

ohhhhh me either, ive got an old mate who'd do it in minutes, but his an arrogant stuck up little bitch and i dont associate with him anymore :)

shit! am i really in the way of the bike or are you just playing around??!? and as for the tongue thing, havent you seen dumb and dumber? :D

to everyone: name some naked bikes for me to have a look at.. The Aprillia Tuono is pretty nice.

1: the soccer mum walked out the front door of a newsagency right past my bike. then jumped in her car and backed over it

2: Lyndon's a dickhead. fancy putting ya tongue on a bit of ice.
the way to tell if its a stock R1 or R6 is the front forks. upside down is R1. the swingarm has a brace that is normally associated with litre bike's but i'm no R series expert.

3:The Aprilla had a good report in a current Superbike magazine

blayne:

1: HAHAHAHAHAH what a dumb bitch, what happened? did you ram yourself into her car like your attempt to get back at the dad and the kid? :D

2: :( i was delerious i tell ya.. nightshift does strange things

3: wouldnt be talking about Performance Bikes again would we? because that's where i saw it

4: Good morning :D

yes, you're blocking the front, look at the picture. OZland is weird, it's cold there now I presume? So what do you call the current season, fall or winter? lol.

naked bikes: look up sv650s. cheap, light, and can give those Duc Monsters run for their money.

1:I did nothing about the bitch. except run out into the street and jump infront of her Landcruiser and scream abuse. My Gixer lay there bleeding oil from the ground down clutch cover. sob sob boo hoo

2:
Down here we have a season called winter too. how amazing. you guys have summer when we have winter. weird huh (sarcasm)

3:actually saw it in superbike mag that i just bought but its in my ute and i'm too lazy to go and get it.

4: checked out the ass end of a R1 similar to your photo and the swingarm is the same so i'd go with R1 on that one

5: good afternoon. i only logged on this morning due to misses going to work early and i had nothing to do

Down here we have a season called winter too. how amazing. you guys have summer when we have winter. weird huh (sarcasm)


who's ever heard of winter in August? lol (no sarcasm)

we have!
australia is in the middle of a drought at the moment. our water supply is down to 40% reserves but today we have rain and its 16 deg cel in sydney. the last time it rained full on for more than a day was febuary 2003

ouch. here it rains every other day, irritating.

good if you've got an underpowered rear wheel drive car and like to get it sideways though :D hehe, but, this IS a bike forum.. so ill shut up :)

btw Z, are you just referring me to the sv650 because you own one? it must have a couple negative sides to it.. and whats the diff between the 650 and the 650s?

and we dont have 'fall'... we have Autumn

My bike is naked... it's weird looking, but naked. It's Yamaha's XJ600S aka Seca II aka Diversion (in european markets).

thanks tange, ill check it out :D

hrmmm yeah they look alright :)

anyone know anything on the yellow bike ive got in my gallery?

or the blue bike i just added with the two stunters on it? i think its the same as the yellow one

we have!
australia is in the middle of a drought at the moment. our water supply is down to 40% reserves but today we have rain and its 16 deg cel in sydney. the last time it rained full on for more than a day was febuary 2003

Damn I live in Western Washington State and when it rains it's usually for the whole day. It's kinda sad. When it doesn't rain for two or three weeks in a row people start worrying about drought and burn bans.

Side note Seattle was found to be the most overpriced city in the US.

I replaced one of my fork seals last night. I'm going to do the other one tonight. That fork oil has to be the worst smelling stuff.

Afternoon guys :)

hahaha i dunno man, if you've ever cracked open a differential from a big truck and its still warm.. thats some rancid shit

when i was doing work experience for the RAAF (air force), they played a practical joke on me. i had to change the rocker covers on a 12 cylinder rolls royce engine. they told me to leave the bottom one till last and because i'm tall they took the ladder away. i ended up covered in about 20litres of warm very black oil. the stench stayed for weeks

hahahha that sucks man! glad i never had any practical jokes during my apprenticeship

one tried to get me to drain the diff (pointing to the arse end) of an FF van, but id previously checked it out and realised its driveline status, so i just stared at him like "WTF" ??

another young fella got a 1 and a half metre crowbar through his long sleeves in his overalls and they hung him on a a forklift, like jesus on a crucifix.. funny bastards

btw Z, are you just referring me to the sv650 because you own one? it must have a couple negative sides to it.. and whats the diff between the 650 and the 650s?

of course it has negative sides to it. but you asked to name other naked bikes, I stated what's sorta popular here for newbs. sv650 has no upper fairing and the handle bar is standard. S has an upper fairing, windscreen, tighter suspension (I guess), and the handle bars are racy (sporbikes).

ok cool the non-s versions sounds cool :) thanks for the info mac

Going to miss you blokes and our "good (Hint: The Last Samurai) conversations." Second year of school/college starts Aug. 30th, so I might not post as often. I have to pack up and leave soon for my college town and settle inside the new apartment. It was great meeting you guys over the summer, and would've been greater hanging out in real life and receiving tips about riding, talking about other things, and screwing around. Thanks. :D

sob sob. are you leaving us. without even a goodbye dinner. how heartless. dumping us over the internet. bastard. i don't ever want to see you ever again. he he

thats cool. if you didn't post a message and you suddenly disappeared (like headswim) we may have assumed the worst.
who ever heard of summer in august. bloody yanks

hey lyndon. got your address. i'll just confirm it
242 evergreen terrace springfield

i'll post it all shortly. the gloves could use some lovin' with dubbin or any other leather care product. the dvd works in my dvd player, playstation 2 and laptop so it should work.

awwwww mac! barely got to know ya dude, but from what i did, twas a pleasure, keep riding and have fun :D hope to see you here during your next big holidays!

blayne, hahahhaah yeah thats the street :D

yeah i think my mums got some leather stuff that i can use, greatly appreciated..

i found a cheapish looking bike helmet too that my mum's bf used in his hay-day of bikes, might be risky but hey, its free so i may as well use it till i save the $$$ for a decent one, or is that a very squidly thing to do? ill check it out thoroughly before using it though :)

cant wait for the gloves and dvd dude! ill be waiting at my letter box for it! hehehehe

i've chucked a sickie today so i'll post it all today.
as for the helmet, it's not recommended to use second hand helmets. two reasons. 1st helmets should be replaced every 5 years due to the materials deteriorating with time and even petrol fumes. 2nd is that they mould to your head. you may have a dent where he had a bulge and then there is a gap. that gap creates a chance for less protection in case of an accident

HJC C-14 helmets are pretty cheap. I'm going for the AC-11 version.

sorry to see you go Z. I'm heading Sept. 28th for school. Good luck and keep in touch ok. BTW where are you going to school?

hey lyndon, parcel is on its way

sweet as blayne! cant wait!!

would you say go these cheapy HJC helmets? or save for peace of mind?

HJC is SNELL certified... they aren't "crap" helmets... just not $400 a pop like Shoei or Arai. Personally, I believe that Shoei and Arai are just like buying Nike b/c it's Nike... they don't fit me well, and I buy what does... my HJC being a fine example.

As for starting school, I start back on Aug. 30th like Z, so I may disappear a little as well. It's my final semester on campus (January starts my student teaching), so I gotta make it count. Take it easy, everyone. It's been a GREAT couple of months!

Tange> yeah but my feet arent going to be doing speeds over 5kmh, my head is though, and its nice and keeps me company and i want all the important bits to stay in there. what is this SNELL? do ALL helmets go through the same kind of tests?

awwww that sucks, everyones dropping like flies :(
well tange hope you have fun and like Z, cant wait
to see ya back on here the next holidays you get :D


looks like its just you an me blayne... *wink wink* :P hehehehe




just me and you left blayne... *wink wink* heheheheh :P

hey in the thread "pocket bike mods?" have a look at the bottom of page1 at BLU CIVIC, why is all of his stars pink? i was about to ask it in the thread, but thought id keep it on topic :)

also blanye, do you know of any good aussie sites for bike gear?

BLU CIVIC has donated money to keep AF a free site for everyone else.

SNELL is a foundation formed for the purpose of conducting "higher level" tests on helmets. the DOT (or whatever the national transportation is in an area) keeps "loose" monitors on helmet makers. SNELL performs another kind of test above and beyond the DOT. All helmets that pass the SNELL test are "safer"... whether they cost $400 or $200. My AC-11 is SNELL-M2000 rated, which was the most recent SNELL rating at the time of purchase last July.

damn thats awefully nice of him! :D

oh ok excellent.. hrmm i wonder if theres a newer SNELL test.. better go google it

IIRC, I think SNELL re-evaluates their tests every 5 years or so. I can't promise this, but that is the "trend" that I have noticed. The only other SNELL rating I've seen in my searches for the last 3+ years is SNELL M95, so that's where I get my "information" from. Hope that helps.

thanks tange, ill miss your endless knowledge :D

I might still be able to get online regularly... it all depends on if my living situation changes and how hard my classes are this term. I do know that I will pretty much be entirely absent come January, but that's like... MONTHS away. :p

yeah i should have my first bike by then!! hehehe

Aww shucks guys, :chuckles:, I'll still drop by from time to time.

I attend Florida International University (we get lot of Aussies, hehe) in Miami, beginning fall would be my second year. We have two campus, North and South, I got a chance to take classes at both site. Planning to attend there for a year more or two and then hopefully transfer to somewhere else for BA. As of now, I'm majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry (still undeclared). If things go well, I might add in one more major (possibly Philosophy/Psychology).

Hey Tangie, you'll be teaching students in regular schools without your masters? Whoa!

Officially here, a person pursuing a career in teaching must have BA/BS and two more years of training before being allowed to monitor one or two classes as a substitute. Specific field requires at least one masters (obviously) and a few training course I believe. But things have degraded over the years, and so many teachers quit due to underpaid salary, negligence, and abuse. Since then, they're about sticking anyone who can barely understand and "communicate" in English into local high school classrooms. lol. Go figure why Florida is in the low-scale of nationwide education standards.

what did the arts graduate say to the engineering graduate?


would you like fries with that. he he

as for helmets, lyndon, its all up to you. i'm a self confessed brand snob and i'll only buy top shelf stuff. you should buy what your comfortable with, both in fitment and price. if you buy a 'cheap' helmet you may regret the waste of money but the same goes for an expensive one.

don't forget that your first helmet will be an 'experiment'. you'll drop it and scratch it up and work out what you like and don't like about it. then replace or upgrade when you feel like it

yeah very true :)
did i already ask you about an aussie website for bike gear?? or was i dreaming? :)

you did but i haven't got a clue. ummm bikebiz.com in sydney or motorcycle supermarket.com

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! heheheheehehe i went out before to go down the street and remembered "hey, i better check the letterbox"

and POW! a big fat package for me :D thanks so much blayne, they fit like a glove! hahahaha..
i asked my mum if she had any leather care products and she found about 2098508108230 bottles of crap, so i picked out the one that sounded best (leather conditioner) and polished away, they look great.. gotta love that leather smell :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D im just about to get some food and watch the dvd as we speak, oh and i thought id take of pic of them all 'conditioned' hehehehe


http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/212264gloves.JPG

Z, starting teachers are more "marketable" with only a BS in Ed. Your pay is cheaper, so districts will opt for a BS over a Masters almost any day. I will get my PhD after a few years, but I do want a masters first, instead of going straight for the Piled High and Deep.

found some HJC helmets and i was wondering how safe flip fronts really are? do you trust them?

More than 1/2 helmets

Z, starting teachers are more "marketable" with only a BS in Ed. Your pay is cheaper, so districts will opt for a BS over a Masters almost any day. I will get my PhD after a few years, but I do want a masters first, instead of going straight for the Piled High and Deep.

You're going to teach Math right? Is it Algebra?

glad you like them dude. i feel better that someone can use them than to let them waste away in a cupboard. i have no experience with the 'flip fronts'. i'll start to check out some brands for you next time i'm at the bike store.

hope i sent the right dvd. been copying heaps of ummm material for a bucks night.