Trivia .....

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What does everone think about a TRIVIA thread

Stuff that maybe of no use to most people but really handy to the others. Maybe a good DVD ,something they have made,seen ,heard of ,
cooked ,been too .Minor things that do not really warrant a post of there own.(like most of my stuff ,there beat you to it )
Like taking a tractor tyre up north to float your Bandit across a river to a football selection ,the taste of beer ,who's state is
better at Rugby League. (may be not that) .Something that may make someone else say ,"why didnt i think of that".

Good idea or just post it on "off topic discussions " or not post it at all? (feeling vulnerable now )

Hammy wrote:

paul wrote:I would imagine giving it a bit of a fist full on a wet road or on loose surfaces & having the front wheel spinning up would give you a nice warm feeling ..........in your jocks 

Time for your meds Paul. 

At Paul's age that would be one of those pretty large pill organisers, he just needs to remember to take them from the right days spot

Chook wrote:

Hammy wrote:

paul wrote:I would imagine giving it a bit of a fist full on a wet road or on loose surfaces & having the front wheel spinning up would give you a nice warm feeling ..........in your jocks 

Time for your meds Paul. 

At Paul's age that would be one of those pretty large pill organisers, he just needs to remember to take them from the right days spot

Memory like a goldfish , but I "can" remember that ..........mostly 

Monday ....Orencia ( injection )
Friday ......Methotrexate X2 tabs
Sunday......Folic acid x1
Twice daily .....Metoprolol
once daily.....Atozet ....2 (different tablets)
                   Clopedogrel x1 which includes x1 Asprin ( coplavix )
                   Perhexiline x 2&1/2
                   Calcium & vitamin D x1 
As required...Naproxen  ( + Salpras as well ) up to x2 daily 
                  Prednisolone........up to 4 a day & reducing every 3 days till back to none
                  Telfast.........generally once a day 
                  Nitrolingual spray                 
                  Panadol ..........x yes   


See ..........easy , and the best part is when I go dancing , after all those tablets I sound like I have 
                 brought my own Maracas to play along with the music  

                                 

paul wrote:

See ..........easy , and the best part is when I go dancing , after all those tablets I sound like I have 
                 brought my own Maracas to play along with the music  

                       

You can level with us, that's the glass prosthetics they implanted after your unfortunate collision with the tank.

Re-Cycled wrote:

paul wrote:

See ..........easy , and the best part is when I go dancing , after all those tablets I sound like I have 
                 brought my own Maracas to play along with the music  

                       

You can level with us, that's the glass prosthetics they implanted after your unfortunate collision with the tank.

 Damn; caught out ..........   

Re-Cycled wrote:...but can it do anything useful?

Seems like a complicated way to get power to the front wheel. I would imagine there would be quite some power loss through all that.

Notice it was chained back to hold it in place during the burnout

I thought you guys might be interested in these stunt bikes (MT-09) I wonder why they need such strong back brakes.
Also the one closest to the camera is turbo charged, couldn't see enough detail to be sure about the other one.

That's an awesome set up on the rear brake. Std rear caliper actuated by the pedal and what looks like a pair of fronts actuated from the handle bars. 
For what purpose, I have no idea, apart from locking up the rear.

The actuator for the rear brake on the handle bars is so they can do wheelies whilst standing on the seat or tail section and control the rear so as not to flip or when they sit on the handle bars and dangle the feet over the front forks, they can then do a wheelie and control it against flipping also.
Pretty ingenious all the little mods they do to stunt bikes.
You'd hate to ride them on your normal weekend scratching road though.

Yep , but the build up to the orgasm for the pig only lasts about 3 seconds  
 and then he has to hang around for another 30 minutes to finish .....................way to make a fool of yourself      

Here's two hours worth:

On another thread a while ago on here, someone had mentioned the speed of the 250 MotoGP bikes would be pushing a Bandit. I thought surely not - size must win every time.
How wrong I was!
I went up Mt Stuart here in Townsville with a young mate from work on the weekend, he was riding his kawasaki 300 something.
What an eyeopener to speed, control, agility and having fun on a small cc bike on twisting roads!
Learning for he day was its not always about number of CCs.

truck wrote:On another thread a while ago on here, someone had mentioned the speed of the 250 MotoGP bikes would be pushing a Bandit. I thought surely not - size must win every time.
How wrong I was!
I went up Mt Stuart here in Townsville with a young mate from work on the weekend, he was riding his kawasaki 300 something.
What an eyeopener to speed, control, agility and having fun on a small cc bike on twisting roads!
Learning for he day was its not always about number of CCs.

Your bandit would kill it on a straight open road though

madmax wrote:

truck wrote:On another thread a while ago on here, someone had mentioned the speed of the 250 MotoGP bikes would be pushing a Bandit. I thought surely not - size must win every time.
How wrong I was!
I went up Mt Stuart here in Townsville with a young mate from work on the weekend, he was riding his kawasaki 300 something.
What an eyeopener to speed, control, agility and having fun on a small cc bike on twisting roads!
Learning for he day was its not always about number of CCs.

Your bandit would kill it on a straight open road though

No doubt, but I was surprised at the fun this young fella was having on a 300 cc bike.

truck wrote:

madmax wrote:

truck wrote:On another thread a while ago on here, someone had mentioned the speed of the 250 MotoGP bikes would be pushing a Bandit. I thought surely not - size must win every time.
How wrong I was!
I went up Mt Stuart here in Townsville with a young mate from work on the weekend, he was riding his kawasaki 300 something.
What an eyeopener to speed, control, agility and having fun on a small cc bike on twisting roads!
Learning for he day was its not always about number of CCs.

Your bandit would kill it on a straight open road though

No doubt, but I was surprised at the fun this young fella was having on a 300 cc bike.

My last bike was a GS500F and I much faster thought the Reefton and Black spurs than I was when I first got the bandit. Better now of course, but I enjoyed more the lighter handling of the smaller bike

truck wrote:On another thread a while ago on here, someone had mentioned the speed of the 250 MotoGP bikes would be pushing a Bandit. I thought surely not - size must win every time.
How wrong I was!
I went up Mt Stuart here in Townsville with a young mate from work on the weekend, he was riding his kawasaki 300 something.
What an eyeopener to speed, control, agility and having fun on a small cc bike on twisting roads!
Learning for he day was its not always about number of CCs.

Was it one of the new ninja 300`s?

I would have no doubt at all, that it would annihilate a Bandit through twisties.

They`re two different bikes. One is a lounge chair, and the other is more sport orientated, albeit, still a budget bike.

Once you have terminal velocity for a given road, the nature of the ninja will/should win outright on handling in twisties, as it will/should, carry more corner speed.

Scenario in hand:(although these are purpose built race cars)    Aussie Race Cars vs V8 Super Cars
                            
 Aussie races,   weight 450kg @ 125BHP
 V8 Supercars, weight 1400kg @ 600-650 BHP

V8, has a lot more power, but in "some corners", the Aussie cars are quicker due to geometry, and power to weight ratio.

Then on another note, look at 250cc Super Karts, and these things are astonishingly quicker again, on "some corners" over the aforementioned vehicles.  In a straight line, wouldn`t stand a chance.

Aussie Race Cars weigh 450kg?  Yesterday Damien Flacks car only weighed 124kg (at the end of Conrod Straight)

#Tag wrote:Aussie Race Cars weigh 450kg?  Yesterday Damien Flacks car only weighed 124kg (at the end of Conrod Straight)

I think a lot of that reduction in weight, was due to bowel movements.

#Tag wrote:Aussie Race Cars weigh 450kg?  Yesterday Damien Flacks car only weighed 124kg (at the end of Conrod Straight)

What about Mostert, he drove the wheels off that thing!

Hehehehe,  I see what you did there.

Re-Cycled wrote:

#Tag wrote:Aussie Race Cars weigh 450kg?  Yesterday Damien Flacks car only weighed 124kg (at the end of Conrod Straight)

What about Mostert, he drove the wheels off that thing!

Its a ford thing, the wheels just fell off! 

Kiwisteve wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

#Tag wrote:Aussie Race Cars weigh 450kg?  Yesterday Damien Flacks car only weighed 124kg (at the end of Conrod Straight)

What about Mostert, he drove the wheels off that thing!

Its a ford thing, the wheels just fell off! 

Please explain to me Steve which one was a Ford? come to think about it which one was a Holden, Merc, Nissan, or Volvo?

madmax wrote:

Kiwisteve wrote:

Re-Cycled wrote:

#Tag wrote:Aussie Race Cars weigh 450kg?  Yesterday Damien Flacks car only weighed 124kg (at the end of Conrod Straight)

What about Mostert, he drove the wheels off that thing!

Its a ford thing, the wheels just fell off! 

Please explain to me Steve which one was a Ford? come to think about it which one was a Holden, Merc, Nissan, or Volvo?

Bit hard to tell with some of  the others mate , but I think the Volvo driver was the one with the bowling hat on the back parcel shelf 

For anyone interested the Australian Postie Bike Grand Prix is on this Sunday at Cessnock.

An iconic street circuit!

https://www.facebook.com/australianpostiebikegrandprix/info/?tab=overview

dhula wrote:

gus wrote:This came from a Tank driving friend; In about 1981 Russia was armed to the hilt and public enemy number one. In war games they worked out ( America- Aust, alliance ) if we sent in 100 tanks they would send in 1000.When the shit hit the fan , life expectancy for Aust, crew was 2 minutes.

last I heard it was 3 mins so they got an extra minute in 30 years

I don't think Oz has ever had 100 tanks. The previous thing we had was well known to be a koala (never to be exported) and the new thing is no better

Mate not what I want to be hearing! My eldest is a tanky