My little slice of heaven - Page 2

alex.s · January 7th, 2012, 02:06 PM

even my boring commute to work looks faster than that kevin

Kevin2109 · January 7th, 2012, 02:09 PM

Your on a 250, you cant be going that fast lol

alex.s · January 7th, 2012, 02:12 PM

oh yeah, slow girls bike. if only the 600 didn't have a screw in the tire right now...

akima · January 7th, 2012, 02:45 PM

@alex.s: I'm no expert, but from my perspective, your mullholand riding didn't stand out as dangerous or scary to me. You're going faster than I would, but that's only because you're clearly a more skilled/experienced rider. Unlike the video I posted, your video consists entirely of road where you have an entire lane to yourself, the road is seemingly clear of debri and in good condition and there are no driveways or turnoffs at all (let alone on blind corners). The video I posted looked a bit sketchy to me, your video just looks awesome!

LOL: at your flappy wing-mirrors. Ninjette mirrors always look like ears to me and on your bike they look even more ear like

Also: By no means am I complaining about the video I posted. I'm in the 'live and let live' and 'your an adult: do as you please' camps, so I'm not going to get upset even if I think someone is riding like a fool. If they're putting other people in danger then that's more likely to annoy me. I can see in your video that you're very considerate of other people: you slowed right down for those cyclists: more so than many other mullholand riders I've seen.

choneofakind · January 7th, 2012, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

commence flaming

I thought Kevin2109's form was good; tons better than 97% of the squidly riders you see on youtube on Mulholland trying to put a knee down just to look good for the camera.

(that was kevin right?)

Kevin2109 · January 7th, 2012, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

I thought Kevin2109's form was good; tons better than 97% of the squidly riders you see on youtube on Mulholland trying to put a knee down just to look good for the camera.

(that was kevin right?)

You calling me a squid sir?! How dare you

jkjk Yeah that was me, and thank you

I try and stick to the track though, the canyons are sketch but that day we took it nice and slow

choneofakind · January 7th, 2012, 03:47 PM

me call you a squid??? pffffft! nossir notmesir!!

Those track days look like they're doing good things for your riding posture. I need to look into a track day and leather rental and such out here at mid-ohio...

alex.s · January 7th, 2012, 05:09 PM

kobeusa.com

buy your own. they're well worth it.

csmith12 · January 7th, 2012, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

me call you a squid??? pffffft! nossir notmesir!!

Those track days look like they're doing good things for your riding posture. I need to look into a track day and leather rental and such out here at mid-ohio...

Hey Chris, let me know when your going to mid-o, I will join you. PM me your sizing, I may have a extra suit you can use for the day.

choneofakind · January 7th, 2012, 07:24 PM

That would be awesome. I hope you don't mind hanging out with a 250 riding in the novice group though.

Need to get my chickens in a row this summer then with my job situation before I look into track days though. Thanks for the offer! I'll keep ya in mind

csmith12 · January 7th, 2012, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

That would be awesome. I hope you don't mind hanging out with a 250 riding in the novice group though.

Need to get my chickens in a row this summer then with my job situation before I look into track days though. Thanks for the offer! I'll keep ya in mind

Not a problem at all sir! In fact, I will ride my 250 a session or two with you. I am very good friends with the coaches at mid-o and put in a good word for you.

choneofakind · January 7th, 2012, 07:42 PM

Cool

begin money saving mode for choneofakind

rusninja · January 8th, 2012, 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

hmm...

commence flaming

Link to original page on YouTube.

we were just cruising

Were you stuck behind all of kevins braking XD? jk :P

EsrTek · January 8th, 2012, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csmith12

Hey Chris, let me know when your going to mid-o, I will join you.

I'd be down for a track day there too, please include me if yo go. I could join ya i the novice (or lower if they have it) level :0

EsrTek · January 8th, 2012, 05:37 AM

PS - Alex video shows clutchless up shifting... I know thats another thread, I'm just to lazy to post this there (would require me to search)

csmith12 · January 8th, 2012, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EsrTek

I'd be down for a track day there too, please include me if yo go. I could join ya i the novice (or lower if they have it) level :0

Sure, will post a thread when it gets closer. Mid-O is not a cheap track day.

alex.s · January 8th, 2012, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EsrTek

PS - Alex video shows clutchless up shifting... I know thats another thread, I'm just to lazy to post this there (would require me to search)

it also shows me screwing it up a few times

choneofakind · January 8th, 2012, 01:04 PM

But the shifting was good

I noticed it the one time that you turned around and didn't even have your left hand on the bars, and a few really quick shifts went by. Props for a good demonstration

yeah we'll start a thread when we get closer to figure out what works best for who. I was thinking mid June or July sometime; that would be our best bet for good weather. Standard 1 day is $195, and standard 2 day is $365, so I'm only going to be in if I can get a second job this summer like I had last summer.

Dang engineering textbooks don't get any cheaper, and unlike buying fun parts for Mik, I don't get anything from a $200 textbook that I couldn't have gotten from borrowing a friends' book...

Kevin2109 · January 8th, 2012, 02:44 PM

Next time im in the canyons or at the track ill put the camera on the tank. Then you will see clutchless upshifting and clutchless downshifting

choneofakind · January 8th, 2012, 08:01 PM

is the wind protection good from the tank? I want to mount my camera on my tank so it's behind the windscreen, but I'm worried that it's too far back and will get lots of wind noise

NDspd · January 9th, 2012, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

me call you a squid??? pffffft! nossir notmesir!!

Those track days look like they're doing good things for your riding posture. I need to look into a track day and leather rental and such out here at mid-ohio...

I'll have my 250 in Dayton, Ohio for the whole summer. I wish I could afford the full leathers and the trackday fee though. I'd be happy to come over and watch ya guys and hang out. Plus, I have all of my camera equipment, aka better views for you to watch your form.

choneofakind · January 18th, 2012, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NDspd

I'll have my 250 in Dayton, Ohio for the whole summer. I wish I could afford the full leathers and the trackday fee though. I'd be happy to come over and watch ya guys and hang out. Plus, I have all of my camera equipment, aka better views for you to watch your form.

Yeah time will tell if spending the $$ will bite me in the butt next year when it comes time to buy books, but I want to do that track day so badly

So if I can borrow leathers from Chris that would be perfect.

But yeah come spend the day with us!!! I've been there once for the ticket to ride thing last summer. It was awesome! I'll never say no to pictures of my on my bike

alex.s · January 18th, 2012, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

me call you a squid??? pffffft! nossir notmesir!!

Those track days look like they're doing good things for your riding posture. I need to look into a track day and leather rental and such out here at mid-ohio...

ohh hey. forgot. go buy a suit from cycle gear, then return it at full price. free rental

choneofakind · January 18th, 2012, 06:06 PM

ha. hahahaha. hahaha. Brilliant!! That's just as good as buying a giant tv and only owning it for superbowl weekend

alex.s · January 18th, 2012, 06:20 PM

i had to do it when my kobe suit didnt show up in time for track last time. bought the cheapest bilt suit i could find, wore it for a track day, then returned it.

choneofakind · January 18th, 2012, 06:30 PM

and they didn't notice at all? did you leave the tags on or something the whole time that you wore it?? Remind me not to buy gear that you've bought and returned

alex.s · January 18th, 2012, 06:31 PM

they dont care. their return policy is amazing. you can even return crap you bought somewhere else i hear. i have heard stories of people returning crashed gear

choneofakind · January 18th, 2012, 06:32 PM

Wow! I'm going to go read their return policy now

jdoucet93 · January 19th, 2012, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

I was distracted by his shifting, he's slipping the clutch excessively since he's not letting go of the throttle as he upshifts, and yet shifting slow enough that it slips for awhile until it fully engages the next gear. It's hard to wear out a ninjette clutch early, but he's on pace for it.

I'm with alex on this one. I could barely concentrate on the video itself because of this guy's massive amount of clutch slippage.

subxero · January 26th, 2013, 07:45 PM

Just a 250 riders vid, figured i would post, i like to see what some critics have to say about things. I think one can learn by seeing what others point out in another's riding.

Link to original page on YouTube.

Alex · January 26th, 2013, 08:24 PM

/merged with other threads on same video of @NathanUc

subxero · January 26th, 2013, 08:38 PM

I always do a search before i post a vid, but peoples habits of posting vids and not using anything descriptive what so ever from the vid title and or just posting vids in a some what related thread makes it hard to find them sometime. I try... i really do.

Thanks for cleaning up my mess again

Alex · January 26th, 2013, 08:40 PM

The way I find them is just by the video ID. Those few characters in a row are unique enough that it always pulls up any other thread with that same video in it.

subxero · January 26th, 2013, 08:56 PM

^Good idea, kinda of embarrassed that i didn't think of it.

NathanUc · January 26th, 2013, 09:50 PM

I keep wanting to re-make this vid considering how different my bike and riding system is now. Hell, adjusting the carbs alone was worth re-doing the vid!

What are your opinions on the vid?

NathanUc · January 26th, 2013, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdoucet93

I'm with alex on this one. I could barely concentrate on the video itself because of this guy's massive amount of clutch slippage.

I honestly think the carb mixture was somewhat to blame here. Someone PM'ed me on youtube and suggested I check it out that day. The following weekend I was able to get dyno time to adjust it and MAN was it way off. After properly adjusting the needle and jets (as well as doing a airbox delete.. had the dyno anyways, why not), it felt completely different. There might have been some user error within my shifting, but it was resolved after the rejet. A little while later after that, I upgraded the clutch springs to something a bit more firm and replaced the clutch plates (they didn't look as if they needed it, but I was coming up on my 7.5k maint)

skilletmo · January 27th, 2013, 12:40 AM

One of the sexiest ZX6R's ive seen Kevin. So sexy. let me have it.

January 7th, 2012, 02:06 PM	#41
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	even my boring commute to work looks faster than that kevin Link to original page on YouTube. __________________________________________________

January 7th, 2012, 02:09 PM	#42
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Your on a 250, you cant be going that fast lol __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

January 7th, 2012, 02:12 PM	#43
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	oh yeah, slow girls bike. if only the 600 didn't have a screw in the tire right now... __________________________________________________

January 7th, 2012, 05:09 PM	#48
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	kobeusa.com buy your own. they're well worth it. __________________________________________________

January 8th, 2012, 02:44 PM	#59
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	Next time im in the canyons or at the track ill put the camera on the tank. Then you will see clutchless upshifting and clutchless downshifting __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

January 7th, 2012, 02:45 PM	#44
akima Nooblet Name: Akima Location: England Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R FI Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '13	@alex.s: I'm no expert, but from my perspective, your mullholand riding didn't stand out as dangerous or scary to me. You're going faster than I would, but that's only because you're clearly a more skilled/experienced rider. Unlike the video I posted, your video consists entirely of road where you have an entire lane to yourself, the road is seemingly clear of debri and in good condition and there are no driveways or turnoffs at all (let alone on blind corners). The video I posted looked a bit sketchy to me, your video just looks awesome! LOL: at your flappy wing-mirrors. Ninjette mirrors always look like ears to me and on your bike they look even more ear like Also: By no means am I complaining about the video I posted. I'm in the 'live and let live' and 'your an adult: do as you please' camps, so I'm not going to get upset even if I think someone is riding like a fool. If they're putting other people in danger then that's more likely to annoy me. I can see in your video that you're very considerate of other people: you slowed right down for those cyclists: more so than many other mullholand riders I've seen.

January 7th, 2012, 03:47 PM	#47
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	me call you a squid??? pffffft! nossir notmesir!! Those track days look like they're doing good things for your riding posture. I need to look into a track day and leather rental and such out here at mid-ohio...

January 7th, 2012, 07:24 PM	#50
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	That would be awesome. I hope you don't mind hanging out with a 250 riding in the novice group though. Need to get my chickens in a row this summer then with my job situation before I look into track days though. Thanks for the offer! I'll keep ya in mind

January 7th, 2012, 07:42 PM	#52
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Cool begin money saving mode for choneofakind

January 8th, 2012, 05:37 AM	#55
EsrTek ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Murfreesboro, TN Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): '13 300 Posts: A lot.	PS - Alex video shows clutchless up shifting... I know thats another thread, I'm just to lazy to post this there (would require me to search)

January 8th, 2012, 01:04 PM	#58
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	But the shifting was good I noticed it the one time that you turned around and didn't even have your left hand on the bars, and a few really quick shifts went by. Props for a good demonstration yeah we'll start a thread when we get closer to figure out what works best for who. I was thinking mid June or July sometime; that would be our best bet for good weather. Standard 1 day is $195, and standard 2 day is $365, so I'm only going to be in if I can get a second job this summer like I had last summer. Dang engineering textbooks don't get any cheaper, and unlike buying fun parts for Mik, I don't get anything from a $200 textbook that I couldn't have gotten from borrowing a friends' book...

January 8th, 2012, 08:01 PM	#60
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	is the wind protection good from the tank? I want to mount my camera on my tank so it's behind the windscreen, but I'm worried that it's too far back and will get lots of wind noise

January 18th, 2012, 06:06 PM	#64
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	ha. hahahaha. hahaha. Brilliant!! That's just as good as buying a giant tv and only owning it for superbowl weekend

January 18th, 2012, 06:20 PM	#65
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	i had to do it when my kobe suit didnt show up in time for track last time. bought the cheapest bilt suit i could find, wore it for a track day, then returned it. __________________________________________________

January 18th, 2012, 06:30 PM	#66
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	and they didn't notice at all? did you leave the tags on or something the whole time that you wore it?? Remind me not to buy gear that you've bought and returned

January 18th, 2012, 06:31 PM	#67
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	they dont care. their return policy is amazing. you can even return crap you bought somewhere else i hear. i have heard stories of people returning crashed gear __________________________________________________

January 18th, 2012, 06:32 PM	#68
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Wow! I'm going to go read their return policy now

January 26th, 2013, 07:45 PM	#70
subxero dirty boy Name: Joe Location: Johnstown, PA Join Date: Sep 2012 Motorcycle(s): I don't even know anymore?? Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '14	some guys 250 ride vid from Indiana (anyone here?) Just a 250 riders vid, figured i would post, i like to see what some critics have to say about things. I think one can learn by seeing what others point out in another's riding. Link to original page on YouTube.

January 26th, 2013, 08:24 PM	#71
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	/merged with other threads on same video of @NathanUc __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

January 26th, 2013, 08:38 PM	#72
subxero dirty boy Name: Joe Location: Johnstown, PA Join Date: Sep 2012 Motorcycle(s): I don't even know anymore?? Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '14	I always do a search before i post a vid, but peoples habits of posting vids and not using anything descriptive what so ever from the vid title and or just posting vids in a some what related thread makes it hard to find them sometime. I try... i really do. Thanks for cleaning up my mess again

January 26th, 2013, 08:40 PM	#73
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	The way I find them is just by the video ID. Those few characters in a row are unique enough that it always pulls up any other thread with that same video in it. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

January 26th, 2013, 08:56 PM	#74
subxero dirty boy Name: Joe Location: Johnstown, PA Join Date: Sep 2012 Motorcycle(s): I don't even know anymore?? Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '14	^Good idea, kinda of embarrassed that i didn't think of it.

January 26th, 2013, 09:50 PM	#75
NathanUc B-Town Ninja Name: Nathan Location: Bloomington, IN Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): Black 2013 Ninja ZX6R ABS Posts: 609 Blog Entries: 3	I keep wanting to re-make this vid considering how different my bike and riding system is now. Hell, adjusting the carbs alone was worth re-doing the vid! What are your opinions on the vid? __________________________________________________ Downgraded to a 2013 636. Previous owner of a 2010 250r --------------------------------- My moto-vlog YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/bloomingtonninja

January 27th, 2013, 12:40 AM	#77
skilletmo InfoWhore Name: Melashi Location: 75081 Join Date: Oct 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 StreetFighter ~~~~ 2005 KTM 450 EXC Posts: 628	One of the sexiest ZX6R's ive seen Kevin. So sexy. let me have it. __________________________________________________ Everyone, go buy a dirtbike hurry

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