Hypercycles ride 06/05/04 - Palomar Pics

[Philo]

Pics are from Kent at http://www.palomarpics.net

Had a great ride everybody!!! Nice meeting some new folks and good to see the others as well. :cheers:

I am so horrible with names, so I apologize if I forgot your name. :doh:

Randy (ileenmydoubleR) tearin it up. Check the reflection in the visor, the curvature makes the road look perfectly straight. Saweet!!!
http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8010.jpg

[Philo]

Forgotten name #1. Sorry dude, all I know is I love your bike and I need those Sato rearsets. The "good" bling. :-p

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8011.jpg

[Philo]

Forgotten name #2. :doh: God I'm such a tard. Glad you liked how the 636 felt, cause you're about to bastardize that SV with a Kawi rear shock. :headbang: Let me know if you like the difference.

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8013.jpg

[Philo]

Hmmm. Not quite as ghey as I thought I'd look. Still ghey, just not quite as.....

Body positioning tips are HIGHLY appreciated. Please fellas, I need all the help I can get. Don't be afraid to tell me I suck, just give me a couple tips on not sucking so bad. :cool:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8014.jpg

[Philo]

Here's a journalist from Motorcyclist magazine that me and FN#2 met at Mother's. He's writing a long-term test review of the new Triumph Thruxton 900. Billy likey the Thruxton 900. NEEDS PIPES!!! :werd:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8017.jpg

[Philo]

Sean and Nic cruising down pullback style. :cool:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8018.jpg

[Philo]

Josh (afrothunder) and Sean's sister (forgotten name #3)

JOSH SLOW DOWN!!!!!! She's hanging on for dear life!!!
:holymoly: :roflmao:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8019.jpg

[afrothunder]

i was there too! you forgot about me bill! :(

[Philo]

Forgotten name #4 (I told you I suck). Lookin good. Only his second trip to the almighty Palomar. :clap: Pimpin the Ninja.

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8020.jpg

[afrothunder]

anuda...

[afrothunder]

whoops... sorry... i guess i hijacked your pictures thread... :errf:

[Philo]

LOOK A CAMERA!!!!! :eek:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8021.jpg

[Philo]

Originally posted by afrothunder
whoops... sorry... i guess i hijacked your pictures thread... :errf:

lol Go for it. I missed that one of you solo. I didn't know you made a run by yourself, and, well.......blue R6's aren't exactly uncommon. ;) :-p

[Philo]

I think this is Andre (dre_2k_f4i)...... railing

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8052.jpg

[Philo]

Paaaaayyyycccee.

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8053.jpg

[Philo]

Get that knee out!!! :clap:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8055.jpg

[YuJinha]

Originally posted by Philo
LOOK A CAMERA!!!!! :eek:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8021.jpg

Think he's ready to drag knee right into the camera man. Someone point out to him it's his military left.

[Philo]

Pic of the day. This, ladies and gentlemen, is how to flog a Vulcan.
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8056.jpg

[Philo]

Workin the SV..........I want one.

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8062.jpg

[pulse]

nice shots guys, looks like you had fun. was it crowded up there?

[Philo]

Smooth. :guitar:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8063.jpg

[pulse]

sean..........where the h3ll are the gloves man??? the squids i see on vulcans these days..........rediculous i tell you, rediculous.

[Philo]

Yup. Lot's of fun. Surprisingly, wasn't crowded at all.

Tips?????

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8064.jpg

[Philo]

Awww isn't that cute. He's trying to drag a knee. :rolleyes:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8065.jpg

[Philo]

Thruxton=kewl

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8068.jpg

[pulse]

Originally posted by Philo
Tips?????



never use your brakes.........ever :-p

[Philo]

Pretty sure this guy wasn't part of our group. :eek: :doh:

http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8072.jpg

[Philo]

Whoops. Got this one mixed up with Josh's second pic. Mmmmmmmmm. Marchenisi. Mmmmmmmmmm. Ohlins.

So that's what those hard things on the knees of my leathers are for.
http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8034.jpg

[Philo]

Like I said, had a good time ladies and gents. We must do this again soon.

And thanks for all the great pics Kent!!!

[YuJinha]

Tips...

I'm no expert at judging form based on a picture but it seems like you're not so much pivoting around the tank as you are sliding from side to side. It looks like you're really far back from the clip-ons and that you need to be kissing your mirrors which would mean you need to pivot around the tank. You want to be "off the bike" yes but you also want to get up on the front of the bike versus hanging off the side of it. For me, I find that when I'm "wrapped" around my bike, I feel more stable, more a part of the bike then just having myself hanging of in the middle of no where with the bike pulling me around the turn like a rollercoaster. Also, I have no idea what you're speed is and met-t (missision enemy time terrain; basically situation dictates action) does come into play but don't be afraid to get your ass cheeks off the seat as well although this may also have to do with your body position of sliding versus pivoting.

Then again, I'm by no means any racer. Never been to a track day, never been to a race school. Learned all that I know about riding sport bikes all from trial and error, watching MotoGP, and reading those 8 million articles on how to drag knee so take my statement with a grain of salt. Maybe some of these more experience people can futher your understanding of your riding position.

[dre_2k2_f4i]

Thanks for posting up the pics, Philo (http://www.hypercycles.org/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=24).

Originally posted by Philo
I think this is Andre (dre_2k_f4i)...... railing
http://home.san.rr.com/bfahr/Pali/PICT8052.jpg
Yes, sorry to announce the defection, but I switched to team Honda for a day. That 600rr inspires confidence and speed. No worries: I return to the Yamaha with a clear perspective on the competition. Ponders buying Bryant's 600rr....

As for GPTechMan (http://www.hypercycles.org/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=6) -- he was railing up the mountain because we had heard that Josh was on the side of the road, and I mistakenly reported that he had gone down. Doh! :doh: It doesn't matter, he's still a squid on the Vulcan! :-p

[Arnold_R1]

Ok Bill, the guy on the pic #1 w/the flat black RC-51 is Mike-Slowpoke, and pic # 2 w/the copper SV is Bret-Duckie, and name #4 on the Ninja 500r is Noel-EvilKawi! Yeah yesterday was fun, no crashes, HARDLY ANY PEEPS too! Just good, clean riding!

[Dominator]

ok but where was the one good picture someone took of me! ^_^ all this talk of pivoting makes me wonder if I should be doing something different as well hmmmm oh well something to work on next time

[Philo]

Originally posted by Arnold_R1
Ok Bill, the guy on the pic #1 w/the flat black RC-51 is Mike-Slowpoke, and pic # 2 w/the copper SV is Bret-Duckie, and name #4 on the Ninja 500r is Noel-EvilKawi! Yeah yesterday was fun, no crashes, HARDLY ANY PEEPS too! Just good, clean riding!

Thanks Arnold. I tried to edit the posts and put their names by the pics but was denied. :( (Go for it moderators)

Where's everybody elses pics? There were like four cameras there yesterday.

[afrothunder]

gathering up on highland valley...

[afrothunder]

ladies of the ride...

[afrothunder]

kirsten (sp?), randy, and brett hanging at the san y gas station.

[afrothunder]

sean and the bodmaster!

[afrothunder]

josh: i'm a thug!
bryant: mmmmm beeeeeefy.
kirsten: wesieeeeeeede!
arnold: my face has been like this all my life!

[afrothunder]

josh: hey guys! funny picture!
bryant: i wonder what josh just said...

[afrothunder]

nice looking duc 998...

[afrothunder]

slipper clutch baby!

[afrothunder]

good reminder huh...

[afrothunder]

having some grub...
bryant's getting ready to throw down!

[afrothunder]

grrrrrrr!

[afrothunder]

me

[afrothunder]

arnie

[afrothunder]

arnie chasing me

[afrothunder]

evil kawi looking smooth!

[afrothunder]

sean railing the 6!
notice dre taking a picture too.
haha

[afrothunder]

brett not looking too shabby

[afrothunder]

its all about the astars baby

[afrothunder]

tired nic

[afrothunder]

playing with camera mode 1

[afrothunder]

playing with camera mode 2

[afrothunder]

playing with camera mode 3

[afrothunder]

the couple

[afrothunder]

thaaaaaaaaaat's all i gots folks!
these have been reduced in size and quality...
so if you want the actual pic... just PM or email me about em!

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by afrothunder
nice looking duc 998...

+1 Josh! j/k! ;)

Nice pics J-man! Now wheres the other ones!

[YuJinha]

Originally posted by afrothunder
nice looking duc 998...


Isn't that a 999? Double sided swingarm, turn signals on mirrors, 999 exhaust?

All I know is that Ducati Corse vented clutch cover had to have costed a pretty penny.

[dre_2k2_f4i]

Originally posted by Duckie
ok but where was the one good picture someone took of me! ^_^ all this talk of pivoting makes me wonder if I should be doing something different as well hmmmm oh well something to work on next time I gotcha, dude. You have to wait until I get home tonight, though. I'll drop you a PM. --Dre.

[cbrsmurf]

Originally posted by YuJinha
Isn't that a 999? Double sided swingarm, turn signals on mirrors, 999 exhaust?

All I know is that Ducati Corse vented clutch cover had to have costed a pretty penny.

Yup, it's a 999 for those reasons you stated, including the headlights down the middle......... and it says 999 on the fairing :D


Bill, everything looks good dude. Can't see your left side, but everything looks good. The only reason you aint scraping knee is cuz your bike can lean a whole lot further!

[dre_2k2_f4i]

Okay, my pictures are at:
http://img.aguto.com/040605 -- hanging out
http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar -- riding

Bret
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1943.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1943)

Noel
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1935.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1935)

Sorry, GPTechMan was a camera hog on Palomar. :(

[dre_2k2_f4i]

(Next time I will either A. be closer, or B. have a better telephoto lens)

Randy
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1915.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1915)

Arnold
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1916.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1916)

Josh
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1918.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1918)

Noel
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1919.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1919)

Bryant
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1919b.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1919b)

Bill
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1920.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1920)

Mike
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040605-palomar/IMG_1921.thumb.jpg (http://img.aguto.com/040605-palomar/IMG_1921)

[vroomvroom]

That was a great weekend. Glad I came down to meet all of ya. Now I can put a face to your avatar. Hope it's not too long before I see you guys again! Thanks to all you guys for showing me what the bike world is like... I fell in love with a new sport! Special thanks to Sean and Nic for letting me crash at your house (rent free), Thanks to Bryant for the helmet and gloves, and thanks to Josh for letting me ride with ya and showing me a wonderful time! Bye!

[ileenmydoubleR]

that was a great ride and I wish I coulda stayed out longer! Nice meeting the new faces and hanging with some of the other freaks like sean.

and bryant umm do you get lost cause we hit miramar exit off the 15 at the exact same time?? I thought we would have been able to head up fast and down tight and be back at 2ish.

you guys took some kewl pics. here are some more pics fo yo viewing pleasures!

[ileenmydoubleR]

I m gonna sell the RR and get a vulcan!

[ileenmydoubleR]

oh yeah!

[ileenmydoubleR]

'if the rhythm feels good to ya baby let me hear you say, uh uh baby!'

[ileenmydoubleR]

gas

[ileenmydoubleR]

nice bikes

[ileenmydoubleR]

nice

[ileenmydoubleR]

kewl

[ileenmydoubleR]

kewl kewl

[ileenmydoubleR]

the tourist! even his sister is laughing at him!

[ileenmydoubleR]

my next bike!

[ileenmydoubleR]

for brett, his old bike

[ileenmydoubleR]

arnolds blue and white girlfriend

[ileenmydoubleR]

my baby

[YuJinha]

Check the racing slicks on that Duc

[mill916]

looks like I missed another good ride. I'm glad to see everyone was fun and safe.

I likey the 999.

Randy: it's been a while, hasn't it? Nice bike. I like the red accent on the rims. Do you think that will make me look faster?

Sean: I'm diggin' your GP bike.

[ileenmydoubleR]

Originally posted by mill916
looks like I missed another good ride. I'm glad to see everyone was fun and safe.

I likey the 999.

Randy: it's been a while, hasn't it? Nice bike. I like the red accent on the rims. Do you think that will make me look faster?

Sean: I'm diggin' your GP bike.

millan last time i saw you was in church! but i ve havent been riding in a long time as well though. I m just getting back into it.

I am in love with the RR, I really considered getting a 749dark but maybe that ll be my next bike.

[EvilKawi]

Okay, my turn.

Even more pics for your viewing pleasure.

[EvilKawi]

Chillin' at Banner.

[EvilKawi]

Which way did they go? hahaha

[EvilKawi]

Down by the trailer park.

[EvilKawi]

Banner pics.

[EvilKawi]

I like this picture. If only I could put a caption on it.

[EvilKawi]

Yo, what's up!

[EvilKawi]

For our afternoon entertainment we have these two guys doing lord knows what.

[EvilKawi]

When the suspension is a rockin don’t come a knockin.

Thanks, again Sean for leading me around. It was nice seeing another Bay Area rider, which beats those “Goat trails” in the Santa Cruz mountains. Hahaha

[EvilKawi]

Here's us waiting for Arnold.

Thanks for putting this one together, Arnold.

[EvilKawi]

Start of Pally pics.

I was amazed that there wasn’t that many people on Pally so, we had the mountain basically to ourselves.

[EvilKawi]

Mike tearin it up.

[EvilKawi]

Arnold wizzing by.

[EvilKawi]

Here's a shot of Bret.

[EvilKawi]

Here's Bill representing Team Kawi.

[EvilKawi]

Here's me on my little pony.

[EvilKawi]

Here's Josh with a great lean angle.

[EvilKawi]

Here's another one of Mike.

[EvilKawi]

Can you believe it people were up in the trees taking pictures.

[EvilKawi]

More people taking pics.

[EvilKawi]

I'm ready for my close up.

[GPTECHMAN]

Hey noel, there are still more right?
if you can email some of them to me I can post em, or I would just like to see them some time in any case. Thanks

[EvilKawi]

I wish there was an easier way to post these pics. I hate to resize them.

[EvilKawi]

Yeah, just let me know if you guys want one of the originals. The quality is not so good resized.

[EvilKawi]

.

[EvilKawi]

This is a good shot.

[EvilKawi]

Team Green.

[EvilKawi]

This is another good one.

[EvilKawi]

Even better one.

[EvilKawi]

Don't know who this was.

[afrothunder]

nice pics noel.
could you send me that pic of me?
my email should be in my profile.
thanks buddy!

[h2o-girl]

Thanks for the good compay everyone!! I had a lot of fun. Wherever it was we ate lunch was delicious!!! I highly recommend the pastrami sandwich! Yum!

[ileenmydoubleR]

nice pics noel! I wish i could have stayed longer.

[Kent]

Glad you all liked the pics.

It was a great day up there, but how come you didn't snap any shots of me when I rode by you a couple of times down there?? :)

Kent

[Philo]

You probably went by too fast. ;) :-p

[GPTECHMAN]

Oh I think I got one of ya kent....it was with evilkawi's cam though

Noel....?

[EvilKawi]

Oh, this is Kent.

[EvilKawi]

Another pic of Kent courtesy of Sean.

[afrothunder]

yo noel!
where my high res pics at dawg?!

[Philo]

Originally posted by afrothunder
yo noel!
where my high res pics at dawg?!

Me 2 please. :pray:

:cheers:

[EvilKawi]

I'm trying to send it but yahoo and hotmail doesn't allow such large files.

[EvilKawi]

I'll think of something.

[Akino]

nice pics everyone. hope to be ridin like that in due time :rockon:

[Philo]

Originally posted by EvilKawi
I'll think of something.

I'll set up an ftp or http server tonight and pm you the address/login. I can send Josh's his, too.

:D

[Kent]

Thanks for the pics!

Not too often I see pics of myself.......

I'll be up there again this saturday,

Kent

[melonheadR6]

Originally posted by Philo
I'll set up an ftp or http server tonight and pm you the address/login. I can send Josh's his, too.

:D

hey i have web space if you need some help bill

[Philo]

I already got it set up, thanks anyway Charlie.

Noel.....PM me when you're ready to upload and I'll give you the address. ;)

[EvilKawi]

Okay, Bill PM me your ftp addy with the logon and password.

[Philo]

Will you be around tonight. I'll have to turn on the service and get you my IP after work today. I get home around 4:15.

[EvilKawi]

Sure that'll be fine.

Are you going to the Eastlake Bike Night?

[Philo]

Originally posted by EvilKawi
Sure that'll be fine.

Are you going to the Eastlake Bike Night?

No. I'm a skinny white boy and am scurred of da ghetto. :-p

j/k I've got too many things to do tonight. So no BN. :(

[Philo]

Last time I was in eastlake.....

http://www.carolinabreeze.com/img/misc/149.jpg

[EvilKawi]

haha, it's not that bad.

Have you been to Eastlake lately, it's really nice.

[Philo]

Nah, I'm just kidding. I've never even been there. I just know people around here keep calling it the ghetto. I've been meaning to go check out the Bike Night down there. Sounds like a good time and really chill.

BTW, that's not me in the pic. Just hapened accross it today and thought it looked funny. :-p

[BOO1919]

Originally posted by ileenmydoubleR
kewl kewl
Mike your bike looks sick like that!!!Looks f@ck!ng mean!