geoff90

That was a few years ago yes! It was a great bike, but ended up making the switch to a v-twin... did miss the bike for a while (sold it to another TMBF member). I've moved on... emigrated down under nearly four years ago and haven;t looked back. Recently bought an FZ1 that I've finished stripping and upgrading, now putting it back together. Good to hear from you!

Yep roadtorque in Chester way is who I'm referring to... bought his Bandit 650SA off him some years ago.

Me too, thats why I was asking. Cheers.

Has anyone heard from Roadtorque? I remember buying his bandit off him some time ago and although I don't frequent here often I was wondering how he was getting on.

Sorry for quick short reply! I meant as in the bike... looks like a fast bike. Nice vid.

too fast

I have two xena ones, a small yellow one and a larger silver one. They are great and I would say the smaller one is better due to size, cost and its more visible on wheel so you dont forget.

Wow!

that'll be the weak point in a crash then!

yup, got these in black, bought them in HG back in 2009, still going strong although the suede palm has worn away (too much riding!) still great gloves though

whats diana and chanel number 5 have in common? both leaeve paris in a box

yeah its fab, when i pop back to the uk next year maybe I'll visit that part of the Wales again... lived there and ridden those roads too much to just forget about them

Its a great road that, and I've ridden it loads

Beautiful... my first bike that was

thanks for the info guys ended up buying the motorsports gopro hero hd with some extras (mounts and anti fog inserts). mighty impressive bit of kit - getting some amazing videos once i've sorted them i'll show you all some of my local nz roads... just awesome thanks again

its ridiculous to say the sport should be banned... motorsport is dangerous... fact... thats why riders ride and drivers drive... adrenaline i really feel for edwards and rossi... rossi's body language on the bike after riding the bucking bronco spoke volumes... he knew what had happened (initially it looked to me as if he only bounced off edwards and not made contact with marco)... and its was going to be bad. i really felt for marco's girlfriend who was shown in the pits gasping after the accident, and also edwards who sat/stood there motionless... that reminded me of a driver in F1 who saw a marshall get ripped to shreds after running across the track with a fire extinguisher. i hope rossi doesn't quit, but i think he may.

Such a shame, was watching it live on the BBC news website over here in NZ. It was odd 'cos before the race I was thinking of Craig Jones, the UK rider who had a nasty accident at Brands a few years ago. So sad, Sic was a real character and he was definitely world champion material. I felt so sorry for his girlfriend who they cut to during the crash. RIP 58.

the motorsports version comes with mounting tabs, sucker thingies so should be ok as-is no-one else used it/have any experience?

had a cracking ride today over the coromandel peninsular here in nz... and have decided i need a camera to share this amazing country with you peeps! anyone have any info on the gopro hd? certainly looks impressive