First solo... (a ride report, of sorts...)

Dunno what the protocol is here, but over in aus.aviation,
where I'm much less a newbie, it's customary to announce
the first time one goes it alone...


Bought one of these today (2003 ZZR250)...
http://www.kawasaki.com.au/mc/sports/zzr250_5/large.jpg
Look again, it's actually not black, it's a really nice
dark dark dark dark dark dark blue...

Private sale, drove it out the door with (count-em)
one hundred and one kilometres on the clock, ventura
rack/bag, a little tank bag, and eight months of
rego for around $1600.00 less than the drive-away
price of the same thing (sans extras) new. (This one
is 03/2003 complianced, first registered 08/2003).
Given the prices people have on a lot of lesser
motorcycles, I'm pretty happy with this effort. The
bloody thing still had the coloured chalk stripes
in the grooves in the tyres!!! I'm pretty much ready
to ask the woman who sold it to me if she'd like to
have my children!!!


And yeah, I did my first solo!


<political>

While I'm at it, I'll put in a plug for MCA/Motorcycle
Accessory Supermarket in Wentworth Street in Sydney
City. I rocked up there this afternoon at about 4pm
and they looked after me very well helmet/jacket/
jeans/gloves wise. Gave an excellent discount on the
strength of my bikersanon.com membership card, and
generally looked after the newbie well. Those folks are
happy to let you frig around in their shop trying shit on
all afternoon without trying to "salesman" you at all.
I like that very much. I'll be shopping there a lot more
in the future.

A striking contrast to the salesc*nts at Sydney City
Motorcycles in Lane Cove, whose door I'll not *ever*
darken again. Their motto is "learner == cash cow",
apparently. (There's supposed to be an apostrophe in
'whose' somewhere, sorry, I can't figure it out!)

</political>


Yeah, so anyway, first solo scared the shit out of me:
"I can't see out of this helmet. I can't bend my head
enough to see out of this helmet. My mirrors aren't
BIG enough. Oh, the learnerbike school instructor was
right, if I stare at that car hard enough, I *will* ride
right into it. Who T.F. made these mirrors so small and
helmets so hard to see out of? Fuckin' indicators won't
cancel, WTF, OMFG, GRIN".

For what was quite possibly the first time in my
entire life, I was glad to get stuck behind a truck
that never made it over 50Km/h. Took the pressure off!

They didn't teach me nearly enough at learnerbike
school. Contrary to my proud perception of a week ago,
I'll need about another twenty-seven years of experience
before I know it all!!!


Bikes is fuckin' good fun but!


G

 

GB wrote:

So you mastered lesson 1.

Welcome.

Moike

 

Dunno if we have a protocol - I think we can adopt aus.aviation's rule in
this case without any probs.A striking contrast to the salesc*nts at Sydney City

You'll pass the grammar nazis this time - 'whose' is perfectly correct.

That they are. Welcome to the clan.

Manning

 

You gonna tell us about the first time u went solo in the toilet as well

Nice very nice

DROVE!
DROVE!
First mistake.

again with the private fetish.

Nope that's correct.

Welcome to the fold Grasshopper
As your confidence grows so will the grin factor.
But as always take care.
btw goanfuggyaself (Harsh week Salutation)

 

Uh HUH . from smee I sort of expected this , coke + mars bar.

 

aus.masturbation is the same.
Clem

 

That's your hilarious paedophile-joke again is it?
Clem

 

No no, that was *last* week! *This* week I rode a motorcycle
on a public street for the first time.

Get with we're program! sheesh!

G

 

Get a grip?
Clem

 

Pfft! I ask that of ALL women!! (You just never know.....)

Are they a photo ID?
~

How big's your helmet that you have to bend your head to look out? (And
how "bent' is your head now?)
~

Sorry; but no, you won't.
It's been almost 27 years since I got my licence and I don't know it all.
(OK 26!)
It's probably been around 47 since Theo got his and HE doesn't know it all!
But of course, that's part of the fun.

By Jove; the lad's got it!
Clem

 

Welcome to the fold. In case you haven't been told, every new poster gets a
free kickindanuts from the ausmotian nearest you.

Surprised no one has told you the ZZR is a girl's bike. Either 1. They
actually reckon it looks alright. or 2. they're cutting you some slack for
your first post and will **** you over next week when you troll your first
newbie question.

More likely number 2, so make your next question bulletproof.

And fuckya its a girl's bike. (Not jealous at all. Now if you'll excuse me I
have to go clean the pink chain on the Fizzer).

 

Dave Mojo67 wrote:

Where did you get the pink chain?
How pink is it, anyway?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

That seems fair, although if it was customary to post *every* time one
went it alone Clem would be #1 in the stats every week... hmm...

Mmmmm, that sure is purty! And it has a GPX250 motor, at least... ;-)

Looking at the "Someone took my baby" thread, I'd suggest you get some
kind of disk lock pretty sharpish.

Hurrah! How was it?

At a guess I'd say it did for the previous owner too! ;-)

If then! I reckon there's only a few hundred people in the world who
*really* know how to ride a motorcycle, and most of them are competing
in the various world championships.

Amen!

Welcome to the fold, Kwak Boy! ;-)


BTH

 

What happened to the GPX having that claim Dave?
Pink chain? hehe, well at least it'll be visible.

Mike.S

 

Ignore the rest of 'em GB - I've been cruising aus.av for almost a decade
both as a pilot and as a grounded pilot. I knew what you meant

Nice My first machine was a maroon 2000 ZZR250. You'll enjoy learning
to ride on it. It's a bit like doing ab-initio in a 182RG. Everyone else
is jealous coz their stuck in crappy 25 year old Tomahawks, but you can't
wipe the smile off your face! Ignore the girl-bike comments.

Bargain! Well done!

Woot - feels good eh?

Yep agreed. I made the mistake of buying my first bike from them. Got a
good price but that was it. They tried to screw me big time on the
helmet/gloves/jacket so I told 'em I'd buy it all elsewhere. Arse holes.

Yep - not unlike flying really . Now you know why this grounded aviator
bought a bike to maintain his sanity

Affirm - that it is! Just keep the rubbery side down and the shiney side
up.

--James
ZZR250==>ZX9R
__________________________________
A random quote of nothing:

Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice.
-- Kirk, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3220.3

 

Amen. Have fun.

Conehead

 

How that timeless piece of advice for teenagers go?

"Quit school, get a job and start paying your own bills now, while you
still know it all."

Its not _that_ surprising that those of you who've been doing it longest
are the ones who are most aware of how much _more_ there is to know.

I'm coming up for 5 years riding now, so I still have a _bit_ of the "I
know everything" attitude, I'm getting over it though... ;-)

big

 

Its fluoro pink. She spent over $200 on it, and its a good quality chain and
will last a while (unfortunately). I cringed when she brought it home. I
mean what was she thinking buying a pink chain for a fluoro orange bike? It
went with her pink leathers I suppose. I make sure there is a generous layer
of chain lube covering it all the time, but that pink shows through all too
clearly.

It was the last thing she bought for the Fizzer before she sold the bike to
me and bought the VFR. Well sort of sold it, I bought her an $800 dishwasher
and she gave me the Fizzer. Considering I have a bike and don't have to wash
up, thats a win win for me!

She got it from Tyres for Bikes in Brisbane, not sure of the brand.

 

Sorry Mate I didn't see you .. I was watching the pink chain.

 

Was the dishwasher pink too?