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5th April 2005, 17:41
Gidday, I've been lurking here for a bit to learn a few things before I bought a bike.
Now the time has come to ask for advice.
I've had my motorbike learners since i got my car license back in 1999.
Right now, I'm absolutely sick to death of driving a car (I do it for a living) and the bike bug has always been sitting in the back of my head, saying "doooooo eeeeeettt doooo eeeettt"
Now that I have some moola I want to find something to learn on, and the VTZ looked like it might fit the bill.
The bike I'm looking at is a 1989 Honda VTZ250 from Dave Whitaker Honda in Hastings.
It's done 57242km, came from Japan to here in 1997 and the asking price is $1650
I haven't been for a test ride yet, as the bike doesn't start (insert ominous sound here)
Here's a few pix of it:
Left hand side:
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/3915/lhside3ru.th.jpg (http://img83.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img83&image=lhside3ru.jpg)
Right hand side:
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/4962/rhside7mw.th.jpg (http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=rhside7mw.jpg)
Engine:
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7571/engine4uk.th.jpg (http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=engine4uk.jpg)
Gauges:
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7416/gauges7at.th.jpg (http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=gauges7at.jpg)
The front:
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/6890/front7ny.th.jpg (http://img37.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img37&image=front7ny.jpg)
The rear (that'd be my camera case on the seat, oops!)
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/451/rear4xs.th.jpg (http://img37.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img37&image=rear4xs.jpg)
And now, onto some gear.
I looked at a couple of helmets, a Nitro jobbie here:
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/251/nitrohelmet0jh.th.jpg (http://img37.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img37&image=nitrohelmet0jh.jpg)
and a HJC CL-14, which i didn't get a pic of.
The HJC felt higher quality, and had a higher price, $210 vs $350.
The fit of the HJC was better than the Nitro, but hey, I like pictures and I also like to hear other people's experiences with gear.
I also looked at a whole bunch of gloves, and this Teknic Cyclone stood out nicely:
http://img238.exs.cx/img238/1452/tekniccycloneglove7nt.th.jpg (http://img238.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img238&image=tekniccycloneglove7nt.jpg)
All the fancy kevlar jobbies, but it also had an elastic waist on it to keep water out. Fit was quite good too.
The jacket that fitted me best was this Mobig "Berlin" Cordura.
It had armour in the shoulders and elbows, as well as padding on the back and a kidney belt!
http://img238.exs.cx/img238/1558/mobigberlinjacket7iw.th.jpg (http://img238.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img238&image=mobigberlinjacket7iw.jpg)
What I would like to know, is does anyone here have any experience with this make and model of bike, and any comments on the gear that I've looked at?
Oh, and if anyone has had dealings with Dave Whitaker Honda before, good or bad i'd like to hear it.
Thanks for reading through that jumbled bunch of thoughts, I'm still a bit giddy :Punk:
Now the time has come to ask for advice.
I've had my motorbike learners since i got my car license back in 1999.
Right now, I'm absolutely sick to death of driving a car (I do it for a living) and the bike bug has always been sitting in the back of my head, saying "doooooo eeeeeettt doooo eeeettt"
Now that I have some moola I want to find something to learn on, and the VTZ looked like it might fit the bill.
The bike I'm looking at is a 1989 Honda VTZ250 from Dave Whitaker Honda in Hastings.
It's done 57242km, came from Japan to here in 1997 and the asking price is $1650
I haven't been for a test ride yet, as the bike doesn't start (insert ominous sound here)
Here's a few pix of it:
Left hand side:
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/3915/lhside3ru.th.jpg (http://img83.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img83&image=lhside3ru.jpg)
Right hand side:
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/4962/rhside7mw.th.jpg (http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=rhside7mw.jpg)
Engine:
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7571/engine4uk.th.jpg (http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=engine4uk.jpg)
Gauges:
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7416/gauges7at.th.jpg (http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=gauges7at.jpg)
The front:
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/6890/front7ny.th.jpg (http://img37.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img37&image=front7ny.jpg)
The rear (that'd be my camera case on the seat, oops!)
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/451/rear4xs.th.jpg (http://img37.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img37&image=rear4xs.jpg)
And now, onto some gear.
I looked at a couple of helmets, a Nitro jobbie here:
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/251/nitrohelmet0jh.th.jpg (http://img37.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img37&image=nitrohelmet0jh.jpg)
and a HJC CL-14, which i didn't get a pic of.
The HJC felt higher quality, and had a higher price, $210 vs $350.
The fit of the HJC was better than the Nitro, but hey, I like pictures and I also like to hear other people's experiences with gear.
I also looked at a whole bunch of gloves, and this Teknic Cyclone stood out nicely:
http://img238.exs.cx/img238/1452/tekniccycloneglove7nt.th.jpg (http://img238.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img238&image=tekniccycloneglove7nt.jpg)
All the fancy kevlar jobbies, but it also had an elastic waist on it to keep water out. Fit was quite good too.
The jacket that fitted me best was this Mobig "Berlin" Cordura.
It had armour in the shoulders and elbows, as well as padding on the back and a kidney belt!
http://img238.exs.cx/img238/1558/mobigberlinjacket7iw.th.jpg (http://img238.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img238&image=mobigberlinjacket7iw.jpg)
What I would like to know, is does anyone here have any experience with this make and model of bike, and any comments on the gear that I've looked at?
Oh, and if anyone has had dealings with Dave Whitaker Honda before, good or bad i'd like to hear it.
Thanks for reading through that jumbled bunch of thoughts, I'm still a bit giddy :Punk: