Oldie newbie (eh?)

[Virago]

Hey guys,

Good to be on board, looks like a fun place to waste time!

After over 20 years without a bike, I've recently got back in the saddle. I bought an old Yamaha SR250 to get me moving, but it was soon traded in on a Virago 1100 - I'm in love! It gets plenty of weekend use, mainly in and around Dunedin and Central Otago.

I'm looking at joining the local Ulysses group, I guess that being on the wrong side of 40 now means I qualify for membership!

Looking forward to hanging out with you all.

:ride:

[Will]

Welcome.

If, like me, you are under 50, you will be a Junoir Ulysses member. Not bad, eh! :Punk:

[Joni]

20 years away.... wow! welcome back to the world of riding. :ride:

And welcome to KB too...
:wavey:

[Virago]

Welcome.

If, like me, you are under 50, you will be a Junoir Ulysses member. Not bad, eh! :Punk:

Wow - a junior - I can't wait! :2thumbsup

[HDTboy]

just watch out for gravel when cornering the virago :) ask alucard draken about that.

Welcome back

[Coyote]

Wilkommen to the site :niceone:

[Legolas]

Welcome back to the fold M8. I bet it feels good to be back on a bike after 20 years.
I've not been a member of KB long but they are really nice bunch on here and I'm sure they will make you most welcome. :drinknsin

[crashe]

Welcome to KB...

And Virago's rock..... they are so cool to ride... :2thumbsup

[Waylander]

Heh not sure I agree with the name but then I'm young and don't need it. Love the Virago though great bikes them. And it wasn't so much loose gravel as the cager pushin me off the road.

[Virago]

Welcome to KB...

And Virago's rock..... they are so cool to ride... :2thumbsup

Yeah - and being a short-arse I have found something that will go fast AND allow me to put my feet on the ground when I stop!

Cool? I get tooted at for being stopped at green lights - too busy admiring the reflection of my own bike in shop windows. Sad....

[Waylander]

Yeah - and being a short-arse I have found something that will go fast AND allow me to put my feet on the ground when I stop!

Cool? I get tooted at for being stopped at green lights - too busy admiring the reflection of my own bike in shop windows. Sad....
Got a pic of it mate? Always like seeing other Viragos.

[Virago]

Heh not sure I agree with the name but then I'm young and don't need it. Love the Virago though great bikes them. And it wasn't so much loose gravel as the cager pushin me off the road.

I found the pics of your bent Virago - ouch.......

[bugjuice]

welcome..
it's a great place to waste time.. to ride too!

[Waylander]

Hehe yea cost about $2500 to replace all the broken bits but I got it down to $1,313. That's ordering from Japan and Aussie for new parts. Hopin to find some Wreckers that have them cheaper.

[Virago]

Got a pic of it mate? Always like seeing other Viragos.

Sure have - just got to figure out how to attach one. Be patient with the pathetic newbie...

[Waylander]

Sure have - just got to figure out how to attach one. Be patient with the pathetic newbie...
Hehe yea been there mate lol.

If ya want to add it as a viewable attachment on a post just click the mannage attachments button. When the window pops up click browse then search your PC for the pic ya want, highlight it and click ok. Once you have all the pics ya wont on (max of five per post) then click upload that's it.

[crashe]

Yep I know what ya mean about being short..

Thats one of the main reasons for riding mine...

Now if I knew how to put pic's up.... I would have one up as well...lol

[woody68]

Welcome to the fold.
we need more aged guys to keep these youngs on there toes. :2thumbsup

[Virago]

Hehe yea been there mate lol.

If ya want to add it as a viewable attachment on a post just click the mannage attachments button. When the window pops up click browse then search your PC for the pic ya want, highlight it and click ok. Once you have all the pics ya wont on (max of five per post) then click upload that's it.

Okay, here goes......

Well that was easy - thanks Coach!

I've installed a pack-rack since this photo was taken.

The bike is pretty stock - stock seat, stock pipes, etc.

[riffer]

Sheeeee-it!

That's once clean and shiney bike.

Looks like one hell of a lot more comfortable seat than my bike.

Well done on getting back into it. Twenty years away is a long time. I only managed 12 and that was bad enough.

It didn't take a marriage breakdown to get back on the bike did it?

Or the last kid leaving home?

Still, none of my business really. :whistle: Welcome to the site. Let's hope we get to hear more about you and your Virago...

[Virago]

Sheeeee-it!

That's once clean and shiney bike.

Looks like one hell of a lot more comfortable seat than my bike.

Well done on getting back into it. Twenty years away is a long time. I only managed 12 and that was bad enough.

It didn't take a marriage breakdown to get back on the bike did it?

Or the last kid leaving home?

Still, none of my business really. :whistle: Welcome to the site. Let's hope we get to hear more about you and your Virago...

I guess you could call it a mid-life crisis. :lol: Distant memories of youth, etc, etc. The sight of greying hair in the mirror......

Only rode little commuter bikes when younger, traded to four-wheels when I got engaged. Married now for 20 years, with two teenage girls. But the memories of the joy of riding lurked always....

But now I have discretionary income, ha ha! :devil2:

I bought a Yamaha SR250 on a whim, but it didn't last long before I traded on the Virago.

You went 12 years without - similar reasons?

[riffer]

My ex hated bikes.

And then she just hated me.

Luckily my darling wife looooves bikes.

And me. :2thumbsup

[Waylander]

Okay, here goes......

Well that was easy - thanks Coach!

I've installed a pack-rack since this photo was taken.

The bike is pretty stock - stock seat, stock pipes, etc.

Hot damn!! Dirty it up a bit, change the mirrors to ugly black flag shaped ones and get rid of the plastic flap on the front fender and it's pretty much what my bike looked like. Need to do some heavy duty polishing to get it like that again. That's the good thing about Viragos, they don't need to be customized. They are great bikes tight out of stock. Only doin mine to make it more mine instead of my dad's. Great looking bike mate.:2thumbsup

[Zed]

Hey guys,

Good to be on board, looks like a fun place to waste time!

After over 20 years without a bike, I've recently got back in the saddle. I bought an old Yamaha SR250 to get me moving, but it was soon traded in on a Virago 1100 - I'm in love! It gets plenty of weekend use, mainly in and around Dunedin and Central Otago.

I'm looking at joining the local Ulysses group, I guess that being on the wrong side of 40 now means I qualify for membership!

Looking forward to hanging out with you all.

:ride:Welcome to the site VV.

I will have you know that besides "wasting" time around here you should be able to spend some productive hours having meaningful discussion which will hopefully lead to improving your motorcycling experience - I know it has mine! :2thumbsup

[magnum]

hi and welcome,used to live in dunedin,nice place :niceone: