Don't want to have a typical teenage job...

[MrT_Learner]

Hey my name is Hugh, i am 17 (in 4 days) and am still at school.
I am a passionate bike rider, been riding since I was 4 years old and currently ride a BSA shooting star b44 and a Honda CBR250r while also racing classic motorcycles. Also being a trainee fire fighter and rugby player.
just a bit about me... but

with my summer holidays coming up I'm looking for a job and rather then being like my friends and working at Mc D's, supermarkets etc i thought i would see if I could find a job in my passion motorbikes. I will be going round asking at bike stores and seeing if anybody needs any work. but I thought I would put this up on kiwibiker and see what happens.

Appricate any advice or any knowledge of any jobs available. have a CV written up and as I said will be asking round.


Cheers again kiwibikers, from a kiwi biker noob :yes:

[avgas]

Anyone whom rides a B44 is not a noob.
You already know more than some of the morons on here....

[Edbear]

Hey my name is Hugh, i am 17 (in 4 days) and am still at school.
I am a passionate bike rider, been riding since I was 4 years old and currently ride a BSA shooting star b44 and a Honda CBR250r while also racing classic motorcycles. Also being a trainee fire fighter and rugby player.
just a bit about me... but

with my summer holidays coming up I'm looking for a job and rather then being like my friends and working at Mc D's, supermarkets etc i thought i would see if I could find a job in my passion motorbikes. I will be going round asking at bike stores and seeing if anybody needs any work. but I thought I would put this up on kiwibiker and see what happens.

Appricate any advice or any knowledge of any jobs available. have a CV written up and as I said will be asking round.


Cheers again kiwibikers, from a kiwi biker noob :yes:

Welcome to KB Hugh! Any youngster who's into classics and owns a BSA has to be okay in my book! My first bike was the venerable B31 of '52 vintage.

I like your attitude and wish you well in your endeavours but I know you'll struggle to find casual, (or any), work in bike shops, the market is not exactly booming along right now and you may be forced to do work you're not enamoured with. The important thing, of course, is your desire to work and earn for yourself and that's to be commended in an age when many teens would rather bludge off their parents and spend all day on PlayStation. Goodonyer! :niceone:

[MrT_Learner]

haha thanks guys. yea realised that there arnt tht many jobs available. but ill give it a go ask around, try my luck haha. but if worst comes to worst ill apply at mitre 10 or a store like that.

jst saving up for a fxr150 thought id get into bucket racing :scooter:. looks like great fun

[MrT_Learner]

My first bike was the venerable B31 of '52 vintage. :

BSA B31 nice bikes, would love to get my hands on a swinging arm one of those haha

[ducatilover]

A CBR and B44? Legend.
I had a bros650 at that age :woohoo:

Good luck finding some work dude!

[Edbear]

BSA B31 nice bikes, would love to get my hands on a swinging arm one of those haha

Mine had the plunger rear and I sold it for $200.00! :bye: Had a gutted Dunstall megaphone and sounded great! Highlight of ownership was dragging off an FJ Holden up Bank St. in Warkworth, rattling the windows of the shops as I wound it up in second gear...

[White trash]

MotoMail might be a good place to start Hugh. You and Chris Highland (if you don't already know him) would have heaps to talk about.

You sound like a chap with your head screwed on straight from the start.

[Edbear]

A CBR and B44? Legend. !

+1 .........

[MrT_Learner]

I sold it for $200.00! :bye: Had a gutted Dunstall megaphone and sounded great! .
hahahaha sounds lyk great fun :yes: but ofcourse I would never do anythign like that ;). yea those pipes can rumble my friend has them on his Guzzi and I can barely hear the B44 when riding with him haha. nd must have been sad to see her go for $200 :(.

Honda BROS650, I havnt seen many of them around. never seen one personly but look like a nice bike. maybe a future streetfighter project?? haha

nd actually I know Chris Highland very well as he runs the NZCMRR young rider schlorship which I am lucky enough to be in, so ill have to have a chat to him see if he has ny spaces. cheers

thanks for all the input everyone :) haha

[White trash]

What's so fkn funny?

[Edbear]

hahahaha sounds lyk great fun :yes: but ofcourse I would never do anythign like that ;). yea those pipes can rumble my friend has them on his Guzzi and I can barely hear the B44 when riding with him haha. nd must have been sad to see her go for $200 :(.

thanks for all the input everyone :) haha

Yeah, it did need some work when I sold it, but like many of the vehicles of our youth, we wish we'd kept them. Maybe why I think I'll keep the C50T forever...

[ducatilover]

. Maybe why I think I'll keep the C50T forever...
Don't be so crass. :innocent::corn:
I'll get my coat and hat....

I agree though, I wish I never got rid of the Morrie, V8 rover (a few weeks ago) GPZ400 or the 650.
Plus about 10 others I regret selling. :shutup:

[ducatilover]

What's so fkn funny?

Common text vernacular involves laughing a lot to make you sound like an amphetamine fueled telle-tubbie thing.

[MrT_Learner]

sorry White Trash just didnt really expect this many relpys. and the whole legend thing what a joke.

I havnt sold a bike yet, but when I do I bet ill regret it, but theres always a faster or cooler bike we must have. so it must happen some time :(

[White trash]

Common text vernacular involves laughing a lot to make you sound like an amphetamine fueled telle-tubbie thing.

LOLZ


sorry White Trash just didnt really expect this many relpys. and the whole legend thing what a joke.

I havnt sold a bike yet, but when I do I bet ill regret it, but theres always a faster or cooler bike we must have. so it must happen some time :(

Haha, all good mate, just giving a young fella a hard time.

[Edbear]

Don't be so crass. :innocent::corn:
I'll get my coat and hat....

I agree though, I wish I never got rid of the Morrie, V8 rover (a few weeks ago) GPZ400 or the 650.
Plus about 10 others I regret selling. :shutup:

Or the Wolseley 6/80, the '70 Premier with the 308, the T500 Suzuki, the XS750 Special, the Mazda Bongo 1000, (1970 model with the rear engine)... :facepalm:

[ducatilover]

Or the Wolseley 6/80, the '70 Premier with the 308, the T500 Suzuki, the XS750 Special, the Mazda Bongo 1000, (1970 model with the rear engine)... :facepalm:

My old man had a 750 special! Sold it to get an xs1100 after one passed him up a hill with a pillion :facepalm:
Ah I want all the old toys back. I'll try not to sell this one, just buy more.

[NinjaNanna]

two words for you, "fruit picking".

You should make more money and have heaps of fun.

[avgas]

Or the Wolseley 6/80, the '70 Premier with the 308, the T500 Suzuki, the XS750 Special, the Mazda Bongo 1000, (1970 model with the rear engine)... :facepalm:
my
- 82 Sapporo
- 79 Chevanne
- 89 ZXR4 SP (Klown has now)
- MY FZ1!!!!!!!

a part of my soul left with those vehicles......
Fuck the GB's though - bloody things kept trying to kill me

[Edbear]

My old man had a 750 special! Sold it to get an xs1100 after one passed him up a hill with a pillion :facepalm:
Ah I want all the old toys back. I'll try not to sell this one, just buy more.

The Special was just a comfy couch to ride and looked good! I'd like to get a couple of vehicles back, the B31, the Bongo, the XS and the T500, but money is of course the issue. I plan on keeping the C50T and the MX5 though...

[wysper]

LOLZ



Haha,

whats so fucken funny? :Pokey:

[Edbear]

sorry White Trash just didnt really expect this many relpys. :(

Hey, start a thread about old BSA's and you get us geriatrics all misty-eyed and reminiscing... :yes:

[MrT_Learner]

Haha i can see.
I'm just jealous you guys have owned and own some nice machinery :)

[Edbear]

Haha i can see.
I'm just jealous you guys have owned and own some nice machinery :)

So where're your pics of the B44 for us to drool over? :yes:

[MrT_Learner]

So where're your pics of the B44 for us to drool over? :yes:
Haha I'll try get some up tonight or tomorrow

[avgas]

The Special was just a comfy couch to ride and looked good!
My retirement/holiday/unable to work plan is to put the ol' 850 back together using the various collection that is lying around.
I do miss the sound of that triple. Sounded so different from the Triumphs.....

[Edbear]

My retirement/holiday/unable to work plan is to put the ol' 850 back together using the various collection that is lying around.
I do miss the sound of that triple. Sounded so different from the Triumphs.....

Yup! Burbled along in comfort and style with that 3-cyl beat. I'd like another Special in the dream garage!