The KB Effect!

[Zed]

Just a thought straight from the heart...

Since I've been involved, through thick & thin, in KiwiBiker, some quite positive effects on my motorcycling have taken place! Discussing my two-wheel passion with others who share it has been most enlightening to me, to have the knowledge that others feel the same way as I do has really changed my attitude towards other riders I see on the road each day, a greater respect if you will. Also, getting out there and meeting/riding with many of you has been really good for my riding and I have seen heaps of improvements in my technique and skill level. :ride:

I'm interested in what impact KB has had on your riding, if any?


Zed

[froggyfrenchman]

:ride: whenever i pass a bike on the road, i wonder if its a fellow kber. Should we have some way of knowing? sorry, im not a thread hijacker! honest
Thats the closest its affected my riding

[inlinefour]

However I'm a work in progress :devil2:

[Joni]

Yeah Matt....

My attitude towards other riders is definately much better, my knowledge about the bike Im riding itself is better too... my attitude towards safety has improved, yes due to KB but also due to the riders in New Zealand in general. Through KB I have met some great people who have taught me some valuable things...

Made one or two friends I treasure very much...

So all in all a good one for me!

:woohoo:

[MadDuck]

The question is what impact has KB had on my riding......hmmmmm

Well I have witnessed "How not to ride"and "How not to bin" but also how to ride and ride safely...its been a mixed bag really.

When I upgraded and thought I had gone outside my abilities there was some awesome support from everyone on here. Both in confidence building and practical tweaking of the bike to make it fit me better. Heck ask me a year ago if I would have zoomed (ok crawled) around Taupo race track on it....answer would resemble a Tuis advert

I have learnt heaps from our rides and am still learning.

MD

[SpankMe]

hmmmm, affect on my riding. My first thought was less riding because of time spent doing the site, but when I really think about it, I have been riding a lot more because of the KB organized rides I go on.

[ZorsT]

Without Kiwi Biker:

I wouldn't have got any protective gear.

I would have got an RGV250 (or RZ250) as my first bike.

I wouldn't of had the faintest idea of how to ride a motorcycle... how much cages don't see you, how slippery the white paint is, the manhole covers of doom, grit from hell, demonic oil spills, to watch out for seizing 2-strokes, how to stop fast, why a motorbike stays up when its leaned over, why i should slow down for road works, slow down for traffic and slow down in general.

thankyou SpankMe for starting this site :)

[Blackbird]

With the passion for riding that people on this site have shown, it's actually caused me to think what biking means to me and delve back into my past experiences to see how they've affected me. By sheer coincidence, I started doing a write-up today beginning 42 years ago (blush) with what was the trigger to getting my first bike and continuing up to the present. It was supposed to be simply for my own pleasure but I'm quite happy to post it if anyone's remotely interested. Should be finished in a few days.

[Storm]

The shorter list is what hasnt it done for me :)

[SPORK]

Without Kiwi Biker:

I wouldn't have got any protective gear.

I would have got an RGV250 (or RZ250) as my first bike.

I wouldn't of had the faintest idea of how to ride a motorcycle... how much cages don't see you, how slippery the white paint is, the manhole covers of doom, grit from hell, demonic oil spills, to watch out for seizing 2-strokes, how to stop fast, why a motorbike stays up when its leaned over, why i should slow down for road works, slow down for traffic and slow down in general.

thankyou SpankMe for starting this site :)
ahh, grood..

Now hurry up and get a new bike, so I can claim yours!

[mattt]

I'm interested in what impact KB has had on your riding, if any?


Zed

It's taught me how to ring the shit out of my bike. I'm loving it.

[Hitcher]

Wipes tear from eye. Lip trembles. Time for a group hug in the gargre?

[SPORK]

Wipes tear from eye. Lip trembles. Time for a group hug in the gargre?
Yeah sure, but you'll have to clear out all the sprotsbikes

[John]

Yeah sure, but you'll have to clear out all the sprotsbikes
is that so you dont die of jealously?

(the spelling is just for hitcher)

[Zed]

With the passion for riding that people on this site have shown, it's actually caused me to think what biking means to me and delve back into my past experiences to see how they've affected me. By sheer coincidence, I started doing a write-up today beginning 42 years ago (blush) with what was the trigger to getting my first bike and continuing up to the present. It was supposed to be simply for my own pleasure but I'm quite happy to post it if anyone's remotely interested. Should be finished in a few days.Yep Mr B, I'd like to hear the story of your riding life!

I also have reflected on my past experiences and that's why I can say I have seen major improvements. Some memories are best forgotten though...like the time I dropped my new Blade on it's side at an intersection when going 5kmph I let the clutch out in 1st too quickly! :doh:

[SPORK]

is that so you dont die of jealously?

(the spelling is just for hitcher)
No, just to fit everyone in. Like, all 2000 of us...

But that sounds a bit ghey...

Anyway, I'm plenty jealous!

[Zed]

Time for a group hug in the gargre?It doesn't have the same effect without the 'group-hug' smilie!!

Now c'mon Mr Hitcher, I know you've got more thoughts on the subject at hand than that mere short sentence! :hitcher:

[FROSTY]

KB--what does it mean to me. Really my siggy says it all for me -It totally applies to KB as far as Im concerned.
Its given me a second chance to save the lives I couldn't when I last rode with a big group of riders. I buried too many mates and I swore when I got the chance Id pay back what I'd been given
Indirectly Its got me back into racing. Ive made some pretty amazing freinds along the way.

[zadok]

Don't know that it has affected my riding at all, but my getting a new bike certainly had something to do with K.B. Thanks to all yoos guys and gals.

[placidfemme]

Just a thought straight from the heart...

Since I've been involved, through thick & thin, in KiwiBiker, some quite positive effects on my motorcycling have taken place! Discussing my two-wheel passion with others who share it has been most enlightening to me, to have the knowledge that others feel the same way as I do has really changed my attitude towards other riders I see on the road each day, a greater respect if you will. Also, getting out there and meeting/riding with many of you has been really good for my riding and I have seen heaps of improvements in my technique and skill level. :ride:

I'm interested in what impact KB has had on your riding, if any?


Zed

KB has had a huge impact on my riding... I've learnt a lot from everyone on here... how to do certain things mechanically with my bike... how to be a better and safer rider... went on my first group ride with KB, and I've meet a lot of great people off here so far :)

Everytime I talk to a biker I tell them about KB

[TonyB]

Weird. I was supposed to post something like this yesterday as it was my 1st birthday on KB. :hbd:

It's fair to say that in the past year KB has had a major effect on my riding and on my life in general.
Riding wise, I've realised I'm a better rider than I gave myself credit for. My riding has improved massively thanks to riding with people who are better at it than me, and from taking their advice- big thanks to Dangerous here. I've 'met' some great people on line, and met some great people in person, infact everyone I have met has been a great person (well OK Kickaha is the exception- but that goes without saying :motu: KIDDING).

If it wasn't for joining KB and meeting Kickaha, Dangerous, K14 and Diesel Pig I would have never even considered going racing.
If it wasn't for Wildcat-LGF ordering in those leathers, I wouldn't have my new gear so I couldn't have gone racing anyway.
If my wife hadn't been watching a MSN messenger conversation I was having with a few of the local crew, she wouldn't have realised just how passionate OTHER people are about motorcycling, so she wouldn't have made the comments which were the spark that started the idea for my new business. The comments were "You guys are all so passionate about bikes, I just can't believe that NONE of you work with them for a living" and then later on when I was pissed off about my job "Why don't you do something involving bikes?" to which I replied "Yeh, but what?"
If I hadn't gone Bucket racing I wouldn't have needed to order the parts that gave me the answer.

So, in a nut shell because of KB my riding has improved, I've made some good freinds, and I've started a business. Starting the business means that I now work long hours and have another mortgage ...... and I've met Kickaha ...... :scratch: ... and I have guilt at work 'cause I'm always on here .... :scratch: *hmmm, long hours, huge debt, guilt and Kickaha....:scratch: ... hmmmm ....... waaaaait a minute!*
CURSE YOU KBeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bugjuice]

no idea where I'd be, if I did have this place.
I've learnt how to ride better from watching and talking to others (and still learning)
I've learnt more about my bike and it's abilities
I've learnt about first aid and accident scene etc
I've gotten to make heaps of new friends
I've had some of the best laughs (and gone thru the sad bits too)
I've also got half the amount of work done compared to what would have done last year

bloody love you guys.. :weep: :grouphug:

i've also become more of a pervert. so in the group hug, I may grab a tushy. I'm sorry.

[ManDownUnder]

...
bloody love you guys.. :weep: :grouphug:

i've also become more of a pervert. so in the group hug, I may grab a tushy.

awwww - I'll be in for that... but I'll stand the other side of Joni if you don't mind...

Effects on me? Fun and friendship. It's not changed my riding much but it's raised my awareness of the dangers of riding.

The riding "community" is one I was completely ignorant of though - and the comeradery that develops in here is quite surprising.

I haven't turned into the perv that buggy has - I am a very accomplished liar though.

Something that delighted me was re-aquainting myself with Surfchick - a friend from years ago that I'd lost touch with. Good to see she's made good, (as have her siblings...) and is finding her own way in life.

Met a few bloody good people in here that I've developed a lot of respect for, Zed, Biff, MadDuck and Frosty are 4 that come to mind straight off for various reasons.

Onya guys and gals

[vifferman]

How has it affected my riding?









Not at all.


How has it affected me?
My number of real friends has increased tenfold, from 0 to.... um... 0.

I waste an AWFUL lot of time on here when I should be working. It'll probably get me fired. I asked my boss just a wee while ago if I was fired, and could I go home once the fog had lifted, after somthing really dumb I'd done turned up on a client's computer system.
He said "no." Just like that, without the capitalisation - I should hace corrected it, sent it back, and fired him...

[scumdog]

is that so you dont die of jealously?

(the spelling is just for hitcher)

I think the KB spelling is 'jeaslously' BTW :motu:

[MSTRS]

is that so you dont die of jealously?

(the spelling is just for hitcher)
Spelling - Eeh! Wrong!! Punctuation - Eeh! Wrong!
Is that so you don't die of jealousy?
Our education in all things, continues. :devil2:

[TonyB]

Hmmm, surely there are more people who have experienced the KB effect?
BOING!

[MSTRS]

You are right TonyB. I've learned that I knew more than I thought I did about the language and less about bikes & riding. I continue to work on that disastrous imbalance.

[stevedee]

Yup KB reading for 7 months, realising there were good people out there to ride with + 1 Born again biker = one Kawasaki.

I'd been thinking of buying a bike again and stumbled across the site by accident one night, best thing I'd done for years.

I've directed countless people to this site because it is so good.

spd :-)

[SPman]

Hmmmmmm....crawling out of warm beds of a cold morning to go on KB rides and having to realise there are lotsa other people that ride bikes and meeting self same people and making friends and contacts and spending years on a computer and having fun and.....
Nope - hasnt affected me at all...:whistle:

[Biff]

Wipes tear from eye. Lip trembles.....

...as Mr H gets his manhood caught in his zipper...again.

[mstriumph]

meeting you lot on-line and realising that i am not alone? priceless!! :Punk: