So it's been a year, and a lot of discussion, but... [Archive]

Quartida

22nd May 2006, 22:24

Quartida

22nd May 2006, 22:24

Now all I have to do is get my license. :o

aff-man

22nd May 2006, 23:36

now I gotta go ride it back from the mount....

Gonna be a loooooooooooooooooooooooong ride.

Back Fire

22nd May 2006, 23:45

now I gotta go ride it back from the mount....

Gonna be a loooooooooooooooooooooooong ride.

Especially at your speeds....

UrbanMyth

23rd May 2006, 00:07

congratz dude have fun

Mr. Peanut

23rd May 2006, 06:28

Oooooooh GF two fiddy, good choice. Naked, fast for your learners, and ugly enough to not get stolen :first:

Seriously though, congrats on the new bike, wish mine sounded like that. :blip:

Damn UrbanMyth, don't you sleep?

metric

23rd May 2006, 06:43

nice one mate

well done!

ZeroIndex

23rd May 2006, 06:52

congrats on getting the bike, and good luck with your BHS & 'L' test.. hope you're safely on the road in no time :)

Seriously though, congrats on the new bike, wish mine sounded like that. ..you should hear my bike, now that I've got a new exhaust.. does anyone like the sound of big singles? eg. Suzuki S40? Mine is sounding fairly similar..

Rosie

23rd May 2006, 08:18

Woohooo! New bike! Have fun with it. :woohoo:

I bought my bike before I had my licence. I spent a few weeks practising in deserted carparks to get the hang of it before I felt confident enough to do my BHS.

DemonWolf

23rd May 2006, 08:23

congrats.. make sure ya post up some pics! =)

steved

23rd May 2006, 08:55

"watercooled, 33kW, 155kg, 19km/L, 165km/hr."

The numbers look very similar to the Honda VT Spada. A friend of mine had a VT and that was a great learners bike. Enjoy.

It's not one of these is it? This looks CBR/ZXR quick, at least in a straight-line.

Suzuki GF250S GF-250S GF250GF 250 S 1986
Overall Length: 2 040 mm (80.3 in)
Overall Width: 720 mm (28.3 in)
Overall Height: 1 120 mm (44.1 in)
Wheelbase: 1 370 mm (53.9 in)
Weight: 141 kg (310 lbs)
Engine type: Air and oil-cooled 249 cc inline-2, DOHC, 4 valves. 45 hp/ 13,000 rpm, 2,6 kg-m/ 10,500 rpm.

crashe

23rd May 2006, 09:15

I have finally bought a bike! :done:

Woo!

I am now the proud owner of a GF250. Well, not yet the proud owner, as I have only just put it through TradeMe tonight...but near enough.

So excited!!!!!

And big ups to 2much for checking it out for me :2thumbsup

Awwww so the GN250 missed out of being in your garage.... :nya:

Have fun learning to ride your new bike... and we will all see you out there on the roads soon.

Make sure your other half rides her carefully back from Turanga and doesnt thrash her... that will be your job.. :whistle:

Pic's of the bike too please.

aff-man

23rd May 2006, 10:10

well here are some pics.....

Hmmm inline 2 cylinder? I thought so to but there are 4 header pipes coming out of the engine??

2 per cylinder hmmm I dunno.

Here are some pics

steved

23rd May 2006, 10:22

well here are some pics.....

Hmmm inline 2 cylinder? I thought so to but there are 4 header pipes coming out of the engine??

2 per cylinder hmmm I dunno.

Here are some pics33kW/45 hp from an inline-2 sounds an amazing engineering feat. What does it sound like? A twin or a IL4? Does an IL2 sound like a twin?

Goblin

23rd May 2006, 10:45

Congratulations! Looks great! Have fun and all the best with it.

Hehehe....you may have taken a while but at least you beat XxKlIttYxX

Insanity_rules

23rd May 2006, 11:46

On yer, not get the hell outa here and ride! Good luck for your licence!

2much

23rd May 2006, 12:04

It's an IL4. Will be a fun little bike to ride too, but farked if I'd wanna ride it all the way to Akld. Mint paint job btw.

aff-man

23rd May 2006, 12:57

It's an IL4. Will be a fun little bike to ride too, but farked if I'd wanna ride it all the way to Akld. Mint paint job btw.

Why wouldn't you wanna ride it up to auckland *gulp* .

More a case of a little to slow?? gonna be interesting compared to the gixxer:zzzz: :zzzz:

placidfemme

23rd May 2006, 13:11

congrats on the bike :)

lol @ Aff.. gonna be a fun ride :)

2much

23rd May 2006, 13:11

aff-man

23rd May 2006, 14:17

Ummmm, well the '87 GF250 was a little different to the '03 GSXR1000. Nuf said.

No problems with it, just the passing abilities aren't quite what I'm used to, the suspension is pretty soft (mind you, I am a fat cunt), and the seat would resemble a 4x2 after more than 30 minutes.... just the usual 250 stuff. Plus the annoying red light that comes on at 100k's+ (first time I've seen that on a bike), had me really concerned until I got back from the test ride and he told me what it was!

Oh, and watch that front tyre, it's seen better days.

hmmm yeh..... conna have some tunes playin up loud so I don't fall asleep. Won't be going hard as the missus will be following:innocent: and don't trust tyres I havn't put on. Old tyres are shiot.

Might pop down on sunday arvo if it's fine. Should be out your way about 4ish.

R6_kid

23rd May 2006, 14:19

that is my old bike you fool - ya know, the one i offered to you for $1250!

oh well, if you want i could be your bitch on the way down and ride it back for you... when are you gonna be picking it up?

R6_kid

23rd May 2006, 14:37

and for those of you that care to know - It is an inline four... bout as fast as a cbr/zxr up to the 110kmh mark then it sorta runs outta grunt, probably better for going up hills without having to rape it as much.

Least now i have someone to give all the old GF250 parts too... have a pack rack for it too!

2much - the suspension isnt soft, its fucked... told the guy it needed rebuilding when i sold it too him. Seems as if he's had the running problems sorted out though, it was smoking a bit when i sold it too him and a bit underpowered too, did you notice anything like that?

Aff - he's probably still running the tyres it had when i gave it too him... lots of tread, but old as fuck. Would pay to put some Bridgestone Cyrox's on it, and probably check the steering head bearings. These things handle mint when setup properly so its worth doing the work.

aff-man

23rd May 2006, 16:00

oh well it's her loss. Thought it looked familiar.

But yeh he has spent the dough on it.

Send me a PM about any parts ya have for it and we'll see if we can sort something out..

I wanna ride it back to see how she handels before I let the girlie have a go.

2much

23rd May 2006, 18:54

Might pop down on sunday arvo if it's fine. Should be out your way about 4ish.

Sweet, Quartida's got my number.

that is my old bike you fool - ya know, the one i offered to you for $1250!

Haha, that's fucken funny. He did say that Aff had looked at it when he brought it.

2much - the suspension isnt soft, its fucked... told the guy it needed rebuilding when i sold it too him. Seems as if he's had the running problems sorted out though, it was smoking a bit when i sold it too him and a bit underpowered too, did you notice anything like that?

Aff - he's probably still running the tyres it had when i gave it too him... lots of tread, but old as fuck. Would pay to put some Bridgestone Cyrox's on it, and probably check the steering head bearings. These things handle mint when setup properly so its worth doing the work.

Front forks weren't too bad, just abit of stiction (some adjustment too which impressed me), the rear was pretty tired. Smoked about as much as I would expect from a 250 with over 50000k's on it (admittedly, due to time restrictions, I looked at it at night which wasn't ideal).

Underpowered? Mate I ride a GSXR1000, what the fuck do you think?

Rear was an old-school Pirelli Strada, front was old so didn't look. Steering head bearing felt fine (doubt it's been doing too many wheelies) and the handling felt like it could be a fun bike.

NotaGoth

23rd May 2006, 21:36

Congratulations! Looks great! Have fun and all the best with it.

Hehehe....you may have taken a while but at least you beat XxKiTtiExX

I'm not getting a bike

Quartida

24th May 2006, 10:06

that is my old bike you fool - ya know, the one i offered to you for $1250!?

I was a bit gutted to hear this yesterday from Aff, but life goes on. I've only just got to the point where it's really practical for me to get a bike (read: my parents won't throw me out of the house because of it) and I get a paint job into the bargain so it's not all bad. Would have been nice to get it straight from you but hey, life goes on.

Out of interest...how funny is the suspension? Awful? Just a bit bad?

wendy

25th May 2006, 18:25

congrats

do you have anywhere to practise first cause it will help heaps when doing training/getting licence. good luck.

i keep getting comments about the lack of lady riders around glad there are some more.

Goblin

27th May 2006, 13:13

I'm not getting a bike
Oh dont tell us you're pregnant now:rolleyes:

R6_kid

27th May 2006, 13:26

one night i was riding along a twisty back road to my mates house and some dude started tailgating me in a massive 4x4... i though feck it and picked up the pace and got away from him only to go into some unmarked road works at about 70+kmh, front went over a pot hole and back went into it, thought i'd blown out the rear tyre :gob:

Changed that shock out for a spare one i had. Wasn't that much better but atleast it wasnt leaking. Basically aslong as you dont let jono go taking it on country roads at 140kmh+ it will be fine. Just sits a few cm lower in the back than it should do - i was nearly 100kg at the time so it shouldnt be a problem with you on it.

aff-man

27th May 2006, 17:01

- i was nearly 100kg at the time so it shouldnt be a problem with you on it.

You're a fatty :yes: :nya:

aff-man

29th May 2006, 17:20

went and got it on sunday.

Long very wet and extremely cold ride home on sunday night. Not so fun on shitty tyres either.

But it now resides in her garage and She should have her licence in about 12 or so day I think.

NotaGoth

29th May 2006, 17:31

[QUOTE=Goblin]Oh dont tell us you're pregnant now:rolleyes:[/QUOTE

If I was, I'd be extremely happy about it.

Waylander

29th May 2006, 18:06

Should have told me you were in town dammit.

aff-man

29th May 2006, 20:28

Should have told me you were in town dammit.

Why?? so yo could come get rained on as well....

So when you getting your new machine? Would be interesting to see what you can go on it.

Waylander

30th May 2006, 17:35

Why?? so yo could come get rained on as well....

So when you getting your new machine? Would be interesting to see what you can go on it.
Second job hunting at the mo. Reveiwing finances showed that I can afford the payments and such but not gas to ride it, even just to work and back.

Already know what I go like on it, come down on a saturday and I'll "test ride" it again and show you...

Quartida

14th June 2006, 00:21

May I bump this thread to note...

I have finally got my Learner's! Yes! Apart from being "back in blue" on my licence, it all seems pretty cool.

Apart from BHC/BHS which put me off (at least for the day). It's so hard learning to ride when you're used to hopping on the back and have someone else ride for you :blink: I am well afraid that I am going to fall off the first time a car so much as even looks in my direction.

I'm sure it's not a very well founded fear, but you know, I'm a bit girly about these things.:yes:

Korea

14th June 2006, 00:26

I'm not getting a bike
So what are the 'none as yet / secret plans' in your profile then?

Gremlin

14th June 2006, 00:45

Well, first up, congrats on the license!!

I am well afraid that I am going to fall off the first time a car so much as even looks in my direction.
umm.... just don't look at it, while doing so... hopefully ol affie teaches you about target fixation... I assure you, its 100% true :shutup:

Quartida

14th June 2006, 00:52

umm.... just don't look at it, while doing so... hopefully ol affie teaches you about target fixation... I assure you, its 100% true :shutup:

Haha, yes, I've heard ALL about target fixation. "If you LOOK at the ditch, then..."
It's quite weird though, coming from a cage and suddenly having to rely on your peripheral vision to "see" the road (I honestly thought I would hit half the cones in the BH test, but I guess pretty much everyone goes through that when they learn).

DemonWolf

14th June 2006, 00:55

Congratulations Quartida on the license

Rosie

14th June 2006, 09:04

Congratulations on the licence! :scooter:

Don't worry about being "a bit girly". Just keep practising and it will all start coming together.

Quartida

14th June 2006, 18:29

Thanks guys. I'm thinking I might just take an hour out of my study tomorrow (damn exams) and have a wee blat down my little cul-de-sac. And up again. And down again. Until I feel confident enough to make it to....

...the intersection! (Big booming drum noises)

And then it's all on, I tell you what. :D

aff-man

14th June 2006, 19:23

Well, first up, congrats on the license!!

umm.... just don't look at it, while doing so... hopefully ol affie teaches you about target fixation... I assure you, its 100% true :shutup:

bahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahaha:nya: :nya:

target fixation nothing you had a serious case of ditch fixation.

crashe

14th June 2006, 20:00

I have finally got my Learner's!

Congratulations, well done.:first:

Now just get on that bike and ride....:scooter:

grandpa_dave

21st June 2006, 10:02

Blatting around during work hours on a weekday is great. Most of the traffic is either sitting in carparks or stuck on the Auckland motorway leaving much fewer cars to get fixated on.
And go the deserted country roads.

As an aside: How many people actually stuck to the 70kph limit when they were on their learners?
What a crock of sh*t! Hmmm....yeah....I want to hit the open road and be passed by logging trucks, milk tankers, and old people on their little carts!