Amazingly good newbie experience

[Steam]

How about this for an excellent first-timer's experience?
It couldn't get much better.

I bought a gn250 on Trademe on Friday, it was super cheap. Suspiciously so.
Then got my learners license on Monday.
On Tuesday I flew from Wellington to Auckland on a cheap cheap ticket, trusting the seller would go through with the sale.
I picked up the bike, which turned out to be owned and very well maintained by a kindly old Baptist Minister who was also a mechanic.
He happily answered my newbie questions like "um... how do you change gears? Do you put in just petrol, or mix it with oil or something?"
I had never ridden a geared bike before, just scooters.
Then I spent two blissful days learning what buttons did what and how to ride proper-like, as I cruised in perfect sunny weather through the North Island back to Wellington.
Finally yesterday I renewed the Wof, with no work needed.

Talk about lucky! It could have gone terribly wrong at many points. The bike coulda been shit, I shouldn't have bought it without seeing it.
I could have had a terrible time riding back from Auckland. It could have been rainy/icy/snowing. I could have crashed and died.
It could have failed the warrant. The seller could've changed his mind, leaving me stranded and out of pocket, so many things went so right.

May you all have such excellent times in future!
That's all.

[u4ea]

........wiked!!!!!!!!!!!if i had a hat on id take it off for ya!!!!!!!!:rockon:

[Paul in NZ]

Sounds like a positive experience all round. Well done!

[crashe]

Excellent.... What a way to learn to ride a motorbike... to spend two days on the road.

Well done.


BTW Welcome to KB.

Check out the "Meetings and Events" section and join up on some of the wellington rides.

[Motu]

WTF?!!!! To be allowd on this site you have to winge and moan,you have to blame someone else for your self inflicted misfortune,then start a poll on how much you despise ****.Try again in the correct format please,no positive posts allowd here!

[Wasp]

wow thats very lucky.

welcome to kb, i believe you are Jim #3 based here in welly, see you around!

[kickingzebra]

Good stuff!! Takes some guts getting in like that, but you have had your "baptism by full immersion" into motorcycling now. The previous owner of the bike would approve.
Have fun!

[skelstar]

Good stuff matey. Get some kms under your belt and come out on our organised rides in summer.

[Nicksta]

thats really cool to hear..... congratts on the good fortune!!
next time, if you want a friendly KBer would probably check it out for ya no probs...

[Kendog]

Well done on that! Welcome to KB, enjoy.

[9cents]

Ha you lucky bugger! Sunshine! When I bought my new bike I had to ride it home in the pouring rain haha.
Welcome to KB anyways :yes:

[bobsmith]

Well done! Auckland to Wellington in 2 days with no previous experience on GN250... that's hell a lot more than many others can say about themselves... Hell I've been riding for a few months (doing my restricted next month) and I've been thinking about doing a trip from here to auckland and putting it off... after listening to your story, I'm heading off to auckland as soon as the weather clears, I get my restricted, the moons and the planets line up and the sun spots form a perfect triangle and........ never mind.....

Well done! and lucky you... :) :first:

[terbang]

Perrrrfect...

[poorbastard]

Always good to hear of a great buy by someone. Sounds like you have already started to get to know your bike with that ride as well.

Welcome to the site as well. Look foward to seeing you round

[kiwifruit]

Great stuff :D
welcome to motorcycling!

[Dodger]

Your my new hero :rockon:

[Cookie]

You have a fair amount of guts to do what you did! Goodonya and welcome to KB!

[far queue]

Well done mate

[Quartida]

Ha you lucky bugger! Sunshine! When I bought my new bike I had to ride it home in the pouring rain haha.

Ah, you see when I bought my bike, my boyfriend had to ride it home in the pouring rain. It's a much better way of going about it. :innocent:

[Quartida]

On topic, I have to give a big ups to anyone who would just ride Auck-Wellington on a bike. I'm still working on riding it home-work. :D Good on ya :2thumbsup

[SwanTiger]

nice to hear good shit for a change.

[MidnightMike]

you lucky, lucky bugger. :nya:

[jeremysprite]

I bought a gn250 on Trademe on Friday, it was super cheap. Suspiciously so.

Talk about lucky! It could have gone terribly wrong at many points. The bike coulda been shit, I shouldn't have bought it without seeing it.


yeah, bought my bike off trademe, didn't see it until i had handed over the money, it got shipped to christchurch, and about a month later i finally saw it, all wrapped in bubble wrap. Then I picked it up (idiot, never lift a 120kg bike by the tail plastic) , and snapped the recently-glued rear fairing piece. Then I got it home, and there went my wage for the next 14 months... busted battery, bent forks, gammy headlights, silent horn, lcd screen that flickered and gave you an estimate of your speed, +- 20kmh, and the ever breaking plastic...
Glad you had a good experience from trademe. Although I'll probably buy a bike from there again, they're just so darn cheap.

Theres a negative post. I love my bike though.

[bsod]

What a way to do it.