Hi all... (principia)

[principia]

Just thought I would say Hi! I am learning to ride with my husband fjones, and just got my "L" on Feb 19th. Thank you to crashe for the lesson yesterday, it was much appreciated, I feel much more comfortable on the bike now.

Hope to have some longer routes planned for this weekend coming up, and venture out on the motorway soon! Yikes.

[Trudes]

Nice one, welcome to KB and your new life as a biker angel!!:sunny:

[crashe]

Welcome to KB...........

Oh yeah anytime........ I enjoyed it...... and nice to meet you both.


I ended up going the longer way home last night....
and called in to see Scorpygirl and Rhino.......
She will contact you and let you know the name of the bikers bible book.


Dont forget to practise, practise and practise......

[Roj]

:scooter: Welcome to the 2 wheeled world:scooter:

[Nasty]

Welcome aboard ... always good to see another angel emerge ;)

[Guitana]

Hi you biker chick you!!!!

[Lteejay]

Welcome, welcome -more bikes in the city, mmmmmmmmm more bikes to perv at :drool:

[Maha]

venture out on the motorway soon! Yikes.

Motorway is easy, all the traffic is moving in the same direction, its just that sometimes, theres alot of them (cars) and its very unlikely to have a head on !.....:innocent:

Headlight on high, pick a lane and stick to it until you need to get off, give yourself heaps of time to make the lane change, keep checking your mirrors, GN's for some reason can be hard for car divers to see, my wife found that out about a year ago (car merging)...anyway, good luck with it all and enjoy the bike....:scooter:

[crazybigal]

good on ya! hope you enjoy your bike.
be safe out there!:yes:

[principia]

Maha man,

yes, all in the same direction, that's what scares me. People in large groups tend to do stupid things....

[James Deuce]

You're not a Comms student are you?

Welcome to KB.

[wybmadiity]

:niceone:
Glad you are having a good time with it... :rockon:

[Scorpygirl]

Welcome to KB and to riding. I have PM'd FJones about the Bikers Bible. I hope you are able to get a copy, as it is really good. Send me a PM sometime and we can team up to do a ride. Get Crashe to tell you about my first time on the Motorway!! Hehehehehe! :innocent:

All the best with the practice. :scooter:

[hitch]

Welcome to KB and to riding. I have PM'd FJones about the Bikers Bible. I hope you are able to get a copy, as it is really good. Send me a PM sometime and we can team up to do a ride. Get Crashe to tell you about my first time on the Motorway!! Hehehehehe! :innocent:

All the best with the practice. :scooter:


:rockon: you go girl, :scooter: you couldn't have a better support system here, im sure crash will put you through your paces :mega:

[crashe]

Get Crashe to tell you about my first time on the Motorway!! Hehehehehe! :innocent:

Well, what can I say..... :rofl:

Scorpygirl said she was ready to go on the motorway...... after only tootling around the suburbs and gaining confidence.....
I tell her to take it easy and to ease up to 70km..... and to try to go past that speed....... if not happy to stick to 70kph....... I wanted her to push the boundary a little.....:scooter:

So off we go...... get onto the motorway........ :scooter:

and........

Off she goes...... at FULL speed......... 100kph and plus....... !!!!!

There was no stopping her on the motorway.......

I got a shock....... there I was chasing her.......

I was her mentor and tail end charlie to protect her butt from drivers etc...:dodge:


This is the person who on Dec 28 was rather scared of getting on her bike to ride.... within a month, she is riding everywhere, to work everyday..... and rides out in the country.... she overcame some shocking nerves.... and was hooning it down the motorway...

[fjones]

Welcome to KB and to riding. I have PM'd FJones about the Bikers Bible. I hope you are able to get a copy, as it is really good. Send me a PM sometime and we can team up to do a ride. Get Crashe to tell you about my first time on the Motorway!! Hehehehehe! :innocent:

All the best with the practice. :scooter:


Yeah was going to go to borders tonight, but I am just too damn lazy. We are definately going for a decent ride including the motorway this weekend! :yes:

[Scorpygirl]

Yeah was going to go to borders tonight, but I am just too damn lazy.

No worries...Plenty of time!!! :sunny:

[principia]

Crashe, after our ride the other day, we adjusted my right brake so that it was closer to the throttle. It was so much better! I think it frustrates me that the bikes are brand new, and they obviously weren’t checked over before being sent out to us. I guess what can I expect for the price we paid for them. Fjones is ordering a maintenance manual, and we'll get the break fluid sorted out when that comes.

[crashe]

Crashe, after our ride the other day, we adjusted my right brake so that it was closer to the throttle. It was so much better! I think it frustrates me that the bikes are brand new, and they obviously weren’t checked over before being sent out to us. I guess what can I expect for the price we paid for them. Fjones is ordering a maintenance manual, and we'll get the break fluid sorted out when that comes.

It shouldnt matter what price you paid for it. They are brand new bikes.

They should have been checked out before they even left the shop.....
They are assembled in the shop when they are taken out of the crate.

Good to hear that the brake lever is now in a better position for you....
it will make it a lot easier for you, when having to brake.

As to the brake fluid levels in both brand new bikes being at different levels...
shocked me..... your one was at the lowest level....... and Joe's just slightly higher...
You had only done 104kms and Joe 140kms at the time.

[Prof - R]

welcome & enjoy your time on two wheels :scooter:

[fjones]

This is why i should sell the GN, and get a Ducati 1098. And to confuse Johnny Law, i'll put the GN250 emblem back on the Ducati.....

Noone will ever know.....

[ravenfeeder]

Welcome principia - i am just bout there in getting both bike and L plates so amy see you on the road :)