Convincing the olds...

[Young&Stupid]

Hey guys, ive been on my L's for about 6 months now, haven't had a lot of on road experience but done quite a bit of round the farm.. at the moment I've got a dual purpose Suzuki 185... Been looking into getting a sportbike, such as RG150 (went for a ride on one the other day:love: ) but am having trouble convincing mum to let me buy it, (says something about it being dangerous...:shit: )

[Madness]

Maybe your choice of username might have something to do with mum's concerns?

[Young&Stupid]

Damn... i knew that user name was a poor choice... back to the drawing board...

[Meekey_Mouse]

Yeah, user name would be a big thing :yes:

But to the facts board!...
1, Mountain biking has more ACC claims then motorbike riding,
2, Horse riding has more ACC claims then motorbike riding,
3, If you ride with your brain and sensibly, then motorbike riding can be safer then most other sports

and, the best one...

4, riding a motorbike is just so much fun!!

:Punk:

[Quartermile]

I think the last one is what she is afraid of....

My parents were sweet with me getting my FXR then this one as my dad used to have a bike, they're not so sure about me getting the 600, but I'll get around that,

funny mentioned getting a radar, response the expected why the hell would you need one of those you shouldn't need one blah blah blah, so ummm dad why do you have one, oh.......

[Madness]

Third party references can be helpful too.

Helen Clark used to ride on 2 wheels.

[Young&Stupid]

Helen Clark? thats gotta help somehow... I had a ride on an FXR on Wednesday, thought it was alright till i rode the RG...

cheers for the help

[Disco Dan]

You should try doing what I did... just arrive home one day with your new motorbike.

Once they are over that.. do the same thing.... this time with a borrowed ZX11

Then the same thing again.. this time with your new 600.

They should get over it eventually.

[Madness]

this time with a borrowed ZX11

And where the hell are you going to find one of those?

[Disco Dan]

And where the hell are you going to find one of those?

errr my friends garage mate. :yes: Tis too much power for me! Nice and heavy though.

[Shadows]

Third party references can be helpful too.

Helen Clark used to ride on 2 wheels.

She gave up riding because she crashed face first into the back of a bus?

[Mr. Peanut]

Third party references can be helpful too.

Helen Clark used to ride on 2 wheels.

Yeah, a Honda Cub 50.

That's like "not inhaling" for motorcycles.

[Colapop]

And where the hell are you going to find one of those?
I know 'someone' with one... :innocent:

[Daffyd]

She gave up riding because she crashed face first into the back of a bus?

So that's why the back of a bus is so ugly!:gob:

[Quartermile]

So that's why the back of a bus is so ugly!:gob:
:killingme Haha nice

Bling Away

[NighthawkNZ]

So that's why the back of a bus is so ugly!:gob:

Bling award :rofl:

[Dave-]

my parents were suprisingly supportive of me getting a motorbike

infact they think it was their idea...

try that

try getting them to think it was their idea

[peasea]

Maybe your choice of username might have something to do with mum's concerns?

Yeah, go for ILUVYAMUM, that'd help. Otherwise just buy her flowers on Mothers Day (comin' up soon), give her a hug and say sweet things like "You know I'm sensible, you've brought me up right."

Sucking arse works, ask Scumdog, he'll tell you.

PS: I've got an FXR too, great bikes.
Oops. different FXR's, but the flowers work either way.

[breakaway]

No one in my family was happy about it.

Every time I go out for a ride I get a lecture from mum :rolleyes:

[avgas]

TS185's are awesome

[Young&Stupid]

Cheers for the advice guys, something must of worked, rode the bike home this arvo:sunny:

[Madness]

Cheers for the advice guys, something must of worked, rode the bike home this arvo:sunny:

Congratulations!!

It was the Helen Clark reference that did it eh?

[Coyote]

RG's are great bikes. I want to upgrade now but I hope to hang onto the RG

Make sure you get one with working powervalves. If you can't tell, get someone who knows RG's to test ride one you're interested in. I made the mistake of buying a lemon, and it cost me a few hundred to get sorted. Now it's sweet, and with my new VFR400 shock it handles even better :D

Edit: oh, you've got it. Well good luck, hope it goes well

[Northpoint]

So that's why the back of a bus is so ugly!:gob:

Too true...

[Young&Stupid]

I've already bought the bike but I've got no idea about the powervalves, bike seems fine, any advice on how to tell if theyr shagged?

[Madness]

Don't tell Mum it has Powervalves :gob: :gob:

[avgas]

I've already bought the bike but I've got no idea about the powervalves, bike seems fine, any advice on how to tell if theyr shagged?

Take it to 12,000 rpm in 3rd or higher. If the powervalves are fine then you will know all about it atleast by 11,000

[breakaway]

Take it to 12,000 rpm in 3rd or higher. If the powervalves are fine then you will know all about it atleast by 11,000

Would like to try this also, but would probably get done for speeding :(

[Young&Stupid]

Gotta get a WOF an Rego first, then its out to the back roads... :yes:

[Arthur]

Third party references can be helpful too.

Helen Clark used to ride on 2 wheels.

Granted, but it was a scooter... Then again, so long as you've got your knees in the breeze...

[Young&Stupid]

did what you said and took the bike up to 11,000 in 3rd an Im pretty sure the powervalves are sweet as :gob: :scooter:

[Coyote]

did what you said and took the bike up to 11,000 in 3rd an Im pretty sure the powervalves are sweet as :gob: :scooter:
Can you just feel the almighty power?!

The main way to check if the powervalves are working is to look at the powervalve control box. A big black box with a pulley wheel with 2 cables going to the powervalve box. On start up the powervalves open and close and you can see this wheel move forward and back. Kinda need either the tank or fairings out of the way though to see it properly...

Another test is to listen to the exhaust on start up. The powervalves change the exhaust tone slightly. It'll be itself straight after the kick, sound a bit deeper breifly, then go back

[Chickadee]

Woohoo, awesome news you got the RG150. Awesome bike, I've got one like many other KB'er and love it.

I'm sure you'll get plenty of lectures. Parents will always worry, just hope they don't stop you riding. Keep it safe and they'll be happy/ier.

:Punk:

[KLOWN]

an easy way to check the power valves is a wire tucked in just behind the battery. It has a join (fuse?) unplug it and touch it to the positive terminal on the battery this should activate your powervales. Anyone with an rg care to correct me? or give some more info like the colour of the wire etc

[peasea]

Hey guys, ive been on my L's for about 6 months now, haven't had a lot of on road experience but done quite a bit of round the farm.. at the moment I've got a dual purpose Suzuki 185... Been looking into getting a sportbike, such as RG150 (went for a ride on one the other day:love: ) but am having trouble convincing mum to let me buy it, (says something about it being dangerous...:shit: )

She'll come right; I just hope it's "before one of us dies!" (That's from Basil Fawlty.)

Just keep reminding mum of how good a job she's done of bringing up sensible children.
Suck, suck and then get your mum to. This is just too lame....Tell your mum to fuck off. Go get a super-fast m/c, ride hard, go nuts, what the hell???

[peasea]

Can you just feel the almighty power?!

I can hear it from here! Oops, no I can't, I just did a doodoo in my Jockey's. Please help to come and clean me up, would you? Where has the respect gone for power??

[Coyote]

I can hear it from here! Oops, no I can't, I just did a doodoo in my Jockey's. Please help to come and clean me up, would you? Where has the respect gone for power??
Umm... I don't swing that way...?

Not quite sure what you're on about

[peasea]

Umm... I don't swing that way...?

Not quite sure what you're on about

Groan.........

[Coyote]

Groan.........
Oh, so you don't want to explain. Fair enough...

Although I wasn't sure if you meant respect for power in general and by saying the RG was almighty I was slagging what powerful really means or that by calling the RG powerful I didn't truely know what powerful meant. Really I was being sarcastic as the RG isn't the most powerful bike around, but it's ability to go around corners really well means I can keep up or go quicker than my mate on his 600 (downhill though) so I do have respect for the RG. In fact I hope to keep one of mine even when I get an upgrade (VFR400 hopefully) and the other one I'm in the middle of blinging it up (the matt black frame is looking very nice).

So hopefully I don't have to clean your arse now. Or was that a comment on how RG's sound? When you ring their necks they sound excellent, not like someone loosing control of their bowels (which you seem to have and openly share amoungst us).