Daza
18th April 2007, 18:15
I had my first ride today since doing my BHT, and on my new bike. :)
I brought a helmet and got my bike insured today. Stuck on my L plate, topped up the oil and gas.
I've borrowed some gear from my brother who used to ride. I felt alittle somewhat cramped on the bike, but i guess it's getting used to it.
I started her up and after a..delay i finally got onto the road and away i went around the block and onto a long back road.
I was racing along thinking gee i must be doing at least 50 and i look down to find i was doing..40kph :slap: :D ahem (Its funny how in a car 40-50kph feels like you could run faster).
So anyway the boots i also borrowed from my bro (i guess since they had been in storage for ages), began to get all sticky on the soles which went onto the pegs. The rubber was melting.
(So I guess you could say i was *really* burning rubber :P)
So that was alittle annoying, but i have another pair of boots to use next time until i get some proper riding boots of my own. At least when i put my feet down when stationary i had really good grip!
Anyway, another thing I found slightly annoying was all i could see in my mirrors was my arms. (like are those arms gonna overtake me?)
Also i found i couldn't look over my shoulder very well because the neck collar line around the jacket had a hard lip or edge that i guess my helmet couldn't clear properly. So i had to look under my arms to see behind properly lol
So yeah i will have to get my own jacket sooner than i wanted (perhaps it was alittle too bulky on the arms/shoulders..?, it seemed to fit me quite well overall though), If i'm stationary i have to turn my whole body around to see behind. (It's all a good workout eh)
I also brought these tiny round blindspot stick on mirrors which work great, onto my mirrors (from CheapAuto). Just to note, i only had one on when i went out to compare the difference between using one and the other mirror without one.
There were these kids sitting on the side of the road watching this amateur motorbike rider go up and down the street, revving alittle too high (or rolling off the gas alittle too much) as he changed gears. They properly were hoping for alittle bit of entertainment if i veered off into paddock and fencing nearby, but they had no such luck :P
At one point i kept stalling it a couple of intersections, i think it was in 3rd gear and i thought i had it in 1st. Kept changing down to get it in first, or maybe i just wasnt giving it enough revs?...
The sticky boots were getting worse so i headed back home after about 15-20mins of riding.
I had sore wrists afterwards, but that is expected i guess. I think also i need to get some slimmer gloves for better feel of the levers and throttle. Which i will do on friday, i hope we are in for fine weather over the weekend!
I can be a little impatient when it comes to learning something new that takes time. But not too impatient to do something dumb. So the more i ride the more i will get used to everything.
So anyway there is my first ride, roll on weekend!
:scooter:
I brought a helmet and got my bike insured today. Stuck on my L plate, topped up the oil and gas.
I've borrowed some gear from my brother who used to ride. I felt alittle somewhat cramped on the bike, but i guess it's getting used to it.
I started her up and after a..delay i finally got onto the road and away i went around the block and onto a long back road.
I was racing along thinking gee i must be doing at least 50 and i look down to find i was doing..40kph :slap: :D ahem (Its funny how in a car 40-50kph feels like you could run faster).
So anyway the boots i also borrowed from my bro (i guess since they had been in storage for ages), began to get all sticky on the soles which went onto the pegs. The rubber was melting.
(So I guess you could say i was *really* burning rubber :P)
So that was alittle annoying, but i have another pair of boots to use next time until i get some proper riding boots of my own. At least when i put my feet down when stationary i had really good grip!
Anyway, another thing I found slightly annoying was all i could see in my mirrors was my arms. (like are those arms gonna overtake me?)
Also i found i couldn't look over my shoulder very well because the neck collar line around the jacket had a hard lip or edge that i guess my helmet couldn't clear properly. So i had to look under my arms to see behind properly lol
So yeah i will have to get my own jacket sooner than i wanted (perhaps it was alittle too bulky on the arms/shoulders..?, it seemed to fit me quite well overall though), If i'm stationary i have to turn my whole body around to see behind. (It's all a good workout eh)
I also brought these tiny round blindspot stick on mirrors which work great, onto my mirrors (from CheapAuto). Just to note, i only had one on when i went out to compare the difference between using one and the other mirror without one.
There were these kids sitting on the side of the road watching this amateur motorbike rider go up and down the street, revving alittle too high (or rolling off the gas alittle too much) as he changed gears. They properly were hoping for alittle bit of entertainment if i veered off into paddock and fencing nearby, but they had no such luck :P
At one point i kept stalling it a couple of intersections, i think it was in 3rd gear and i thought i had it in 1st. Kept changing down to get it in first, or maybe i just wasnt giving it enough revs?...
The sticky boots were getting worse so i headed back home after about 15-20mins of riding.
I had sore wrists afterwards, but that is expected i guess. I think also i need to get some slimmer gloves for better feel of the levers and throttle. Which i will do on friday, i hope we are in for fine weather over the weekend!
I can be a little impatient when it comes to learning something new that takes time. But not too impatient to do something dumb. So the more i ride the more i will get used to everything.
So anyway there is my first ride, roll on weekend!
:scooter: