Wellington commuter (joehannaa)

[joehannaa]

Hi,

First post. Pretty recent to riding road bikes, up until about 4 months ago was commuting to Wellington from Pram every day via Train, this got real boring real fast. Finally had a great excuse to buy a motorbike. I first purchased an 89 Kawasaki ZXR from trade me but on my first ride after buying it the water pump blew and the clutch started slipping. The bike spent a good 2 months at mechanic while I tried to get my money back from the dude I bought the bike from..... Any way, I fixed the bike and sold it myself for a loss.

While the ZXR was in the shop I had already purchased my GPX which is a fantastic little bike, very comfortable to ride. Great bike to ride into Wellington everyday.

Have been very keen to get out there on a good road trip with a few other bikers.

Have attached a pic of the 2 bikes

[TRAINING WHEELS]

Gutted about your ZXR but good on you for trying to get your money back hope you recovered it? Any way welcome to the site its a great place everyone here is helpfull in one way or another...

[Zuki Bandit]

Welcome to the site dude, nice bikes you got there too!!!

[Wasp]

hey man, what time do you travel?

i leave newlands at 7:30 and travel to paraparumu - pretty sure ive seen you a few times

me:

[Skunk]

Good pic Wasp :rolleyes:

Welcome joehannaa. See you at the elephant pond on Wednesday nights maybe (the TCWNR).

[joehannaa]

Whats the elephant pond. I heard Twin cam have rides on Sundays?? Always keen on a nice cold beer

[Shadows]

Whats the elephant pond. I heard Twin cam have rides on Sundays?? Always keen on a nice cold beer

Avalon Park, just off Kennedy Good Bridge linking SH2 with Avalon.
The carpark next to the duckpond.

[Sparky Bills]

Welcome dude.
May see you on the Kapiti roads some time.:Punk:

[Nasty]

Welcome aboard ... always nice to meet another Wellyrider :)

[Grub]

Whats the elephant pond. I heard Twin cam have rides on Sundays?? Always keen on a nice cold beer

We have a couple of "cruisy" rides as regular calendar events where you just turn up and the team decides where to go. So ...

Until daylight saving begins it's the Sunday Morning Rides. When daylight saving kicks in, the Sunday rides will probably stop and the Wednesday evening ones take over.

Sunday Mornings (until 30 September)
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=48572

Wednesday Evenings (Starting 3 October)
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=35335

[Sparky Mark]

hey man, what time do you travel?

i leave newlands at 7:30 and travel to paraparumu - pretty sure ive seen you a few times

me:

Ahhh... Wasp... I see you most mornings going the other way and sometimes on the way back as well. You always wave...

Joehannaa, welcome to the site. I'll keep an eye out for you. I normally leave Pram around 7 - 7.15 ish. I often meet Babelfish so you might see a couple of black bikes together on the way through.

[dino3310]

trademe's got the good the bad and the ugly,i've got burned once on there learned my lesson and since bought 2 good ones of there,good thing about the KB site is where everywhere, theres knowlege and experiences aplenty,
theres always some one around to check out your next purchase with you if you need a hand or give advice on a particular models
this is a great community welcome aboard:scooter:

[Paul in NZ]

Another kapiti rider - sweet... Quite a collection of types of bike up the coast...

[joehannaa]

Yeah I leave pram at about 7, well I try to depends on what time i go to bed the night before :yes:

I found this site after I purchased the bike unfortunately, deffinately know for next time.

[Meanie]

Yeah I leave pram at about 7, well I try to depends on what time i go to bed the night before :yes:

I found this site after I purchased the bike unfortunately, deffinately know for next time.

Tried to tell ya didnt i, but wouldnt listen to uncle Meanie :rofl: Welcome to KB mate Ill catch up with you next time im down pram :shake:
Hows that tui beanbag, anyone tried to steal it lately :nya::rofl::rofl:

[sels1]

welcome aboard the site, fellow Kapiti Coaster

[chanceyy]

welcome to the site .. am sure uncle meanie will drag you out on some of our rides ..

its a great site with heaps of info for sure :yes:

[joehannaa]

Keep my bean bag well garded now. Lock it away when we have visitors :shake:
Pop in any time.

[86GSXR]

Get that bike up here for a ride sometime :yes: Welcome aboard :yes:

[Meanie]

Keep my bean bag well garded now. Lock it away when we have visitors :shake:
Pop in any time.

It would look sooo much better in my lounge :yes:

[joehannaa]

Your boat would look good in my Driveway too...........
will deffinately make my way up the line for a ride, nothing like the open road, yet to experience the thrill of ridding in a pack.

Nice pic on your profile Sels1, day at Manfield?

[crazybigal]

hahah funny shit, thats my mates old zxr, he had it in queenstown for a year about 2 years ago. it was the normal white/blue/green untill someone put it down on a gravel driveway so another mate of ours painted it for him.
That bike has been passed around a bit! it was prety tired then!!

[yod]

welcome joe - look forward to seeing you join in on the madness that is an ashhurst boys ride....you'll fit right in with a kwaka (not another!! :oi-grr:)

:rockon:

[NZsarge]

welcome joe - look forward to seeing you join in on the madness that is an ashhurst boys ride....you'll fit right in with a kwaka (not another!! :oi-grr:)

:rockon:

Here here! We need more Yamaha riders I say!:Punk: Oh yeah..um..welcome Joehannaa.:D

[yod]

Here here! We need more Yamaha riders I say!:Punk: Oh yeah..um..welcome Joehannaa.:D

yours counts for 2 cos its so damn shiny :laugh:

[NZsarge]

yours counts for 2 cos its so damn shiny :laugh:
But it got dirty on those wet roads on saturday:D...i'm highy digusted!:shifty:

[yod]

But it got dirty on those wet roads on saturday:D...i'm highy digusted!:shifty:

hey was your chain guard stock? or did it come with a poxy black plastic one like mine and you replaced it?

[joehannaa]

That ZXR was a nice looking bike, but yes felt a bit tyred, and quike heavy for a 250.
The dude I bought it from was in Christchurch, he said he has ony just bought it himself, qurious to know what your mate sold it for?

:scooter:

[Meanie]

That ZXR was a nice looking bike, but yes felt a bit tyred, and quike heavy for a 250.
The dude I bought it from was in Christchurch, he said he has ony just bought it himself, qurious to know what your mate sold it for?

:scooter:

Cause it was f****d :doobey:

[Wasp]

Ahhh... Wasp... I see you most mornings going the other way and sometimes on the way back as well. You always wave...
I'm a cherry fellow (try to be anyways), how about we all (commuters between welly and kapiti) meet at the sandbar one night?

[Sparky Mark]

I'm a cherry fellow (try to be anyways), how about we all (commuters between welly and kapiti) meet at the sandbar one night?

Sounds like a great idea! Babelfish and myself often stop there for one on the way back. Be good to meet up with some of you guys...

[joehannaa]

Yeah count me in, can always make time for a beer.

[Meanie]

Yeah count me in, can always make time for a beer.

:gob: your gonna need a Gold wing to carry that beer gut of yours soon :rofl:

[Sparky Mark]

Yeah count me in, can always make time for a beer.

so, was that you we passed last night just before the roundabout at paremata? we went off right for a play round the inlet... you might have noticed us ;op

[Sparky Bills]

I could be keen to meet up sometime once I start back at work.
Will try to stay in the loop.

[joehannaa]

your not kidding about the extra wing to hold the belly...... a few more cc's should do the trick....

Yeah that was me at the paramater round about last night, you get a good run that time of night?

[Sparky Mark]

your not kidding about the extra wing to hold the belly...... a few more cc's should do the trick....

Yeah that was me at the paramater round about last night, you get a good run that time of night?

yea not bad normally, depends on traffic though. i'll pm you my cell tomorrow. You're welcome to join us next time.

[joehannaa]

Havn't taken my bike too much out of pram yet. but must say going that way of paikakariki hill? is the best way :rockon:

[Sparky Bills]

Havn't taken my bike too much out of pram yet. but must say going that way of paikakariki hill? is the best way :rockon:


HELL YES!!
Just stay left.:rockon:

[sels1]

Nice pic on your profile Sels1, day at Manfield?

Kiwibiker trackday at Taupo. Good fun, even for old touring bikes!

[Meanie]

HELL YES!!
Just stay left.:rockon:

Paekok hill rocks, i never go to wellington on the bike and not go over that road, faster if the traffic is dense and a hell of a lot more fun :yes:

[karmakillernz]

HELL YES!!
Just stay left.:rockon:

Gotta agree with that. :niceone: I took a trip over the paekakariki hill and back today (first time by myself) as I just couldn't let the nice day go to waste and it was fanstastic! :yes: Except of course for the several times I came across people who thought 1 lane wasn't quite enough for them. I have been prewarned about that road though so I made an effort to hug the hill on the way up.

Interestingly enough, every one of them was driving either a Holden V8 sports type car or a ute. Wonder if there's something in that...