MattyP
7th October 2007, 19:00
Hi all,
It's been great reading through all your stories and seeing some really sound advice - cheers.
I'm just getting back in bikes, having not ridden for about 10 years. My first bike was a new RG150 back in 1998, I then had good spell on an FZR400 and have ridden various mates' bikes (NSR250, GPX250, RGV250) for short stints.
Being 28 with a 3 month old son, you can imagine this 'crisis' (as my partner calls it) has brought with it much persuading and assurance that I'm not going to end up a statistic! In support of this, I've already purchased armoured pants, jacket, gloves and a new helment.
Now, the hunt for the bike! My budget is ~7K and I'm looking firmly in 250cc territory (baby steps, it's been a while). My heart is really stuck on a Hyosung GT250R because it looks fantastic and is a physically better fit than the alternative fully-faired bikes out there.
I've just bought an Odyssey for the family (today) and am selling my Skyline 25t, so as soon as she sells - I'm shopping. I can still remember the feeling I got when the Red Baron truck backed up the driveway and unloaded my RG150 - true love!
When I get my bike I'm looking to coming out to one of these Wednesday night beginners sessions in Auckland and putting some faces to the posts hopefully :)
Cheers,
Matt.
It's been great reading through all your stories and seeing some really sound advice - cheers.
I'm just getting back in bikes, having not ridden for about 10 years. My first bike was a new RG150 back in 1998, I then had good spell on an FZR400 and have ridden various mates' bikes (NSR250, GPX250, RGV250) for short stints.
Being 28 with a 3 month old son, you can imagine this 'crisis' (as my partner calls it) has brought with it much persuading and assurance that I'm not going to end up a statistic! In support of this, I've already purchased armoured pants, jacket, gloves and a new helment.
Now, the hunt for the bike! My budget is ~7K and I'm looking firmly in 250cc territory (baby steps, it's been a while). My heart is really stuck on a Hyosung GT250R because it looks fantastic and is a physically better fit than the alternative fully-faired bikes out there.
I've just bought an Odyssey for the family (today) and am selling my Skyline 25t, so as soon as she sells - I'm shopping. I can still remember the feeling I got when the Red Baron truck backed up the driveway and unloaded my RG150 - true love!
When I get my bike I'm looking to coming out to one of these Wednesday night beginners sessions in Auckland and putting some faces to the posts hopefully :)
Cheers,
Matt.