There is always a first time

[Trouss]

Well what a fortnight of firsts it has been KB.

In the short time I have had the pleasure of bring a rider on Auckland streets I have experienced the following great firsts.

1 - Had someone pull out from a parallel park, without looking, or blinking.
2 - Had someone cut across me out of a carpark.
3 - Had to use "real time" emergency braking, (the practise pays off people!!) resulting in the back wheel locking up a "little"
4 - Nearly put the bike over wheeling backward into its night time resting place.

Those are just the bad ones, the good. . .

1 - First time open road riding, wind in the hair, if I had much :pinch:
2 - First time night riding, not as scary as some will have you believe, but then again only need a 1 or 2 from above to change my mind on that.
3 - First time riding in the rain, feels great, but . . . . . . does anyone remember the "slip-and-slide" in the back yard?? Very similar.
4 - Doing well in excess of 1500kms, not a commuter bike. . Ahhhhhh :Punk:

Discuss your favourite first time riding perils/adventures. .

[Kendog]

I remember the first time riding a bike bigger than my learner 150 :woohoo:

That is when motorcycling began for me :Punk:

[Trudes]

I remember the first time riding a bike bigger than my learner 150 :woohoo:

That is when motorcycling began for me :Punk:

And then it nearly ended again.... until you rode the mighty Hornet, eh!

[Kendog]

And then it nearly ended again.... until you rode the mighty Hornet, eh!

Oh yeah, that was the second time going from a learners bike (250) to a bigger bike. Good times.

[ital916]

Well done mate! Good to hear your practising all the right stuff and enjoying riding! As a noobs i've yet to encounter a cage causing a pant shitting moment lol. Touch wood tho eh. 1500k! Brilliant, where did ya ride to, otherwise thats a lot of commuting haha

[PirateJafa]

1 - First time open road riding, wind in the hair, if I had much :pinch:
2 - First time night riding, not as scary as some will have you believe, but then again only need a 1 or 2 from above to change my mind on that.
3 - First time riding in the rain, feels great, but . . . . . . does anyone remember the "slip-and-slide" in the back yard?? Very similar.
4 - Doing well in excess of 1500kms, not a commuter bike. . Ahhhhhh :Punk:

I told ya you were gonna love it, ya mofo Kyle. :P


As a noobs i've yet to encounter a cage causing a pant shitting moment lol.

The reason you have never run into a cage-caused emergency is because your bike never runs. :doh:

[HornetBoy]

First time i went for a ride on a 600cc bike :wari: blew my mind ,then it was first time i rode a 600 thru the para's .now its first major bin and the fact i had no insurance at the time :whistle: equally had big impacts on me ,i still cant get enough and try to go on rides everyday :2thumbsup

ps:think my bin was a biggest turning point in my motorcycling life,scared the shit outta me

[gijoe1313]

Good on ya! Now get that pootling up to 1500km per week! :msn-wink: Glad to hear you staying upright and not letting the crazies try and kamikaze you out! :sweatdrop

[Bren]

Ya know, as ya get older ya soon forget them first pleasures...Thanks for reminding me...









....first sniff of a box...mmmm
....first time doing the horizontal mambo....Oh Yeah!

[yoshi]

(Had someone pull out from a parallel park, without looking, or blinking.)


i hear u with that, had that hapn 2 me but i had nowhere 2 go, so broken wrist, torn tendons and 4months later an outa plarta and back on

[Number One]

first time moments...

First trip up and down the Rimutakas :niceone:
First tyre popping moment while going flat out down the motorway in rush hour traffic:pinch:
First ticket from a cop
First wheel stand - VERY HARSHLY dumped clutch on an RG150 - ha haaaa what an effing laugh that was and SOOO unexpected at the time!
First time I rode the TL1000S which was also the first time (and last) I ever did 200kms.
First ride back on the road after 5 years...priceless :niceone:

I love riding!

[Roki_nz]

I remember the first time I rode down Kent and Cambridge in Wellington. Some cager decided to move into my lane without looking to see if I was there, thankfully I was though and broke so the idiot didn’t maul me.

Just remember everyone else on the road is an idiot. If you remember that and ride to it, it will save your life.

[Blossom]

I just had a first last night.
My first open road and my first night time ride. It was a bit nerve racking :shit:but by the time I got home I was soo chilled out I slept like a baby. I feel like superman....err....wonderwoman!:mellow:

[Maverick]

Well what a fortnight of firsts it has been KB.

In the short time I have had the pleasure of bring a rider on Auckland streets I have experienced the following great firsts.

1 - Had someone pull out from a parallel park, without looking, or blinking.
2 - Had someone cut across me out of a carpark.
3 - Had to use "real time" emergency braking, (the practise pays off people!!) resulting in the back wheel locking up a "little"
4 - Nearly put the bike over wheeling backward into its night time resting place.

Those are just the bad ones, the good. . .

1 - First time open road riding, wind in the hair, if I had much :pinch:
2 - First time night riding, not as scary as some will have you believe, but then again only need a 1 or 2 from above to change my mind on that.
3 - First time riding in the rain, feels great, but . . . . . . does anyone remember the "slip-and-slide" in the back yard?? Very similar.
4 - Doing well in excess of 1500kms, not a commuter bike. . Ahhhhhh :Punk:

Discuss your favourite first time riding perils/adventures. .


Sounds about right, if you ever need any advice or a wingman, give me a shout, im just up the road from you,

Mav :cool:

(might organise one of my 250 rides sometime soon also)

[gtr boy]

all ways keen on a spin guys,craig 0273218517

[Sofa]

I had a first yesterday :) First time on the road!! Yay, took Rob's CBR out and it was so much fun... Haha, I'm a bit of a slow learner, so went on a road with absolutely no traffic and only went up to 60km in 4th gear but still:sunny: So frustrating not having my own bike!:soon:

[Just beGiNing 250]

Went for my first proper spin that wasnt on my way to work today. Drove down to the City centre and then out along the coast road past Mission bay and St helliers, It was great and got a smile from a sexy girl biker on queen st :cool: hehe

Im riding just a week now and feel much better riding already, getting good at the operation of the bike and that leaves me much more time to look out for crazy cage drivers, generally feeling more relaxed. :)

The embarressing cut outs on hill starts are nearly all gone too and the wind doesn't bother me anymore... feelin good!!

Would be up for a ride around Auckland anytime too!

[TOTO]

First time - today , had the pleasure of a beautiful french girl walking up to me just when I was getting ready to put my helmet on and we started talking bikes. Sadly all she knows about bikes is from her partner. Hopefully the next one that walks up to me will actually be into biking and single lol. :rolleyes:

Anyway.

The first 3 meters I nearly dropped the bike
the first day I almost got slammed by a car coz I had stalled in the oposite lane behind a hill :oi-grr:
The First Near miss was in the first week , when an asian girl decided she doesnt like to stay behind a bike with a big L on it.
First Slide happened about a 2 months into riding - slid the bike about 10m on a left hand corner. Bike is fine.

Had many firsts but thats from the top of my head lol

Love biking dow , done 11K so far since 17 DEC 2007 so amm yea , that me.