'From Russia with luv' (Kirill357)

[Kirill357]

Hi guys and gals.
After being in NZ for about 1.5 year and reading KB forums for about a year I decided to check for anyone russian in new members section and didnt find anyone.

So.. I'm 24 years old guy, bought my first bike here in NZ it was Suzuki FXR150, guy who sold it to was kind enough to drive to my place, coz that time I didnt know how to drive bike at all, never in my life before. And I started to learn here straight away. Fortunatelly I had my motorcycle licence from Russia (how I got it without driving bike is another story but to cut short, my driving licence was a 18 birthday present from my father and when I went to the police they asked me what kind of licence I want and I said, A and B, which is for bike and car :msn-wink: yeah that was possible but not anymore, of course I could not possibly imagine that it can be soo useful :laugh: coz due to Moscow awful weather and drivers, I should add, - biking is suicidal). Anyway after couple of month of fun I finally converted it to the NZ full and bought Honda CBR600 '92 yellow and purple 'Smokin Joe Racing' which I'm driving till now.

So now my duty is done.

[tri boy]

Hi Kirill357. Welcome on board.:sunny:
Enjoy the 600, and maybe also get hooked up with some local riders for a get together/ride.
Just a slight vocab correction. Motorcyclists "ride", not drive. Not having a whinge, just a bit of friendly advise.:done:

[fireball]

damn it i was half expecting some one taking the piss.....

and welcome you will get used to it around here..... everything is a piss take!

[captain_andrey]

Nice to see a comrade on the forums. I'm from Moscow too but I haven't been back for ages. Maybe I should hop on a plane and get my license back in Moscow as well :P. Screw waiting another 6 months for a full.

Too bad you are in Auckland, could go for a ride otherwise.

[kiwifruit]

welcome to the site :)

[Daffyd]

Hi Kirill357. Welcome on board.:sunny:
Enjoy the 600, and maybe also get hooked up with some local riders for a get together/ride.
Just a slight vocab correction. Motorcyclists "ride", not drive. Not having a whinge, just a bit of friendly advise.:done:

Speaking of friendly "advice". This is the correct spelling. "Advise" is a verb, (as in "I advise you to get it right.")

[YellowDog]

damn it i was half expecting some one taking the piss.....

and welcome you will get used to it around here..... everything is a piss take!
Look out! The russians are comming. The russians are comming!!!!

Is that better?

Wecome on board Kirill.

[tri boy]

I will now watch Daffyd's posts with far more interest ,to spot any signs of typo's.:tugger:

[Kirill357]

Nice to see a comrade on the forums. I'm from Moscow too but I haven't been back for ages. Maybe I should hop on a plane and get my license back in Moscow as well :P. Screw waiting another 6 months for a full.

Too bad you are in Auckland, could go for a ride otherwise.
Heh, not sure its possible now any more, or pricelists was changed adding couple of zeros at the end :)
Agree, keen for ride, coz dont know much russians with similar hobbies.

[Usarka]

Welcome.

I'm thinking about visiting russia sometime soon.


And I love vodka! :drinknsin

[Kirill357]

Thanks guys, thats a lot of friendly people here, so far :)

[Edbear]

...story but to cut short, my driving licence was a 18 birthday present from my father and when I went to the police they asked me what kind of licence I want and I said, A and B, which is for bike and car :msn-wink: ...

Nowadays, Kiwi's just pop over to Rarotonga...:scooter:


... advise.:done:

Oh, someone beat me to it...:second:



Thanks guys, thats a lot of friendly people here, so far :)

And even further...:yes: Welcome, how long have you been speaking English?

[Kirill357]

I would say for the last 1.5 year, before it wasnt much of speaking, no real practice

[gijoe1313]

Rat teebya veedet'

Always good to have a nice international flavour going! :yes: Now about those ural sidecars....

[No FX]

здравствуйте! и гостеприимсво к kiwibiker!

I dont speak a word of Russian by the way so i hope that makes sense! (thanks google lol)

[Badger8]

Welcome Kirill :)
The more flavours we get in this crazy cross-section of biker society the better :yes:

And speaking of biking in Russia, a couple of friends from work are looking at riding across Russia in a few months! I keep telling them they're crazy, and wont get half way before they decide to give up.
They are looking at coming from England, across and up through Germany, Poland, Latvia, then across the great Russian landscape, jump across to Alaska, down through Canada, and ending up with a tour down the west coast of North America then flying home.

Any "must see" places in Russia you could recommend? What are their chances of survival given that they have big mouths and a taste for Vodka? :D

[Kirill357]

He-he. There was a group of rich Americans or Germans a while ago who wanted cross Russia on Mercedes Gelentwagen (some sort of 4x4), after Urals they were traveling on a train with their cars on a stand, there was simply no road. As for a must see: Moscow and Saint-Petersbourgh heaps of there. As for survival, could be pretty rough, I wouldnt recommend go alone without some sort of russian guide.

[captain_andrey]

Watch Long Way Round. Its a short TV series about a couple of guys trying to go round the world on bikes. They travel through south east Russia into Siberia and the road of bones. There are no real roads there, just dirt and train tracks.

[CookMySock]

Speaking of friendly "advice". This is the correct spelling. "Advise" is a verb, (as in "I advise you to get it right.")LOL busted !!

DB

[CookMySock]

Heh, not sure its possible now any more, or pricelists was changed adding couple of zeros at the endlol. Sounds like Vanuatu.

DB

[Badger8]

Watch Long Way Round. Its a short TV series about a couple of guys trying to go round the world on bikes. They travel through south east Russia into Siberia and the road of bones. There are no real roads there, just dirt and train tracks.

Yeah, the guys who are lookin at doing the trip watched that, that's where they got *cough* stole *cough* the idea from :D

[Daffyd]

I will now watch Daffyd's posts with far more interest ,to spot any signs of typo's.:tugger:

Not trying to be a smart bastard... Had an English teacher who used to thump, (literally), correct grammar into us.

Jimmy, "Hey Teacher, I seen a fire engine this morning."
Teacher, "Jimmy, where is your grammar?"
Jimmy, "She's at home, sick in bed, but I seen a fire engine this morning!"

[Shustrik]

Watch Long Way Round. Its a short TV series about a couple of guys trying to go round the world on bikes. They travel through south east Russia into Siberia and the road of bones. There are no real roads there, just dirt and train tracks.

These guys in LWR are just "rolex-bikers" :-)
BMW GS1150R is not best bike for offroad and dirt. :-)))
Nobody who has tried ride in dirt once, couldn't use heavy bike for it :-)

[niero]

Hi, I am from St Petersburg and I did the same as you did lol. Payed the guy $500 under the table he then gave me the full motorbike international licence and TADA! There it was, I just sold my own FXR150 (wtf almost identical story) and got myself an RF400R, so you are not alone. Ahh, good times skipping the useless 250cc Rule where you can still ride bikes which go faster than the older Ducatis