Zerker

Finally got my jacket sorted.
had to send the first one back, it was waaaay too big. Size M in the Teknic jackets, size XS in 1Tonne jackets I guess it pays to read the size chart when ordering huh?

overall quite happy with the jacket, it's not perfect, but for the price I paid I'm not bitching.

Sat my BHST with Easy Rider Motorcycle Training, I did the slalom first go, perfect. the stopping in the square and the slow ride gave me some trouble.
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So had my first spill, and come out the other side, scooter has a few scratches, and a clean bill of health from the shop :P (they touched up the paint for free too).

I'm back to 100% and saving up and shopping around for a good deal on gear.
Decided to go for Cordura jacket and pants (even if I did find a sweet Leather cruiser jacket that fits me like a glove, at Frankton Cash inn if anyone is curious).

I can either buy new from www.1tonne.co.nz or try to snipe ...

so I hear most bins wins huh?
well I guess I'm on the board now
coming through the tristram/cobham roundabout from cobham drive turning right into bridge street, I leaned over a little too far and the scooter decided to say " hey you your a Dick, get off" and dumped me on the ground mid turn.

I was on my feet pretty quick calming down the on lookers, I've bruised my shoulder (and ego) and grazed my knee, big whoop :P the scooter has some scratches along ...

Alas it's time to move house again.
I've lived in far too many houses in Hamilton and this latest one is by far the coldest wettest and most expensive.
running the dehumidifier in an attempt to ease the suffering of my asthmatic wife resulted in a doubled power bill

the new house is the same amount in rent, closer to the in laws (eep) and has a fireplace and a DVS system.
also the neighborhood isn't a gang one, now that's a plus :P

oh did ...

I was reading the thread on "how did you get your First Bike?"

I started writing a reply, but it got long so I'm blogging it instead :P

haven't got a "Bike" yet, but got a plan in action.

I bought a brand new scooter on finance as it was all the wife would let me get.
after having her on the back of the scooter as a pillion and teaching her how to ride it she is slowly coming to her senses and seeing that I'm a responsible rider ...

I booked my scooter in for its first service (500km's) and on the way to take it in realised I hadn't done the planned trip to Cambridge and the odo was 23k's short of the mark.

so I headed out towards the University thought I'd do a few laps of the car park and practice slow speed skills.

All the roads were pretty dead and I didn't feel like going slow so when I hit the intersection of knighton road and ruakura road I thought what the hell lets see how far Ruakura ...