Hi The restriction still applies to the motorbike license. Just as the learner conditions applied to the motorbike when you were on your learners even though you had (i presume) your full car.
Good read Creature thanks!! still waiting to see you at Nass my friend!!
I will suss it out sooner or later http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/en...it-Has-arrived
Well the seat unit arrived today so I have most of the parts too complete the rolling chassis just need to sort out the megaphone mufflers ,front brake rotor,front wheel spacers and front master cylinder.......so almost there before its striped down for painting rewiring and engine rebuild...... I do need to make up a new rear end to fit the seat unit however......Al though its been 25years since I handled a weilder I will get it done properly considering it will all be visible when the bike is completed,but saying that the missus has given me the go ahead to head down too the local Tradezone store and pick one out
And to think I washed the GS on Friday - well THAT was a waste of time!
When I lived in Fiji my boss once took me and the Wife out for dinner. I ordered the (I can't spell it) Dutch/German sausage thing off the menu. My boss said "you're in another country, why not order something local?" (which meant Curry, or Fijian, or sort-of Chinese). I pointed out "I've lived here 2 years and eaten local food all that time, this IS my chance to eat something 'different'". Food is home, and home is good.
True, the local food is usually awesome. Of course being a vegetarian in Germany with Killer Sprouts abounding kind of made eating out a little difficult! No Döner? What was the world coming to?! It's still worth a visit here for the plastic tomato sauce bottles shaped like tomatoes, I forgot that part. Kitsch FTW!
Nice blog! Interesting to read about Kiwis abroad too. We came across a few, in places like Avignon (in the laundry room of our hotel), and Alkmaar. Mebbe I'm weird, but on our recent month in France and Italy, I didn't miss Kiwi fare one bit, instead relishing the opportunity to make the most of our vacation and try to always eat local fare, even in places like Schiphol airport, where we eschewed the 'easy' options like Maccas or Burger King in favour of the Dutch takeaways. Mind you, we had somewhat of an ulterior motive, in that during our week in the Netherlands we'd missed any opportunties to partake of frites (with fritessaus of course), fricandelle, and kroketten. During the entire time away, the only 'normal' food we had was in the hotel at Heathrow (scampi and chips for me, and chicken and leek pie for the vifferbabe). Not only was it expensive, it was also crap, but not as crap as the desserts we waited over an hour for, one of which was inedible.
Well done for doing it solo and for getting back into the saddle.
Epic ride bro. Sorry to hear about the drop but you did exceptionally well carrying on as you did. I know heaps of people that wouldn't have had the nerve to get back in the saddle knowing how much riding was ahead. Keep up the good work!
Originally Posted by The Singing Chef Fair call creature, i have yet to see you out and about at nass :-) if your not busy you should come tomorrow night. thanks for the invite singing chef but CREATURE is having some mechanical problems with his bike should be up and running in no time though. then CREATURE will get back to you
Fair call creature, i have yet to see you out and about at nass :-) if your not busy you should come tomorrow night.
Not at all, be pretty boring if we were all the same. Ride your own road
Gidday BMWST, that must have been our Advance Rider Refresher course in Sept 2009, that was my second advanced course (did the first Advanced course in 2007). Yesterday taking the GSR600 from the Rimutaka Hill summit down to Featherston had me reflecting on the Paekakariki Hill descent without using the brakes - on the ride down to Featherston on this my new acquisition and a recently scrubbed in front tyre, there were only three corners that I touched the brakes and held around 25-30kph and kept my head turned and eyes looking across apex and final exit point. Must say the GSR600 is smoother and more comfortable than the CB900 for me now.
You seem to prefer naked bikes?I went over Paekak Hill today in the wet,and was reminded of our ride over there without using the brakes.
Hey bro, Im the guy thats got the blue gsx that was there when you bought the bike. Yea depending on where you put them it will be fine, i have mine in behind the fairings glowing onto the engine, considering moving them to underneath though.
Yes I enjoyed v-twins: the Suzuki DL650 V-Strom for 10,000km a real comfortable bike, and also the Honda VLX600 cruiser twin, as well as the parallel twin Ninja 250R. The inline four CB900 at 45,000km in 25months was a gem, and so when I saw the Suzuki GSR600 inline four - well as they say the rest is history. Very pleased with the ergonomic and gearing.
BuckBuck, have you ever tried a V twin ? Effortless power, and plenty of torque.
Damantis, the light source cannot be visible, the lights must not move/pulse/rotate in any way. There are also sight angles to comply with, basically, you cannot have them front and rear and also there are angles for the sides.
for having blue LED lights inside my car, directed out the windscreen. Something about showing anything other than a white light to the front? I do see plenty of vehicles that do this though, so maybe the cop was one ticket short of his quota that day? Maybe it's more legal if only the glow is visible rather than the actual bulb? Maybe someone in the know could clear this up. I think with neons under cars, they are legal unless the actual strip / bulb is visible?
