Getting first bike soon

**kasper** · 5th June 2009, 22:06

About 250km each way.

True no marathon but a fair trip for a Monday.

--Kasper

**samgab** · 5th June 2009, 23:12

Originally Posted by kasper

About 250km each way.

True no marathon but a fair trip for a Monday.

--Kasper

Exactly; "long trip" is a relative thing. My point was it's a long trip for a noob (unfamiliar with gears, clutch), on a little bike that has a seat which becomes uncomfortable about 20 minutes into a trip. I've done trips on an FXR150, so I can attest to that!

**motorbyclist** · 5th June 2009, 23:50

Originally Posted by renegade master

good stuff D, im assuming you've booked the squiggle master to give it the once over first eh?

squiggles?! pssh she went one better and got me :P

other notes: FXR speedo is typically 20% out, they are bearable for long trips if you stop often.

Originally Posted by Danae

Lol fail plan.

Anyone keen for monday? Also I am advised it would be safer to get an experienced rider to pillion up with us who can ride the FXR back. Any takers?

sigh!

for those who don't know:
unfortunately due to uni (specifically the retards running the mechanical engineering dept) handing their 3rd year students a downright offensive amount of work in the last fortnight I have not been able to keep up much with what is happening, let alone eat or sleep. (there are/have been complaints laid. this isn't just lazy students whining; how would you like 12 consecutive 12 hour days after three weeks of literally nothing to do?)

long story short i was the first to hand in our last assignment, left uni at 8am this morning, rode home in zero degrees to a 7 degree flat, put on the electric blanket, emptied the hot water cylinder in the shower, and slept.

alarm was set to 2pm, as arranged to get on the bike immediately to head straight up SH1 to kerikeri

so of course upon waking up, we had three hours to do a three hour trip.

unfortunately, was i more awake and capable of assessing the situation, we could've made it amd just held the seller up. my apologies but that's just the way things happened.

so thank the short notice seller for wasting all of our time. now it turns out i didn't need to ride to kerikeri i could've slept thursday night and produced a much more coherent submission.

begin rant:

here's a protip for anyone trying to sell a bike that a buyer is coming to see from some distance away: if you choose to go hit the pub an hour earlier then be prepared to sell the bike a week later or not at all.

we had the money ready to buy now and i'm about to go looking for something else just on principle, and to visit on our wellington trip this weekend.

I personally do not encourage trips over 100km for unseen bikes, as when it turns out the seller is omitting a fair amount of truth or downright lying, you as a buyer have just spent atleast a tank of gas and several hours of time that could have been spent on a local seller.

the only reason i'm keen on this fxr is it's apparent good condition and low price.

**motorbyclist** · 6th June 2009, 00:00

Monday:

I am knocking off work at 3pm.

If we can't make that we are getting too close to exams for me (or danae) to responsibly commit time to roadtrips without a very good offer.

**Danae** · 6th June 2009, 00:05

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Don't worry about it, nobody's fault really (although we can blame the seller and the mechanical engineering department to feel better about ourselves)

Plus, riding in an exhausted state - especially with a pillion - is not a great idea

**motorbyclist** · 6th June 2009, 00:24

Originally Posted by Danae

Plus, riding in an exhausted state - especially with a pillion - is not a great idea

BOTH my road crashes have been while fatigued,
one of which was a direct result of that.

nearly had a few more thanks to the mechanical engineering department around this time last year, just trying to get home.

**howdamnhard** · 6th June 2009, 00:52

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

I personally do not encourage trips over 100km for unseen bikes, as when it turns out the seller is omitting a fair amount of truth or downright lying, you as a buyer have just spent atleast a tank of gas and several hours of time that could have been spent on a local seller.

the only reason i'm keen on this fxr is it's apparent good condition and low price.

Yip , been there and done that. You can't tell squat from photos unless they are really close up. Try get somebody up there to check it out ,might save you a trip. Good luck on finding the right bike for you.

**motorbyclist** · 6th June 2009, 01:23

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...5&postcount=37

even if they say work has been done, receipts are often the only way to know for sure

we'll be veiwing another FXR in wanganui later today. same price, slightly worse condition. i see a dealer in thames also has a mint looking fxr with receipts for work done for the same price again

**samgab** · 6th June 2009, 02:42

What about this RG150?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-221505424.htm

2-smoke, and a bit older, but still a good bike. Nice low K's.

Or even better, and closer, and newer, and very low K's; this CBR150R:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-216641622.htm
Bit dearer mind, but u might be able to negotiate something. I don't know what your budget is, but I'm assuming it's around the 2G mark.