I need a riding partner + here's a short review about me

**Emilio** · 13th November 2010, 19:38

Hay guys my name is Emilio and i joined a while ago but i never got a chance to post.
Anyways here goes my post...

Ive been riding for 8months now and im up to my 3rd bike!

I started on a 150FXR which i think is probably the best thing i could've started on due to my height and budget.
Im 5'7, 18 years old and 68kg.

I sold that off and got a brand new 2006 Lifan LF-125-30.
I know it was probably bad to get rid of a jap bike and get a chinese one but i wanted to own my first NEW bike.

I am currently riding a red 2007 Hyosung GT250R and im loving it!
I honestly don't know why people are so against them.
They're good, all around bike.

I know its hard to believe but i went for my FIRST cruise last week.
I've only ever used my bikes as fun commuters.
I went over the Haywards and hit the corners hard!!
It was sooooo much fun!!

Im looking for other areas to ride and other bikers to ride with...
I like riding places that take a fair bit of skill to ride eg. tight corners.
If ANYONE could show me where to ride or could introduce me to more riders, i would be so greatful!

Thanx for reading my post =)

**Katman** · 14th November 2010, 08:49

Originally Posted by Emilio

I know its hard to believe but i went for my FIRST cruise last week.
I've only ever used my bikes as fun commuters.
I went over the Haywards and hit the corners hard!!
It was sooooo much fun!!

Try hitting them a bit softer.

**MSTRS:Me** · 14th November 2010, 09:16

Originally Posted by Emilio

Ive been riding for 8months now...went for my FIRST cruise last week...over the Haywards...and hit the corners hard!!...

You have much to learn...

**Owl** · 14th November 2010, 09:46

Originally Posted by Emilio

It was sooooo much fun!!

It's always a lot of fun until somebody loses a life

**sinned** · 14th November 2010, 09:57

Come along on Wednesday night for a ride with new and experienced riders. Introduce yourself as someone wanting to learn and all will be sweet.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...R%29-2010-2011

**Gibbo89** · 14th November 2010, 09:59

Have a look in the 'meetings and events' section to see what rides wellington riders get up to and see if they are learner friendly (i am pretty sure they are). just be careful about hitting corners 'hard' when you just got yourself a bigger bike like that. bit different than the wee fxr etc you had earlier.

enjoy the site

**sinfull** · 14th November 2010, 10:22

Originally Posted by Emilio

I went over the Haywards and hit the corners hard!!
It was sooooo much fun!!

Im looking for other areas to ride and other bikers to ride with...
I like riding places that take a fair bit of skill to ride eg. tight corners.
=)

http://www.motott.co.nz/index.html Here ya go ! Pick me up on the way !

**Hawkeye** · 14th November 2010, 11:28

Originally Posted by Emilio;1129907622
Ive been riding for [B

8months[/B] now and im up to my 3rd bike!

18 years old

I am currently riding a red 2007 Hyosung GT250R and im loving it!

but i went for my FIRST cruise last week.
I've only ever used my bikes as fun commuters.
I went over the Haywards and hit the corners hard!!
It was sooooo much fun!!

I like riding places that take a fair bit of skill to ride eg. tight corners.
If ANYONE could show me where to ride or could introduce me to more riders, i would be so greatful!

Good luck in finding experienced riders prepared to ride with an 18 year old, 8 month riding, Rossie wannabe who thinks hitting Haywards 'hard' is fun. The Haywards hill is a pootle used as a commuter route. You need to pull your head in somewhat and spend some time learning some skills that will save your life before thinking you can be a Rossie wannabe.

If it's not below you, there are learner friendly rides specifically set up on Tues night for beginners/learners. Cruisy ride, beginners/learners sandwiched between experienced riders. If you decide to join in on a Tues, just check the ego at the door.
The experience riders who turn up on those rides do so hoping they can help a less experienced rider but in no way do they themselves think they have nothing to learn. I've been riding 5 years and still have a lot to learn.

**MSTRS:Me** · 14th November 2010, 11:32

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

... I've been riding 5 years and still have a lot to learn.

Is that all? And yep, you have.
Near 38 years, and so do I. The day I stop learning, will be the day I croak.

**Katman** · 14th November 2010, 11:36

In other words, it might be timely for your 18 year old brain to learn that those who you might manage to impress with stories of "hitting the corners hard" are not worth trying to impress in the first place.

Motorcycling is littered with the bodies of those who tried to impress the wrong people.

**Owl** · 14th November 2010, 11:57

Originally Posted by Katman

is littered with the bodies of those who tried

Did you write "The lord of the rings"?

**Katman** · 14th November 2010, 11:59

Originally Posted by Owl

Did you write "The lord of the rings"?

'Twas the busiest day of my life.

**Tink** · 14th November 2010, 11:59

Originally Posted by Emilio

Hay guys my name is Emilio and i joined a while ago but i never got a chance to post.
Anyways here goes my post...

Ive been riding for 8months now and im up to my 3rd bike!

I started on a 150FXR which i think is probably the best thing i could've started on due to my height and budget.
Im 5'7, 18 years old and 68kg.

I sold that off and got a brand new 2006 Lifan LF-125-30.
I know it was probably bad to get rid of a jap bike and get a chinese one but i wanted to own my first NEW bike.

I am currently riding a red 2007 Hyosung GT250R and im loving it!
I honestly don't know why people are so against them.
They're good, all around bike.

I know its hard to believe but i went for my FIRST cruise last week.
I've only ever used my bikes as fun commuters.
I went over the Haywards and hit the corners hard!!
It was sooooo much fun!!

Im looking for other areas to ride and other bikers to ride with...
I like riding places that take a fair bit of skill to ride eg. tight corners.
If ANYONE could show me where to ride or could introduce me to more riders, i would be so greatful!

Thanx for reading my post =)

Good Luck with the continued learning, ignore the insults, but do listen these guys mostly know what they are talking about even tho most behave like 5 year olds on a good day (eh boyz)... hehe.

I am booked for my full licence in two weeks, and have ridden only 7000km in 14mths, and feel like I still have mountains to learn, so take it easy out there, watch, observe, do track days as sin pointed out, and ye have fun... but do it ATGATT, and in your own time... the road is not a race track... ! But still have fun.

**EJK** · 14th November 2010, 12:05

Give him a break. It's always overjoy-birthday exciting at the start. No need to discourage him by shoveling death notes at his face. It's good and happy, and happy means good.

Welcome to Kiwibiker Forum - The home of experts and geniuses.

**MSTRS:Me** · 14th November 2010, 12:36

We, the old guard, see it as our sacred mission to never let excited newbies ignore the painful realities of motorcycling. Nor do we think they should be allowed to continue believing they are some sort of motorcycling god, because they've "been over the Haywards and cornered hard".
It is our fervent hope that one day, they will thank us for our grumpy pearls of wisdom. After all, motorcycling can become a life-long pursuit for many. How long that life is may depend on how willing they are to listen.