GingerMidget's new bike!

[GrayWolf]

Hrmm, no it didn't come with an l plate, and I didn't know about adjusting the levers. They feel ok to me, so maybe its just the photo? I stalled a bunch of times today, but that was my first experience with real traffic. Which made me a little nervous.

Only I'd take a thermos in a back pack to churton park to pick up some baby tropical fish. On a motorbike.

GM,,, try setting up the levers so the top edge at the front of each lever is just level with the line of the top joint of your middle/index fingers... you'll find they wont slip so easy when/if you have wet/cold fingers with reduced feeling or strength. it makes a huge difference to operating them.. and it IS more comfortable over a distance or using the clutch in traffic.

[jrandom]

NO YOU ARE

Heh.

It's creepy because you're old, man.

I'm probably verging on young enough to get away with hitting on her without it being remarkable, socially speaking. We're only ten years apart or thereabouts.

But men telling girls young enough to be their granddaughters that they have nice bottoms is creepy.

S'just the way it is.

[GingerMidget]

GM,,, try setting up the levers so the top edge at the front of each lever is just level with the line of the top joint of your middle/index fingers... you'll find they wont slip so easy when/if you have wet/cold fingers with reduced feeling or strength. it makes a huge difference to operating them.. and it IS more comfortable over a distance or using the clutch in traffic.

Thanks for that!
I'll talk to someone about getting that done. I may bribe redbeard with food/beer to have a look for me. Oh no, I'll have to ride to work. What a shame. LOL

[rustic101]

Only I'd take a thermos in a back pack to churton park to pick up some baby tropical fish. On a motorbike.

If you're going to be carrying stuff around you may want to think about a top box.

[GingerMidget]

I don't want or need a top box.

If it won't fit in my small back pack, then I'll take the cage.

[nzspokes]

Thanks for that!
I'll talk to someone about getting that done. I may bribe redbeard with food/beer to have a look for me. Oh no, I'll have to ride to work. What a shame. LOL

Levers are a very important thing to get sorted. Ive changed my new bike out to new brake lever to make it closer and have put a stop on the clutch to bring it closer. Look at your gear/rear brake lever to. Doesnt take long to do and makes you at one with the bike.

Top boxes rock.

[ducatilover]

Levers are a very important thing to get sorted. Ive changed my new bike out to new brake lever to make it closer and have put a stop on the clutch to bring it closer. Look at your gear/rear brake lever to. Doesnt take long to do and makes you at one with the bike.

Top boxes rock.

I think I have two sets of adjustable levers for the ZZR I've fitted 'em to everything I've owned.

[GingerMidget]

The clutch definitly feels like it wants adjusting. I'll take it in tomorrow after work and get them to have a quick squizz and see if it can be fixed.

It feels like its starting to engage when the lever is right in, and i think that might have been behind a fairly decent stall at the tory street lights.

[FJRider]

I don't want or need a top box.

If it won't fit in my small back pack, then I'll take the cage.

Don't be too hasty ....

They are lockable (and take some effort to remove from the bike) ... and some are big enough for one ... or more ... helmets. Throw-over saddlebags are a good option for carrying gear. (Both options ... easily used, and can be fitted on your next BIGGER bike)

Pack rack frames are a cheap option.

[ducatilover]

Don't be too hasty ....

They are lockable (and take some effort to remove from the bike) ... and some are big enough for one ... or more ... helmets. Throw-over saddlebags are a good option for carrying gear. (Both options ... easily used, and can be fitted on your next BIGGER bike)

Pack rack frames are a cheap option.

The real reason is to fill 'em up with bricks and mercury to pull sweet wheelies.

[GrayWolf]

Heh.

It's creepy because you're old, man.

I'm probably verging on young enough to get away with hitting on her without it being remarkable, socially speaking. We're only ten years apart or thereabouts.

But men telling girls young enough to be their granddaughters that they have nice bottoms is creepy.

S'just the way it is.

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[GingerMidget]

Thanks for the input RE: top boxes.

I still have to learn how to deal with wind, so I'll leave adding more stuff to help me get blown over til I'm a bit more confident.

[FJRider]

The clutch definitly feels like it wants adjusting. I'll take it in tomorrow after work and get them to have a quick squizz and see if it can be fixed.

It feels like its starting to engage when the lever is right in, and i think that might have been behind a fairly decent stall at the tory street lights.

These are what the upper and lower adjusters look like. You shoul be able to adjust these yourself. The theory is to extend the OUTER cable.

Adjust in small amounts ... and check for amount of improvement after each time.

[FJRider]

The real reason is to fill 'em up with bricks and mercury to pull sweet wheelies.

Nah ... I fill 'em with BEER ....

[GingerMidget]

Thanks for that. I'm gonna bribe someone with food tomorrow to have a look at it. Or i'll just take it down to where i got it and ask for help. That would be the smarter option.

Plus it means I then spend a bit more time in traffic, which should help with the whole 'eep there are cars everywhere and people are watching me look like an idiot' complex i seem to have developed overnight.

I'm incredibly concious of the big shiny l plate, and people negative perceptions of learner riders. All I can hear in the back of my head is my douchey ex telling me I should stay away from anything with two wheels, and its affecting my confidence a little. Never mind him though, I just need to work on one thing at a time, and stop over complicating things. Its a hill start, not the beginnings of some big race.