Allow myself to introduce... myself (Motobutch)

[Motobutch]

Gidday guys...


Long time lurker, first time poster. Long enough to know that I already recognise some of you, from a certain online mountain biking website. Yeah, you know who you are. Old habits die hard.

Anyhoo, I'm in quite a good mood, because I just bought a motorcycle. Yay! Go me! You can read all about it here if you feel the urge.

So yeah. Feelin' good. Roll on summer.

[Sable]

GB400s are awesome wee bikes. See if you can get a pair of Koni shocks for it, totally transforms the handling. Enjoy!

[ducatilover]

Great choice in bike.
Can I have it please?

[onearmedbandit]

Welcome on-board. Great read on the tumblr link btw.

[sootie]

Hi Notobutch,

Just joined KiwiBiker myself earlier in the month.
The old hands here do not seem to be too bad - a bit crusty around the edges maybe

Sootie

[tigertim20]

welcome aboard, dont take anyone seriously, and you should enjoy it here . . .

[Subike]

So now you got to learn how to ride it?
Going by your blog, its your first bike, and you have not ridden much.
But if I am wrong, which is not hard to do
Then join in the Wed night rides which are due to restart in a few weeks time for the summer.

[Motobutch]

Aww, cheers you guys!

Yup, not too far wrong, got to learn how to ride it now. I've done a few days with Mike Flowers for mainland motorcycle school to get the basics down, I'm a big believer in quality instruction. I'll definately be a starter for WNRs when I'm confident enough that I've got a good handle on things. I decided it's probably smarter at this stage to get someone to truck the GB up here rather than go down and ride it back. I'm fairly sure I'd be fine riding it back, but "fairly sure" leaves me a bit farked if I'm wrong.

So first question for my panel of interweb experts- what's the go with bike insurance? I haven't even rung my insurance company yet, but do most insurance company's do bikes as well as cars? Or is it better to go to a specific bike insurer?

[jrandom]

Or is it better to go to a specific bike insurer?

^ yep.

http://www.kiwibike.co.nz/

[HenryDorsetCase]

I asked my insurer. (house contents car) to insure a motorbike and was told to gf. I am with David Golightly and recommend.

I also owned a GB400 once

[Winston001]

Narr...farg off.












Oh alright, you can play with us, just sit in the corner and go down to the boozer when we tells ya

[Motobutch]

I also owned a GB400 once

I did not know that. Good for dodgy maintainence advice as well as dodgy lor advice. Is there anything he can't do?

[unstuck]

Bloody good choice, very nice. I would of rode it up for ya.