WOO HOO! Finally!

[Phurrball]

Well, it’s been a long time coming…but FINALLY it’s with us! The bike Mrs Phurrball and I have been seeking for so long is now with us…

I should have saved this for my 100th post, but I got wound up about something else that wouldn’t wait…

I’ve been lurking, observing, (un?)learning and making the occasional ellipsis and parenthesis peppered rant on KB these last few months…all the while ever so S L O W L Y working my way towards two-wheeled bliss, as has Mrs Phurrball [For the smutty KBers – that would be BOTH of us getting our bike licences, not a anything perverse involving a pair of round rubbery things!]

It puts a grin on a newbie’s face all right: we can’t stop grinning about anything to do with our new baby! It’s a step up in the world from the GN250 we were riding for our BHS lessons - it makes a very addictive howl at high revs - and seems to thrive on a diet of those - and my, how very shiny he is!

Enough talk; here he is: One shiny, red Suzuki GSF 250 Bandit!

HURRAH!!!

[duckman]

Very nice indeed ... and shiny

[Storm]

Well, it’s been a long time coming…but FINALLY it’s with us! The bike Mrs Phurrball and I have been seeking for so long is now with us…

I should have saved this for my 100th post, but I got wound up about something else that wouldn’t wait…

I’ve been lurking, observing, (un?)learning and making the occasional ellipsis and parenthesis peppered rant on KB these last few months…all the while ever so S L O W L Y working my way towards two-wheeled bliss, as has Mrs Phurrball [For the smutty KBers – that would be BOTH of us getting our bike licences, not a anything perverse involving a pair of round rubbery things!]

It puts a grin on a newbie’s face all right: we can’t stop grinning about anything to do with our new baby! It’s a step up in the world from the GN250 we were riding for our BHS lessons - it makes a very addictive howl at high revs - and seems to thrive on a diet of those - and my, how very shiny he is!

Enough talk; here he is: One shiny, red Suzuki GSF 250 Bandit!

HURRAH!!!

oooh , and it is so very shiny

[Lucyloo]

That's a very pretty bike.
How exciting.
May you have many safe hours riding on it.

[erik]

Nice

[Phurrball]

That's a very pretty bike.
How exciting.
May you have many safe hours riding on it.

Indeed it is pretty - it now has one tiny scratch from Mrs P 'letting it have a wee rest' (when she was stopped no less!) Goddam gravel!

Much spent on gear to ensure safety! Can't trust manic/maniac Auckland cage drivers with my safety...

[DemonWolf]

Good Stuff Phurrball.. happy riding =)

[placidfemme]

Very nice... and your right... very shiney Congrats

[stify]

shiny and congrats...but alas it's a she not a he....well every thing i ride is anyway...both enjoy and be safe please

[Ixion]

'Tis very shiney. So now you need to go out on a 600km or so day trip, and get it properly unshineyed. Backroads and gravel roads are good for this. Must have a coating of honest journey grime, to prove 't'as travelled far and fast, and not just spent it's time being washed and polished.

[Phurrball]

'Tis very shiney. So now you need to go out on a 600km or so day trip, and get it properly unshineyed. Backroads and gravel roads are good for this. Must have a coating of honest journey grime, to prove 't'as travelled far and fast, and not just spent it's time being washed and polished.

I should post a photo of our [loosely called] driveway. I think going up and down its hellish, gravelled slopes should about do it

PS - have yet to develop the bravery to actually ride up or down it so far. It is very intimidating when the bike is so pristine, and the rider is such a newbie

[Ixion]

I should post a photo of our [loosely called] driveway. I think going up and down its hellish, gravelled slopes should about do it

PS - have yet to develop the bravery to actually ride up or down it so far. It is very intimidating when the bike is so pristine, and the rider is such a newbie

UP is easy on gravel. Just give it heaps of throttle and try to keep the front wheel more or less on the ground. DOWN is harder .Especially if there is a turn. But you have engine braking so you should be OK.

[Phurrball]

UP is easy on gravel. Just give it heaps of throttle and try to keep the front wheel more or less on the ground. DOWN is harder .Especially if there is a turn. But you have engine braking so you should be OK.

So far I've walked the bike down on the brakes V E R Y slowly, and walked it up using the clutch and 1st gear...will have to bite the bullet pretty soon though. I would have no fear doing the drive on a human-powered bike, but somehow this doesn't translate; the Bandit is different...

[stify]

So far I've walked the bike down on the brakes V E R Y slowly, and walked it up using the clutch and 1st gear...will have to bite the bullet pretty soon though. I would have no fear doing the drive on a human-powered bike, but somehow this doesn't translate; the Bandit is different...

umm fear...the first thing that'll keep u alive,don't discount it!

[Phurrball]

umm fear...the first thing that'll keep u alive,don't discount it!

Aye, I commute in daily on the Northwestern - I have been studying the habits of the Auckland cagers since my arrival from Dunedin at the start of the year. I can report that the traffic and the driving is every bit as bad as legend down south suggested it might be. My fear of the Auckland car driver is becoming ingrained and may indeed keep me alive on the bike...however I hope that my fear of the Laingholm 'driveway' subsides...