Hey everyone,
I recently bought a bike and just today acquired my learners licence. I sorted out insurance after that and went for a ride. It has been a very steep learning curve but after my first legal and proper ride today, all I can say is I LOVE IT! What a life changing thing it is to have a bike! I've always been into my cars and have done a few track days and worked on my own car since I was 16 but a bike is a whole different ball game in terms of riding and mechanical work!
I had to do a lot of research about gear, and the process of buying all the way to riding the bike and I hope to make a thread to guide other newbies through it so they don't have to search all over the place for the basic info.
First order of business was checking everything was okay with the bike and I found the chain was a bit too loose, I also found that the nut holding the axle was finger tight! So after watching a youtube video I managed to get the right tension on the chain as well as aligning my rear wheel up again (what a mission that was initially!).
Anyway, here are some pictures of my bike, it is a 2004 Suzuki GSX250 with 35,000km on the clock.
Hope to have a fun time on here and meet a few of you at events or whatever you do![]()
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