Newbie Rider got a Bike.

**Leong** · 30th September 2005, 19:23

Good to see another newbie here, congrats on the bike...

**Yangsta** · 13th October 2005, 19:00

been riding heaps these 2 weeks, done around 850km??
road aint so bad after all, loving it, even in this hopeless weather..
thx for all the welcomes. biking community is great! holla to
everyone i see on the road, btw, my avatar is my bike.
so you know who, when u see it haha. keep safe everyone!

**Leong** · 13th October 2005, 20:14

I've done about 1000km and loving it too. Lucky enough to live on the edge of Howick, so the country roads to Maraetai, Clevedon etc are very close, and great to practice on!! Seen lots of bikes on these roads too, and most either wave or nod!! I have a friend who lives in St Johns who comes out riding on Sunday mornings... doesn't take him long to get out here!!

Have Fun!!

**Yangsta** · 14th October 2005, 21:52

sounds fun, maybe we could go riding together some day.
roads around here kinda lame, i'm mainly riding around mission bay etc.
yea, its great how ppl wave or nod etc.

**Zapf** · 17th October 2005, 01:05

850km? me thinks you need to come and do some big long rides now..

when I started riding.. I had done all of 50km on my then NEW VTR250 before heading to AutoBahn.... before following the senior KBers to do the coro loop...

Do come out on a weekend ride. you'll love it and its a great challange.

Cya.
Zapf

**Leong** · 17th October 2005, 20:32

Originally Posted by Yangsta

sounds fun, maybe we could go riding together some day.
roads around here kinda lame, i'm mainly riding around mission bay etc.
yea, its great how ppl wave or nod etc.

We normally go quite early Sunday morning, about 7am before the traffic, and back by 9am. I'm guessing this might be a bit early for you....PM me if you're interested

**Yangsta** · 18th October 2005, 13:37

haha, reached the 4 digit mark... 1000 whole kms!!
haha, 7am on a sunday?? ... sorry man, only go to bed at like 5am.
dunno anywhere to go for a 'long' ride... any suggestions?

**_Gina_** · 18th October 2005, 19:47

Welcome to the site...have fun!

**Leong** · 18th October 2005, 20:40

Originally Posted by Yangsta

haha, reached the 4 digit mark... 1000 whole kms!!
haha, 7am on a sunday?? ... sorry man, only go to bed at like 5am.
dunno anywhere to go for a 'long' ride... any suggestions?

Just what I thought!! ... a bit too early for you young ones!!

Went to Kawakawa Bay tonight .... I think the roads around here are great.... if you want to do a loop you could go to Kaiaua or Miranda and head back from either via SH2.... or even just do the Twilight Road / West Road "circuit" a few times if you want to stay closer to town..

**thehollowmen** · 19th October 2005, 13:55

oooh nummy hawt bike
welcome to the madhouse

**judgeshock** · 19th October 2005, 14:28

Welcome along man nice first bike by the way :spudwave:

**Zapf** · 19th October 2005, 22:55

Originally Posted by Yangsta

haha, reached the 4 digit mark... 1000 whole kms!!
haha, 7am on a sunday?? ... sorry man, only go to bed at like 5am.
dunno anywhere to go for a 'long' ride... any suggestions?

You'll find that if you love riding enough and are thrilled by going on long group rides, you'll turn your life around and get up early for it no matter what.... well I did that.

**Yangsta** · 24th October 2005, 10:25

well, i'm on study leave now...or have been for a week now.
been doing heaps of riding. almost 2000km now. haha, yea i'll see, maybe someday i'll wake up early and go riding. i've actually done it once... it was so cold!!
getting my restricted license soon, cant wait.