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  1. 9th January 2006, 12:09 #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by yungatart
    Well, after five weeks of enforced rest after breaking my foot, today I got my boots on and went for a ride! It was real good to be back out there!
    I bet it was! Good to hear you're back out there. Just be a Lert, and remember that although us KBers all luvs ya, everyone else out there is out to get you.

    This morning was my first ride for nearly 3 weeks, and that was a revelation. I found that "getting into the groove" was a little tricky, so it took a while to get that total concentration thing going again. Mind you, that could also be because my brain's broken.
    The bike was running very well though - I gave it a bit of a tune-up after Christmas (starter valves balanced) and untweaked the fairing (crooked from a previous owner dropping it) and took the packrack off (used the tankbag for a change).
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.

    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....
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  2. 9th January 2006, 12:18 #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by deathstar
    well 5 weeks is bad but waiting years to be old enough to ride is torture
    Even waiting months to be old enough is torture! I'm 15 on Feb the 4th and I've been pissed off that I wasn't born earlier since November!!!!

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  3. 9th January 2006, 12:21 #18
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    Keep practicing riding, its how one gets to be reasonably good. I hear there is a small ride in the second week of march that you may consider
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    Quote Originally Posted by hXc
    Even waiting months to be old enough is torture! I'm 15 on Feb the 4th and I've been pissed off that I wasn't born earlier since November!!!!

    Well you need to discuss that issue with your parents...
    Or YOU could have decided to come into this word a few months earlier than planned...

    It aint that far away now... just over 3 weeks to go....
    Those 3 weeks will fly past real quick..
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  5. 9th January 2006, 12:57 #20
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    I, in particular, would have been quite happy for him to have arrived earlier... not my fault h didn't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashe
    Well you need to discuss that issue with your parents...
    Or YOU could have decided to come into this word a few months earlier than planned...

    It aint that far away now... just over 3 weeks to go....
    Those 3 weeks will fly past real quick..
    Probably not seeing as I now, apparently, have a bike which is being picked up in Wellington this weekend. I will have a bike that I can't ride

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    Quote Originally Posted by hXc
    Probably not seeing as I now, apparently, have a bike which is being picked up in Wellington this weekend. I will have a bike that I can't ride

    No you wont be able to ride it, but your parents will have so much fun riding her over the next 3 weeks.. you can wave them bye bye to them, as they ride off down the road...

    Or you could lovingly clean her to prestine condition... and know everything about her... so much better for you to have a bike than a g/f aye...
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashe
    Or you could lovingly clean her to prestine condition... and know everything about her... so much better for you to have a bike than a g/f aye...
    Still cost the same amount of money, although one your parents might pay for, the other definately not!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mangell6
    Still cost the same amount of money, although one your parents might pay for, the other definately not!

    Not paying for either-only offering to finance the bike at friendly family rates. Girls are definitely to be discouraged!
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    Quote Originally Posted by yungatart
    Girls are definitely to be discouraged!
    Absolutely. Girls have a habit of springing nasty surprises on the unwary. Unlike motorcycles.
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by hXc
    I will have a bike that I can't ride
    Would you rather NOT have a bike that you CAN'T ride??
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS
    Would you rather NOT have a bike that you CAN'T ride??
    Ahhh nah I'm fine with a bike that I can't ride at the moment thanks

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    Well done yungatart. Good to see you are back on a bike
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    Quote Originally Posted by yungatart
    Well, after five weeks of enforced rest after breaking my foot, today I got my boots on and went for a ride! I was really worried that I would have forgotten everything but it was all good. MSTRS has complained that I'm too slow in the corners so I didn't throttle off so much. I stayed upright and had a ball. It was pretty windy at times but no majors.Foot is tender and slightly swollen now, but I'm happy. It was real good to be back out there!
    welcome bak mate,good to b bak in the saddle aye?
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    Seemed like a long time waiting, but great to be riding again..for sure.
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