n00b here

[menace]

nice pics lol

Welcome Mr Rot8

You still start from scratch even if you have a full car licence. On the positive note, its almost the same anyway. Oral questions might be slightly different. Equipe yourself with a motorcycle road code and have a read through it.

Oh ya, if you wana save pennies, get the FXR150. Great bikes they are

Meh im more thinking along the lines of Hondas best in the 250cc category..

IO couldnt really settle for anything else... See im not gonna compleatly abandon my car love, but just replace the adrenalin rush with something else...


Man i dont know what ill do i swere id never drive a honda... But i guess riding isnt the same as drivng it.. LOL


About the liscence yeah well i mean it was what 5 years ago that i got my liscence back in the day thay HAD oral questions... I heard they dont do them no more...


ps. i also want to make clear that I do NOT participate in any illegal activites and really pisses me off that i get labeled as a boyracer AS usual the few idiots spoil it for the rest of us. :S

[Motoracer]

Cool, I guess you'll be going for a CBR250 then. Don't worry, for bikes, Hondas are among the best.

About the illigal thing. Don't worry, most of us do some pretty illigal stuff anyway (traffic offences)

[menace]

Cool, I guess you'll be going for a CBR250 then. Don't worry, for bikes, Hondas are among the best.

About the illigal thing. Don't worry, most of us do some pretty illigal stuff anyway (traffic offences)

Heh yeah its kind of different i guess, As you are not endagering other motorists.. But primaraly yourself... Still I like to keep it under the law 99% of the time... Esspecially as my car is a police magnet from 'nam... :S


And yeah ill probably go for the CBR250RR i guess.. not too sure on the price it will set me back.. but ill look into it more when i have the funds.. untill then im here to learn..

[Ms Piggy]

Just one more question... I mean ive got a full car driver liscence, do i still have to pass the genereal theory again to get the bike learners?

Yup you do but before you can sit your theory you need to sit a Basic Handling Skills test.

Have a look here http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/factsheets/28.html

Then go for it!

[menace]

Yup you do but before you can sit your theory you need to sit a Basic Handling Skills test.

Have a look here http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/factsheets/28.html

Then go for it!

Yeah i checked that spanks. But like i have to get a bike first... hehe ive never riden anything more than a rented 50cc auto scooter over in europe and the thought of controling the cluch by hand and changing gears by feet is a bit

But im sure it wont be tooo bad...


Ok i know ive asked a few questions already but ive got anotherone...

IS it really bad to drop a bike? I mean apart from the obvious damage to the body is there any internal damage to the engine or whatever??

[curious george]

Welcome to biking. You've done the right thing by selling the cage.
To quote MikeL, *Hee hee - saving money Hee hee*

Damage to engine highly possible, but to a degree, avoidable, damage to self; right up there, especially without good body armour. Get the best you can. Then upgrade. Can't say that enough.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Depends what you get. And how hard you drop it. Normally its just fairings if you low side it (bike slides out from under you). occasionally you'll do a cover or something, but nothing to internals too much. Beemer flat twins will fill a cylinder up with oil if you leave them on their sides too long. Its pretty hard to damage internals of the engine by dropping it, you'd have to bend the frame or the engine to do that, and at that level, I dont think you'll be in a state to worry about your bike. Unless you jumped off it very early...

If you can ride a bicycle, go to passrite. They reckon a couple of hours practice for those who've never ridden before, and then you can pass your motorcycle handling skills. Or try Doug Swanson... see the yellow pages. Last I saw he had a GN250 to learn on, but he's real good. Total cost of either, about $50 if you do it in a couple of hours. If not, its not that much more for a few extra lessons...

[sAsLEX]

You will see my cbr250rr outside AU engineering most days cept kegs and steins. Doing BE CompSys so good to see another one of us around here.

Did you go on the Tigers pub crawl??

[maybe]

Hi menace don't think about it do it.......