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    Talking It took me 14 years, but ...

    It took me 14 years to get back onto a bike, marriage, kids ... but I am back and kicking myself for not doing it sooner!!! DAM i missed that feeling.

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    You are not alone, there are plenty on here who are born again bikers.
    Welcome!
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    Welcome pukuriri. Glad you made it back to riding.
    Took me 59 years to get started. Sure wish I'd discovered it sooner . . . . . LOL
    Have fun out there.
    I ride for the love of it . . . . .

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    Yeah it sure is fun - enjoy!
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    Me too, I want straight to a big capacity bike too.

    Good on yeah.

    Now to see if you can get your youthful balls back.

    BTW what does your name mean. Tummy bum bum?
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    Its what my mates call me, wroughly Pukuriri is Maori for Grumpy ... But I am really smiling, just on the inside LOL

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    Welcome to the born again club. From the sounds of it, you'll be needing a new nickname.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pukuriri View Post
    It took me 14 years to get back onto a bike, marriage, kids ... but I am back and kicking myself for not doing it sooner!!! DAM i missed that feeling.

    Hi there.. welcome back to the REAL world!!!

    Jen
    GET ON
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    Welcome back! As a 'returning biker' myself I bought the 'F' three years ago and love it! Couple weeks ago I finally got my wife back on pillion after 30 years, too!!!

    She loved it and now wants her own bike, or for me to get a bigger one! She was the perfect pillion, too, just like she was back then!
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    Gotta say, Love the FJ, has its quirks, but you get that. Working hard at rounding off the square tyre i inherited from the previous owner ... got the perfect stretch of road though, SH16 has got to be one of the beat for bikes (in the north anyway LOL)

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    Welcome along! Another born-again biker... there are a few of us around...!

    Watch out for that SH16 road. Plenty of warnings on here about the police activity around that way........
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    Cheers, I see them about from time to time.

    More concerned about the amount of road works being done at the moment! Alot between Cowcop and West Coast Rd, came through yesterday in the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pukuriri View Post
    Cheers, I see them about from time to time.

    More concerned about the amount of road works being done at the moment! Alot between Cowcop and West Coast Rd, came through yesterday in the car.
    Welcome back mate. I did exactly the same as you -time off, marriage kids etc.

    Remind me when we meet - I'll shout you a beer.
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    Welcome aboard the KB rollacoster!
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    Cheers MDU, looking forward to meeting a few new faces. Will see you out there at some point no doubt.

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