Well, it's official

**chanceyy** · 18th February 2007, 15:01

Well sunday is almost over & Thanks to a non kber freind (hurry up & sign up Mike then get ya shit together & get ya hunk of wheels outta the garage) the broken bracket on the front fairing & oil tank are now fixed, dash has 3 new wee lights so all go .. & found out that the washer with the lugs on it are missing thats why the speedo is not working ...

The bike is booked to the mechanic tomorrow, sort out washer for speedo, balance wheels fill out paperwork for the wof regarding the brakes & ready for re register, order a new handlebar .. this one is bent but should pass warrent .... & depending on what he says booking for the inspection at vtnz on Wed ..

once she has plates on her ass am going to go for a ride ... even thought i am not legal yet .. fab weather & watching all the bikes going past is making me jealous ..

**SDU** · 19th February 2007, 14:18

2 more sleeps till its legal

good luck for the WOF!

**chanceyy** · 19th February 2007, 18:56

Originally Posted by SDU

2 more sleeps till its legal

good luck for the WOF!

hmm maybe not two sleeps ... watch this space

**chanceyy** · 20th February 2007, 20:32

she is now LEGAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well damn its been a long stressful afternoon with the bureaucrats from 1pm & right on 5pm she became legal ..... woo farken hooooo, so quick text to my mentor that i wanna ride NOW ... !!!! after mucking around trying to get the registration on .. ( not to mention the bracket upside down .. not that i put in on of course

) & putting back to back tape on to hold the plate...

off we went to friends place so everything could be attached properly ... of we toodle ... get bout 3 ks down the road .. & a farken horrible noise & the newly fixed speedo was telling me that i was doing 140 ks .. errr yeah right .. so pulled over told alistair what was going on .. & he took her for a run down the road ..yup consensus was speedo .. so limped to shannon with Alistair hooning past then coming back just to show me that his bike was not broken .. funny as .. i just waved ...

fixed the plate on .. removed the speedo cable & corrected the bracket for the registration .. a quick blat with Alistair showed that the problem resolved ....

off to u4ea house but she was not home ... so only one thing for it .. the big block .. shannon - foxton & levin .. yeah i can hear ya all now what big block .. but hey when ya toodle about a 10 k block it seems to be huge & when ya have not ridden a bike for 20+ yrs .. apart from a wee flick up the road it felt like a big ride !!! ok ok ok i hear ya all .. but not really ... was blardy awesum .. got home just on dusk .., & the days stresses are gone ... so thats that for tonite .. now time to take it all in .. & still smiling ..

**Clivoris** · 21st February 2007, 07:59

Fantastic news chanceyy. Don't forget to pack your brain when you go out riding

I've heard of people

getting a bit swept up in the ecstacy of a new ride and ending up in trouble. Call me paranoid.

**SDU** · 21st February 2007, 09:42

Way to go Chanceyy!

**chanceyy** · 21st February 2007, 18:30

Originally Posted by Clivoris

Fantastic news chanceyy. Don't forget to pack your brain when you go out riding

I've heard of people

getting a bit swept up in the ecstacy of a new ride and ending up in trouble. Call me paranoid.

thanks hon .. but call me level headed, I never ride to prove anything to anyone ... just enjoy the experience .. My mentor had a play & went off into the distance but i still rode to my capabilites & experience as i knew he would be waiting for me up the road ..

guess Al would have to pass comment on that .. but I was fully aware of my speed & surroundings ..

soooooooooo when are you coming to ride the horses buddy .. we selling tickets you know

**chanceyy** · 21st February 2007, 18:33

Originally Posted by SDU

Way to go Chanceyy!

thanks hon

.. pretty stoked actually .. & was pretty damn excited last nite & buzzing when we got home

**Clivoris** · 21st February 2007, 18:40

You know how keen I am on that horse and tickets idea...But watching the nationals at manfield this weekend. See you at the trackday on the 4th March. Maybe weekend after? Unless I'm doing my hair that weekend.

**chanceyy** · 21st February 2007, 18:43

Originally Posted by Clivoris

You know how keen I am on that horse and tickets idea...But watching the nationals at manfield this weekend. See you at the trackday on the 4th March. Maybe weekend after? Unless I'm doing my hair that weekend.

and your point is ..

.. sat before the track day .. or the weekend of the 10th is quasi/bike show .. we can make it clive entertainment before that

**u4ea** · 21st February 2007, 18:46

yippeeeeeee..............all the creases are getting ironed out aye!!all the hard work and effort has been worth it!!

once you get the speedo sorted youll be a speedy gonzaliss..no more 40 ks then!!

**chanceyy** · 21st February 2007, 19:13

Originally Posted by u4ea

yippeeeeeee..............all the creases are getting ironed out aye!!all the hard work and effort has been worth it!!

once you get the speedo sorted youll be a speedy gonzaliss..no more 40 ks then!!

yup hon & as soon as it was removed there was no more 40ks .. lol ..

**phantom** · 21st February 2007, 19:42

Great to be back on the road again eh and away from the cares of work and computers that don't do what they should

**chanceyy** · 21st February 2007, 19:51

lol but Phantom thats when we call our freindly computer tech guys to come fix them for us ... so I dunna stress about darn puters ... .. thats your job

**86GSXR** · 21st February 2007, 21:07

Originally Posted by chanceyy

thanks hon .. but call me level headed, I never ride to prove anything to anyone ... just enjoy the experience .. My mentor had a play & went off into the distance but i still rode to my capabilites & experience as i knew he would be waiting for me up the road ..

guess Al would have to pass comment on that .. but I was fully aware of my speed & surroundings ..

soooooooooo when are you coming to ride the horses buddy .. we selling tickets you know

Yes, well done on your first 'cross country' Chanceyy

I thought you did very well and you can only get better with experience. It seems all those practise runs around the front garden paid off eh

Shame about the speedo, that's annoying and another expense to deal with, but a minor thing in the big picture. On the plus side though, the indicators seemed to be working much better

Good on you for keeping yourself focussed on getting onto two wheels and for making a huge effort to learn all you can about staying on them. And what a great team effort eh!

The bike looks good on the road and I bet she's loving being there again

There's many miles ahead for the both of you, and every one of them will be a learning experience.

OK, time to sign up for some rides then

P.S. The horses didn't look too bad, it was all those bloody dogs that worried me