Who was it that got you started on here?

**Krusti** · 27th May 2007, 07:20

Thought it would be interesting to find out how you guys first became aware of this site and got you sucked into this site?

Me.... crashe ...The three of us me, meon3 and our son were parked outside a closed motorcycle shop in Auckland on a public holiday wondering if any bike shops were open. crashe turned up and started chatting. She told us that Motomail would be open so follow her.

She told of this site where bikers got together and shared knowledge and the like. Thought oh my god nirvana. How wrong could I have been?

That was about three years ago I think, good on ya crashe, what a legend.

**Donor** · 27th May 2007, 07:29

It was Google.

**jtzzr** · 27th May 2007, 07:29

A young guy on here called Nolan who had a cbr250rr , I worked with his dad and he told about this site that was awesome , so I took a gander and was in awe of all the info you could get .and the rides that I could go on , have`nt looked back since.Don`t think Nolan has his cbr anymore though he binned 4 times in a month , I think the whole forward momentum thingy had him buggered.

**MidnightMike** · 27th May 2007, 07:51

I was about to buy my first bike actually, i posted in a thread asking about an rg 150, only to be told that there hadnt been any posts in that thread for 6 months or something.

Man I was a noob back then.

Yeah, i pretty much got sucked in from all the info on here, awesome.

**Holy Roller** · 27th May 2007, 07:53

It was Google for me three years ago while searching for things on motorcycling. Found this great site with a few awesome people that were met at the different rides and rallies around the country. Now it would neigh on impossible to meet everyone who frequents here, yet there are still motorcyclists out there who have not heard of Kiwibiker yet.

**James Deuce** · 27th May 2007, 07:57

Pleasant people who "pay it forward" with no regard for repayment, genuine people who drop everything to help if needed.

They've all left now and in one case died.

Thankfully there are "new" people who've become friends, some of whom I have never met. Creepy ol' Internet.

**Sniper** · 27th May 2007, 08:13

Old member on here by the name of Stevo. Came up to me one day and was chatting about bikes and asked if I wanted to go for a ride. He told me about KB if I wanted to get involved with riding more

Posted alot (of shit) but met some damn good people who I am proud to call my friend. Even (as Jim2 said) I havent met many and those I have met were top notch blokes

**HDTboy** · 27th May 2007, 08:46

C4 and Antallica, both of whom don't come here very much any more. I'm almost getting to that point myself nowdays.

**Drum** · 27th May 2007, 09:34

I stumbled onto the site via Google, and after I joined I got a PM from Uncle B inviting me a long to a ride. If it wasn't for this site I would never have been on a group ride, and met some really cool people.

**Joni** · 27th May 2007, 09:44

Zed

Seems a long time ago now.

**u4ea** · 27th May 2007, 09:53

t'was good 'ol Google for me while my arm was still in sling from my bin and I had to type one fingered!!!Got a bit of shit at first

but I blame the prescribed drugs as i'm not really a bitch(thats reserved for special people)First met AJTurbo and Mudboy who were very compassionate and he got me back out on my bike affter recovery

as I was neally gunna throw in the towel!!!........now I just wanna throw things at AJ!!!!!!

**Matt Bleck** · 27th May 2007, 09:55

Gav got me on here with out even knowing.

**MotoGirl** · 27th May 2007, 10:12

Cajun - I used to bitch and moan about the amount of time he spent on KB so joined up to see what all the fuss was about.

This was in 2004 and (at the time) I thought that most members were young dickheads who couldn't handle the power of their bikes. I had this impression because whenever hubby came home from a KB ride I'd ask, "So who crashed today?" and he could give me a name

It would've been better to hear "no one".

It didn't help when we rocked up to the KB rally at Tokaanu (sp) and I heard a youngin' asking everyone "so how fast did you go on the way here". It was torrential rain FFS

Anyway, I finally started posting after hubby persuaded me to have a few drinkies with the Tauranga crew. As it turns out, they're not as young or irresponsible as I'd originally thought

**far queue** · 27th May 2007, 10:17

Feral1 was staying with me for the weekend and told me about the site. I lurked for a bit then jumped in. I've mets lots of good people and been some rides that wouldn't have happened otherwise. Great site.