When is a "newbie" not a "newbie" anymore??

[Conquiztador]

[QUOTE=tri boy;1098354]

3- Is there any reason to go past 150K?

No reason at all, but humans being what we are, will, and do many unreasonable things. Some we get away with, others bite us in the arse.
I still believe we should way up the risks/affect it has on others, and hopefully come to a mature decision in most if not all cases.
Sadly, not every one can comprehend what common sense is. Such is life.

U recon NO???

[swbarnett]

If you have to ask you're probably not there yet. Hell, I've been riding since 1982, am I still a newbie? Still got a lot to learn and having fun doing it. Seriously though, if you feel confident on the bike and can get yourself out of strife you've probably passed from newbie (until you scare yourself silly on a patch of oil and realise how cocky you've become). My grandfather used to say you can't ride a horse until you've come off once or twice. Maybe the same applies for us bikers?

1. - Who? (I'm probably too old).
2. - Coke (the liquid kind - not much of a drinker)
3. - The sheer exhilaration of speed. Did 195 once on a very straight, open stretch of road just to see what the XJ600 would do (came straight down again before the road ran out). BMW318i tops out at about this while the 325 beside you keeps on trucking (gotta love those Swiss motorways). Best kept for the track though these days in NZ - you're libel to lose the bike as well as your licence.

[Conquiztador]

If you have to ask you're probably not there yet. Hell, I've been riding since 1982, am I still a newbie? Still got a lot to learn and having fun doing it. Seriously though, if you feel confident on the bike and can get yourself out of strife you've probably passed from newbie (until you scare yourself silly on a patch of oil and realise how cocky you've become). My grandfather used to say you can't ride a horse until you've come off once or twice. Maybe the same applies for us bikers?

1. - Who? (I'm probably too old).
2. - Coke (the liquid kind - not much of a drinker)
3. - The sheer exhilaration of speed. Did 195 once on a very straight, open stretch of road just to see what the XJ600 would do (came straight down again before the road ran out). BMW318i tops out at about this while the 325 beside you keeps on trucking (gotta love those Swiss motorways). Best kept for the track though these days in NZ - you're libel to lose the bike as well as your licence.

I been on bikes sice 67, but that is not the point.
If U not comfy then...

1. Here: http://www.disturbed1.com/

2. Nah. U been bought

3. Sure. I have been to 267 on a bike. But not on a common road. And that is my point.

Cheers.

[Big Dave]

When is a noob not a noob?
Do my photocopying and I'll let you know.

[Disco Dan]

A newbie implies - being new.

Wikipedia Says:

"Newbie" can be used as an endearing term to identify newcomers to a game, place, or organization. The variant spellings of "newbie" are also used, especially in online games, as a catch-all insult regardless of the recipient's actual skill or experience. Someone who acts like a "newbie," but isn't one would be referred to as one of the variant spellings.

Doctor Cox in the TV show Scrubs continuously refers to his protége John Dorian (J.D.) as "Newbie" as a way of breaking his spirits and constantly reminding him who's in charge (even when J.D. continues working at the hospital for over 5 years).

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When something becomes familiar then it is no longer new. But in motorcycle terms, it relates more to the level of ability, which doesnt really fit with the term "newbie" in my view.

There is always someone better than you, and always someone worse. The only benchmark for comparison being a complete lack of any knowledge motorcycle related.

[swbarnett]

I been on bikes sice 67, but that is not the point.
If U not comfy then...

Yeah, I certainly felt like a newbie after 13 years of not riding.

1. Here: http://www.disturbed1.com/

A bit harder than I'd usually listen to be not bad all the same. Certainly got me caught in the rythm. Pink floyd is about as far as I normally go in that direction.

[Kinje]

When you know all there is to know

[swbarnett]

When you know all there is to know

Maybe when you know enough to know how little you know?

[Stickchick]

Gimme the reason why U feel goin past 150 has a reward??? On th road that is.

Oh, and the answer to No 1 is NO.

I would say no to all 3. Welcome to KB!!!

[kiwi cowboy]

If you have to ask you're probably not there yet. Hell, I've been riding since 1982, am I still a newbie? Still got a lot to learn and having fun doing it. Seriously though, if you feel confident on the bike and can get yourself out of strife you've probably passed from newbie (until you scare yourself silly on a patch of oil and realise how cocky you've become). My grandfather used to say you can't ride a horse until you've come off once or twice. Maybe the same applies for us bikers?

1. - Who? (I'm probably too old).
2. - Coke (the liquid kind - not much of a drinker)
3. - The sheer exhilaration of speed. Did 195 once on a very straight, open stretch of road just to see what the XJ600 would do (came straight down again before the road ran out). BMW318i tops out at about this while the 325 beside you keeps on trucking (gotta love those Swiss motorways). Best kept for the track though these days in NZ - you're libel to lose the bike as well as your licence.

I was told you had to fall off a horse 100 times witch makes me a goooodd rider now lmao

[Storm]

Maybe when you know enough to know how little you know?

You've been at the Zen books havent you?

[swbarnett]

You've been at the Zen books havent you?

Comes from having a mildly scientific background and an academic for a wife.

[SARGE]

1) yes .. quite a few ( Floyd, Zep, Sabbath, Maiden, Priest, ..)

2) Wild Turkey right out of the teat

3)150kph is only 94 mph.. dont sound so bad when you say it like that .. im over a ton quite regularly but i know when and where ( and how to unbolt my rego plate)

[swbarnett]

I was told you had to fall off a horse 100 times witch makes me a goooodd rider now lmao

No, that just makes you clumsy.

[scumdog]

1) .......when and where ( and how to unbolt my rego plate)

Why? Cos the plate weighs as much as a bunch of anvils?