Noob's bike?

[Conquiztador]

Hey bro,

I just bought a Suzuki GN250. Arrived this morning, delivered from Coleman's Suzuki.
I chose the GN250 because everyone touted it as a real learner's bike. I took it halfway down my street, shitting myself the whole way, hit the kill switch and walked it back.

In my defence, it's my second time ever on a bike (first being a GN125 last Saturday in my Basic Handling Test), and there was someone coming up the road, a lady about to walk into my path without looking, and a girl getting into her car right behind her, so having never driven/ridden on a public road before, I was in a bit of a busy situation there.

I strongly recommend going for something lighter than a 250 for your first bike, this little beast is going to take me some serious practise to get used to before I can use it for it's intended purpose (commuting to the North Shore).

I'd say go as cheap as possible, because you're probably going to have a couple of small spills once you get used to it and get too cocky- everyone told me that.

Good luck, and wish me some too because I need it!

Take her to a empty space like a parking lot on a Sunday. Ride round and round and round for hours. U get it. We all did.

See U on thr road!

Oh and, the 250 will feel small in about 2 week. Promise!!!

[Deviant]

Hey have you got a car? I know, stupid question really but if you do you could get someone to ride your bike to the target carpark. There's gotta be somewhere around Newmarket that'd do the trick. Maybe the Museum or the Newmarket train carpark or something.

I'm working weekdays but I'm in the city so could meet up after work or whatever. PM me if you're keen.

Thanks all for the tips. I've had a good think about my options, and I think the best thing will be getting someone to take it to somewhere I can have a free ride with no/very little traffic. There's no carpark for the Newmarket trainstation anymore, it's a construction site (presumably for another apartment block). And getting to the domain requires getting out into quite a bit of traffic, Remuera Rd, Broadway, past Khyber Pass, crossings, a couple more intersections. I can barely ride to the end of my street! hehe!

Tomorrow I have the day off so I'll spend quite a bit of time going up and down the road, getting used to throttle/clutch, and hopefully get up the confidence to go to the domain.

If anyone here has a day off tomorrow, this Sunday, or any time the weekend after this, I would really appreciate transport to somewhere I can ride in peace for a few hours. So far, the weather looks pretty bad though. just started raining.

I don't have a car, only my bike. Just got both my car and bike learners a couple of weeks ago. I really really can't wait to get mobile! But I know that if I got out in traffic now, it would be a very dangerous situation.

[breakaway]

Drop me a PM if you like. There's a carpark opposite my house that I used when my mentor taught me, and I'm willing to ride your bike there if you like (I'm in three kings near mt roskill grammar school)