Manawatu Rant n Rave

**oscarnz** · 12th January 2009, 19:56

Originally Posted by Owl

Cheers Sarge!

It became apparent very early that Tracy is not ready for the road yet. The 800m ride home was a cringe festival

, so I'll find a quiet car park (thinking work) tomorrow and get her doing some basics. Not really something I wanted to deal with, but she's got to get out there.
Now I'll go and make room for it in the garage!

Yay for Tracy, she will be fine once she spends some time on it. I know the feeling of the first ride, stalled the bike 5 times before I even got out of the driveway, and to think that was only 12 months ago. Time flys when you are riding

**NZsarge** · 12th January 2009, 19:59

Originally Posted by oscarnz

Time flys when you are riding

Damn straight!

**ynot slow** · 12th January 2009, 20:24

Originally Posted by Owl

Cheers Sarge!

Now I'll go and make room for it in the garage!

What you're trying to say is I'll get a wharehouse tarp,and build a makeshift bivvy for the bike right?

**Meanie** · 12th January 2009, 21:00

Sweet Owl, guess you scored some brownie pints today eh......nice
Might i suggest a soft green paddock for her to practice on, might be kinder on the bike

**cowboyz** · 12th January 2009, 21:12

did someone say green???????

**Monie** · 13th January 2009, 18:02

Originally Posted by Owl

Not possible, as it doesn't do hard

Actually it's a nice bike, but it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. I used the laptop to retrieve a pic!

nice bike tracey way to go ...

**Owl** · 13th January 2009, 20:59

Originally Posted by Monie

nice bike tracey way to go ...

I took Tracy down to Bunnings car park tonight. Big improvement over last night and she's now working through the gears and looking more relaxed!

A little way to go before I let her loose on the road, but I don't think she's too far away!

**chanceyy** · 13th January 2009, 21:02

Originally Posted by Owl

I took Tracy down to Bunnings car park tonight. Big improvement over last night and she's now working through the gears and looking more relaxed!

A little way to go before I let her loose on the road, but I don't think she's too far away!

Congrats to Tracy re the bike ... good news on the session tonite .. will not be long til she is out there doing it

**NZsarge** · 13th January 2009, 21:09

Originally Posted by Owl

I took Tracy down to Bunnings car park tonight. Big improvement over last night and she's now working through the gears and looking more relaxed!

A little way to go before I let her loose on the road, but I don't think she's too far away!

Nice, good to hear Al, look forward to seeing the VL on it's first friday night pootle.

**Owl** · 13th January 2009, 21:28

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Nice, good to hear Al, look forward to seeing the VL on it's first friday night pootle.

Cool, but it certainly won't be this Friday or the next. We took a spin (two-up) out to Bunnythorpe after the session and managed 120kph (downwind), so it's not a complete slug!

**Bren** · 13th January 2009, 21:33

tidy lookin wee bike there...wish they had those sorta bikes in 80s...the GN did not look as good as that for a learner cruiser...and the SR was not much better...

**86GSXR** · 14th January 2009, 06:37

Yeah, nice Al, good stuff

It'll certainly be good to see Tracey getting the hang of it

**Owl** · 14th January 2009, 17:29

Originally Posted by Bren

tidy lookin wee bike there...wish they had those sorta bikes in 80s...the GN did not look as good as that for a learner cruiser...and the SR was not much better...

I still like the 80's bike's

, but the price of the secondhand 250's is crazy. so may as well buy new!

Originally Posted by 86GSXR

Yeah, nice Al, good stuff

It'll certainly be good to see Tracey getting the hang of it

Yeah, I'm heading out with her again tonight. I'll see how she goes with braking, indicating etc. One thing at a time before she starts putting it all together! If all goes well, she may be seen on a quiet road tomorrow!