Hey! I'm thinking about getting a road bike. (mattwood)

[TRAINING WHEELS]

You need high-ish boots and proper riding stuff dood. Shoes? Doesn't protect your ankles, not just agaist abrasion but twisting too. Think, do I want to keep my ankles, yes, protect ankles. Just leave the bits of your body sticking out that you don't really like anyway or would bet some one use for sledgehammer target practice.

Leather crashes better, no doubt. Can be harder to fit right, wetter (colder) and smelly too. Not to mention $$'s for new stuff. I wear cordura as I wear a suit under it for work and don't want to get changed. Just unzip and go. Ungraded my boots the other day to $400 Diadora Cruise ones. Touring ones so their watherproof too and warmer than race ones, don't need wet socks all day. Helmet, light is good, you can get chronic whiplash on a bike even if your head isn't hit. Good fit. I wear a Shoei Raid II, cheapest helmet from a great manufacturer.

Go looking/trying now while you don't have the money. You can't impulse buy and will go home and think about it. Make notes on the gear so you can ponder later.

Yes pancakes speek good advice.... Have a good look around for what you like. One thing i have learnt in my 7 months of riding is to buy what fits and what you want rather than looking at the price....(save hard if you have to) as safety comes at no cost .....

[mattwood]

Just leave the bits of your body sticking out that you don't really like anyway or would bet some one use for sledgehammer target practice.

hahaha! i wonder if i could fit 2 cups on at once?

yeah, i will take a trip to town and hav a walk around the bike shops and try some stuff on.

Had a look at a few multipurpose kind of bikes, like road and dirt combined sort of things, they kinda of look like they wouldnt do both jobs properly. wot do u all think about them?

sorry about the late reply, been away all weekend doing sum motorcross.

[Pancakes]

Nah mate, some of those adventure bikes are wicked. Not road racers but way faster than they look and capable of good off-road too.

Everythings a compromise but they cover a broad range in one style of bike.

Living in the contry you might like motards bro. Two sets of wheels and your on.

[speights_bud]

Had a look at a few multipurpose kind of bikes, like road and dirt combined sort of things, they kinda of look like they wouldnt do both jobs properly. wot do u all think about them?

I'd sell both my bikes to get a WR450 motard if i could, i rode one one or twice and it was more fun than i'd expected

[carver]

hey, im 15 and thinking about getting a road bike. i dont have any money but its nice to know wot u r saving for, seems to make it easier.

i hav a KX125 and am pretty confident at mx etc. i was wondering if i would be all sweet on something like a nsr250 or any 2stroke road bike. im not really into 4 strokes but im just wondering if a 2stroke road bike would be as aggressive as a motorcross bike??

anyway, any help or opinions would be appreciated

pm me.

i can help you, i live in hamilton, and the mormon few can help you with your riding skills if you take a copy of the book of mormon!

il show ya a few bikes

[Rosie]

Nah mate, some of those adventure bikes are wicked. Not road racers but way faster than they look and capable of good off-road too.

I'm not terribly fast, but I was pleasantly surprised by the on road manners of my wee sherpa. A lot of the interesting roads in NZ are little back roads that have gravel or have badly repaired seal, so it's great to have a bike that is at home on that kind of stuff.

[mattwood]

oh mint, i dont think u can road register KX125's aye.. damn.

i think i would go for a full road bike because i already hav the dirt bike. but i would love 2 throw some motard tyres on my bike and go for a hoon, it would be great!!

i was looking at one of these, they dont look 2 capable of motorcross haha

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.nz/motor/index.htm?model_cat.asp?modelcatid=3

the yamaha sales dude was pretty keen to sell me one of these as well

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.nz/motor/index.htm?model_cat.asp?modelcatid=11

any thoughts on them? they dont look to speedy.