Sherlock. Who has the new bike?

[manuboy]

CAN ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT A NEW BIKE IN THE LAST WEEK POST HERE!

His partner is getting keener by the day to get on the back... personally i think this sort of thing is to be encouraged, but only so much. The twisties take on a whole nuther appearance with your bike handling like an ass... but this new baby probably takes it in it's stride, sorta what it was built for...

[Joni]

His partner is getting keener by the day to get on the back... personally i think this sort of thing is to be encouraged, but only so much. The twisties take on a whole nuther appearance with your bike handling like an ass... but this new baby probably takes it in it's stride, sorta what it was built for...

What do ya mean.... she bloody "helped" choose the thing!!!! Good for both of them I say...

[Marknz]

Its blue... so its another suzuki.... i give up

Suzuki aren't the only ones making blue bikes...

[manuboy]

What do ya mean.... she bloody "helped" choose the thing!!!! Good for both of them I say...

Helped? i heard she jumped on it, started making VROOM noises, and the shop staff had to drag her off it.... I think from now on X is riding pillion?

nb Blakamin: it ain't a suzuki. he should be so lucky

[Joni]

Helped? i heard she jumped on it, started making VROOM noises, and the shop staff had to drag her off it.... I think from now on X is riding pillion?

nb Blakamin: it ain't a suzuki. he should be so lucky

OK Manuboy you got a big laugh outta me. Can you imagine him in a situation like that?.... he's such a serious git at times!!! Hehehehee, I think they both gonna be happy for a long while. I think its kinda cool.

Ian - we love ya....

[dangerous]

I have one word................ VTEC

ps: ohhh yeah, hes stuck with the same brand another

[Magua]

Maybe his new bike will give him better fuel economy than his last, 1 litre to every 10 kilometres .

[SPman]

It must be.....Firestormer! Hes from Dorkland with a born again pillion.



Blue vtec ......VFR800!

[MacD]

It must be.....Firestormer! Hes from Dorkland with a born again pillion.


Blue vtec ......VFR800!

His profile has been updated....but not the picture

[Blakamin]

His profile has been updated....but not the picture

Thats what took me so f*ckin long to get it....
coulda got sumfin that wasnt V*R... woulda made life easier!!!

[manuboy]

Ahhhh... i knew you'd all click at some stage!

Congrats FS, you luck B'stard.

Here's to sunny days, clean clear roads and not a lot of spooge or any sort?

[Posh Tourer :P]

So away we go. The most observant KB'er will figure it out. No clues (other than the one above) unless you really start struggling...!

So am I now officially the most observant KBer??

Do I get a prize???

[Posh Tourer :P]

Here's to sunny days, clean clear roads and not a lot of spooge or any sort?

'Cept for the essential DinosaurSpooge™....

[jrandom]

Oh no, it *is* a VTEC then. Mrs FS obviously did the choosing. At least they're nice-looking. The blue ones are prettiest, too, there's one lives here in Te Atatu somewhere.

VTEC, eh. Well, it's herself wot'll 'ave to file the servicing invoices, so... meh.

firestormer will, of course, have to implement my suggestion and petition SpankMe to change his (Ian's) handle to 'böringfahrt'.

Could have been worse, I suppose. He could have bought a Leadwing.

[vifferman]

Oh no, it *is* a VTEC then. Mrs FS obviously did the choosing. At least they're nice-looking. The blue ones are prettiest, too, there's one lives here in Te Atatu somewhere.

VTEC, eh. Well, it's herself wot'll 'ave to file the servicing invoices, so... meh.

Nup. New bike - Yes; VTEC - Nup.
Mrs FS lurved the styling ("It's got lovely lights - they look like cat eyes!" "Ooh - look at those nice zorsts"!"), and I loved the handling, styling, instrument panel, but (BUT!) did not like the VTEC, from the point of view of the WAAAAAHHH!! noise when it cut in. Or the servicing costs, which they tried to tell me were only "around $400" every 24,000 km.
The first time the VTEC cut in the extra 8 valves, even though I was expecting it, the noise gave me a bit of a fright. There's no real kick like a turbo or extra venturi, so it's just dumb. And Honda camchains suck.

So, here's the story.

On Saturday, we went looking for a helmet for Mrs FS. As expected, when confronted with all those shiny motorbikes, she got quite interested. "Oooh - look at that one!" "That one's nice!" etc etc. She even sat on a Cagiva Raptor and found it was just her size (Note: Short ladies - Cagiva Raptor 650s are a good fit) But it was all just looking, with no serious intentions from either of us.
We discovered the Shoei Raid ($399 at Motomail) was an excellent fit, but went from shop to shop, trying on everything else. Nothing worked. So we set off home. Nearly at our off-ramp, I said, "Seeing we're out'n'about, should we go to Barry's Point?"
"Yeah - may as well."
So we trucked on into Cyclespot, and found an Arai that fit as well as the Shoei. Errr... only $600 dearer.

Somehow, we decided we should test ride some bikes. The junior sales dude somehow decided we were going to buy a brand new Blackbird (actually a Bluebird), but I didn't even bother test-riding it. Mebbe I should've? It was less than $18k new.
So we shot off home, had lunch, got our gear on (yeah, we were shopping naked before that. It was a warm day.), and took the FahrtSturm in. Tested the VFR800 (lovely, and felt perfect two-up), then a 2003 VTEC (lovely, but the VTEC thingo sucked). What to do.... what to do...
Salesman: "You should think about ditching your VTR. It's got high kms, it's losing value fast, and now is a good time."
Me: "Mmmmm.... I dunno. Let's go home and think on it."
Mrs FS: "I think you should do it."
Me: ponder ponder fret worry ponder indecision indecision AARRRRGGHHH!!

So, we bought it, there and then, and I picked it up yesterday. Oh yeah - and we went back to Motomail and bought the Raid, and went for a last ride together on the FahrtSturm. Yesterday was my farewell ride on it, so it was compulsory for maximum hooning on the way to work - at least 4 wheelies, strafing the back streets, etc etc.

firestormer will, of course, have to implement my suggestion and petition SpankMe to change his (Ian's) handle to 'böringfahrt'.

Already asked about that, but I was thinking maybe "viffer" (my monicker in another forum) or "vifferman".

Could have been worse, I suppose. He could have bought a Leadwing.

Errk.
No, Mrs FS has better taste than that. And after seeing a couple next to us at the lights on a black one, sweating in their black leathers, we both thought, "No way!" And the one that was being test-ridden and/or sold when we were looking at VFRs was just too yucky for Mrs FS (and it wasn't just the colour).

I've already got some slippers; do I really have to get a pipe, and a tweed jacket?