Newby without a bike!

[Irontusk]

I went in and looked at Honda Cyclespot and then Suzuki Holeshot, they are right next door to each other on Barry's Point Road in Takapuna. I work just a little bit further down the same road and it's been driving me nuts seeing all those bikes lined up every day (Hearing the custom bikes fired up that are built next door to my work gets me worked up even more!)

Holeshot have been easy to deal with so far, I've been in 3 times in the past week sorting things out and they don't seem too annoyed yet

Oh there's a Kawasaki shop a couple of doors away aswell, but they were shut and as far as I know the only Kawasaki I would've wanted is a ZXR250A.. but they're just too expensive for their age/milage.

Do you mind me asking you how much you're getting yours for? Mine is $5995 (rrp) +ORC, $600 for helment, jacket, pants, gloves and boots, $150 for the riding test/training (which I get back when I pick the bike up). Seemed good compared to what else I've seen.

This is getting to be a long post, but one more thing. The only thing I feel let down on is they don't have one there to fire up for me, just the one on the floor with no oil/fuel, I just want to listen is all. And no, I havn't taken it for a test ride.. I can't.

[newby]

Your lucky! I havnt even seen on except for on paper! lol. My bike is the same price, although im getting a pretty good discount on gear cos i know a guy who knows a guy kind of thing...lol

I know Mr Motorcylces has some gear packages, i think one was for $500 and another for $1000. Because i can get stuff cheaper for myself i will prob end up picking and choosing the higher end stuff that i want. Mr motorcycles did offer to do me a 'deal' though if i bought all the gear at the same time i bought the bike.

[Irontusk]

Yeah I work behind Cycletreads, I think they sell everything to do with bikes except bikes. If I had gotten off my ass earlier then I probably could've gotten a good deal there, but the guy that would've done that left for another job months ago. So I suppose I'll just start with a basic set, except for maybe the helmet cause I wear glasses which doubles the effect of fogging up.

Did Mr Motorcycles say what the 'deal' was?

[Slyer]

I work on barry's point road too. Convinient having all the car and bike places so close to work.
$160 Shark Helmet and $109 Jacket from Cycletreads, both selling under half price. :P
Spectrum(Kawasaki) are pretty good, I'll go get a new Ninja 250 from them once I have money.

[newby]

Nah he didnt say exactly.....If i were you i would get some actual prices (including bike) from your place, then ring Tony (one of the salesmen, really good guy) at Mr Motorcylces, tell them what you have been offered, and see if they can beat it. I would be surprised if they cant....

[Pedrostt500]

I belive you can get a dispesation for a larger sized bike for your learners, though you will have to ask about it, LTSA will not offer the information, If you are a larger guy and maybe the distances you intend riding may be a factor for you.
other wise I would suggest some thing like a suzuki VL 250, Yamaha Vstar 250

[Irontusk]

Nah he didnt say exactly.....If i were you i would get some actual prices (including bike) from your place, then ring Tony (one of the salesmen, really good guy) at Mr Motorcylces, tell them what you have been offered, and see if they can beat it. I would be surprised if they cant....

That would be much too far for me to ride it home, and the cost of delivery would probably balance it out (that would be a bit far for a courtesy delivery).
I've been looking on the cycletreads website to compare prices and $600 for the lot seems pretty good, from what I remember about the gear in the Holeshot package getting a similar setup from cycletreads would cost a fair bit more, or atleast just as much anyway. I don't think the jacket has armour in the back though, which I would like, I know it has armour in the shoulders/elbows. The brand of most of it is 'Strada' (same as Cyclespot had in their starter kit) but I don't know more detail than that really.