First blat today!

[_intense_]

Welcome to a wondefful way of life (make the most of it while theres still petrol to go around... )

[Ehgreiz]

IT, ive ridden mine every day since it arrived on thursday lol. Went for a night ride last night down to pukekohe, loved it!

Then went for the ride with EAR out to Kaiaua today which was great. They certainly arnt speed machines though, i found myself a couple of times with the throttle right open and wishing it had a little more ooomph, but never mind!

By the way, mine is the black one!

You will love it ehgriez, now i have hopped on a bike, i dont know how i have been without it all this time!

how fast were you going though when you wanted a little more oomph? 120? 130? ive read reports from men who way 140ish going about 130 on these no problem (not long term tho, the engine wouldnt like that heh)

yeah im counting down the days to the 21st when i can afford to buy this (yay for annual bonuses - never save money otherwise haha).

woo

[newby]

how fast were you going though when you wanted a little more oomph? 120? 130? ive read reports from men who way 140ish going about 130 on these no problem (not long term tho, the engine wouldnt like that heh)

yeah im counting down the days to the 21st when i can afford to buy this (yay for annual bonuses - never save money otherwise haha).

woo

Not so much the top speed, more the acceleration when passing other cars etc.

[Ehgreiz]

aah i see

yeah ive heard they can get to 100-120 no problems, but guess beyond that it slows a bit, it is only a 250 afterall hehe

[zeocen]

Nah mate your bike was doing fine, I was following behind on my ER6F up until we went past that other groups bin site.. your corners were great for only riding over half a week. Seeing you pass the cars remind me of the GPX I had .. "timing, timing... revs are right.... NOW! *whack open throttle and wait for something to happen*" But it seemed to have enough kick to pass most cars! For a 250 that's all you can ask for!

[Ehgreiz]

lol good to hear, im really looking forward to mine.. 21st of august couldnt come any sooner.

[newby]

Nah mate your bike was doing fine, I was following behind on my ER6F up until we went past that other groups bin site.. your corners were great for only riding over half a week. Seeing you pass the cars remind me of the GPX I had .. "timing, timing... revs are right.... NOW! *whack open throttle and wait for something to happen*" But it seemed to have enough kick to pass most cars! For a 250 that's all you can ask for!

Cheers mate

It did feel like that a bit lol, and still getting used to the bike and its capabilities i was being fairly cautious as didnt want to run out of room halfway through passing and come into a corner i couldnt handle at to much speed and end up like those unlucky riders today.

Was awesome to see so many bikers out though, i had no idea there was that many, and most of them gave a nod or a wave when going past so were pretty friendly.

I cant remember your bike sorry....lol

[Irontusk]

Still no bike, first they told me they could deliver it on Saturday, on Saturday they said they can't until Monday and to come up just after 5:30 when I finish work, the whole place was closed up and there was no one there, how long does it take to get a bike?!

[Ehgreiz]

where are you getting it from irontusk? cos i they just got stock in at colemans and i think a black vl250 is still available - possibly 2..

the grey one is mine though! hands off!

[newby]

IT, tell them to F off and go get it somewhere else.... Maybe go to Colemans and explain to them the situation, and see what they say about delivering it up north.

If they are going to F you around before you have even got the bike, i dont hold high hopes about future servicing etc...

[Irontusk]

Holeshot on Barry's Point Road, Takapuna.

I've already paid and completed the finance, no turning back

Should've taken it down to my work and parked it inside until Sunday morning or something.. but I didn't think of that at the time.

[newby]

Bugger....

[Irontusk]

Ok Ok... I've got the bike!! Time to go attempt putting an L plate on it (I wonder if I'll give up before I find a way ) and then try to decide whether I should go for a ride or not.. at the very least I think I'll go fill it up (gas station right across the road).

Had a quick play in the driveway.. and I have to say, it is immeasurably nicer than the keeway I did my test on Not gonna enjoy the run-in period though..

[newby]

Finally! lol. L plate? Whats that?

[Ehgreiz]

i think its something yellow that you only ever need to use when you sit your restricted? i may be mistaken though.

im counting the days till i get my baby, 8 to go!!!!

also Irontusk, i trained on a GN250 with the worst clutch you have ever seen, had to have it at like 4000 revs before even starting to release the clutch lol

that was a bitch to learn on, the vl250 is sooooo much smoother/nicer/sexier etc etc haha

8 days to go!!!