A warm and sunny Christchurch welcome to you mate. I hope you have many, many safe years of riding ahead of you.
If you ever need any help (not mechanical), some paractical advice etc just PM me. I'll happily meet up with you. I've already got another newbie with a Suzuki 250 that I meet once a week for rides around car parks and local roads in order to build up his confidence and experience.
Enjoy.
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