First time riding a bike bigger than a 250cc. Share your experiences!

[vifferman]

Wow. Bring back those days.

No, you don't want those days.
Back then there was a separate Gummint department for policing the roads, called the Ministry of Transport. If one of those guys in their black'n'white cars pulled you over, they didn't punish you appropriately, as they used their commonsense (no quotas, y'see). So it was kinda arbitrary: they might let you off with a stern telling off, or they might give you a ticket.
At least now you know where you stand.

[Oscar]

1974 - on a Honda CB350.
Must of had all of 15 horse power.
Not much more to say really....

[Gremlin]

Had received my exemption so I could ride any capacity on my restricted. Into Mt Eden MC to test ride, and rode a 1995 zx6r and a 1996 zx7r, back to back.

Struggled to keep them at the speed limits, but enjoyed the power. Said to Mike, pity I can't buy right now, I want to, but have to sell the zzr250 first. He said it was part of the sales process to make you ride your own bike home. har har, funny guy.

Boy was he right. It felt like a pile of shit, gutless etc. Bought the zx7r after I sold the zzr250. I never even rode the zzr250 in the country again, just the necessary around town trips.

[PaddyFZ1]

I had ridden plenty of smaller bikes mainly farm bikes, AG 100, CT 200. Also a couple of KX and CR 125s. Then i was allowed to take a mid 90s CR 500 for a spin. Wot a step up, the power and torque were incredible.

[LilSel]

I havent yet & have had full licence for a while now.... Any offers??

[R6_kid:Me]

First 'big' bike I rode was a ZX7R, power was 'amazing' compared to my ZXR250, which was no less that 100hp in deficit. I took it through a couple of corners and soon found that more power gets you in more trouble a lot faster! Took it back and said thanks, nearly fell asleep on the ride home from Tauranga!

Next bike was the R6 which I eventually bought. Despite being a good 10-20hp down on the ZX7R it was a good 30kg lighter, and revved out quicker. I broke 200kmh and nearly shat myself. I took it on a 1.5hr test ride, really felt at home on it, except i couldnt get my head around the power. I kept doing power wheelies when i pulled out on to the road as I kept forgetting I wasnt on a 250 anymore. Right from day 1 i learnt to respect the twisty thing on the right hand side, and to only use it in direct proportion to what the shiney lever next to it could handle in a safe distance.

After a while riding that i chucked my leg over a GSXR1000k5, and felt like the same sort of jump again. Gave it back before it got the better of me.

Also rode a CB1100XX (or X11)... which had a lot of stomp, but wasnt as 'rapid' it was a much nicer 'big bike' to ride than the all out, go fast sports bikes i'd previously ridden.

It took me a little while to get used to my GSXR1000K3 which I currently ride, I just keep it in the higher gears to make things a bit more sedate, but it is still more than able to put me in my place if I disrespect it for a even the slightest fraction of a second.

[R6_kid:Me]

I havent yet & have had full licence for a while now.... Any offers??

Yep, but if you break it you bought it.

[LilSel]

Yep, but if you break it you bought it.

haha... need to get some platform boots before I go trying

Edit: Dont think a thou would be ideal either lol!!

[piston broke]

Edit: Dont think a thou would be ideal either lol!! [/QUOTE]
hey if you wanna do maha's run on the 7'th,you're welcome to have a blat on the 600

[LilSel]

hey if you wanna do maha's run on the 7'th,you're welcome to have a blat on the 600

Will keep that in mind & see how things pan out
(I ride like a nana for the most part anyway lol!!)

[piston broke]

sweet,it's a bit of a nana bike anyway,
not so much on the hp but you can throw it around easily

[Voltaire]

a 10 year old Honda 500/4,, bought at Mt Eden Motorcycles.
Candy apple gold and black.....with a two into two.
I had only had my licence 4 months when I was pulled by the MOT....got off with a warning.
Did a 3 week tour of the South Island with my GF ( now wife), back then is was like going to a different country. Some guys on Triumphs at Mt Cook could not believe we had ridden " all the way from Auckland on a 500..."

[LilSel]

sweet,it's a bit of a nana bike anyway,
not so much on the hp but you can throw it around easily

Awesome, really love the Vtwin sound too

Fingers crossed we can make the ride then!!!
(2 elderly relatives are gravely ill & are likely to pass in the next week)

[piston broke]

Lil,all the best to your rellies,
hope to see you on the 7'th.


back on topic.
after the old man's cb125,i got an xl125.then.
got my '74 cb 400f.a thing of beauty,a gutsy,for it's time,4cyl into 1.koni rear shocks.lol, sounded even better to a young fulla as 4 into 0.
you could really put it anywhere.
ended up rebuilding not that she needed it.
powdercoated the frame,wicked engine rebuild,awesome paint.
damn,i went overseas and lent it to my brother,sum fuk stole it and took it down the river for a thrash,when i saw it again it was dented all to hell and the frame was twisted.
hey i'm on the lookout for another one,i'd like to race it in the post classics.
let me know if you know of one

[Usarka]

Never ridden a 250, and only spent 2 hours on a 125 so I missed out on the experience