Newb- wanting help also

[Joni]

Mine too, but then it would be I guess :-)

Nice bike Mr. Pritch....

[カワサキキド]

Got your learners yet?

[outlawtorn]

Welcome to the site.
You can buy a brand new GN250 Suzuki for around $3K - 2nd hand ones must be cheaper - not a flash bike but easy to ride and reliable - good first step into road riding. Dont spend too much on the first one cause once you get into it you will want to upgrade sooner or later

Welcome to the site dude, I reckon you should hop onto a GN250, it's been said, they are helluva reliable and cheap to run and almost everyone on this website will vouch for them a good learner bikes, they might not look the part, but if you bide your time, use it to learn and upgrade later.

Patience young skywalker.....

[GNR]

thanks for the help guys/gals (if any),

I'll have a good look around first, lol- gotta get my learners first, got my car full abotu a year ago, never bothered with bike, but just have a real urge to get it,.

yer i'ld rather a dressed bike, not as fan of naked bikes

[GNR]

shit by the time i reply'd there was 3 more posts,

edit: yer just did a google for GN250, prob are good bikes, but i am going for looks as well, its a big thing for me, lol,. just doesnt quite cut the cake the GN250, just want that racer style

[Ms Piggy]

Hello and welcome - there are some good (and some strange) guys in ChCh. Just don't make eye contact and you'll be ok

[GNR]

lol, random,

thanks, will keep you all posted on what im up 2, cheers

[cammo]

i no what you mean with the looks thingy...i want a cbr aswell. but ive found a cheaper but almost as cool bike that im looking at tmrw.(a zzr 250) a good learners bike ive been told and can be found at a good price and looks half decent!! especially with a nice paint job! check this out, its in rotorua but ahwell...ull get the idea. http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/a...sp?id=23619923

[GNR]

yer i like the look of them as well, will keep an eye of for these sorta things, still keen on the cbr now tho, all i need now is a licence....oh and a bike, lol

Cheers GUY/GALS

[カワサキキド]

Go down to Ride Rite and get you licence as soon as soon as possible, all you have to do is ride a scooter round some cones, then go to AA and do a scatchy test.

[Jonty]

If you don't end up getting your learners till August you can take mine!! look like a bike and has all its clothes on :spudwave:

[Biff]

A Christchuch welcome :spudwave:
Despite what 'certain' people say, we are mostly harmless and only bite if you're covered in sticky toffee pudding.

Buy a bike and join us for a ride. Plenty of newbies do.

[Wolf]

Welcome to the site. I won't recommend any bikes as I know SFA about faired race-style machines (except that they look cool and go fast.)

I'm one from the "learn on the GN250 and then upgrade later once you've learned how to ride" school-of-thought. Sure they might not look like a mean-as race machine, but they're a great cheap bike to run etc etc and if you drop it, it won't end up costing you heaps to fix - and you can expect to drop it. Maybe you'll make an error of judgement, maybe some idiot will hit you or pull out in front of you, maybe you'll be backing it up and stick your boot in a patch of oil, but sooner or later, your bike will go down. A faired bike costs heaps more to repair - and large amounts of duct tape do not enhance "the look", so you'd have to get it repaired - than naked bikes.

Later on, after you've gained experience riding and got your full licence, trade the GN on the machine you want - you'll be able to afford more as you'll have the GN as a partial (full?) deposit.

An "L" plate doesn't do a lot for "the look", either.

My $0.02 worth.

[GNR]

hey thanks guys, still wantin the flared tho, even tho it prob aint the best thing to get, but you know how it is

OMG< on the note of bookin my learners !!!! FUCK ME ! ! !excuse my french, to get my scooter test thingy done, i have to wait a month, the guy does not work sats coz hes to busy at the mo, I mean really a month???

PLEASE: Does anybody know of somrbody in chch who does the scooter test thingy??? apparently hes the only one they know of of some sh!t

[カワサキキド]

You could always ask them to give you a call if they get a cancelation.