Picked up my first bike today!

[sil3nt]

woohoo! good on ya - have heaps of fun.
Dont forget to give the nice pink jacket back to your girlfriend

haha shh!

No riding until i get some oil in the damn thing. Checked this morning and it looks completly empty I figure i might as well do an oil change (not really a change if theres none in there in the first place though!) although i dont have the tools. I cant even put some oil in because i cant open the cap. Seems like it hasnt been turned for awhile. Oh well the girlfriends dad was a motorcycle mechanic so i might have to give him a call. Or the other option is giving $150+ to a dealer to give it a service.

[Burtha]

that will probably come down to how long before your itching to go for a ride. family are always cheaper but probably longer ...
ring dinga ding ding ...

spanner / grips should be able to get the cap off (?) seemed to work ok on mine when it was a bit stuck, just be careful not to mush the plastic (if it is plasticy) ie; make sure you have a good firm grip, don't fray edges etc
otherwise spanner and hammer, tappity tap

[popa griffin]

Now we'll be seeing you at terapa tavern on wednessday nights?

[sil3nt]

Now we'll be seeing you at terapa tavern on wednessday nights?

sadly wednesday nights i have muay thai training until around 9 - 9:30 although i never seem to turn up anyway!

The Fairing is in the way to get pliers to work properly. Will keep trying the tappity tap method!

[caseye]

Don't tap it too hard if it's plastic, just take a deep breath and take it ( the fairing off) and undo the thing properly.
Well done on getting your first bike and bleieve me it won;'t be long and a 1000 will be frimly in your sights.has a laugh at the pushing, but hey we've all done that at some time or another.
Ride safe.

[sil3nt]

Finally got it off. Pretty easy as well. Dont know why i didnt put the pliers under the fairing in the first place. Sometimes i really am an idiot. This bike is teaching me some good lessons already! Only problem now is that its too late to pick up any oil.

[Bonez]

Enjoy your new to you bike. Take it easy and above all have fun riding it.

[fizbin]

Congrats on the new bike dude

[Solly]

Now we'll be seeing you at terapa tavern on wednessday nights?

Hey, Love ya Avatar PG

BTW sil3ntwar, .......yeeeeeehaaaaa, let the fun begin

[Insanity_rules]

Nice ride dude, have fun out there. Good bike too, know a couple with much larger mileages than yours. Just keep clean oil in it and attend to any major noises.

[Headbanger]

haha shh!

No riding until i get some oil in the damn thing. Checked this morning and it looks completly empty I figure i might as well do an oil change (not really a change if theres none in there in the first place though!) although i dont have the tools. I cant even put some oil in because i cant open the cap. Seems like it hasnt been turned for awhile. Oh well the girlfriends dad was a motorcycle mechanic so i might have to give him a call. Or the other option is giving $150+ to a dealer to give it a service.

Good thing your clever enough to check the oil, Though its a good idea to have a look at the shit before buying the bike, The state of the oil (or lack of oil ) can tell you many things.

As for pushing it, we all do it at some stage, Envision if you will pushing a half ton Harley up that hill.

And consider buying a workshop manual, It will teach you shit about youyr bike you will never learn from trial and error.

[Conquiztador]

Ah yes, my oldest boy totalled his NZ250 motor as a result of not checkin the oil. But he now checks the oil level each time! So it was not all a waste.

[vindy500]

And consider buying a workshop manual, It will teach you shit about youyr bike you will never learn from trial and error.

download it. quick google should bring it up

[sil3nt]

I have access to the manual thanks to someone on this forum

[LBD]

Welcome to our world buddy...bike and a girfriend whose dad is a bike mechanic (and probably a KB poster on the sly so watch what you post...)

And did I read into your words your girfriend is into bikes as well, you are on to a good thing there...