New ZXR rider

**Malcolm** · 26th March 2009, 18:15

Thought I should quickly introduce myself before my forum whoring begins. I'm an engineering student at Auckland Uni (seems like theres heaps of us here). I'm pretty new to the whole riding thing, and picked up my first bike, a 1991 ZXR250c last Sunday. Had a good ride home - went from Glenfield to Papatoetoe via Whenuapai, Massey, Avondale and Mt Wellington

It was a good way to build up confidence.

Anyway, enjoying the whole riding thing an awful lot so far, very quickly picking up confidence but trying to maintain cautious because being a bit old for a learner rider (25) I'm a lot more concerned about the possibility of dying than I was when I started driving.

Don't have any good pics of my bike yet but I'll see about getting some soon.

So yes, hello bikers.

**The Baron** · 26th March 2009, 18:37

Welcome to KB.

**Malcolm** · 26th March 2009, 18:37

just thought I should add a thank you to the government, getting 5 years of tax refunds and my course related costs payments within a couple of weeks of each other funded much of the purchase of the bike

**Ragingrob** · 26th March 2009, 18:39

Have you signed up to the Uni SMC? (Scooter and Motorcycle Club). Check out our forum for beers and rides

**Slyer** · 26th March 2009, 19:55

Originally Posted by Malcolm

just thought I should add a thank you to the government, getting 5 years of tax refunds and my course related costs payments within a couple of weeks of each other funded much of the purchase of the bike

If they taxed you properly you wouldn't need those refunds!

**Malcolm** · 26th March 2009, 19:59

Slyer - very true, but I like to think of it as mandatory savings

Hoping that the return for year ending 2009 will get me a new jacket

Rob - haven't signed up yet, not sure about the steep membership fee

**Ragingrob** · 26th March 2009, 20:03

You can meet Stephen behind the bike parks tomorrow after the chiller, I hear he takes other forms of payments.

**skidMark** · 26th March 2009, 23:03

Good choice of bike mate, good choice...

If ya ever need engine bits or help with anything on it give me a yell, got 3 engines in bits...

**skidMark** · 26th March 2009, 23:04

Originally Posted by Ragingrob

You can meet Stephen behind the bike parks tomorrow after the chiller, I hear he takes other forms of payments.

Quicky behind the bike sheds eh

**Hiflyer** · 27th March 2009, 18:34

Originally Posted by Malcolm

......and picked up my first bike, a ..... ZXR250c ........

mate, your gunna be able to stop from 60kph in 2 metres. . .

sorry, couldnt resist

**andrea** · 27th March 2009, 19:37

hey welcome to kb

**wbks** · 27th March 2009, 19:44

Were you one of the guys that built the college cup (or what ever its called) car?

**Malcolm** · 27th March 2009, 20:54

Originally Posted by Hiflyer

mate, your gunna be able to stop from 60kph in 2 metres. . .

sorry, couldnt resist

hahaha, yeah I was reading that thread - unfortunately because vehicle dynamics is a keen interest of mine, I have a reasonable idea of where the possible/impossible boundary lies

(provided it's something nice and simple like braking in a straight line)

wbks - yep, I've been in the team for 4 years, we've had a huge number of bike riders/KB'ers in the team in that time. FWIW, it's called Formula SAE - our website is www.fsae.co.nz

**wbks** · 27th March 2009, 21:05

Ok, I've seen it before but couldn't really remember what it was called and the last vid on youtube I watched of a similar car built by uni students in the UK for a world wide competition was (or atleast they called it) college cup, so I assumed it was that.

What do you have to do to do fsae? Whats your part in it? sorry for all the questions, its just interesting to me haha

**skidMark** · 27th March 2009, 21:17

Originally Posted by Malcolm

hahaha, yeah I was reading that thread - unfortunately because vehicle dynamics is a keen interest of mine, I have a reasonable idea of where the possible/impossible boundary lies

(provided it's something nice and simple like braking in a straight line)

wbks - yep, I've been in the team for 4 years, we've had a huge number of bike riders/KB'ers in the team in that time. FWIW, it's called Formula SAE - our website is www.fsae.co.nz

Ohhh one of you fellers, geez i havnt been by there in a while!, might swing by to see hello sometime next week...