Becoming a new rider...

[I_Love_My_Wife]

hey people! I just joined the forum today to ask you some advice on getting a new motorbike.

I am a 18 years old student at university of auckland living in north shore, beach haven. I currently drive a nissan skyline 1989 with full licence. I normally drive to uni and the parking fee cost too much and i don't want to take the bus.

I found out today that it's free to park your motorbikes at uni so this is the main reason why i am planning to get one. I heard getting a learner is simple. Just have to pass the the basic handling skill test & pass the theory then i should be clean to ride the bike to uni with few conditions.

I never ride a motorbike before but i heard that they teach you how to ride a bike at the basic handling skill test before taking the actual test.

Basically i just want some advice if it's a good idea to get one. My parents told me that bikes are very dangerous to ride especially on the motorway,etc.

Cheers

[Ixion]

I am a 18 years old
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I currently drive a nissan skyline 1989 with full licence.
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free to park your motorbikes at uni ..why i am planning to get one.
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Just have to pass the the basic handling skill test & pass the theory and i can ride the bike to uni with few conditions.
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I never ride a motorbike before
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they teach you how to ride a bike at the basic handling skill test
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Basically i just want some advice if it's a good idea to get one. My parents told me that bikes are very dangerous to ride especially on the motorway,etc.

Cheers

6 strikes. You're going to die. Your parents are right. Every reason you have listed is the wrong reason.

No, it's not a good idea. Unless you have a very large insurance policy with me as the beneficiary.

Forget it.

[SARGE]

I never ride a motorbike before but i heard that they teach you how to ride a bike at the basic handling skill test before taking the actual test.

um... nope .. but there are plenty of instructors around and its reasonable priced

my advice?... get a 50cc scooter and try not to be a fuckwit like the rest of them


oh .. and welcome to KB.. your initiation should be around any second ..


EDIT: ... oh .. i see youve met Ixion already ..



release the hounds ...

[hayd3n]

6 strikes. You're going to die. Your parents are right. Every reason you have listed is the wrong reason.

No, it's not a good idea. Unless you have a very large insurance policy with me as the beneficiary.

Forget it.

listening to him is like eating soap!!!
its clean and bubbly but it dosent taste anything like champange

[I_Love_My_Wife]

I won't be able to drive to uni with 50cc moped since i have to pass the motorway. Hmm..

[I_Love_My_Wife]

yeah Ixion is scarying me

[SARGE]

I won't be able to drive to uni with 50cc moped since i have to pass the motorway. Hmm..

ok... a 150cc scooter.. none of those pesky gears to cunfuzzle ya

yeah Ixion is scarying me

you should see him ...

(this is the last SOBER pic we have of him...)

[Edbear]

Your parents are right.

I've been riding since I was 12, (Boy am I tired!), and I am fully focussed on the motorway! I've nearly been knocked off twice recently despite my experience and caution and credit my years of experience and honed reactions with saving my bacon.

A bike is great for traffic and parking if you can ride it through heavy traffic, but I see most L-platers crawling along with the traffic, too afraid and inexperienced to split.

For me, it's a no-brainer, I'll only take the car if I absolutely have to, it is 20min faster and 2/3 cheaper on fuel to take the bike. Parking is free for me too and the combined cost saving is significant. However, you do need to learn properly and build experience riding safely. I don't want to discourage you, but it's not as simple as you'd like to to be.

[Taz]

Cheaper to take the bus really........

[Mom]

hey people! I just joined the forum today to ask you some advice on getting a new motorbike.
Cheers

Welcome to KB! A few things you need to watch out for, though one you have already come across dont feed the trolls and what ever you do when you reach the third level dont open the second door on the left

Have a look in here too

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=84

[enigma51]

Get a thou!

[The Pastor]

Worst name for a biker site ever.

[The Pastor]

But some advice, if your wanting to learn you can come practice on my bike, im on the shore.

There is also a north auckland street skills night on wednesday nights, once you get a bike you can then go along and learn some more indepth basic riding skills,

also the mentor for the north shore is r6kid, talk to him he'll help you out with riding etc

but..... 18 and married?

[PirateJafa]

you should see him ...

(this is the last SOBER pic we have of him...)

And then we have a picture of Ixion from just last week...

[sil3nt]

I did my license with http://www.riderskills.co.nz/ they will teach you everything you need to know to get started.

Its not the bike thats dangerous its the muppet thats riding it or the other muppets in the cages around you