Hey guys! (niker)

[niker]

Hey guys, just introducing myself;

Handsome 43yo male seeking 18yo female companionship.

JOKES!

Hi I'm dylan (19) just got my first bike almost a month ago (GN250, 2005), got my gear and am learning the ropes!

I'm having fun learning and accepting any tough experiences, speaking off i think the worst was almost two weeks ago, I drove up a one way street, half way through I was like ohhh shit this is getting quite steep!!!

Anyways I thought hopefully it levels out at towards the end, however it didn't quite do that, I was soo scared I would completely turn over the bike if I tried to you turn around as I wouldn't be able to balance the bike on the steep slow at slow speeds... so I just froze and stopped...

Unfortunately that was when I realised the bike was wanting to fall over and was quite heavy for me to lift, I had to put it down (on the ground lol) ... tried to lift it back up... couldn't (wasn't lifting it from the right side really) so I thought i'd try it without my gloves and helmet,

I take off my gloves and helmet, and my helmet ROLLS DOWN THE HILL hahahaha

1 min later after some petrol had leaked out, some legendary dude came out of his house and helped me lift it up and off i went!

Anyways hi there!

I was wondering if anyone knows a place where I can practice my cornering??? (i.e. not straight roads) in auckland... I would sort of prefer not going over the harbour bridge to north shore roads just yet!

Thanks!

[White trash]

Hi there Dylan, and welcome to KB. There are some real arseholes on here so watch out.

Question. What sort of poofter can't lift a GN250 when he drops it?

[niker]

hahaha i'm pretty weak i guess, and i was lifting it from the wrong side

[The Everlasting]

Welcome to KB,take it easy on the roads!

[John_H]

Welcome mate, good choice on an excellent learner bike. Things like you have described are part and parcel of learning the ropes, you won't be doing it again I bet. Great first post, there are plenty of people on here to offer you advice and encouragement.

[Gone Burger]

Hi there Dylan, and welcome to KB. There are some real arseholes on here so watch out.

Question. What sort of poofter can't lift a GN250 when he drops it?

I can't lift my m50 up either... does that make me a poofter too?


Welcome Dylan to KB - it's a bloody mad house in here but you will meet some pretty awesome folk if you stick around.

Good luck with the learning. Can be a stressful experience, but once you start to get through your teething problems, things start to become fun, really quickly!!!

Go hard and stay safe

[Desmo guzzi]

Hi niker , a good place to practice is any big supermarket / hardware store car park when the place is closed,

[StephenG]

If you struggled to get it back up then definitely DO NOT EVER park facing slightly downhill. About 2 months ago when I was starting out I parked mine on a downhill but into the kerb so it wasn't going to roll anywhere - turns out it's a LOT harder than you'd expect to reverse uphill
I don't take any chances anymore. I won't park it any lower than the slightest of downhills, but even then I'd rather just turn it around and face uphill and in gear.

[White trash]

I can't lift my m50 up either... does that make me a poofter too?

Depends. Do you enjoy the cock?

[rie]

hahaha i'm pretty weak i guess, and i was lifting it from the wrong side

I am dying to know which side is the wrong side of a motorcycle so that next time I can make sure I only drop it on the correct side.

[Grasshopperus]

Hi Niker,

checkout free mentoring courses in your area, for example; NASS if you're on the North Shore or SASS if you're near south Auckland.

Have fun