There is always a first time

[Trouss]

Well what a fortnight of firsts it has been KB.

In the short time I have had the pleasure of bring a rider on Auckland streets I have experienced the following great firsts.

1 - Had someone pull out from a parallel park, without looking, or blinking.
2 - Had someone cut across me out of a carpark.
3 - Had to use "real time" emergency braking, (the practise pays off people!!) resulting in the back wheel locking up a "little"
4 - Nearly put the bike over wheeling backward into its night time resting place.

Those are just the bad ones, the good. . .

1 - First time open road riding, wind in the hair, if I had much
2 - First time night riding, not as scary as some will have you believe, but then again only need a 1 or 2 from above to change my mind on that.
3 - First time riding in the rain, feels great, but . . . . . . does anyone remember the "slip-and-slide" in the back yard?? Very similar.
4 - Doing well in excess of 1500kms, not a commuter bike. . Ahhhhhh

Discuss your favourite first time riding perils/adventures. .

[Kendog]

I remember the first time riding a bike bigger than my learner 150

That is when motorcycling began for me

[Trudes]

I remember the first time riding a bike bigger than my learner 150

That is when motorcycling began for me

And then it nearly ended again.... until you rode the mighty Hornet, eh!

[Kendog]

And then it nearly ended again.... until you rode the mighty Hornet, eh!

Oh yeah, that was the second time going from a learners bike (250) to a bigger bike. Good times.

[ital916]

Well done mate! Good to hear your practising all the right stuff and enjoying riding! As a noobs i've yet to encounter a cage causing a pant shitting moment lol. Touch wood tho eh. 1500k! Brilliant, where did ya ride to, otherwise thats a lot of commuting haha

[PirateJafa]

1 - First time open road riding, wind in the hair, if I had much
2 - First time night riding, not as scary as some will have you believe, but then again only need a 1 or 2 from above to change my mind on that.
3 - First time riding in the rain, feels great, but . . . . . . does anyone remember the "slip-and-slide" in the back yard?? Very similar.
4 - Doing well in excess of 1500kms, not a commuter bike. . Ahhhhhh

I told ya you were gonna love it, ya mofo Kyle. :P

As a noobs i've yet to encounter a cage causing a pant shitting moment lol.

The reason you have never run into a cage-caused emergency is because your bike never runs.

[HornetBoy]

First time i went for a ride on a 600cc bike blew my mind ,then it was first time i rode a 600 thru the para's .now its first major bin and the fact i had no insurance at the time equally had big impacts on me ,i still cant get enough and try to go on rides everyday

ps:think my bin was a biggest turning point in my motorcycling life,scared the shit outta me

[gijoe1313]

Good on ya! Now get that pootling up to 1500km per week! Glad to hear you staying upright and not letting the crazies try and kamikaze you out!

[Bren]

Ya know, as ya get older ya soon forget them first pleasures...Thanks for reminding me...









....first sniff of a box...mmmm
....first time doing the horizontal mambo....Oh Yeah!

[yoshi]

(Had someone pull out from a parallel park, without looking, or blinking.)


i hear u with that, had that hapn 2 me but i had nowhere 2 go, so broken wrist, torn tendons and 4months later an outa plarta and back on

[Number One]

first time moments...

First trip up and down the Rimutakas
First tyre popping moment while going flat out down the motorway in rush hour traffic
First ticket from a cop
First wheel stand - VERY HARSHLY dumped clutch on an RG150 - ha haaaa what an effing laugh that was and SOOO unexpected at the time!
First time I rode the TL1000S which was also the first time (and last) I ever did 200kms.
First ride back on the road after 5 years...priceless

I love riding!

[Roki_nz]

I remember the first time I rode down Kent and Cambridge in Wellington. Some cager decided to move into my lane without looking to see if I was there, thankfully I was though and broke so the idiot didn’t maul me.

Just remember everyone else on the road is an idiot. If you remember that and ride to it, it will save your life.

[Blossom]

I just had a first last night.
My first open road and my first night time ride. It was a bit nerve racking but by the time I got home I was soo chilled out I slept like a baby. I feel like superman....err....wonderwoman!

[Maverick]

Well what a fortnight of firsts it has been KB.

In the short time I have had the pleasure of bring a rider on Auckland streets I have experienced the following great firsts.

1 - Had someone pull out from a parallel park, without looking, or blinking.
2 - Had someone cut across me out of a carpark.
3 - Had to use "real time" emergency braking, (the practise pays off people!!) resulting in the back wheel locking up a "little"
4 - Nearly put the bike over wheeling backward into its night time resting place.

Those are just the bad ones, the good. . .

1 - First time open road riding, wind in the hair, if I had much
2 - First time night riding, not as scary as some will have you believe, but then again only need a 1 or 2 from above to change my mind on that.
3 - First time riding in the rain, feels great, but . . . . . . does anyone remember the "slip-and-slide" in the back yard?? Very similar.
4 - Doing well in excess of 1500kms, not a commuter bike. . Ahhhhhh

Discuss your favourite first time riding perils/adventures. .

Sounds about right, if you ever need any advice or a wingman, give me a shout, im just up the road from you,

Mav

(might organise one of my 250 rides sometime soon also)

[gtr boy]

all ways keen on a spin guys,craig 0273218517