WANTED: Budget learner bike $1000 or less...

[Paranoid Android]

I don't have any kind of insurance on my bike. As a new rider over 25 years old, it was going to cost about $200 - 250 from memory ( that was the cheapest quote - they went from there up to around $400!! ). Hell, I only paid $1000 for the bike ( admittedly it was "tired" ) so I'll take my chances . Even after the $2200 bare-frame refurbishment, I still take my chances. The bike doesn't owe me anything now, even after refurbishment, so every day now is money saved ( over taking the car, bus, train etc ).

i am going to jump on the insurance band wagon here.

i dont have insurance on my bike if i crash it riding. i would probably just do the repairs and hope my friends dont find out.

i have it for if some cage takes me out on an intersection not looking as well as they could or i damage something else worth more than i can afford. i have seem it more than a few times were a guy gets hit by another car and is ununsured. the other drivers insurance company goes to town and it might as well be his fault. and my friend that had an uninsured cheap car put it into a recent beemer and went to back to South Africa to hid because he could not afford.

even some cheap third party will have your insurance company going into bat for you if the worst case happens.

i am now insured with swann they are great and cheap.

also wild west honda has some really good deals on gear at the moment. but it was going quick last i saw

[motorbyclist]

Hey can Ski gloves and Jacket will do the job?

I just heard some people ride it with those on, I think it make sense that they are warm and also abrasion resistance(perhaps not as much as bike jacket but they hardly rip even tho trip over at very high speed and bad surface)

No and NO!

i think you should examine some crash damaged gear from 50kph accidents and you'll understand why. the club should have plenty. i've got a pretty badly scuffed up leather gloves and torn jeans from just falling off my pocket rocket at 30kph! plus if it wasn't for my jacket i could've badly broken my elbow (broke the armour instead)

people wearing ski gear simply haven't fallen off yet, or if they have they are slow learners

[BANZAI]

So something like this for Jacket?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...27221.htm?p=10

might pay to be sure it had some armour in it, but it looks good. check it fits before buying though!

Whats armour? Is that the hard bits in some of the jacket?

Howbout this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-150331565.htm

[klyong82]

Whats armour? Is that the hard bits in some of the jacket?

Howbout this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-150331565.htm

That textile jacket is from cycletreads over at the shores. Go there and have a try on that jacket I think they have been trying to sell those since last year.

www.cycletreads.co.nz for their address

[BANZAI]

Email from that CB250 seller!

"thankyou very much for your offer on the motorbike...but at this stage $800 is a bit light somewhere closer to $1000 would buy it"

meh i thought so

Hmmmm $890???

[kiwifruit]

Email from that CB250 seller!

"thankyou very much for your offer on the motorbike...but at this stage $800 is a bit light somewhere closer to $1000 would buy it"

meh i thought so

Hmmmm $890???

950

[motorbyclist]

950 could cut it, but remember the shipping costs... could your parents help you out?

Whats armour? Is that the hard bits in some of the jacket?

Howbout this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-150331565.htm

* Shoulder and elbow protection (CE Approved)

that is a very good jacket there.

light colours = very visible

has armour (hard bits) so you don't chip the little bit of bone off your elbow and you're less likely to pop your shoulder/collarbone. armour usually helps in event of sliding and wearing through the jacket.

don't mean to scare you off, but so many new riders don't actually understand what can happen *in a worst case* when you fall off until it happens

[BANZAI]

Email from motorcyclemovers...

"Timaru to Auckland $620.00 door to door GST inc"



Ill wait for biketranz guys response but could be similar....

Ooouch

[gijoe1313]

Email from motorcyclemovers...

"Timaru to Auckland $620.00 door to door GST inc"



Ill wait for biketranz guys response but could be similar....

Ooouch

Use the money and fly down and ride it back up!

Or ... crazy plan hatching in gi's head ... you buy it, I fly down and ride it back up at my expense! Muwahhahaah! Yes ... I am crazy enough to do that ... really.

Any excuse for a ride I say! Now where Xerxes so I can pick his brains for more intel on them liddle bikes o'goodness!

[Warr]

Just make an offer on this one, you never know
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-150260056.htm
120k's is alot closer than the South Island

[motorbyclist]

$620

fark it's cheaper to fly one of us down there to ride it back up that's for sure!

[kiwifruit]

you buy it, I fly down and ride it back up at my expense! Muwahhahaah! Yes ... I am crazy enough to do that ... really.

whoa! theres a deal

[BANZAI]

That textile jacket is from cycletreads over at the shores. Go there and have a try on that jacket I think they have been trying to sell those since last year.

www.cycletreads.co.nz for their address

I see, I got email from them so will try contact them sometime soon.

Use the money and fly down and ride it back up!

Or ... crazy plan hatching in gi's head ... you buy it, I fly down and ride it back up at my expense! Muwahhahaah! Yes ... I am crazy enough to do that ... really.

Any excuse for a ride I say! Now where Xerxes so I can pick his brains for more intel on them liddle bikes o'goodness!

Hmmmmm but then you gonna add lots of kms to the odometer

but interesting plan, IF its gonna work out????

[klyong82]

I see, I got email from them so will try contact them sometime soon.



Hmmmmm but then you gonna add lots of kms to the odometer

but interesting plan, IF its gonna work out????

I'll be crazy like Tom to fly down and ride it back....bet it is gonna be less than $600 and includes a night or two worth of NZ riding and staying in the motel. Talk about a cool short holiday. Best time also to see how the bike handles the trip.

If you decide to go down this route make sure prior to that get AA Plus cover in case of any breakdowns.

[motorbyclist]

provided gijoe's insurance covers him for other bikes, what's to go wrong?

ownership papers are easy to do by correspondence and they'd have to be done that way anyway for shipping