First bike... advice please

[ital916]

on my learners i remember dropping it atleast 3 times, two of which where when my shoelaces caught on my brake/gear levers while stopped outside my gate, the other was on a roundabout when it slipped from under me turning right (wet, dark, diesel?, little bit too fast?)

and that's officially now two bins - we're still trying to figure out exactly wtf happened so thread to come once insurance sorted, but yet again riding safely proves more dangerous

I have a theory...a plausible theory,I'll share with you over a brew on thursday.

[motorbyclist]

ridinga theory like riding like a nutter causes all attention to be devote to the riding, thus no bins as opposed to soft riding allowing distraction? not applicable in this case but i'm sure there's some merit to the argument

[Zim_Invader]

i get $400 bucks tonyt!!! that leaves $200 to pay it off!!1 haha get paid friday as well, another $400! can't wait..... then i get her for about 20 mins before she's shipped off to kyle's place! it's gonna be a painful friday!

[motorbyclist]

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you've got insurance and licence sorted? what time are you picking her up? how much riding have you actually done?

just thinking auckland rush hour traffic on a friday arvo isn't the best place for a learner's first ride.....

[Zim_Invader]

got honda-sure lined up. rego and licence will be done on the friday itself. just broke the results to dad. not looking great. looks like teh bike'll be very far away from home, for a very long time! sux! stupidly, the more i try and the more work i put into a paper, the worse my results tend to get. it's ridiculous. obviously, dad thinks i did absolutely no work for the papers, so he's even more pissed off at me. don't know what life's gonn throw my way next!

as for riding time... umm, i could prob say, collectively, my total riding time clears about 2 hours (tops). never done town (not including the lesson and th bhs test either). but i really doubt i'd be that hard presed getting about, or at least up to the uni. (not with a mob of bikes around me!) won't stall. managed to get over that part of riding. perhaps a side-road route would be best? gotta make sure the gear's all there first. how do we go about getting a locker set up? one that can fit a helmet. who do i get in touch with?

let's see.. so rego is done, (or wil be), wof done, insurance wil be covered, wil put about 10 buck fuel into it, gear's done, need a locker. need an escort, and will let u all know time. i'll walk to the place, do rego with him, then pick up bike later on in the day, so i think, after 5 -going a bit into chiller time.

[motorbyclist]

can't do it on saturday?

do the scratchy test now, before the day you pick up the bike, it's not hard and it may hold you up with the queue and whatnot. 2 hrs is not very much experience, but you've already got a car licence so atleast you're used to traffic in auckland. what did you learn on?

and actually have insurance sorted! after all this effort i am not going to see you have this written off on the way home without any cover

[lemining]

ummm just my 2c, when i got my first bike i was all keen to ride it home as well, untill one of my friends told me he did just that and ended up crashing it. So, i instead arranged a van from my work so i can use it for couple of hours and i just took it home. Later on i was very happy i did just that.

[Zim_Invader]

i've got my scratchy! did it a while back now. so am fully licensed up. should have insurance sorted by friday, but the only thing i'm worried about it the fact that the bike only gets registered on friday.. so how will that work? do i call up the insurance company and give my rego details to them to process the final stages after i get it done?

[Zim_Invader]

learnt on a crf i think it was called. (and in india, a splendor plus - don't know what it is otherwise, sorry - over there, they have a lot of diff bike makes and the such, it's madness).

saturday... probably not. i'll talk to the guy, and see what he says. maybe monday?

also, how do i get a locker that'll fit my helmet in it?

[klyong82]

i've got my scratchy! did it a while back now. so am fully licensed up. should have insurance sorted by friday, but the only thing i'm worried about it the fact that the bike only gets registered on friday.. so how will that work? do i call up the insurance company and give my rego details to them to process the final stages after i get it done?

Well what I did with all my bikes was call up the insurance company letting them know that I will be getting a new bike say a day in advance from pickup and give as much details as possible. Then on day of pickup before money has changed hands give the insurance company a ring with the plate number. Pay the cash making sure all is good and ride home.

My new fireblade purchase Dave from Kiwibike was good enough to sort all the stuff out for me at 6pm just before he left and I was off my way stress free. +1 Kiwibike

[motorbyclist]

also, how do i get a locker that'll fit my helmet in it?

ask kindly at the ausa desk thing, or just do what many of us do and put your locker padlock through the D buckle on your helmet. pays to use the helmet bag it came with to stop it getting scratched - i see the ausa lockers are pretty cramped....

[Zim_Invader]

locker's been given! easy as _______ (use your imagination). also, final confirmation... bike pick-up, tomorrow about 3:25 (roughly... haha, taking into account traffic, and distance from uni). am pillion on jaffa's bike, kyles pillion for ehab. we leave uni at about 3:10. need to be back by 4:00, (got another lect). kyle will be taking bike home there-after! (lucky bugger, gets to ride my baby before me.. thats now 2 ppl. andrew and kyle. who else will she have ride her before me! haha. somehow it sounds like my bike's a prostitute!)

will be submitting the insurance form tomorrow. so should be covered. waiting to see what they say about kyle as a temp transporter, and maybe if he'll at least get 3rd party insurance. by the looks of it, tho, should be good. 280/ yr for comprehensive coverage, with lots and LOTS of extra bonuses! so that's another thing out the way!

[motorbyclist]

usually by just calling them and giving details you're covered for 7 days

i know a few people who've done that just to borrow a bike for the weekend (think of it as temporary insurance where you only pay if you need it)

[Zim_Invader]

sweet! (though she said i'm insured the moment i make a direct debit), so i think she covered herself there, plus, she sent me the forms to fill out myself.. cheeky buggers, but for 280/yr, i'm not complaining!!!

[Zim_Invader]

don't hate me for this, but i saw that this thread stopped on 494... come on... for the record book to end with a nice number, let's us have 5 more ppl take the count from this 495th post up to 500, or better still 555... can't let it die so sadly here, now can we?

have a heart ppl... haha... this thread need u!