Scooter boy
Newbie alert!! Got home from work, and waiting for me in the garage was my new toy! Yep, the Spade has arrived! Took it out for a quick spin and found out that speed is waaay deceptive on a bike! What fun!
Man I need to practice hard before I consider riding to work... Accelerating is OK, but slowing down smoothly is a bit of an art!
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kickstart my heart !!!
it ends up being the other way, ie 100 seems like 70
or some such drift
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Congratulations Mate, well done and thanks for sharing your voyage of discovery - lookin forward to pics
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Just wait til you start pulling 150K and above lol
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good stuff!!
Slowing down smoothly, you just got to think through the steps, blip the throttle, feather the clutch kick her down and easy on the brakes...
Or if you are keen, lock your forearms, get your eyes up and grab a load of front brake for frame cracking, nut crunching stoppies!!
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Spadas are farily quick wee bikes. I remember the first time I did open road speeds. Thought it was a wee bit windy. Now I get bored at 100
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L-Plate Rider
Call me green, but i have to agree!
Hope as we get used to it that will change!
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Yup sure is for a start, First time I got on my bike I headed for a long straight at the back of Trentham camp, usualy nice quiet bit of road, good place to stretch the legs!!Originally Posted by happykamper
I was gaining speed, started to feel like i wasn't going to be able to hold any longer on and get blown off the back of the bike like they do in the cartoons. I thought to myself, shit I must be doing one twenty.....looked down at the speedo........80kph
Been about six weeks now and you do get used to it pretty quick.
L-Plate Rider
Have to say I am happy (at the moment) that the learners limit is 70km... comfortable speed I feel. Although in a few weeks I might not agree...
A hundy to swap
great to see you honored your tm deal.
i bet you're glad you did now.
just my thoughts,but,when i get a new bike i find the fastest way to learn the brakes is to,
1.slowly at first put front brake on as hard as you dare till it feels like the back wheel is about to lift off the ground,do this until you fell comfortable at what ever speed,not silly speed tho.
2.once again,slowly at first, using the back brake only learn where it locks up.
3.i think i rely on about 70% front brake,changing down gears then back brakes.
that is how i emergency break(gotta be ready to do it at all times).
spend the hours and you will be one with your machine.
haumoana rocks,i'll get back home to the bay soon for a wave or two.
any of you better riders please explain braking in an understandable way.anyone can go fast,but you gotta be able to stop more.
Scattering the morning dew
Ha Ha, I give you less than a week 'till you pop that cherry!
ACCHOLES
It doesEspecially when you buy a bigger bike - suddenly you get up to 100 without even trying - the engine is hardly revving, the bike feels more solid and you look at your speedo and realise your actually breaking the speed limit.
I went through a huge perception adjustment going from my 250cc Cruiser to the C50T - and now I enjoy riding even more!!!
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tank slappa
Puts a smile on my face to read something like that. Good on ya! may you have a lifetime of happy riding experiences!
There is a hill in Milford...and these days I don't ride that stretch of road much since I live on the other side of town... but yesterday I rode up it and thought back to the very first time I rode it on my trail bike. I can still remember marvelling at the power of the bike as I overtook a car going up this hill. It was a sweet feeling that will remain with me always.
...it is better to live 1 day as a Tiger than 1000 years as a sheep...
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Not so comfortable on the open rd or motorway with 120k wannabe cages up yer chuff though ...
Motorcycle songlist:
Best blast soundtrack:Born to be wild (Steppenwolf)
Best sunny ride: Runnin' down a dream (Tom Petty)
Don't want to hear ...: Slip, slidin' away, Caught by the Fuzz or Bam Thwok!(Paul Simon/Supergrass/The Pixies)
L-Plate Rider
heh, I bet you are right! I am still playing in town and on country roads! Not looking forward to my first experience of being overtaken by a truck... whoosh...
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