Thoughts after first ride

[Badjelly]

You forgot to mention failing to cancel your indicator. And stalling.

[tate35]

- helmets are great. Not only do they protect your noggin, they also hide your red face when you are parked outside someone's house for 15 minutes looking for neutral. LMAO 2 very good points,

- leaning / cornering is actually fucking scary if you're not used to it...haven't quite shaken that inner, instinctive fear that leaning over is going to tip the bike. It sure is when you are not used to it lol

I went out for my first decent ride on the weekend (half hour) and what I thought was scary was trying to do road speeds, with cars behind you

[LittleAngel]

Bought a bike, little gn250, picked it up and rode it back from Upper Hutt to Wgtn city today. Took me 2.5 hours cause I wanted heaps of practise before hopping on the motorway.

Thoughts:

- helmets are great. Not only do they protect your noggin, they also hide your red face when you are parked outside someone's house for 15 minutes looking for neutral Those are two very good points - whats better is when you get a mirrored visor then all that people can see is themselves and not the red glow underneath!

- leaning / cornering is actually fucking scary if you're not used to it...haven't quite shaken that inner, instinctive fear that leaning over is going to tip the bike I can so remember that feeling - My big thing was I struggled to get up to 70k!! And then when I did 100k I was nearly packing myself!!!! My poor husband

- shit my visor gets misty! What's the best way to counter this? Other than buying a new helmet that's designed slightly differently?I believe that Cat Crap and RainX are very good products, I used to use white vinegar in a little water on both outside and inside of the visor and this would work really well (can't do it on tinted/mirrored visors though )- but when you are stationary it does help to leave the visor open a wee bit

- always remember to check whether your kick stand is up before you ride off....lol It also helps to make sure your stand is down and the bike is fully stable!!

- there is nothing in the world more annoying than.....putting on your glove lining, putting on your gloves, putting on helmet, realising you can't figure out your helmet's chin strap with the bulky gloves on, taking the gloves off, doing your helmet's chin strap, putting your gloves back on....and then accidentally pulling the key out of the ignition and dropping it on the ground. START AGAIN Ya try having glasses on also then ya forget to get ya keys out of ya pocket so off come the gloves etc mean while ya glasses are fogged completely and ya can't see shit!! :slap:

- I WANT MORE!!!!

Time to head out tomorrow and get heaps more practise in!

Practice makes prefect or at least limits the amount of moments!!! Keep practicing and have fun!!

[Mom]

I want to go on record here about the side stand cut out switch.

Noob or not them bastards will find a way to you. I promise

[LittleAngel]

I want to go on record here about the side stand cut out switch.

Noob or not them bastards will find a way to you. I promise

I hear ya on that one!!

Trap for young players!! I wondered what the hell had happened the first time my RF did it!! Great idea when ya know it exists!

[Big Zappa]

All I can say is... it's kinda like a drug...

[1 Free Man]

I have massive issues with this. even if i leave the visor open a bit on rainy mornings the visor still fogs.
i have found Rainx really good for most of the time. i little bottle only costs around $10 or something like that.


ROTFLMAO thats some funny shit right there

Hey Fizbin. I was in supa cheap the other day and saw that they have Rainx wipe cloths. If I remember right the packet for the Rainx was a bit cautious with regard to getting this stuff on ya paint. Has I had any effect on your visor at all??

[<Rhino>]

Hey Fizbin. I was in supa cheap the other day and saw that they have Rainx wipe cloths. If I remember right the packet for the Rainx was a bit cautious with regard to getting this stuff on ya paint. Has I had any effect on your visor at all??

I use RainX on my visor, no ill effects on the plastic, seems to work for a little while but you need to apply often!

[1 Free Man]

I use RainX on my visor, no ill effects on the plastic, seems to work for a little while but you need to apply often!

Cheers for that Rhino. I think I will give it a spin.

[mazz1972]

hillstarts
stalling at a busy intersections in Welly
wobbling around corners
indicators left on (ok that still happens...occasionally)
at the point of having a tanty coz the bike wont start and then notice the kill switch has been knocked....

aaahhhh those were the days....

sounds like you had a ball dyls....keep it up and practice practice practice!!

[Blossom]

Can I add the trauma of those first few rides where I dangled my feet down close to the ground for as long as possible when I first took off, until I felt I was going fast enough not to tip over and then subsequently realized how much of a dork I looked like.

[CB ARGH]

Can I add the trauma of those first few rides where I dangled my feet down close to the ground for as long as possible when I first took off, until I felt I was going fast enough not to tip over and then subsequently realized how much of a dork I looked like.

And don't we all wish we could look back on video at our first rides... I'm lucky enough to have my first ever pushbike ride recorded, god that was a good laugh, now I'm going no handed down the main road at night haha.

But I do wish my first motorbike (XR100) ride was recorded...

[Trudes]

Can I add the trauma of those first few rides where I dangled my feet down close to the ground for as long as possible when I first took off, until I felt I was going fast enough not to tip over and then subsequently realized how much of a dork I looked like.

haha, I remeber that well myself! And also realising that the bike is actually more stable when your feet are up on the pegs, especially when trying to take a corner...

[Blossom]

haha, I remeber that well myself! And also realising that the bike is actually more stable when your feet are up on the pegs, especially when trying to take a corner...

omg yes......hahahahaa
lovely mental pics going on in my head now

[Ehgreiz]

lol the funny thing is my scooter at the moment actually is more stable if i stick a foot down on the side when making a u-turn only - low speed cornering is not friendly in that thing - left u-turn = left foot out, right u-turn = right foot out - it actually helps haha..

did some uturns when i was taking my vl250 for a test ride though and found it much easier than the scooter lol