So I bought a motorbike.

[SDU]

Welcome to the nuthouse!
Shop around town for a good fitting helmet & gear.
Good luck for your test, Mainland is good way to go & learn.
There are plenty of locals around to talk to & looking for others to ride with.

[Midge]

Sup mate and if you ever want to go for a random cruzie where ever im always keen giz a bell!

[Dave-]

ok popped along to budget motorcycle thinger today and got helmet, boots (which im wearing in now) and gloves (which i cant type with)

the gloves are a little bit tight, tried on heaps but at the end of the day too tight is betetr than too loose with extra finger and palm.

boots are oxford, damn comfy, lovely and warm (might use em as slippers too) as is helmet.

also got the change of ownership papers sorted, she's mine now

aaaand i just got off the phone she's covered too

edit: and im booked in for the practicle thing on thursday morning, ill pull a sickie (dont tell my work)

[Indiana_Jones]

If your FXR has stock tyres. Take them off and burn them and then put on some decent ones lol.

They are shite in the wet.

Apart from that, the FXr is a wicked bike to learn on

oh and welcome

-Indy

[Toaster]

Welcome and enjoy riding safe and smart - that way you get to be old, safe and smart.

[Quartermile]

Yea FXR's are kick ass, I had one for my first bike,bloody loooooved it go da Fixxers!!

[mstriumph]

Hi
Welcome
Nice intro
You and your imaginary friends should fit right in here - we are all - erm - 'non-standard'

[Dave-]

dont tell my work but i pulled a "doctors appointment" and accidently got my lisence (i swear i have no idea how it happened)

just got back from my first rides.

ride 1: out the drive, down the road, round the corner....where's my lisence?....oops...turn around and get home, rush in the door and grab lisence.

ride 2: out drive, round corner and go down road into 70k area, big long chch straights, come out from behind some trees and catch the wind, whoa, it wobbled me a bit but i was good, got to the round about, did a 360 and went back down the same road and home again.

things i learnt:

my rear brake pedal needs adjusting, its too high.

the fxr150 wing mirrors are actually completly useless (unless i want to write memos to myself and post them on my elbows "hmm, must remember deoderant") ive asked at 2 places now about aftermarket mirrors for the fxr but both have claimed they dont really exist, bollocks i say, there's thousands of these bikes in the world, anyone who doesnt make a wing mirror for these is missing out on a huge market of people wider than your average malaysian.

can drop down gears now quite happily.

you push the button in to stop indicating...."OHHH" says the crowd

found that power step in the revs...about the 8-9k i think (was too busy watching the road) WHOOM the bike springs to life

[mark247]

dont tell my work but i pulled a "doctors appointment" and accidently got my lisence (i swear i have no idea how it happened)

just got back from my first rides.

ride 1: out the drive, down the road, round the corner....where's my lisence?....oops...turn around and get home, rush in the door and grab lisence.

ride 2: out drive, round corner and go down road into 70k area, big long chch straights, come out from behind some trees and catch the wind, whoa, it wobbled me a bit but i was good, got to the round about, did a 360 and went back down the same road and home again.

things i learnt:

my rear brake pedal needs adjusting, its too high.

the fxr150 wing mirrors are actually completly useless (unless i want to write memos to myself and post them on my elbows "hmm, must remember deoderant") ive asked at 2 places now about aftermarket mirrors for the fxr but both have claimed they dont really exist, bollocks i say, there's thousands of these bikes in the world, anyone who doesnt make a wing mirror for these is missing out on a huge market of people wider than your average malaysian.

can drop down gears now quite happily.

you push the button in to stop indicating...."OHHH" says the crowd

found that power step in the revs...about the 8-9k i think (was too busy watching the road) WHOOM the bike springs to life

Wouldnt any aftermarket generic mirrors fit on it? Dont they just screw on or bolt on or something?

[Indiana_Jones]

Oh yea, forgot to mention the mirrors lol.

I've seen one or two FXR's that have extentioners on the mirrors which makes the stick out furher, I have no idea where you get them from, or if it's home made.

But I'm sure you'll find a solution to ur problem.

for the meantime, tuck ur arm in to see, and headcheck. which you should always be doing anyways

-Indy

[j_redley]

Once my legs healed totally and I can bend my foot enough to reach the back brake again, I'l definatly be keen to get out for a ride. There's some awesome riding to be had around the port hills, even on little 150 bikes like ours.

My advice though, definatly try and get yourself fully geared up, my jacket took the brunt of the sliding tarmac, though the jeans I was wearing had a big hole in, as did my knee. So keep it upright where ever possible. :-p

[Dave-]

just got back from a ride, popped into town to see how long it tales to get to work.

i got there and realised in my estatic joy of riding (and the fact i was still alive) that I had totally forgotten to time it...

so i head home again, once again forgetting to see how long it takes....

oh well, had an awesome ride, can feel myself getting better with gears etc, only stalled once practised looking over my shoulder while keeping the bike straight etc, got my wing mirrors sorted (helps if you were a tighter fitting jacket, neither of my leathers are proper riding jackets, but untill my pockets rejuvinate they'll have todo.)

[Dave-]

ok i went into work yesturday (timed how long it took, 11 mins in 15 home) as i was leaving my bike had some problems idling, i pulled the choke out and she went sweet, gave her a min to warm up with the choke out, took the choke off idle dropped and the engine cut out.

there was a hose that had dropped off when i first got the bike, the original hose had fuel hardened and wouldnt go back on so i dug around and got a new one, fitted it and was sweet, upon checking this hose when i got home i found it had melted on the exhaust and blocked, could this be a problem? there's no liquid in the hose and the fact there's a hose there suggests its a liquid and not some sort of compression outlet.

the engine was also missing a bit too, I wound up the idle-throttle nut thing and its idling and running sweet now but im still a bit worried that i had todo it in the first place, im gonna go into a suzuki dealer and have a chat.

I heard the jet for idle is notorious for getting dirty as well, is this possible? the bike is running sweet otherwise though, im told the idle jet isnt used when the bike gets going which suggests its a jet issue.

where's a good suzuki mechanic in chch?

[mark247]

ok i went into work yesturday (timed how long it took, 11 mins in 15 home) as i was leaving my bike had some problems idling, i pulled the choke out and she went sweet, gave her a min to warm up with the choke out, took the choke off idle dropped and the engine cut out.

there was a hose that had dropped off when i first got the bike, the original hose had fuel hardened and wouldnt go back on so i dug around and got a new one, fitted it and was sweet, upon checking this hose when i got home i found it had melted on the exhaust and blocked, could this be a problem? there's no liquid in the hose and the fact there's a hose there suggests its a liquid and not some sort of compression outlet.

the engine was also missing a bit too, I wound up the idle-throttle nut thing and its idling and running sweet now but im still a bit worried that i had todo it in the first place, im gonna go into a suzuki dealer and have a chat.

I heard the jet for idle is notorious for getting dirty as well, is this possible? the bike is running sweet otherwise though, im told the idle jet isnt used when the bike gets going which suggests its a jet issue.

where's a good suzuki mechanic in chch?

That could be the problem, the hose may be a vacuum hose for the fuel and because it is melted the carbs are not getting enough fuel. Just possibly.

[Dave-]

well i took the hose completly off then took it for a spin and it hasent helped.

went and spoke to the mechanic at sports zone suzuki, gonna book it in sometime after easter, but in the mean time he suggested i look at the mixture tap, reckoned it was usually 2 and a half turns off.