Got My Baby Today!
Pistolpete
10-08-2004, 07:26 AM
Go team!
Today ppl my baby arrived! and im not talking about the mail order bride i ordered last week........ :)
i got my gear and bike today, Kawasaki GPX250, 1998, with 24,000km, beatiful condition and well looked after, i got a HJC CL14 helmet, Alpinestar gloves, Draggin Jeans, R-jays boots, and a Dririder jacket.
iv been riding her all afternoon, and i think its catching on quite quickly, gave my self a few eye openers already, first was when i took off for the very first time, reved bit to high and dropped the cluch way to fast and took off pretty quickly, well it felf freeking quickly (ok for never having ridden any sort of bike before), got the hang of shifting pretty quicky cept around a gentle corner i accidently downshifted into 1st from 2nd instead of up shifting to 3rd, the back waggled a bit :eek:
lol is all good, i have sooo much to learn still and cant wait to get my licence.
cheers all for putting up with a noob without a ride for so long lol
but now i feel m part of the family, "sniff"...............group hug!
cheers
Today ppl my baby arrived! and im not talking about the mail order bride i ordered last week........ :)
i got my gear and bike today, Kawasaki GPX250, 1998, with 24,000km, beatiful condition and well looked after, i got a HJC CL14 helmet, Alpinestar gloves, Draggin Jeans, R-jays boots, and a Dririder jacket.
iv been riding her all afternoon, and i think its catching on quite quickly, gave my self a few eye openers already, first was when i took off for the very first time, reved bit to high and dropped the cluch way to fast and took off pretty quickly, well it felf freeking quickly (ok for never having ridden any sort of bike before), got the hang of shifting pretty quicky cept around a gentle corner i accidently downshifted into 1st from 2nd instead of up shifting to 3rd, the back waggled a bit :eek:
lol is all good, i have sooo much to learn still and cant wait to get my licence.
cheers all for putting up with a noob without a ride for so long lol
but now i feel m part of the family, "sniff"...............group hug!
cheers
aussieidiot
10-08-2004, 07:42 AM
welcome my son!!!!!!!
its a proud, proud day indeed! :thumbsup:
its a proud, proud day indeed! :thumbsup:
speediva
10-08-2004, 01:12 PM
Congrats!!!
I'm so happy for you!
I'm so happy for you!
aussieidiot
10-08-2004, 03:32 PM
Hey pete, have you got your "L's" yet. Or are you doing a naughty :nono:
When I got my first, I still had to get my "L's" but thought 'bugger that, I'm going for a ride'. Went around the block straight into a breath test station. Lucky they don't ask for a licence unless your being booked. :loser:
When I got my first, I still had to get my "L's" but thought 'bugger that, I'm going for a ride'. Went around the block straight into a breath test station. Lucky they don't ask for a licence unless your being booked. :loser:
speediva
10-08-2004, 07:56 PM
hahahahaha YOU IDIOT! ;)
Second time I was riding my dad's BMW F650GS, I dropped it in the parking lot... at least he had dropped it the time before that, so I didn't do any more damage than he had already done. :redface:
Second time I was riding my dad's BMW F650GS, I dropped it in the parking lot... at least he had dropped it the time before that, so I didn't do any more damage than he had already done. :redface:
Pistolpete
10-09-2004, 12:12 AM
hehe thanks guys
just spent all morning making her shine cause its raining today:(
yeh doing the bad thing ATM, ill start lessons on Monday which should b cool.
lol i meant to put this in my first post but forgot, so ill just finnish it here
The first time i took off i did it far to quickly, and its only 250cc what kind of freeking moron would start on a litre bike!!! OMG it just makes no sense!!!
if it was even a 600 i would have lost it badly, i just cant understand some ppl!
Calling all Ozzies, iv been checking around for insurance, the cheepist iv found is the RAC for about $102 a month
who have u guys insured with? thanks ppl
just spent all morning making her shine cause its raining today:(
yeh doing the bad thing ATM, ill start lessons on Monday which should b cool.
lol i meant to put this in my first post but forgot, so ill just finnish it here
The first time i took off i did it far to quickly, and its only 250cc what kind of freeking moron would start on a litre bike!!! OMG it just makes no sense!!!
if it was even a 600 i would have lost it badly, i just cant understand some ppl!
Calling all Ozzies, iv been checking around for insurance, the cheepist iv found is the RAC for about $102 a month
who have u guys insured with? thanks ppl
Too New To Know
10-09-2004, 12:49 AM
NICE WORK PETE! i was seriously thinking 5 minutes ago "hrmm, i wonder if pistolpete will get his bike before i do... prolly will, smart ass".. which then led me to check the forums and WALLAH!
im a very bright green from envy right now, and jelousy is kickin in but im happy for you man, give me some feedback on the gpx because as you know im interested :D
enjoy :)
im a very bright green from envy right now, and jelousy is kickin in but im happy for you man, give me some feedback on the gpx because as you know im interested :D
enjoy :)
Too New To Know
10-09-2004, 12:49 AM
OH, and put a pic or two up if you got a digi cam handy :)
Z_Fanatic
10-09-2004, 01:15 AM
dont forget to do the tom crooze pose, crashing into a car while doing 180 endo in sydney, :D. congrats.
Pistolpete
10-10-2004, 10:20 PM
OH my! can i just say that i am a retard!
Blayne is an iddiot but i have now officially claimed retard status. :)
heres how it went: The day i bought the bike i was out hooning around my streets and suddenly it died, and i had to push it home, grrrr!
got home it wont start, put the stand down go inside, come out it starts, so off i go 5 mins later it dies again! what the!? i just bought the f@#king thing!
ok i have a thing feels like fuel, but i can hear fuel sloshing around in the tank, check everything to do with fuel cant find the problem, not the battery, not the carbies, i got nothing.
this goes on for 2 days till it hit me, there is fuel but only in the reserve tank and it didnt occur to some freaking genius to switch the tanks! so it would run on the fuel in the carbies then die when that ran out, oh dear, oh dear
what are we gonna do with me
Blayne is an iddiot but i have now officially claimed retard status. :)
heres how it went: The day i bought the bike i was out hooning around my streets and suddenly it died, and i had to push it home, grrrr!
got home it wont start, put the stand down go inside, come out it starts, so off i go 5 mins later it dies again! what the!? i just bought the f@#king thing!
ok i have a thing feels like fuel, but i can hear fuel sloshing around in the tank, check everything to do with fuel cant find the problem, not the battery, not the carbies, i got nothing.
this goes on for 2 days till it hit me, there is fuel but only in the reserve tank and it didnt occur to some freaking genius to switch the tanks! so it would run on the fuel in the carbies then die when that ran out, oh dear, oh dear
what are we gonna do with me
Too New To Know
10-11-2004, 01:21 AM
aaaaaahahahhaaha, and i bet you were real close to just throwing the whole bike away or something drastic like that by then ey?! that sucks man, least you know whats going on now :D
aussieidiot
10-12-2004, 04:51 AM
you bloody moron. ok i admit it. i did the same only the bike shop installed the reserve switch backwards. just wait for a hill start in peak hour traffic and then it stalls.
as for insurance, i'm an old fart so i pay 800 for my blade valued at 15k
my fizzer was around 300 a year for third party only. try swann insurance but they are pricks. NRMA is better but more expensive and i use Arista but they are an underwriter and will be expensive for high risk riders
as for insurance, i'm an old fart so i pay 800 for my blade valued at 15k
my fizzer was around 300 a year for third party only. try swann insurance but they are pricks. NRMA is better but more expensive and i use Arista but they are an underwriter and will be expensive for high risk riders
Pistolpete
10-12-2004, 08:49 PM
haha yeh well iv heard almost everybody does it once :)
as for insurance Swan have the lowest i can find atm, i might search a bit more but swan is 427 or something for full comprehensive for the year
as for insurance Swan have the lowest i can find atm, i might search a bit more but swan is 427 or something for full comprehensive for the year
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