Motorcyclin'
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@MajorRage said in Motorcyclin':
Ok, I'm getting involved.
Got my CBT booked for next Monday (the way it works here in the UK is that you get moped license on our car license, but then need to do a CBT course to get up to 125cc). Quite looking forward to it, not been on a motorbike for years.
@raznomore - did you ever end up buying the Harley?
I'll never be a sports rider, will certainly just be for cruising only. Hoping to build myself up to something like this ...
Revealed: The new Triumph Bonneville Bobber
Triumph is going all-out to conquer every sector of the motorcycle market. The Triples and Tigers are approaching icon status, and the new Bonnevilles are selling as fast as the factory can make them. It must have been tempting to take a breather, but Hinckley is now pushing into uncharted...
I've had my eye on that Bobber ever since it came out... just couldn't find an excuse to buy one.
But - with all the problems I've had with my "NZ bike" recently, and looking like I might be stuck in NZ for a while... it's maybe time to start thinking about trading-in-and-up. -
I do love bobbers. I've been wanting to get an r9t and make it into a bobber.
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I do love bobbers. I've been wanting to get an r9t and make it into a bobber
I met up with a 70yr+ couple at the bikes shop last year. He rode a Harley and she had a Honda 500 Rebel. They both raved about the Rebel and how much fun it was. Got the impression he'd swap his Harley if Honda did a 750 or 1000cc version.
Not my style of bike. Thinking of trading in the Honda 250 Rally for something with a lower CoG and seat height. Poss the Honda 500 Adventure or Street model.
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Has any used a SatNav on a motorbike?
Thinking of getting one as I'm seriously geographically-challenged but wonder how effective they are in real life or if they are too distracting.
Any recommendations would be great.
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@Victor-Meldrew you could just spend 10 pounds on a strap which holds your phone to the bike and use the google maps on that?
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@MajorRage said in Motorcyclin':
@Victor-Meldrew you could just spend 10 pounds on a strap which holds your phone to the bike and use the google maps on that?
Yeah, I'm going to give that a go but have been told they can be pretty so-so. Tom Tom & Garmin do ones specifically designed for bikes which are way better supposedly.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Motorcyclin':
@MajorRage said in Motorcyclin':
@Victor-Meldrew you could just spend 10 pounds on a strap which holds your phone to the bike and use the google maps on that?
Yeah, I'm going to give that a go but have been told they can be pretty so-so. Tom Tom & Garmin do ones specifically designed for bikes which are way better supposedly.
I got a Garmin for the London-Beijing ride last year. Super useful for that.
For riding around a country I know... I have never bothered... but I was the only person on that ride who had never used one before. In the UK, I'd always thought it might be useful, as I had no idea where I was going... but in NZ... zero point except in a city.
As to whether it's too distracting - it's like anything... just got to remind yourself to keep your eyes and mind on the road, and only ever look at the instruments when really necessary. -
Anybody done on of these "Ride Forever" courses?
... I'm assuming it'd give a bit of a reduction in the insurance rates,
looks like it's subsidised, so just $50
(Used to be better than free, it seems - I've missed out on a $200 cashback on rego offer they were doing)
And, I guess - worst-case, it's 8 hours of riding, albeit with some straight-laced strangers.
I figure it's worth it to see if I'm as bad as I think I am, maybe learn some things to practice, and maybe even discover some new routes. -
@kruse how in the hell is it that cheap?
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@kruse said in Motorcyclin':
I'm assuming it'd give a bit of a reduction in the insurance rates
I am not aware of any Insurers that offer reduced rates, so if it does, it isnt well promoted.
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@antipodean said in Motorcyclin':
@kruse how in the hell is it that cheap?
Right?
$50 for 8 hours.
And until July... you also got $200 rebates on rego, spread over 2 years. Money for jam.I've seen the flyers for it around the place, but never bothered to look into it until recently. If the flyers had listed the details a bit better... this would have been done/booked a long time ago.
As it is... it seems a no-brainer... just curious as to whether anybody else had experience.But yeah - as @taniwharugby says - it doesn't look like NZ insurers take it as a factor to reduce rates, which is a shame. Pretty sure in the UK, if you'd done something like this, it helped the premiums come down.
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Go for it. You're always learning new stuff about riding and another experienced rider can tell you what you may be doing wrong. I changed my braking technique after riding with an instructor and it's make a big difference to my confidence.
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@victor-meldrew said in Motorcyclin':
Go for it. You're always learning new stuff about riding and another experienced rider can tell you what you may be doing wrong. I changed my braking technique after riding with an instructor and it's make a big difference to my confidence.
Yeah - definitely going to give it a go.
I don't know what the deal is - but just looking for available spots at the various people who are "accredited" to do this particular course... half of them are now free. I don't know if there's a certain period where the subsidy is 100%, or if there's intense competition so that they're all willing to forgo the "excess" of $50 they were charging, or what... but I guess you can't complain about 8 hours with an instructor for the price of $0. -
When you finally decide t0 add to your collection...
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Just spent a cracking weekend with mates. Almost 1000 km with a big day over and around the Snowy Mountains. Thankfully the weather forecast was wrong and not a drop of rain which meant we could really get on it.
It seemed a hundred other people had the same idea now restrictions are easing.
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@antipodean said in Motorcyclin':
Just spent a cracking weekend with mates. Almost 1000 km with a big day over and around the Snowy Mountains. Thankfully the weather forecast was wrong and not a drop of rain which meant we could really get on it.
It seemed a hundred other people had the same idea now restrictions are easing.
Nice.
I did nearly 900km myself, but got fuckin' soaked on Saturday.
Sat: Rotorua - New Plymouth, hit a thunderstorm just before Taumaranui... standing in the BP at Taumaranui, watching it piss down - considered changing plans, but pulled myself together - braved the 43 anyway... and it cleared up before hitting the shit-parts of that. Lunch at Whangamomona - in the sunshine. Fuck I love that road.
Sun: New Plymouth - Palmy... boring as shit. But had lunch at Brew Union, and then over the Pahiatua Track, some boring SH2, then the Remutaka. -
@kruse said in Motorcyclin':
braved the 43 anyway... and it cleared up before hitting the shit-parts of that. Lunch at Whangamomona - in the sunshine. Fuck I love that road.
Sounds like a great rise. I have decades-ago fond memories of that road on my GT750.
Been pissing down here in Cornwall, but hope to do the Cornwall Loop before Winter sets in. It takes in much of Cornwall's coast and is a pretty special ride.
https://www.adventurebikerider.com/motorcycle-route-in-cornwall/
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@victor-meldrew said in Motorcyclin':
@kruse said in Motorcyclin':
braved the 43 anyway... and it cleared up before hitting the shit-parts of that. Lunch at Whangamomona - in the sunshine. Fuck I love that road.
Sounds like a great rise. I have decades-ago fond memories of that road on my GT750.
Been pissing down here in Cornwall, but hope to do the Cornwall Loop before Winter sets in. It takes in much of Cornwall's coast and is a pretty special ride.
https://www.adventurebikerider.com/motorcycle-route-in-cornwall/
If I ever get back to the UK, even if only for 6 months to sort all my shit out over there... I think I'll add that to the list of stuff to tick off.
- Close down Limited Company
- Ship stuff back to NZ
- Say goodbye to folks at the old Local
- Visit Isle of Man
- Ireland - some route around that?
- Scotland - North Coast 500?
- now added... ride around Cornwall
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