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nealeray

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Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« on: January 19, 2014, 09:33:40 PM »
Well, it starts tomorrow. The wife, Loppie, is doing her Stay Upright Course tomorrow and Tuesday. Is also doing the "L's" test on Tuesday arvo. Poor dear is sweating it but keen to get out and about. Cannot knock her for that. Guess I'm up for some serious local riding till she finds her feet. At least with the Sena I can follow and talk to her at the same time.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2014, 10:14:31 PM »
they only thing you have to be afraid of is when she asks for the STeads keys.  :-((( Good luck  :thumbs

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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2014, 12:10:26 AM »
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2014, 06:47:50 AM »
Awesome, I'm sure you'll both have a blast :grin :runyay
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2014, 07:42:15 AM »
Good luck to Loppie........and to you as well Neale   :p
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2014, 09:59:51 AM »
Have we been bike shopping yet ???  :whistle


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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2014, 11:19:33 AM »
Good luck Loppie.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2014, 03:20:29 PM »
Good luck Penny and make sure your enjoy the process as you go thru it.  :thumb :clap

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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2014, 03:22:49 PM »
Lucky having a biker wife!   :thumbsup

Unlucky servicing and paying for two bikes.    :'(

Good on her for having a go.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2014, 04:30:14 PM »
Good luck Loppie, Im sure you will do fine, Go with the 650 V-Star.  :popcorn
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« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2014, 07:52:03 PM »
All day Saturday Chris. She likes the Suzuki Inazuma, Intruder and CBR500R. A bag full of mixed lollies.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2014, 08:31:58 PM »
Quote from: Neale on January 20, 2014, 07:52:03 PM
All day Saturday Chris. She likes the Suzuki Inazuma, Intruder and CBR500R. A bag full of mixed lollies.

It's a no-brainer.  There's only one Honda there...
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2014, 09:31:37 PM »
My partner just started riding as well, she ended up with a scooter (if you can call something 500cc, and has 3 wheels a scooter - http://www.gilerafuoco.com/index.html?lang=eng ) as her first 'bike' and in the last two months has racked up about 3000km so far.

Her goal, to ride to Melbourne with me to the National Rally in march. She did her first distance ride of 450km each way a few weeks back, no problems!

There are some really nice learner bikes out there now, so its worth looking around :)

The Sena headset is a great thing, as is a go-pro mounted to your bike, so you can show her what she is doing wrong, and what she could do better after each ride.

Most of all, I hope she enjoys it :)
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« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2014, 07:47:32 AM »
CBR500R......way to go!! :thumbsup
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2014, 11:02:07 AM »
Nothing wrong with scooters. A mate of mine once had his ST1300 described as a scooter. What a crack up. Needless to say he hasn't lived it down.. :grin
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2014, 11:46:35 AM »
I just had a peasant ask me what kind of BMW mine is!
It took the ambulance ages to arrive for him.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2014, 12:40:39 PM »
Quote from: Biggles on January 21, 2014, 11:46:35 AM
I just had a peasant ask me what kind of BMW mine is!


I still get that question about mine every couple months.
 
And is it a six? comes up sometimes after you tell'em it's a Honda.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2014, 07:06:48 PM »
We finished up with the CB500F. Nice little machine, I muST say. Told her it was an ST500F, she's happy with that.
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2014, 09:22:31 PM »
Quote from: Neale on February 12, 2014, 07:06:48 PM
We finished up with the CB500F. Nice little machine, I muST say. Told her it was an ST500F, she's happy with that.

That would win any argument!  Good man.      :thumbsup
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Re: Be Afraid.....be very afraid.
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2014, 11:31:49 AM »
Quote from: Neale on February 12, 2014, 07:06:48 PM
Told her it was an ST500F, she's happy with that.

I've always thought the Honda NT650v Deauville was like a LAMS ST.  It's on the LAMS list.

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« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2014, 09:19:12 PM »
So proud of my girl. Said she wanted to go for her first night ride.  She led the way and we rode for an hour and a half. Covered Cobbitty, Camden West, Camden, Narellan, Catherine Field, Leppington, Denham Court and Ingleburn. She went so well and her cornering is getting exceptional. Confidence is up and she is just blitzing it.

Gotta say my helmet is getting tight.

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