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I don't do the two wheel thing anymore

Not saying I'll never get back into it

But too many crashes close to home

Feel it's only a matter of time and love life too much to risk it when there's plenty of fun without that risk or significantly lesser risk

Sure is unbeatable fun for the first 3 months of Ls though

Translation : my Mrs won't let me get another bike

Yeah and I wasn't exactly an angel on a bike either; should have gotten to the track much sooner instead of cooking brakes on the mountain passes at 1am.

I think everyone should get their Ls though, it's a great lesson in fragility on the road and awareness of surroundings especially motorbikes.

Cooking brakes on a Hills run? Can't have been riding too well...

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I've had my Ls for a year now, get off restrictions next month. Have been riding in the dirt all this time. Am just getting the last pieces of gear so I can take my dads GS500F for a few rides. But an opportunity has popped up to buy an unregistered Ninja 636 that I'm thinking of jumping at because cheap as chipzzzz

No problems with that, you can learn road skills with a powerful bike, the only thing that makes it more dangerous is if you don't respect the throttle / go smashing speed limits. Aside from that the risks are the same as a learner legal or any other bike.

It's seriously good fun and I miss it but seeing death and rehabs and smashed bikes, I'm a little over it for now :(

Might look into a cheap track bike though as that seems a lot safer and more fun.

Yeah well thats it isn't it, I've learned throttle control in the bush but probably a fifth the power that a 636 has.. but the skills translate so we sha'll see how we go! Shame to hear you aren't interested in riding on the road anymore, but I get it!

Translation : my Mrs won't let me get another bike

Cooking brakes on a Hills run? Can't have been riding too well...

She knows she couldn't stop me if I really wanted one, but it is a factor in staying away from them. I was a tad more reckless when single and that's certainly when I was doing my stupid shit.

I wasn't a fantastic rider, but I was braking into 30km/h hairpins after short 160-170km/h straights - if I wasn't on the gas I was on the brakes, trying to smash PB times on Mountain Hwy.

Yeah well thats it isn't it, I've learned throttle control in the bush but probably a fifth the power that a 636 has.. but the skills translate so we sha'll see how we go! Shame to hear you aren't interested in riding on the road anymore, but I get it!

Yeah I think I've had a good run. 10 years of riding on/off and not a single accident + only one drop. That's enough to say I've had my fun.

For some, riding is a lifestyle they couldn't go without and will get back on the saddle crash after crash and I respect that. They all know it's dangerous but not worth living if they can't ride. For me it was always one of many hobbies and can easily be sidled for the sake of self preservation :)

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You'll surprise yourself with how good you are at it

Oh wait you're not in Australia...you'll be using big calibres and be average at it lol

Wasn't too bad actually!

.... After a solid 5 min safety briefing

Yeah I think I've had a good run. 10 years of riding on/off and not a single accident + only one drop. That's enough to say I've had my fun.

For some, riding is a lifestyle they couldn't go without and will get back on the saddle crash after crash and I respect that. They all know it's dangerous but not worth living if they can't ride. For me it was always one of many hobbies and can easily be sidled for the sake of self preservation :)

Yep I agree, my GTR is definitely a passion and fantastic hobby to me, but I wouldn't hestitate to sell it for a house deposit because some things in life are definitely more important!

Also, happy birthday Hamish!

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Matt you'll be right, jap 600s don't wind up until you get up in the revs anyway and riding dirt is pretty intense and gives you plenty of training to respect power and how a bike handles.

I've been riding to work on mine as of late.. get there so quickly with splitting the traffic and barging through. Love bikes always have, it's not a question of having one or not for me it's how many! I'm pretty hooked on track days too.. did one the other week on the supermoto and heaps of fun. I'm trying hard to not to be one of those 'mortgage now I have to sell all my bikes and never do anything fun guys'

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http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wake-up-gen-y-your-financial-future-cannot-be-ignored/story-e6frfmdr-1227497557376

DON’T BE A HIPSTER

While renting is inevitable for many young Australians, Ms Cush said, “you don’t need to be spending $500 a week to live in Newtown (in Sydney’s trendy inner-west).”

“Move a bit further out to save cash,” she said.

lel

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depends where you work etc....

if you live in the CBD for example and don't have a car (I did this in the early 00's) the the extra you pay in rent vs living in woop woop is (or can be) null and void

depends where you work etc....

if you live in the CBD for example and don't have a car (I did this in the early 00's) the the extra you pay in rent vs living in woop woop is (or can be) null and void

also with high-density living & plenty of baby-boomers looking for negative gearing - the rent is quite low in comparison.

Matt you'll be right, jap 600s don't wind up until you get up in the revs anyway and riding dirt is pretty intense and gives you plenty of training to respect power and how a bike handles.

I've been riding to work on mine as of late.. get there so quickly with splitting the traffic and barging through. Love bikes always have, it's not a question of having one or not for me it's how many! I'm pretty hooked on track days too.. did one the other week on the supermoto and heaps of fun. I'm trying hard to not to be one of those 'mortgage now I have to sell all my bikes and never do anything fun guys'

I've always thought as I watch people split to the front, don't you ever come REALLY close to knocking someones mirror off, or putting a scratch down someones quarter panel?

also with high-density living & plenty of baby-boomers looking for negative gearing - the rent is quite low in comparison.

Can be...

we were paying $450/w (2002/2003 money) for a 3 story 2BR penthouse apt on Flinders lane with 3 balcony's and a private courtyard.

I was DJ'ing mostly in the CBD and working in Fed Square / Flinders lane (at different times) during the day

was pimp as fk

edit: no car space though

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I've hit a van's mirror once (good luck to them catching you), but you generally have more room than it looks like from third person perspective. You pick and choose your splits and weaves. Trucks are usually a no go as they always have a narrow gap between them and the car in the lane next to it.

Splitting is much safer in peak hour traffic I think, but the dangerous spots are those keep clear spaces where cars can just randomly pull out into your lane because they see cars stopped before it.

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