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steven182

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1,886 posts

232 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Passed 4 minors 2 for going too slow :lol:

picked up the cbr about 2 hours later biggrin the ride home was interesting, getting familiar with a bike 10 times more powerful than what I passed on in a city I do not know :S made it home alive though. been great fun saw lots of other bikers out and felt awesome being out on my own =]

Think it's time for a nice cold onebeer

Dudd

964 posts

223 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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WOOOOO!!! Good lad. Congrats

Good feeling aint it!

Yoda954

2,260 posts

279 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Welcome to the dark side smile

black-k1

12,811 posts

260 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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clap congratulations.

RemaL

25,103 posts

265 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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congrats mate, if was local I would get your a beer

Rawwr

22,722 posts

265 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Nice one, matey smile

makatya

341 posts

239 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Well done. Just look after yourself and have fun! Bring it on!

jonnychez

117 posts

295 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Congratulations woohoo

Chilli

17,320 posts

267 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Good man, well done!!

I am Chad

22 posts

220 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Grats, welcome to the Real world :O)

steven182

Original Poster:

1,886 posts

232 months

Friday 1st August 2008
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Thanks guys =]

Hah it is taking me a while to build up confidince though, especialy high speed cornering can't quite go at the same speeds i go on my car. it is brilliant fun tucking up tight behind the fairing though you can go much quicker and just ye biggrin I am still grinning. think a bikesafe course is in order

oh and bloody hell the 33bhp restrictor doesn't even feel like its in slightest blip of the throttle in low gears and I've jumped up 10mph!!! its crazy. god knows how you lot ride your 1 litres.

Sossige

3,176 posts

294 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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Well done bud. After a while you'll be crossing off the days on a calendar until "bye bye restrictor kit" biggrin

Ride safe and enjoy

Soss

RabD

222 posts

227 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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steven182 said:
Thanks guys =]

Hah it is taking me a while to build up confidince though, especialy high speed cornering can't quite go at the same speeds i go on my car. it is brilliant fun tucking up tight behind the fairing though you can go much quicker and just ye biggrin I am still grinning. think a bikesafe course is in order

oh and bloody hell the 33bhp restrictor doesn't even feel like its in slightest blip of the throttle in low gears and I've jumped up 10mph!!! its crazy. god knows how you lot ride your 1 litres.
What CBR do you ride and how does it respond to the restrictor kit?

Darkslider

3,084 posts

220 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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steven182 said:
Thanks guys =]

Hah it is taking me a while to build up confidince though, especialy high speed cornering can't quite go at the same speeds i go on my car. it is brilliant fun tucking up tight behind the fairing though you can go much quicker and just ye biggrin I am still grinning. think a bikesafe course is in order

oh and bloody hell the 33bhp restrictor doesn't even feel like its in slightest blip of the throttle in low gears and I've jumped up 10mph!!! its crazy. god knows how you lot ride your 1 litres.
Haha, can tell you've never ridden the bike without the restrictors in, try a slight blip jumping 20 or 30 mph and that's closer to the real thing. I thought my ZXR was painfully slow with the 33 bhp restrictors in but that was only cos Id ridden the bike without them so knew what it was capable of.

Livid

1,335 posts

223 months

Saturday 2nd August 2008
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congrats! hopefully i will pass come the 28th:P

Si_M

29 posts

248 months

Sunday 3rd August 2008
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Congratulations!!
Had the same feeling a month back when i picked up my first bike (Suzuki SV 650s) Pulled away for the first time in front of an audience of salesmen and mechanics and.. Stall cool

Luckily my tinted visor hid my bright red face!!
Since then i havn't stopped grinning-the bug has bit!!
Ride safe and have fun matey!

oggs

8,817 posts

285 months

Sunday 3rd August 2008
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Congrats clap

steven182

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1,886 posts

232 months

Monday 4th August 2008
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Si_M said:
Congratulations!!
Had the same feeling a month back when i picked up my first bike (Suzuki SV 650s) Pulled away for the first time in front of an audience of salesmen and mechanics and.. Stall cool

Luckily my tinted visor hid my bright red face!!
Since then i havn't stopped grinning-the bug has bit!!
Ride safe and have fun matey!
Hehe I was worried about this too, but so far no stalls xD

steven182

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1,886 posts

232 months

Monday 4th August 2008
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RabD said:
What CBR do you ride and how does it respond to the restrictor kit?
CBR 600 F2 and it responds very well to it, but saying that I have not rode the bike derestricted. seems tourquey enough got 90mph out of it (on my friends private road ofc) but havent really tried to ride the thing hard yet as i'm still rather new to it all =]

oh drove the cage to work today for the first time since passing and bloody hell was that boring and so so so slow. and knowing I didn't have the power to overtake if I felt like it was just annoying, don't think I will be making the mistake of driving it again not until winter at least

Edited by steven182 on Monday 4th August 08:13

steven182

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1,886 posts

232 months

Monday 4th August 2008
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Livid said:
congrats! hopefully i will pass come the 28th:P
Good luck =]