Newbie saying "hello!!"

[kellyjo]

Just wanted to introduce myself and say hi cos you may find me hangin' around this site quite a bit! Ive only been riding 2 months (cbt march09 and bought suzuki gn125) but its become my life (oops! along with my 3 kids :)) so having ridden 2k miles in 2 months ive gone on to book my direct access training for the next fortnight, and in anticipation of excelling (lets hope so!!) i went out yesterday and bought an immaculate red SV650S, 1999, 30k miles with service history, YUM!!!:D:D:D Mad? possibly, no make that probably :), i just know that its the bike for me and i'll do whatever i now need to in order to get my licence and start clocking up some miles, bring it on!!! In the meantime, please be patient with me as some of my questions may appear stupid and obvious to you, and i apologise in advance for that, but i just want to learn everything about my bike and hopefully maintain it and ride it to the standard that it deserves!

[Mrs_giggles]

hello from me im in same position just baught new bike an angling to do test in next month or so, goodluck

[Lissa]

Good morning Kellyjo:D

Kids eventually grow up and leave home.................honest! But the bike bug will last for ever! :p

Welcome to Org!

[Tiger 55]

Ahoy!

No such thing as a stupid question by the way :-)

[missyburd]

Howdy dooo Kellyjo! Happy riding and all the best for your test :-)

[SVStorm]

Hello and welcome :)

I am doing the same thing. I did my CBT bit earlier than you and bought a 125 to practice on. Unfortunately not had as much practice as i would have liked as there was a factory fault with the bike and still waiting for it to be repaired by the garage :( Hope to have it back next week. I also bought a blue SV650S curvy in great conditionin with around 8000 miles on it (probably more like 9000 now as the boyfriend has been riding it) Well it sits in the garage is great encouragement to get my licence. Still not sure if I am going to go direct access as dropped GS500 twice in 1 lesson when I was doing a DAS lesson. Have another full day lesson with my instructor next weekend so will see how he feels I have progressed.
Well good luck with your test. Let me know how you get on :)

[zobers]

Hello. Good luck on your test. :D

[Frank]

welcome.
Newbies normally get loads of grief(jokey style) about their colour and shape of SV.
We have all been told off for doing that so welcome again.lol

















oh...best colour and fastest shape by the way.

[leesh00]

Good morning madam - I just need your bank sort code and account number to process your membership ;)

Welcome and good luck :D

[kitkat]

hiya, the bike is a great way to get rid of kids, til they start wanting to go pillion lol

[xXBADGERXx]

Welcome to the site , good luck with your test and get out there and enjoy that bike . I did a double take at your avatar as I dont ever recall seeing a Red Curvy SV in my life , maybe I just haven`t noticed one before ?????

[sv-robo]

Howdy doody:smt039

[Spiderman]

Hello and welcome to the best SV site in the know and even the unknonw universe.

i know cos i have friends that live on other planets and they tell me how great this site is too. Wibble.


Anyhoo, Cambs is just up the road fro me, well ish, I;m in Hatfield and i have a red pinty one...so if you ever see me about give us a wave wont you.

And if you ever wanna go for a ride, just let me know as i'm always up for a little bimble about :)

[xXBADGERXx]

Hello and welcome to the best SV site in the know and even the unknonw universe.

i know cos i have friends that live on other planets and they tell me how great this site is too. Wibble.


Anyhoo, Cambs is just up the road fro me, well ish, I;m in Hatfield and i have a red pinty one...so if you ever see me about give us a wave wont you.

And if you ever wanna go for a ride, just let me know as i'm always up for a little bimble about :)

Were you in a hurry when you typed this :smt003

[Spiderman]

pmsl, it used to say in my sig "i'm not rubbish at typing or spelling, its my cordless keyboard, honest"

And it is you know. the joys of lying in your bed and being 10ft from your screen,lol. And yes i do have REALLY big font on the screen to see it :)

[dizzyblonde]

kids?? what are them then? I hide mine under the stairs so I can play out on my bike:^o

ahh ok then...maybe not! Hello and happy biking:smt080

[kellyjo]

I did a double take at your avatar as I dont ever recall seeing a Red Curvy SV in my life , maybe I just haven`t noticed one before ?????

YIKES!!! You had me worried there badger, but i checked good ole autotrader and theres quite a few red 'uns, PHEW!!

Anyway, thanks for all your kind words chaps (and chapesses ???) my first DAS training day is wednesday when i'll be converting from 125 to 500 and i'm counting the minutes - 3780...3779...3778...3777...:smt043

[Venom]

Hello, good luck with the test :)

[xXBADGERXx]

YIKES!!! You had me worried there badger, but i checked good ole autotrader and theres quite a few red 'uns, PHEW!!


Ah I wasn`t saying it wasn`t a standard paintjob , just a bit on the rare side and I don`t ever remember seeing one , looks nice :)

[Owenski]

welcome to the org life. ;)

[-Ralph-]

YIKES!!! You had me worried there badger, but i checked good ole autotrader and theres quite a few red 'uns, PHEW!!

The best colour for a lot of bikes IMO! Welcome to the site and good luck for the test.

PS: You'll probably do your DAS on something very friendly like a CBF500 or the like and your used to a 125 with no power. The first time you get out on the SV, it'll feel weird and a bit of a handful to control. Don't fret, you haven't bought the wrong bike, it just needs a smooth throttle hand, a nice relaxed grip and a nice relaxed you, after 100 miles it'll feel great. Very rewarding bike, but can take some time for a newbie to master a V-Twin, it's worth it though.

[Sally]

Best Colour Defiently :)
For women ;)

Jokes, I has a red one!

Welcome to the Site, Enjoy you're time on you're SV and good luck with the Das.

[Swin]

Hi and welcome - been riding for 20-odd years now and I think the SV has put the smile back on my face for sure!

Ralphs absolutely right, keep it smooth and steady and within 100 miles you'll be stretching the sides of your crash helmet with the grin :D

[Kilted Ginger]

hello and welcome, all you need to get along here is an sv and a sense of humour, oh the sv isn't essential. enjoy, and good luck with the lessons

[fenjer]

Good luck with your bike test!

Welcome to the org!

[madness]

A belated welcome to you, and good luck with the test.

[Rorshach]

welcome , good luck with yer test ..


...and a red curvy, immpecable taste in bike! ;)

[Lozzo]

Hiya, good luck with the test

[Luckypants]

Croeso! :cool: Pob lwc efo'r prawf!