GN125 Ninjaslayer

[SoulKiss]

Getting an feel for the philosophy of "Its the rider, not the bike"

On the way to work today, was left feeling a LOT better about the GN than I had been, well there was this guy on a Ninja that I kinda left standing

Still only 26 hours or so of GN-y goodness to go, 52.5 to test time, and 55.5 to (hopefully) SV pickup time.

Trying to decide where to take it for its 1st spin - do I do a quick trip to Brighton, or do I cut across town and visit a mate just outside of Ware.......

Brighton (and Motorways) sounds like fun, but I think stoppie-startie, up and down the gearboxie might be better for the bike

Oh and an eyeball on a Yellow SVS with Hugger on the Albert Embankment today....

David

Good luck on the test

You ahve any pictures of the bike your getting?

[Spiderman]

Hey, nice thread with a couple of Soul boys in it

Anyhooooooo. If youre gonna be on a new bike remember it needs to be run in so i would advise against motorways till thats done. Thru town and out to Ware means you'll pass very close by me in Mill Hill so when the day comes give me a shout and i'll come out for a little play if you like.

Was the guy on the Ninja asleep or looking a fit bird on the pavement

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Was the guy on the Ninja asleep or looking a fit bird on the pavement

Spidey, you always have to be so negative don't you!

My money is on he was looking at the pavement...

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Hey, nice thread with a couple of Soul boys in it

Anyhooooooo. If youre gonna be on a new bike remember it needs to be run in so i would advise against motorways till thats done. Thru town and out to Ware means you'll pass very close by me in Mill Hill so when the day comes give me a shout and i'll come out for a little play if you like.

Cool - thanks for the offer - may just take you up on it - care to drop me an IM with a phone number in it - I wont be anywhere near a PC on Thursday until after I get back.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Was the guy on the Ninja asleep or looking a fit bird on the pavement

Nope looked wide awake to me - of course when he vanished from sight it could have been some uber-leet ninjaing skills in action

But no, I left him at the lights twice, one just after the Bondway, and the other going onto Vauxhall Bridge

And if there HAD been a fit bird, well I would have been looking too

Of course it could be that he was just having a relaxed, chilled ride to work and didnt care about the learner on the POS125

David

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Oh and an eyeball on a Yellow SVS with Hugger on the Albert Embankment today....

David

Possibly me - depending on times - somewhere between 6-7am & 18:19:30 etc


Yellow K1 Rear hugger (black), teeny indicators & pretty soon a big phat exhaust.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Kinvig

Possibly me - depending on times - somewhere between 6-7am & 18:19:30 etc


Yellow K1 Rear hugger (black), teeny indicators & pretty soon a big phat exhaust.

Nope wasnt you - Yellow Hugger (looked OE)and at 8:15ish

David

Hehe. You do make me chuckle. I reckon the Ninja guy was letting you get away first, if he'd wanted to beat you he could have done . I had a gn125 just before passing my test. Good little bikes but very slow now that I think back! Still good lukc with the test I'm sure you'll do fine. Then you can get a real bike!

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by sv_dan

Hehe. You do make me chuckle. I reckon the Ninja guy was letting you get away first, if he'd wanted to beat you he could have done . I had a gn125 just before passing my test. Good little bikes but very slow now that I think back! Still good lukc with the test I'm sure you'll do fine. Then you can get a real bike!

Glad to make you smile. And you're right about the Ninja - I am sure he could have Ninj'd me at any time (well isnt that what ninjas do innit - ninj ????)

I just thought that after my last thread about the GN, I would come to its defence - it has actually taught me a bit over the last few days - stuff that will come in VERY handy when I get to go out on my SV.

The bikes I had been on before, the CG125 and CBR500 both were quick off the line - I was having the CG up to 3rd at 30 by the time I was across most junctions - the GN cant really do that (tho maybe the GN125-2 is better).

Made me dislike it a little at first, I wasnt very comfortable at not having that acceleration under my hand. Now I am VERY happy with it, and realise its not really better or worse than the CG125 was, just different.

Thanks for the wishes of luck

David

No probs. I managed to get my knee down on the GN but I really would not reccommend it, those tyres a re a little dodgy! I had the GN after someone nicked my GS125 and to me teh GN was a much better bike all round and more comfy too. When you get on an SV it will feel like a rocketship compared to the GN. I remember my first bike after the GN was a Zephyr 550 and I was convinced that it was the quickest bike in production. I used to go round telling people how I'd smoked R1;s and the like when the reality if it was the other riders were probably not even trying! Still, happy memories. Let us know how the test goes.

Dan