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Postby ExoduS » Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:01 pm

G'Day,

Hello to all! I'm from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and new to the forums and riding. I've been driving for ten years and always wanted to ride a bike. Finally, a couple of weeks back I got my learners and picked up my first bike!!

Bike wise I got myself a nice shiny new 2013 Kawasaki ER-6NL with ABS. Given I have a few rather large hills in my area, and I'me a rather tall and heavy person, the 650cc gets me around nicely, that and I really do love the look of the naked.

Since picking it up a couple of weeks back I've whacked 650km's on the clock. Love being on the green machine! It's still all a bit surreal at the moment as I've always wanted to have a bike but never gotten around to getting my sh.. together and doing something about it.

Looking forward to meeting people and learning a lot!

Finally, here are some pictures of Big Kev the Kawasaki....

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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby 6maniac » Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:31 pm

Welcome, mate ... nice ride !! :D

ohh .... you can say "shit" here .... no-one minds ... ;)
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby Cwidova » Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:52 pm

Welcome!!
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby StuMiller » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:15 pm

He swore.....
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby AznCruiser » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:15 pm

cant go wrong with green....and cant go wrong with the bike.............is it just a simple restriction on it? Might be handy when ur on full license :)
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby young1 » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:06 pm

G,day exodus..great choice of bike mate!! smart choice
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby Sparks_333 » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:36 pm

Welcome! Good looking bike mate but don't get in the habit of sitting your helmet like that, otherwise it's only a matter of time before you watch it bounce down the tarmac...
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby Jonnymac » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:40 pm

Welcome mate,

Whereabouts in the east are you?
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby slaps999 » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:58 am

Welcome, hopefully cross paths sometime for a ride.
What Jonnymac said, where do you live?
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby Smitty » Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:26 pm

...welcome

and nice bike!
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby ExoduS » Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:17 pm

Sparks_333 wrote:Welcome! Good looking bike mate but don't get in the habit of sitting your helmet like that, otherwise it's only a matter of time before you watch it bounce down the tarmac...


Thanks mate, already noted, it was purely for the photo... I'm fairly paranoid about both my gear and my bike!

AznCruiser wrote:cant go wrong with green....and cant go wrong with the bike.............is it just a simple restriction on it? Might be handy when ur on full license :)


I believe it is a very simple rev-limiter. Effectively a wire on the CPU - shouldn't be too much of an issue when the time comes. Though I could be corrected as I haven't looked into it to much, got a while to go with it in place. I imagine insurance would tell me to bugger off if I altered it before being off restrictions.

Area wise, I'm out Mooroolbark/Montrose way.
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby Jonnymac » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:13 pm

Me too champ. Just near billanook...
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby greenmeanie » Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:01 am

Welcome to KSRC. :)
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby Six Addict » Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:56 pm

welcome mate! your bike looks hot! :kuda: :kuda:
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Re: New to everything! Hello to all!

Postby JimZXR » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:43 pm

Welcome and enjoy!
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