Howdy folks,
Name's Matt, and I'm a 28 year old guy that got bitten by the motorcycle bug about a year ago when I ended up riding a Royal Enfield.
Came back to Australia and picked up a licence and bought a wife-approved TU250X. Cut to one month and 4000 K's later, I ran out of patience and bought a 2011 Suzuki GS500F, putting 16,000 K's on it in the last ten months. I've had some great trips (had a three-day 2800K trip, and over Easter weekend I'm planning a solo 4000 K camping trip over four days, to climb Uluru).
I am still on a restricted license (no motorcycles over 660 CC, or exceeding 150 KW/tonne) until January 2016, but I saw and fell in love with Suzuki B-king. I kept an eye out, and just bought a 2010 stock blue b-king (prettiest colour!) with 6000 K's on it.
I'm storing the bike until I can legally ride it (January 2016), so will be stabilising the fuel etc etc, and probably idling/revving it once a fortnight to keep the fluids moving, with the 6000k service occurring on the day I can ride it. Do you guys have any suggestions for what to keep an eye out for with a storage of this length? I'm separating the battery and charging it periodically, keeping the bike on wood in a shed under a cover, etc.
This bike is going to be exciting to ride on; previously I've had a spin on a couple of gen2 Hayabusa's, a Ducati Hypermotard, CB750's and so forth. I know to exercise extreme restraint, but daily commuting this beast is going to be amazing! I'm still looking into touring equipment for stock bikes, any tips?
After the learning process is complete, I'm hoping to go with a Brock's Alien full exhaust system, PC5, PC5 - Autotune, and the timing retard /juicebox thingie.
This is going to be fantastic (as long as I resist the siren call of hooning and/or trees and stobie-poles.)
Name's Matt, and I'm a 28 year old guy that got bitten by the motorcycle bug about a year ago when I ended up riding a Royal Enfield.
Came back to Australia and picked up a licence and bought a wife-approved TU250X. Cut to one month and 4000 K's later, I ran out of patience and bought a 2011 Suzuki GS500F, putting 16,000 K's on it in the last ten months. I've had some great trips (had a three-day 2800K trip, and over Easter weekend I'm planning a solo 4000 K camping trip over four days, to climb Uluru).
I am still on a restricted license (no motorcycles over 660 CC, or exceeding 150 KW/tonne) until January 2016, but I saw and fell in love with Suzuki B-king. I kept an eye out, and just bought a 2010 stock blue b-king (prettiest colour!) with 6000 K's on it.
I'm storing the bike until I can legally ride it (January 2016), so will be stabilising the fuel etc etc, and probably idling/revving it once a fortnight to keep the fluids moving, with the 6000k service occurring on the day I can ride it. Do you guys have any suggestions for what to keep an eye out for with a storage of this length? I'm separating the battery and charging it periodically, keeping the bike on wood in a shed under a cover, etc.
This bike is going to be exciting to ride on; previously I've had a spin on a couple of gen2 Hayabusa's, a Ducati Hypermotard, CB750's and so forth. I know to exercise extreme restraint, but daily commuting this beast is going to be amazing! I'm still looking into touring equipment for stock bikes, any tips?
After the learning process is complete, I'm hoping to go with a Brock's Alien full exhaust system, PC5, PC5 - Autotune, and the timing retard /juicebox thingie.
This is going to be fantastic (as long as I resist the siren call of hooning and/or trees and stobie-poles.)
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I know as my son was in the same position for 10 months, it drove him wild!!! But now he can and can keep up with his dad (some of the time!!! 
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