I'm not the first to welcome you to the group, but I might be the first to recommend you take a basic rider course if you haven't already. I actually thought it was fun and they taught me a thing or two as well. And who cares if the bike is still on stands, we want pics! :)
-Kyle On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > New guy on the boards, and already lovin it. > > Couple weeks back, I bought a '93 Nighthawk 750. Neat bike, 40k miles, > good deal. Went with Tim (who's a member here) to go pick it up from > Atlanta, and he did the riding home since this is my /first/ bike > (with an engine, at least!). > > I've ridden it every chance I get since, in between doing some > maintenance and upkeep on it. There were a couple cosmetic/minor > things wrong with it when I bought it, nothing an infusion of cash > can't fix: new tail-light to fix the busted housing on the old one, > new chain the PO shipped up to me (the chain was kinked, but the new > stuff didn't arrive before we picked it up), new sprockets, fresh > headlight lamp... > > The first time I rode it on after putting the fresh chain on it was / > amazing/. I had a serious "OMG acceleration!" moment! > > It's down for the moment, however, as I wait for a rear tire. Since > the bike's mostly going to be used as a commuter ($24 for a permit > versus $134 for a car, whee!), I went for an ever so slightly bigger > tire than stock ( 150/70 replacing the /huge/ tire that's on it now, > 180/55) since they'd have to order it anyway. > > Really enjoying this bike so far, looking forward to watching, reading > and learning. > > -Kurt > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
