hey all, im ben from massey west AK
just bought my first bike, 250 virago, chopped up, just been painting it this weekend, be keen to roll with some others at some point
good shit

whats happening dude,

welcome onboard, all the lads and lassie here more then willing to ride man, got any photos of your virago?

always good to see someone fresh aye

Hey Ben. Good to see another Westie. The Wellington Crew were starting to outnumber us. Looking forward to seeing the bike. Those Viragos are srating to get popular as bobbers.

hey Ben, Im in Ranui, on an 883 but i'll ride with anyone.
any pics of your xv dude?

sorry about the late reply fellas!

been so busy with the bike, workin out how it all works, so used to cars!

well i have just had the motor out over this long weekend for paint and just a general clean up

iv got another two month till i can ride, i lost my license and cant afford another 6months on top, missing the ol cars haha

heres a link

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000060894080#!/photo.php?pid=342274&id=100000060894080

this is it last week, im a hater on silver and chrome so its now all black, (back wheel and motor)

and heres a pic of when i first got it..

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000060894080#!/photo.php?pid=287115&id=100000060894080

yuck, too much chrome, too much silver haha

best xv250 ive seen so far

gud shit!

That’s actually been done quite well, be a nice ride. Cheers & welcome.

fuck thanks so much!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=100000060894080#!/photo.php?pid=353834&id=100000060894080

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=100000060894080#!/photo.php?pid=353811&id=100000060894080

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=100000060894080#!/photo.php?pid=353828&id=100000060894080
(thanks to elboneshaker for the lid!)

just came up from the garage, a weekend well spent, stoked i got the motor all blacked out and an oil change done

im starting to get a real taste for bikes, i never really liked bikes, but after ive been working on mine, seeing what you cats have got going on, i've grown a real liking! SO easy to work on!

but now i have seen this triumph, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erqS3k5h58k

cant handle not owning one!

so cool

rides soon!

that's a very cool triumph.
I'll give you my experience, it's not the same for everyone, and you may have a different experience & perception to mine, but i'll just give it anyway, disregard it or do what u like with it!
i started riding jappas in the 200-400cc range in my late teens & early 20's. Then I had time out until my 30's. That's when i tried jap cruisers like intruders & viragos. Then i had a triumph chopper. That had a completely rebuilt motor that started out oiltight but after not much riding leaked oil like anything. The motor always sounded like a bucket of bolts to me. It went ok tho. Apparently the triumph case edges were machined/polished in such a way that led to them leaking, but also some people say the actual cases themselves become porous. (The brit fanatics might correct me on that - Im no expert on the things).
Then i got an ironhead sportster. No other bike was like that. That was it for me. I found what i was looking for. An agricultural tractor-like bike that has gear changes that go 'clunk'. It didnt leak oil tho (was a '76).
Ive now got an evo sporty cos i wasnt into kick starting a 1000cc motor anymore. The gears are still quite clunky. So that's where i ended up. Im 47 now & had this sporty since early 06.

Hey man can you post the pics to the forum, i cant seem to get the facebook ones to work

love ya bike,that looks real sweet....and topping it off with a metalflake lid,man I bet ya cant wait to ride it,if ya looking for a riding companion only live 15min away out in the country roads.gives a PM sometime if keen

Cheers Brett, nice work Ben good choice in colour too.

thanks brett, sorry i cant use comps any well, i only know how to post up links

thats interesting what u say about triumphs, i like to hear other peoples stories, definatly sounds like brit sorta shit to do, haha!
i just googled ironheads, the first one that popped up, woah! fucking awesome man. definatly cool.
also just found this http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e222/72Triumph/P1010099-1.jpg
fuck yeah thats so cool

definatly keen to ride! its a bastard having it locked up. tempting to just ride,
what area are u in ren? im next to westgate