More photos from action you can find on my FB page: http://www.facebook.com/iTvinky

About Riga (lv. Rīga) city. I still feel like I’m in jungle. I have learned where I’m now, and how to get to University and back. Also few other paths, like, where is shop, etc… Great thing is that I have my bike here and GPS (navigator) – because if I can’t find bus which could deliver me to my target place, I enter address/gps cordinates into my GPS and ride on my bike. And yeah, ownig a car in Riga traffic jams is crazy – bikes pwnz totally. And I’m also glad that I have met a lot of people from different bike forums, who really have time and try to help me find searched places and so on. In one sentence: It’s interesting to live here.

Thanks for support guys! When will I write next post? Who knows… I don’t have so much free time, because I have only one free day and it’s tuesday. Will see, be sure to subscribe to RSS feed and get latest posts if you are interested

P.S Btw, for these who don’t know, I have Youtube channel too. I haven’t been posting videos here in my blog which I upload to YT. But begining from next videos, I will do that.

1) When you are stopped at the lights – check your mirrors and be in 1st gear. If you see that someone is closing to you very fast blink with the break lights, but be ready to use your first gear and get out of the way. In this situation my friend Jill from US was on other line, but still – that was close call: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlOVipqWAiM#t=0m55s

2) When you are riding behind the car, be very focused on situation (if you see that car are slowing down) and don’t show turn lights, that can mean anything (as you can see in video, there was no turn’s to the right too). In this case close call was to my other Internet friend Matt from UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAo84Ob-6gg#t=1m33s

3) When you are using other line to make your turn, don’t be so sure that someone can’t drive across NOT dotted line to do the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNflKjD8pKI#t=1m50s The same depends riding on highways and roads with multiple riding lines in one direction. Watch every car who drives near you and don’t stay too long in blind stop. Here is the video where car want to change line and don’t notice rider:

4) Deers are another story… You don’t know when they can cross your road, it can look like they will stay on their side. There are few videos (I embedded them, because most of them were short so no need for time skipping link making):

5) And of course there are lot more close calls when rider is speeding, but this is 90% of bikers fault (in my opinion). If they would not speed or do crazy maneuvers that probably would not happen and most of drivers would see them.

So my suggestions to bikers – don’t speed too much (and be very very careful in turns). Suggestions for “cagers” car owners – watch 2x or even more when you make turns and strange maneuvers. Don’t forget about turn lights and try to search motorcycles on roads, not cars. Because lot’s or car drivers don’t see bikes, because they are searching something bigger like car and trucks. We have one road, so let’s share it! Suggestions to deers? FTW – road is not for you guys, stay in the woods, eat some grass and play games there…

Stay safe!

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Firma: Kawasaki
Modelis: Ninja 250R
Izlaiduma gads: 2008
Dzinējs: 4-taktu, DOHC, 8 vārstu, 2 cil., 249 cm3 šķidruma dzeses dzinējs ar elektronisko degvielas iesmidzināšanu
Jauda: 22.2 kW {30 ZS} / 10,500 rpm
Griezes moments: 21.0 N·m {2.14 kgf·m} / 8,500 rpm
Pārnesumu kārba: 6 pārnesumu mehāniskā
Riteņu izmēri:
110/70ZR17M/C (54S)
130/70ZR17M/C (62S)
Svars: 152 kg
Degvielas bāka: 18 litri
Garantija: līdz 2010. gada maijam
TA (tehniskā apskate): līdz 2010. gada 21.maijam
Cena: 3100 EURO
Precīzāka informācija par doto motociklu: kawasaki.lv

Informācija:

Motocikls ir pirkts Kawasaki centrā Latvijā, pašlaik esmu otrais saimnieks. Neesmu ātruma mīlētājs un triku taisītājs (respektīvi mani neinteresē burnout, wheelie, stoppie utt.), tāpēc maksimālo ātrumu nepateikšu, bet to varat pameklēt internetā: Googlē, vai Youtube. Pēc nopirkšanas no iepriekšējā (un pirmā) saimnieka nomainīju: priekšējos bremžu klučus un aizmugurējo riepu. Esmu uzlīmējis oriģinālo bākas uzlīmi, kas pasargā bāku no skrāpējumiem. Pa šo sezonu esmu nobraucis jau vairāk par 5 000 km, jo braukšana ar šo motociklu ir tīrais prieks. Tā kā šis ir 250 kubu motocikls un viņa zirgspēki ir zem <34, tad ar to var braukt no 18 gadiem nokārtojot tiesības uz A* (ierobežoto) kategoriju. Ja Jūs noliekat doto A* kategoriju CSDD, tad pēc 2 gadu stāža automātiski saņemsiet A kategoriju neko nepārkārtojot. Bāka motociklam ir liela, 18 litri un patēriņš braucot 90-95km/h uz 100km ir aptuveni 4L – kas priekš mūsu laikiem ir ļoti ekonomiski. Ar šo motociklu esmu vairākkārt ceļojis pa Latviju, devies uz Krustpili, Rīgu, Daugavpili un citām pilsētām. Tas ir piemērots arī iesācējiem, par to var palasīt arī internetā. Pašam pieredzes ar mopēdiem/motorolleriem nebija bijis un šajā motociklā neesmu vīlies. Arī manai draudzenei nebija problēmu iemācīties braukt ar to. Visa apkope un eļļas mainīšana tika darīta Kawasaki servisā. Esmu arī atradis grāmatiņu par šo motociklu angļu valodā un studējis, viņu varētu iedot arī līdzi, jo Kawasaki centrā nekādu grāmatu nedeva līdzi. Varētu līdzi iedot arī bākas somiņu, kas stiprinās ar magnētiem. Ja rodas kādi jautājumi uz kuriem šeit neesmu atbildējis, droši rakstiet (e-pastu var atrast contacts sadaļā) vai zvaniet pa telefonu, kas norādīts kādā no šīm mājas lapām:

• http://www.ss.lv/msg/lv/transport/moto-transport/motorcycles/kawasaki/colxx.html
• http://www.zip.lv/show/?i=789216&search=ee378da59d25f516285fb6eceeb42681&place=1
• http://reklama.lv/lv/data/transport/mototransport/motorcycles/kawasaki/7525805.html

Jautājumi un atbildes

Kāds ir motocikla nobraukums?
13 000km (doto skaitli atjaunošu ik pēc laika, jo braukāju ļoti bieži).

Vai motocikls ir kritis/bijis avārijā?
Nē, motocikls nav kritis un nav bijis avārijā.

Vai ir pieejams vēl kādas bildes?
Jā, dodamies pa šo adresi http://picasaweb.google.com/iTvinky/KawasakiNinja250R2008Year un varam apskatīt ari citas (jeb klikšķinām uz augstāk redzamās bildes).

P.S I will definately try to attend at next motorcycle season opening/closing in Latvia!

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