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Im going to be playing my mate in his first 40k game ever (And my first in quite some time) sticking with a nice low 500 points.
Hes got Orks, not entirely sure on his list at this point, but he said hes taking Nobs and probably Koptas.

My list is as follows, I have around 15 pts left over, and would like ideas, keep in mind that I'm not trying to take a "hard" list, just something that should be nice and fun to use/fight

HQ:
Captain on Bike

Troops 1
Biker Sqaud
4x Bikes w/ 2x flamers
1x Attack Bike w/heavy bolter


Troops 2
Biker Squad
4x Bikes w/ 2x meltaguns
1x Attack Bike w/Multimelta

Depending on whether he takes any vehicles, I may drop the meltas for plasmas, extra firepower and wont be too harsh by instakilling his nobs/koptas (I believe they are all T4 for ID purposes right?)

There really isnt much else I can do model wise with a Biker list at this level, but how are my wargear choices looking? Any ideas on whether the list will be too hard/soft (I refuse to throw the game, but want to give him a good chance of winning against a list that isnt terrible)

I was thinking maybe Arti Armor for the captain with the extra points, or maybe hellfire rounds for some nice twin linked 2+ hit and wound dakka from his bike.

To be honest, low points hurts bikers, esp. if you are forced to take minimum squads with no supporting elements.

That aside:

The Captain is a black hole, but you can't really get around it .
The distribution of weapons on the bikers looks ok...there may be an issue with the ease of which you allow your opponent to decide their target priority.

But all in all, the opponent will have the same issues as your list, but bikers are known for not being cost effective with respect to the low model count even with their relative durability.

If you give anything to the Captain, I suggest a single lightning claw to make him actually lethal in combat.

Like Sanct said, low points are very hard on Space Marines. Marines scale up very well but are hard to win with at lower points. Unless you absolutly want to go with the Bikers I would suggest going with a list that has a higher model count. Good luck either way though.