Hi! I'm totally new. Honest...

[pdg]

Well, "new" in that I apparently haven't logged in for 6 years, so I'll take it.

As my son is nearing 16 (how time flies, feels like it was just yesterday, etc) I'm having to learn how to navigate all the crap involved with getting on the road these days, and as an entertaining aside I thought it might be fun to come back here to randomly insult people again. If I can also display my self righteous brilliance at the same time, so much the better.

So here's me, looking at 50s again, wondering why "gears" and a fuel tank in front of the seat appears to be a foreign concept...

Welcome back me!


(Annoyingly, this will ruin my 1,234 post count. Oh well.)
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Any and all advice given should not be followed - if you have to ask it means you don't know so get a man in to do it for you.

[blurredman]

I remember you. Tried to sell me a Citroen Visa(?) with the steering wheel on the wrong side. Anyway. I always did wonder where you disapeared to..
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 38k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49k.

[pdg]

Was probably an acadian

And I didn't disappear, I got distracted by (probably) something shiny and forgot to log in for a while!

Anyway, how's it been?

When did little bikes get so expensive?

Why are twist and go scooters the apparent default choice these days?

Did you get that ts185 running right in the end?
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Any and all advice given should not be followed - if you have to ask it means you don't know so get a man in to do it for you.

[that_impulse_guy]

insurance is f****** crazy.
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Gone: Yamaha DT50lc, Suzuki DR500, Suzuki A100, Kawasaki z250ltd, RD350YPVS, Suzuki DR Big, Kawasaki AR125, Kawasaki KMX200, Suzuki GS1000S, Katana 1100, GS550M, Suzuki RGV250
Now: Suzuki GSX400X, Suzuki RF900R, NS400R

[pdg]

[struan80]

Hello. Welcome back.

It's sounds the same as it was when you left. Plenty sarcisim and a hating of Harley's. And a dislike to anyone advertsing their goods. And black transgender males/females. I'm in Scotland so I'll probably get arrested for saying that, thanks to that arsehole racist Hamza. Glad that he realised he was useless and jumped out.

Only tongue in cheek

[Ste]

50cc at 16.
A1 license on a 125 once he's turned 17.
A2 license at two years after that.
Full A license two years later.

[pdg]

[Ste]

Doing the A1 test gets the clock started on the two year limit of 6 points.

Is the intention to keep the 50cc until he's able to do A2?

[pdg]

[pdg]

[Kentol750]

A1 also negates retaking of cbt. Theory cost plus £90.50 for tests save a few ponds.
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Some bikes.

[pdg]

[Kentol750]

Course for an a1 is cheeky as fuck. Some cones, (few online videos of mod 1) a naughty bit of car park usage and he'll be fine. Mod 2.... don't ride it like you stole it.
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Some bikes.

[pdg]

[Ste]

[pdg]

Getting to/from the test centre won't be an issue (assuming I'm still alive...) - either I can pillion him there or trailer it.

The insurance bit is the only part I (now) see as a possible complication, but there's always a way.

Given the 'advice' I received from training providers, it's seriously looking like we'll only intend to use them for the minimum required (CBT) and figure out the rest as and when it comes time, even if it means sticking him on one of my bikes for the test.

Well thanks guys, this has actually cheered me up a bit and it frees up some potential budget for bike rather than superfluous training.
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[blurredman]

I dunno, £127 for 5 bikes seems reasonable for me, insurance wise.
Also, the most expensive of my last three bikes was not more than £250. Even on my 3 cars, I found equivalent prices elsewhere if necesary...

Yes, the ts185 is running fine, but I only use it rarely- a tank lasts two years at my rate. Only 1,000 miles in 9 years. Exhaust being clogged was the original fault. Still is a bit clogged but now I know that fact I'm not too bothered by it. A good 10 mile run @ 50-60mph straight does make it feel much more wonderful though. Did caustic soda it but will need a few more goes I think. I don't think i've ever really jelled with it like I hoped I might. Plus, I keep buying bikes, but not selling any so as time goes by my time on any single bike is shared with many.

Glad you're back.
Can't comment on the current licencing process though.
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 38k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49k.

[Skudd]

Twist and go scooters are now popular so that little Johnny Foreigner can come here in his little dinghy, get a cash in hand delivery job and fuck up basic highway code rules in a town near you.
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[pdg]

A 16 year old on a prov is a different matter for insurance though - I can fc a zzr11 for 50 quid with 0 ncd... On a car, I pay less per year on an xtrail than a friend's 18yo kid pays per month on a 950 hatch (and they have a big brother box too)...

But it's just what it is - just getting to school/college on the bus would cost him a fiver a day (or a tenner if he has the audacity of wanting to go before 9am - that's on normal buses, we're paying over a grand a year on a season ticket for a dedicated school bus atm), vs under a quid of petrol a day on a 50 or 125 so that offsets the insurance and most other costs completely.

We're going to look at a couple of bikes tomorrow - who knows, there might be a show and tell in the pipeline...
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[pdg]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[pdg]

[quote="Fat Angry Scotsman"]

[pdg]

So today I/we went shopping and my son's firat bike followed me home. A lexmoto hunter - needs a little work and a few parts but nothing really major. It should last a year after some fettling.



And what will probably be his second bike followed me home too..... An '04 CG125. Also needs a little work but it's a CG, after the nuclear apocalypse it'll only be cockroaches and CG125s left roaming the earth.

I think I'll probably have to be nice and ride the CG for a year or so, just to test it like. It'll be the first time I've had a 125, how exciting!
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Any and all advice given should not be followed - if you have to ask it means you don't know so get a man in to do it for you.

[blurredman]