Thankyou all! I am now the ecstatic owner of a 2004 FZ6

[LukeFlegg]

Thanks to advice from you guys, and ebay, I have bought my first bike. Slightly overboard when I was initially looking at 250, maybe 400cc, but now I wouldn't swap my FZ6 for anything.

I took it out for a good ride round my town last night, and being practically the first bike I touched after my CBT nearly a year ago, it's completely terrifying/very exciting.

After killing the battery the day I got it on sunday, I found bumpstarting it was totally easy, just 10mph or so down a slope with the ignition on in our carpark, drop it into 2nd, and you're away. So much for the controversies surrounding that that I read about across the web..

So yes I've very chuffed, I'm just trying to remember how inexperienced I am, and how much I'd hate to die at the moment, I'm barely getting it into 3rd gear before having to change my underpants.

If anyone knows anyone selling top boxes, I'd love to hear, I am looking for a second hand one (since the bike has made me skint!)

[Kara]

[LukeFlegg]

I've booked my DAS for this week. I'm just getting a little practice round town, otherwise I don't know how I'd pass really

[Taz69]

Are you not taking a big chance mate, your likely to get pulled before the DAS and get banned, if I was you mate I would do it properly put the bike away and wait until you pass mate.

my 2p's worth

Mark
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[Blau Zedong]

You'll be enjoying yourself when you get pulled and bum raped by the local plod.
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[Ade]

[Mister James]

An '04 Fazer was my first bike, I picked it up the day I passed my DAS and loved every second of owning it.

I was about to congratulate you, but then I noticed the rest of your post.

Put the bike back in the bloody garage, and take your sodding DAS before you even sit on it again.

You aren't insured and don't have a license. Why should the rest of us suckers pay extra so that you can freeload and put us at risk.

Don't be a tit and jump the gun.
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>Soultrader Mister James, I bet you are a copper
>Bazza Wow. Eyes like a shithouse rat, you...

[Andy C]

yea i assumed that was a typo when you put it.

I have never gone on a bike that i wasnt old enough/had license for so if you crashed and killed someone i dont think you could forgive yourself

I hope you dont do it again
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[.....]

He hasn't posted for a while - I wonder if he's binned it?

[Kara]

[LukeFlegg]

I feel pretty guilty now. I completely respect you guys and what you have to say.. I would much, much rather pay for extra lessons, but I spent ages phoning around trying to get a DAS for £400 for my limited experience because I actualyl can't afford any more. That's pretty much down to my greed, locking my money up in that bike, so I recognise that was foolish. I have been on a couple of smaller bikes, and I've cycled for years and am learning the car.. I'm also extremely weary (as I should be) I think it's a bit different in this little town in Devon, where my biggest danger is probably cow pats rather than other fast vehicles.. I'm booked for sunday, and the practice I've had the last couple of days has been totally invaluable.. I don't want a reputation as a tit, I'm trying not to be aliability and obviously I'll never do it again after my test..

[Dazbo666]

[LukeFlegg]

Man.. you're talking about me as such a safety liability to other on the road, yet I can't help but feel I'd rather encounter like me (extremely careful and concerntrating) than a lot of the boy racer twats that have made it onto the roads you know?

Even the guy I spoke to at my motorcycle training said that a lot of the people taking the course have been doing basically what I am, looking to become legal on big bikes, after getting some experience. You can learn in a car with your parents, but you can't learn with another bike driver friend..

[Mister James]

[LukeFlegg]

Alright. I'll try and just peruse the service manual for a few days..

[slj23]

tool ,save another £200 then do your DAS,getting banned before you start, really not the way to go.good luck with your test man.
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[wristjob]

is this a joke?
your profile says you're 21.
if you can afford an 04 fz6 (cheapest i could find was high miles at£2400) but you cant afford lessons or insurance .
you really are from the shallow end.
21 and not taken/passed any kind of driving test.
how do you get about?
how do you get to work?
how do you afford a couple of £1000 for a bike?
you sound like a newspaper headline.

[tony532]

it sounds like a very poor attempt to wind you all up to be fair.

it's working at the moment though!!.
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aprilia rs125 - suzuki gsxr400rrsp 1990 - yamaha yzf600r thundercat - honda hornet 6

[Kara]

[LukeFlegg]

oh my god!
i am taking my DAS, it's in 2 days. Only reason I have the bike first is cause it was an amazing deal that was about to go. 'wristjob' I got round on bicycle, and buses.

I will go for a ride up dartmoor tomorrow, cause there's no one there at all, it's barron and small nice roads visible for miles. It's hardly ideal, but calling me a tool is praps a bit strong, christ. I bet all of you have broken the law before, and like I said I honeslty don't believe I'm more of a safety danger to others than a good deal of bikers.. if I caused damage it'd be my financial problem the way I see it, I just don't want to endanger anyone else

[.....]

You're an idiot.

I hope you hit somebody's Ferrari and are left with the repair bill.

Ask anyone who has been hit by an uninsured motorist about how fun it is.

I had a brand new 600RR weeks before my DAS and I managed to resist riding it.

[Kara]

[CortezTheKill...]

I think that given that he's riding without a license, insurance is most unlikely.
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SV650 - TRASHED
ZX636R C6F - SOLD
Current number of wheels: 0 (not including a bicycle).

[JonB]

Gotta be a frigging piss take.

Dartmoor is not a barron place. Take it from me it is June and the roads are packed to the brim, mostly with caravans.

Go up Dartmoor if you like, but I wouldn't want to do it if I had no experience, some real challenging roads up there and not much room for error.

Sorry, what am I saying, don't go out on it at all. I live less than 10 miles from the Devon border and I wouldn't want to come into contact with you. Complete and utter tosspot.
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[Kara]