Were you a sixteener?

Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

Seems the days are largely gone where people get a bike at 16 and then stick with it as a lifestyle choice ... Sad

So how many BCFers were 16ers?!?! i.e. had their first road bike at 16.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Me!KTM Comet, crashed it within a week and almost lost my bollox on the petrol cap.
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Ad_87 · Nova Slayer Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Karma :

Well, I got a Piaggio nrg mc3 when i was 16, got bored and got a cg when i turned 17, used it as my sole means of transport for years, and just got a cbr 600 f Very Happy

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Blackwolf · Burgerfist Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Karma :

17 for me,

Allways had a bike since then.

Next bike will NOT be a Honda... Laughing

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Wave2k · G's Stalker Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Karma :

ive had a bike since 16, and still have one.

I just drive cars too
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instigator · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Karma :

17.

You can only ride fuckin' scooters at the age of 16 and being that I wasn't a gayer, I waited until I was 17 before getting a motorbike.

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Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

At 16 it has to be 50cc, but to doesn't have to be a ghey scooter!! Wink

That is something else that has changed too ... all these 50cc scoots ... they used to be reserved for grannys and back ticklers!! Rolling Eyes

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Blue_SV650S · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Karma :

Oh and for those who didn't have a bike until >16 ... bearing in mind many of the guys in your age group did .... how did you get laid?!?!!?!? Thinking

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mad4it028 · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Karma :

i had an ar50 or maybe ap50 at 16 had a bike ever since and before i was 16 im 36 now
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Irn-Bru · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Karma :

Passed my car test at 18 then started Uni a few months later and quickly learnt it was neigh impossible to (legally) park anywhere near my Uni for free. That resulted in me doing my CBT and getting a cheap 4 smoker scooter (then my DTR) and been riding ever since along with the car. My brothers got scooters when they were 16 and never rode again Thumbs Down

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Passed my CBT at 18 have had a bike ever since (near enough)
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silky666 · Captain Rulebook Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Karma :

Age 16 = Gilera 50 Trial + assorted FS1E's.

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Blau Zedong · Banned Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Karma :

Had field bikes since i was 13 or 14, then a TS50X on the road at 16. Had a bike for all but three months since.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Didn't get a bike until I was 18. But insurance was hideous so not that many had bikes.

All the best

Keith
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Kaph · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Karma :

Am 16 now, have a geared 50.

Can't wait for my 17th. To bother with a 125, or to do test and restrict a bigger bike? Wink

Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

I waited until I was 17 to get a bike. Only a handful of my mates had scooters/fiddys, but I'm reasonably young still, so perhaps it's just a sign of the times.
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Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

16 for me, and had bikes ever since, thats 37 years riding bikes Embarassed

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lonner · Spanner Monkey Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Karma :

16 for me and still at it 28yrs later.

been riding bikes since i was a child 7ish i think Confused

Redoko · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Karma :

I was, and plan to always be. I'm doing my driving license on the side... Not as a priority.
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Spit-Fire · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Karma :

16 went from a scooter to a rs125 to a 400vfr back to scooter until i get a 600

to be honest i think a lot of it comes down to what's on offer when your that age to ride.

people are more style concerned now days
and the bikes that are the "prettiest" are not the best learner bikes nor the cheapest

same goes for scooter if you plan on starting your entrance in to the world of two wheels with one of them.

they have become uglier, slower, and more expensive,
and the market is over run with cheap Chinese copy's

i think fair amount of people get a bike when they realize that sitting in a car in traffic is boring, and insurance and tax is robbery, and parking is impossible

so a bike is the way forward Thumbs Up

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Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

I first got on the road at 19 on a bike. So I wouldn't say I'm a sixteener but it's definitely now a life style choice, the only thing I've ever had a lesson in and the only thing I would consider being on, on the road now. Therefore I shall just vote yes seeming as that's never going to change and I'm probably still incredibly imature Wink

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