Upgrading 2 Full Licence Advice Needed On Test & Next Bi

[scott_hood_88]

Firstly I No You All Hear A Lot Of Young Bikers Going On About What They Should Get Next, And I Have Been Through A Lot Of The Discusions Prior To Posting This, Please Feel Free To comment On Anything And All Advice Given Is Greatly Appreciated.

For The Last Year I've Been Riding A derestricted Twist And Go Scooter (I Am Familiar With Geared Bikes) During My Time On This Scooter I Have Had It To Its Limits Around Corners (I Live In Milton Keynes Roundabout City), I Have Built Up Great Confidence, And Would Like To Build Up Through The Bikes Rather Than Jump On A Larger Bike, Which I Am Unable To Push To The Limits, I Feel That If I Work My Way Up Through Bikes (Eg Two Stroke 50, 125, 250 Then 4 Stroke 600, 750, 1000) Then I Will Learn A Lot More And Be A lot More Confident In Riding And Will Learn A Lot Techniques Which Can Be Applied To The Bigger Bikes.

Therefore I Would Like Your Advise As Experienced Bikers, At The Moment I'm Thinking A Low Milage Secondhand Aprilia RS125, It Appeals To Me As Aprilia Seem To have A Lot Of Dealer Facilities In The Uk So Parts And Servicing Shouldn't Be A Problem (As Oppose To Sachs, Cagiva Etc...) Its 2 Stroke Light Weight And powerful, For Its Class (2 Stroke 125 Sportsbike) It Is The Most Available And Decently Priced.

I Am Looking For Excellent Handling And Reasonable Acceleration, Is The Aprilia?

I Intend To Get My Full Licence So I Can Ride The Bike At Full Power, Am I Right In Believing That The Test Consists Of Theory And Practical, And Is It Anything Overly Complex?

I Also Am On A Low Budget I Have Looked Around And Feel For The Bike I Should Budget £1650, For TPFT Insurance £850, And Have £400 In The Bank As It Is An Italian Bike Which Have A Reputation Of Having Costly Faults.

Thank You For Your Time

Scott

[zaknafien]

Why do all teenagers these day's have a perverted obsession with the shift key?
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[Ste]

[iain12345]

Get the Aprillia RS125 - have a load of fun on it!

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Keep working them off against each other - you'll end up paying 50-60% of what they originally ask for.

It shouldnt take long to get used to (and bored) of the RS, but it's a good starter for experiencing life after 7000rpm.

[Robby]

bollocks to reading all that.

Is it a ped boi asking which 125 to buy?

RS125. It'll match your trackies and trainers best.

[scott_hood_88]

Thanks Iain12345 For Being The Only Person To Come Up With A Decent Useful Reply And Robby We All Have To Start Off Some Where I'm Not Proud Off Having A Ped Its An Embarrassment But Its The Best I Can Do At My Age.

Scott

[zaknafien]

He'd probably have read your post if you hadn't super glued your finger to the shift key.
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[scott_hood_88]

LoL ok then if its gonna make people talk about the topic rather than my shift key addiction i'll write normally

Scott

[Mister James]

Why would you wish to write in any other way? Especially as this forum frowns upon such annoyances?

As for being embarassed of having a 'ped - I have one and it doesn't bother me.

[scott_hood_88]

the reason i'm embarrassed to have a ped is because all other road users treat peds as anoyances, were limited to silly slow speeds which tend to jam traffic, i personally feel they should allow 16 year old to take a slightly harder test which enables them to ride a 125 that way at least were not jamming the roads up, well thats my view anyway, but i live in milton keynes the only time i can keep up and get past traffic is in the rush hours.

i don't mean to cause offence to anyone with this post i just feel that being restricted to 30 causes more harm then good.

Scott

[stryker]

Not only that I reckon its a down right danger.

But big nanny-state knows best!







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[bikedudextrm]

You can do a full moped test when you're 16, it enables you to take pillions and have no L-plates.
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[scott_hood_88]

Can you seriously do a full moped test at 16 i would really like to take a pillion legitamatly, who can i contact about this?

Scott

[Ste]

The DSA are the people to contact.