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Darth-Simba
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PostPosted: 13:02 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: My starter bike Reply with quote

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Mark 37
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd consider changing the thread title, cause that's not a "bike".
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PostPosted: 17:20 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

As above.
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark 37 wrote:
I'd consider changing the thread title, cause that's not a "bike".


Appears to be a unicycle..
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh dear. My sympathies.

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PostPosted: 19:32 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea whatever
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PostPosted: 20:03 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

is that a cabbage attached to the front wheel?
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

At least you wont get any speeding tickets
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PostPosted: 20:23 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its the lock actually, I don't care what you guys think. I am taking it 1 step at a time.
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PostPosted: 20:26 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darth-Simba wrote:
Its the lock actually, I don't care what you guys think. I am taking it 1 step at a time.


dont take it to heart mate, you thinking of passing full test in the future ?
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PostPosted: 21:02 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

This will never teach you a thing about motorcycles Tut Tut
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PostPosted: 21:04 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

RhynoCZ wrote:
This will never teach you a thing about motorcycles Tut Tut


this, better off starting on a geared 125
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PostPosted: 21:09 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea I will be doing mod 1 and 2 in the future. I bought this as its cheap to run, insure and tax. Only using it to commute to work and my parents. I also know its completely different to a geared bike.

I just want some confidence with powered 2 wheels, taking baby steps. As I had my collar bone smashed by a cager 2 years ago whilst cycling.
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

get your self to a school and they may let you have a go on a 500cc bike, if you can ride that off the bat then you should have no problem
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PostPosted: 21:19 - 27 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darth-Simba wrote:
Yea I will be doing mod 1 and 2 in the future. I bought this as its cheap to run, insure and tax. Only using it to commute to work and my parents. I also know its completely different to a geared bike.

I just want some confidence with powered 2 wheels, taking baby steps. As I had my collar bone smashed by a cager 2 years ago whilst cycling.


I find this worse way to learn than some geared small bike. At least I feel much safer on proper motorcycle, because these scooters have small wheels too close to each other, which make it quite unstable. Thumbs Up

It's just my personal experience with a 50cc scooter, also the lean angles are restricted, a lot, I scraped the center stand on it. This and those small wheels are quite dangerous thing about the scooters + it's got no clutch obviously, so it's no secret that many people were dragged around the parking lot by that small thing, which is quite fun to watch Smile
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PostPosted: 00:12 - 28 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see bikes below on the ebay listings, but none in the thread. Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:10 - 28 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darth-Simba wrote:

I just want some confidence with powered 2 wheels, taking baby steps. As I had my collar bone smashed by a cager 2 years ago whilst cycling.


Those tiny wheels will not give you confidence, and for good reason. The tiny wheels on mopeds are properly unstable, and will scare the crap out of you if you hit a pothole. And almost all mopeds are a bit of a disaster in terms of riding dynamics. The only advantage of a moped like this in terms of making things easier is the lack of gears. In every other way, something like a YBR or similar will give you both more confidence, and more relevant experience.

I was joking before, but I was serious as well. Riding mopeds like this is a pretty unpleasant experience. I hope you dont think riding this is what riding other bikes will be like. And I hope you feel ready to move up to a motorcycle soon. Genuinely. It will make the whole thing much more enjoyable!

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PostPosted: 15:57 - 28 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

it might give you confidence on 2 wheels, but this is time you could be spending learning how to brake and use your gears properly on a small geared bike.

the fuel economy is still there with a geared bike, so if it is at all possible, try to step up as soon as you can.

crack on fella, you'll get there
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PostPosted: 16:02 - 28 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

RhynoCZ wrote:
This will never teach you a thing about motorcycles Tut Tut


Its gonna teach him about smidsys, diesel patches, taxi drivers, OAP drivers...
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