Options for a bigger guy?

[sabian92]

Hey,

I have a friend (honestly, it isn't me ) who wants to sit his CBT. The problem is... he's quite a hefty lad. 6'3, 27st. In the process of losing it all (finally realised that keeping up his previous lifestyle was killing him... anyway, moving on). He just wants a scooter (adamant he doesn't want a bike - doesn't want to fuck about with gears). He even had driving lessons in an automatic car before giving up through not liking his instructor.

My question is... what are his options? He's telling me he's going to do his CBT on a scooter but I'm worried with his height he'll just bang his knees on the bars, and his weight will just make an already slow scooter worse. I've convinced him a 4 stroke 125cc scooter will be better (used the "nobody over 16 has a 50cc scooter because they can have a 125" reasoning) but I'm just worried a scooter is bad idea even though he doesn't want a proper bike.

inb4 scooters are for faggots

[bren_9311]

He should be ok doing his CBT, It will be cramped but its possible.


As for scooters there's loads out there, Suzuki Burgman 125, Piaggio X8 X9 X10, Honda s-Wing 125, Sym Joyride the sym's not a bad cotter if you buy new.


There is alot more That will be good for his size, i Have ridden the S-Wing and the power is quite good its bang on 15bhp i believe.
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[Rogerborg]

27 stone on a 125 scooter?

Get a pushbike, solve that problem.
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[rhys1005]

Tell him to quit being a lazy basterd, learn to ride a proper mototcycle with gears and to join a fucking gym

[Hetzer]

Tell him not to bother until he's lost half that weight.
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[sabian92]

[Rogerborg]

Off your high horse, you didn't even ask a specific question. Are you asking what scooter he should get, or how you could persuade him to get a geared bike?

Assuming the former, a Burgman 125 is probably the best size fit for His Lardship although it's under-powered. He'd be far, far better off getting licensed up, and don't say he can't afford it, his pie shop bills along should cover it.

On the latter, he may find that training schools aren't replete with scooters suitable for sitting any tests on, including A1. I'm fairly sure that the CBT school I went to only had 50cc peds rather than 125 scooters, and he'd be quicker pushing them up hills.

And maybe if forum fuckers - or his mates - had ripped the piss out of him for being a fat lazy c​unt then he wouldn't have got to this stage. The tears will shed a few ounces.
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[nowhere.elysium]

Said forum tossers aren't wrong, though. A 125 will struggle with that kind of load: that's the equivalent of myself, my OH and some shopping on a 125. Not a combo I'd willingly inflict on a bike.
More to the point, time spent pedalling might also give him some insight into just how exposed bikers are on the road, prior to making an expensive investment.
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[sabian92]

[J.M.]

Tell him that gears are much easier on a bike than in a car.

Fuck me do I struggle changing gear in a car. A H gear box just does not feel natural. Bikes have a lovely and easy sequential gearbox.

Advise him that even if he only wants to ride automatic scooters, getting a full manual licence is the best thing to do. If he ever changes his mind and chooses something manual, as there are so many manual bikes to choose from, he'll have the licence to do so.
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[SQL]

[P.]

27 stone is noticeable and very uncomfortable on a bigger bike.

125 scooter, fuck no. It won't work.

That is 158kg...

That is the weight of another 125 on the engine plus 30 bags of sugar. Not a fucking chance in hell. My Varadero isn't too happy about carrying 24 stone combined weight.

[MCW]

[maph3rs]

People who drive automatics piss me off. Learn to drive / ride properly and change gears. Its like saying im wearing velcro shoes cause i cant be arsed to learn to tie my shoes.
Plus he needs to think of the future. Once he has shed his said weight he may get a bit more confidence and fancy a big boy bike.

And why give up on lessons and not just change instructors?

[sabian92]

[maph3rs]

So has he tried a manual one? When I did my CBT (end July this year) The instructor said if we couldn't get away with manual we could learn automatic and go back later and do manual gearing. I thought I would never manage it. Now I ride a CBR 125 25 miles to work and love it! And if it hadn't been for my mate gently(?) coercing me( again questionable?!) into riding a geared bike I would be regretting not going for it. Push him as hard as you can into geared. Even if he does just get a scooter at the end at least he tried...which kiddies is the most important thing in life....Just Try.....

Oh and 5 miles? He be better getting a push bike....as we know the saying....one bike costs money and makes you fat, the other runs on fat and saves you money.....

one legged? Should have a wooden pirates leg as a substitute and a parrot...and a beard....and only 1 eye....arggghhhh matey

[no.folly]

5 miles he'd be better building up some running strength and jogging it. He'd lose weight faster than cycling.

If it's gears he's worried about and he;s going to go for lessons/cbt whatever, surely the place he'll end up at will have both automatic and manual? He should just try a manual bike and then if he totally hates it he can flop off and onto an automatic (unless thats not how these things work). That way at least he's tried. Sounds like a confidence issue to me.
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[MCW]

Sabian92, he is lucky to have a friend like you.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

*thinks sabian92's friend is secretly his mum*
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