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[mattfuzzy]

just thought id let you lot know i passed my CBT today, will be picking up a 125 ped in a week or 2 (yes a ped, as much as i despise them i gotta have one if im getting on the road as im a newb with feck all experience on a geared bike and cant use gears... yet) any advice as of which peds are fast and good? just need 1 that i can use 3 days a week for college and then going around with friends on weekends, speed doesnt matter that much but i want to be able to go 60 on it because i have a few fast roads near me
any advice/suggestions welcome

[instigator]

Ooooh, expect plenty of "gears are easy" posts then! Congratulations on the passing of the cbt though.

Hmm, 125 ped, 60mph. Not really hard to find one, is it? Most 125 peds will do 60mph at the top end. Two strokes would be better (runner 125?) and nippier but if 60mph is all you need, then go for any, bar a cheap japanese import.

How about a DNA 125? Not terribly fast I imagine, in scooter terms, but they look better than most peds in my opinion.

https://www.motoring.co.za/site/30/bikepics/Gilera%20DNA%20125.jpg

or a quicker alternative:

https://www.motoring.co.za/site/30/bikepics/Gilera%20Runner%20125.jpg

Not too sure if they make the two stroke version of that gilera anymore though, but I'm sure you can pick one up second hand no problem.

Got any prices/models in mind?

[mr jamez]

Get a geared 125 everybody has to start from not knowing how to use them, did you not learn how to on the CBT?

Few hours in a car park and you will be ready to go and able to ride something that is 10 times better in every way

[Gazdaman]

Gears are easy

I hope I'm the first of many, they're a lot scarier in your head than they are in reality.

After a days CBT on a geared bike you're doing it without thinking.

Gaz

[mattfuzzy]

[mr jamez]

ooh there is a RS125 for sale in the exchange & mart section for 1500

[G]

'gears are easy'


Got any mates with geared bikes? If you have you could see if one would show you the ropes on a carpark; though try and make it a tattier bike to borrow .
If not, I'm sure you can find someone to show you how to do it in a quiet area if you get your own geared bike.

Within a week you'll be fine; most people are a bit wobbly with them for the first week or so after the CBT anyway.

[instigator]

Take a scour on ebay and see what scooters there are for £1500 or less in your area. They generally go for less on ebay, but just be careful and don't buy the first thing you see.

True, £1500 can buy you an rs125 or it can buy you a scooter. Whatever you're most comfortable on. I wouldn't recommend an rs125 for a first bike anyway, so if gears are DEFINETELY not for you at the moment, go for a second hand scoot.

[G]

Personally, I'd say go with a cheap 4 stroke commuter as an alternative to a scooter. Will have similar power and top speed to the scoot's but should feel more stable at speed.
Can be got for not much and maybe even sold for more when you're comfortable on a bike.

[mattfuzzy]

[G]

Why do you say it's not worth getting a cheap geared bike, looks?

From people that I've talked to that got a >50cc ped as a first bike, most have regretted not getting a 'real' bike.


One way or another I reckon you could get used to it pretty quickly, even if it meant buying a local BCFer some beers to help out .

[.....]

Bite the bullet and get gears If you intend on riding bigger bikes eventually then you're gonna have to at some point - might as well be now. They are easy. You'll feel much more satisfied if you do.

If you only ever intend on riding scooters stick with twist and go

[Gazdaman]

You might be close to Jon B.

A cheap 125 commuter is a good idea IMO, I know I'd regret it if I had a ped.

Gaz

[mattfuzzy]

[G]

[mattfuzzy]

[Liverpoolrobb...]

i have a 2 stroke gilera runner 125 fx for sale £400 does 70mph top end. 18k on the clock needs MOT & Tax had a new few bits lol and has a few scratches but gets you about

[Liverpoolrobb...]

i have a 2 stroke gilera runner 125 fx for sale £400 does 70mph top end. 18k on the clock needs MOT & Tax had a new few bits lol and has a few scratches but gets you about

[Liverpoolrobb...]

i have a 2 stroke gilera runner 125 fx for sale £400 does 70mph top end. 18k on the clock needs MOT & Tax had a new few bits lol and has a few scratches but gets you about

[El_Bandido]

run that by me again
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[TheShaggyDA]

If you were only after a 50cc, then I'd say go for a twist and go, as with a top end of 30mph and (say) 5 gears, you'll be changing up every 6mph, and the same back down again, which is a lot of sodding about for that speed.

Since, however, you are after a 125cc, and as long as you intend to progress to a larger bike sometime, then trust us when we say gears are easy. The hardest part of all is just finding the biting point of the clutch and pulling away in first. Once you've done that a couple of times, just going up and down your street, you can then worry about changing to second. Initially, this can be as slow as you need it to be, to be comfortable - you're not trying to beat someone off the lights, nor attempting clutchless changes. This doesn't need to be as precise (for want of a better word) as pulling away, as the bike is already in motion and won't stall, unless you've crawled to a virtual stop in the meantime, that is Soon you'll be changing up and down from first to second with increasing fluidity, and then you can start using the rest of the gears.

It shouldn't take no more than an hour to get the pulling away in first off to a tee, and another hour or two changing up and down from second, so in one morning or afternoon you'll be out on the road.

[mattfuzzy]

[TheShaggyDA]

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