Which bike for 16 year old??? Help needed

[Tom_N]

Hi, This has probably been posted hundreds and millions of times before but anyway....
I am 15 soon to turn 16 and cannot wait to get out on the road. I have owned mini motos, dirt bikes and other small cc bikes. I am saving up to get a 50cc when i am 16 but have not got much idea what to go for. I have a good understanding of motorcycles and am not a *ped boy* as most people think when they see people that are on L plates my age. I had my heart set on a nice Rs50 but have heard these are unreliable. My budget would be around 1500 quid. Any ideas
Cheers

[Chiz]

Yamaha TZR50, Motorhispania RX50, RS50 if you want a 'sports bike' style. I'd save the money and go for a scooter, you can get them to go just as fast, they're much cheaper and you look cooler 2/3 ain't bad.

[Tom_N]

yeh i spose if i got a scoot i could save money and get lisence at 17. But i would really like the sports style but they do not come cheap.

[jonnay]

I'd be inclined to say buy a cheap scooter or a crosser-style 50, razz round on that for a year and enjoy yourself, then at 17 buy a 125 and do your test, or buy a 400/600 and restrict it. Sports-style 50s look nice, but they really are pointless unless you want to change up a gear every 2mph and sound like a wasp in a tin can

Jon
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[Flip]

His name is speed freak and he doesn't have a bike!

[Walloper]

[Tom_N]

hold on here flip i have got 4 bikes at mo but obviously i cannot ride them on road. Its quite lucky i live in country side so i can ride them on private ground although none go that fast.

[Tom_N]

so what is the best scooter then?

[jonnay]

A scoot's a scoot, really. They all do the same job in the same way, almost all exactly the same top-end, all handle the same(ish)... all that determine's which scooter to buy, really, is looks, to be honest.

Jon
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[Tom_N]

so what make and model of scoot do we reccomend then?

[Ste]

If you don't want to be a ped boi then I'd say buying a scooter is a bad start.

Get yourself a cheap, unfaired, geared 50cc. Something like a DT50, TS50 or that type of thing. Basically something thats not expensive, isn't going to cost lots to fix up when you drop it, and gears are good as you'll be used to them more when riding bigger bikes.

Assuming you vaguelly look after it then you should be able to sell it on for not much of a loss (if any). Sell it when you're 17 and get yourself a 125.

[riichy]

get a ped at 16...50cc little bikes blow up,,,"fact"
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[McGee]

[Walloper]

Scoot
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[Biker-Kev]

Get a cheap sports bike and sell it every few months for a couple of £££ more and buy another one untill you are 17 then do the same again and i gaurentee you will make money to buy a big bike.
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[Type_Mo]

Try and pixk up a cheap 50cc, Piaggio NRG's dont hold there value too well, so they might be available cheap, plenty of things to do to them aswell, can always sell it in a years time for a 125 geared bike, do your test and either keep the 125 for 2 years then upgrade, or get a big bike restricted.
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[riichy]

[Walloper]

No sweet cakes.
He's just a bit silly. (Slang speak-Not Real)
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[Hoffy]

Derbi senda's aint too shabby . Riichy , 50's dont tend to blow up unless they aren't maintained ..........
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[Simple]

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[palmer]

don't buy an rs. (or any race rep 50 for that matter)

get a crosser/super moto style geared bike, or a scooter.

[Simple]

[palmer]

ive got no beef with the rs, hasnt missed a beat, hardly damaged after sliding 30 feet down the road.

but i wish id got a different style of bike.

[riichy]