CBT Done

[quacker_boy]

You may now all grovel before me

Took a while to get round to it I guess but next stage is theory and then DAS in June when I'm 21.

First time riding a 125 and I have to say I was terrified, it was Yamaha YBR and it lacked any kind of power and JUST about managed 60mph with the engine screaming and about to pop.

How do people ride these things and feel safe? Pulling out of junctions, onto roundabouts etc, it's just ridiculous. You have no road presence and don't have the power to get yourself out of sticky situations.

Either way, onwards and upwards!
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wizzzard wrote: Imagine God just stopping by, tidying your front room up and then quietly letting himself out again. Statisticly more likely to happen than Korn being on here.

[tutton]

Bwhaha you should be made to ride a 50, even worse...
Now only the hard bit to go then?
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Past: '05 Peugeot XPS '99 Aprillia RS125 '94 FZR600R
Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30

[ish765]

Nice one.

I have the same debate going at the moment. I don’t worry about pulling away at junction’s, but they soon catch up out of town.

I am happy to sit at 50-55 on A roads, it’s rather annoying everyone else feels they need to do 65-70. I imagin I’ll take my A2 within 2 years, but for now I’m going to develop a suborn attitude and wear a hi-viz vest.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

1st little step into biking..Nice 1

[ish765]

I agree. I find roundabouts and junctions the least intimidating part of riding a small bike. It’s been a long time since I had a gp100, and got good enough to hold high revs wile pulling away (reliably)

4 stokes may be less powerful but easier to master, or so I imagine after riding the CG on my CBT.

I have to re-learn a lot of that fine clutch control because I never used to have cars pull out faster than me. Not surprising when you think how light a 100-125cc is compared to getting a car moving.

The trick is keeping the power, so you keep relatively high revs from 1st upwards.
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RXS100 On the Road.

[quacker_boy]

Pat, I'm not sure you've got the right idea, I've had a full license for three years in Dubai so I'm a fairly capable rider, I'm not a complete n00b It's just riding something that lacks any distinguishable power is scarier than riding flat out on a CBR600RR.

Or am I just mad?
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wizzzard wrote: Imagine God just stopping by, tidying your front room up and then quietly letting himself out again. Statisticly more likely to happen than Korn being on here.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

[bacon]

[quacker_boy]

[craigs23]

[Seb]

To be fair, said YBR probably isnt so bad when it's rider doesn't weigh half a ton
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[MaybeGuy]

pulling away is about clutch control on a 125 commuter.
get that nailed and you'll probably get to 30 just as fast as you could on a 400.

dont blame your piss poor pulling away on the bike
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Steve-D]

At least you didn't flip the YBR.
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Tristan The said 'Dunno what my pace will be like, fastish slow puncture on the rear and if I go too fast I risk my 'keys' falling out'

[The Tot]

[B10Hazard]

I have gone from awsome power from my old fzr to my sachs which isnt bad really, i didnt want to abuse the fzr through the winter in the area i live in. All muddy country lanes and horse shit riden main roads from huge tractors etc.
And that feels strange going back to the old days of moped kind of speeds.

But summer is on its way and so is my cbr 6 with any luck
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No longer any socks
Let me take you on a trip . . let me show the world in my eyes.

[quacker_boy]

Craig, I can't understand the love you have for your little bike when you'ver got a 6RR in the garage as well

Seb, it's all muscle

Matt, I'm used to pulling away in a fairly calm manner, not red-lining the damn thing and letting the clutch out

Steve, you're an asshole Titz, hush you little asian, I'll come and see you in Summer when I've got a bike and show you I'm capable
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wizzzard wrote: Imagine God just stopping by, tidying your front room up and then quietly letting himself out again. Statisticly more likely to happen than Korn being on here.

[craigs23]

I think once you've respected the thing for what is - kinda like a push bike with an engine and you change your frame of mind and, occasionally the roads you ride on - it begins to make sense. It's nothing about speed or performance, it's all about just enjoying being on a bike and seeing where it'll take you. It chills me out more than anything else I know.

It gives me a feeling of satisfaction I don't get with other far more capable bikes. I enjoy riding bikes fast for sure, and when the mood takes me, riding to work at silly mph or going out at the weekend to set my hair on fire. But the RR's merely a precision tool that's astounding at what it can do - it doesn't give me much more to the whole experience. Old knackered little 400s aside, most sportsbikes I've ridden feel a little souless these days.

And a YBR has about 25% more power than my XR

[quacker_boy]

Craig I can see your point to some extent, I used to thoroughly enjoy bimbling along on my dad's little Kawasaki Estrella 250. It was brilliant fun and allows me to perceive biking in a whole different way.

I really did enjoy just going out on it for the hell of it in boardshorts, t-shirt and flip flops during the warmer months in Dubai but like you say, it's not as focused or as precise as a modern day sports bike because it's only a piddly little thing and that wasn't what it was designed for.

BUT it was still bloody good fun, but a 125, suicide in the form of two wheels and an engine if you ask me
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wizzzard wrote: Imagine God just stopping by, tidying your front room up and then quietly letting himself out again. Statisticly more likely to happen than Korn being on here.

[craigs23]

[quacker_boy]

I feel the urge to get a t-shirt printed for you saying something along the lines of:

"I ride a 125. I'm hardcore"



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wizzzard wrote: Imagine God just stopping by, tidying your front room up and then quietly letting himself out again. Statisticly more likely to happen than Korn being on here.

[metalangel]

Don't like 125s... you need to rag the hell out of it to get up the gentlest inclines (or you just flood the engine, like I did on my CBT ride!)
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

[metalangel]

Nah, I think I just was in too high a gear and gave it too much of a twist... it just conked out and refused to start again.
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"A faired bike will get you 10x more clunge than a unfaired one." -Marlboro Matt

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

[Tom1528]