What bike for my mum?

[tatfan]

She's got a 5 mile commute to work every day, is fed up with buses, and is getting a bit worn out walking it. I'm currently trying to convince her to get a moped, or something similar, so, with all your collective knowledge, what would be a good one for her?
She's 50+, used to ride a chicken chaser about 30 years ago, and it'll have to be cheap.
Also, as she's had her provisional so long, will she be entitled to ride upto 50cc without a cbt, or have I just made that up in my mind?

[ian789]

If she's fit and healthy why not a pushbike?

[tatfan]

She's not that fit and healthy. She's just given up smoking, after 27 years (that I know of!).
Also, there's some pretty nasty hills that she would have to climb. It'd kill her the first few hundred times! She's talked about an electric bike, but petrol powered is much easier!

[Al]

Not sure about the licence question although if she only has a provisional I think she would need to do a CBT however long shes held it.
I think if you passed your car test before a certain date you then have a full 50cc/moped licence but I may be wrong.

As for scooters if she can,100cc-125cc lets you keep up with the flow of traffic a lot better something like a Honda SCV100 would be perfect they only do about 50mph but are just quick enough not to let you get overtaken in urban area like on a 50cc.
If she does go for a 50cc scooter then something like a Piaggio Zip would be good they are very light and easy to manage, stay away from anything sporty like speedfights, NRG's ect as they will have probably had a harder life and your paying for a load of pointless sporty bits that you just don't need on a moped.
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[Polarbear]

My mate had an electric bike. Biggest load of useless junk I've ever been privalidged to ride. A moped is a much better bet.
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[cb1rocket]

piaggio zip 50cc 4T, perfect bike easily do 45 derestricted (easy to do) and does heaps of MPG - and I know it does (cos I got the girl friend one!)

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[Ciar?n]

Get her to take a CBT.
Then buy a Yamaha VITY.
Cheap, 2 years warranty, years free breakdown.
CHEAP services.
65mph easy.
Discreet, and nobody wants to steal one.
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[stonesie]

Agreed with Ciar?n, get her to do a CBT so they teach her some basic bike/scooter control before she heads off to work on one, after 30 years her skills from the chicken chaser () might well need a bit of a polish, and she will be able to get a 125 and keep up with traffic.

Insurance should be cheap enough, im 29 and can insure my CG for a year for £85 TPO.

[Teflon-Mike]

Err.... WHY, just becouse the question is "What bike f'mi'mum?"
Does every-one imedietly presume to resort to sterio-type, and suggest mopeds and scooters?

IF she's going to get back on two-wheels, for all WE know, she might have the notion that she's not going to be stuck in the gutter on a chicken chaser again, and rather likes the idea of a Harley, or a Guzzi, or something.......

I mean, if she's smoked for 27 years, at a guess she's old enough to do DAS..... ANYTHING is possible!

Yes, Scooters and lightweights make a lot of logical sense, cheap, practical, easy starting point, BUT, surely the woman has her own mind, and with a little encouragement and enlightenment, who knows, she might rather like the idea of a Fire-Blade or something!

Starting point, I think needs to be to back up a bit, and look at a wider picture and see what enthuses her...

Explain CBT, and the 125 Learner-Law, explain DAS, then take her to a dealers, and show her all the different kinds of bikes, and see what floats her boat, if anything.

Sign her up for a CBT course, with bike hire, and let her try a geared 125, as a taster. They'll swap her to a twist and go if she cant hacxk it or simply hates it, then take it from there.

She may decide to stick to a light-weight, but not necserily a scooter, she may fancy a sports stroker, or cruiser, or even a dirt bike, but its the starting point.... and take it from there.

Sometimes too much help, can be as bad as none. Encourage, support, inform, assist... dont do it all for them, then wonder why all your help isn't apreciated.
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[Ciar?n]

ERM, because he is trying to convince her to get a MOPED.
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[pinkyfloyd]

Get her a Harley

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[kawakid]

Get her a car, seriously I wouldn't want my mum on a bike.

Saying that my mates mum has a 125 scooter, but for some strange reason she keeps on doing a cbt every 2 years instead of taking the test. That I can't understand.
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