Cheapest and most common bike?

[ronson49]

Hey all.

You guys must be bored to tears of these questions. I searched but no luck.

Im not really out to impress anyone, im 28 and need to get around 3/7 days a week. A bike is the obvious choice.

What is the most common mid range bike out there? Something cheap, can be fairly old, and will do me for a good few years? I was thinking around 600cc and restricting it. However, i have read mixed opinions on this topic... and dont know if its even possible.

So why not a 125? . I need a bigger bike, not to go faster, just to not look stupid since im fairly tall and pretty well built.

Basically, id like a bike to go from pre-CBT to full licence and after all my inexperiences crashes and scrapes, i can come back here in 2015 and ask "So help me choose a bike"

[pinkyfloyd]

Best thing to do would be get through the DAS course without buying a bike. You use the schools bike to get through DAS. Pass your full test and get yourself something along the lines of what you were riding on the course. Most places use the likes of the Kwak ER5, Suzuki GS500E or the Honda CB500.

All capable older bikes that will last you years providing you keep on top of maintainance.
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[danSV]

[Teflon-Mike]

Back up... first thing you need is a licence...
Worry about that.
Read this:- Recommend Me a First Bike
Your not a teenage tear away, so not so vulnerable, but as a complete newbie, risks still big.
Get Trained, Get a licence. a 125 may be a good tool in that process, but only a tool.
Afterwards, many options available, and in the training process is the possibility of DAS, which gets you an uunrestricted licence straight away.
Personally, I dont like DAS courses, they are expensive, and intensive training gets you a licence, but in the information overload of taking it all in fso fast, and with little experience around it to make sense of it all and give it relevence, you come out little better prepared than a 125er on L's after CBT, but with the possibility of jumping onto a much bigger, much more powerful machine to make all your early learning curve mistakes on.
But, to get you the licence, and if you back it up with some post test training, once you have a bigger bike, can work, its just expensive.
Post test, bike as a long term, dependable every-day work-horse, plenty to choose from, but the commuter twins, the usual post test bikes, like the CB500, ER5, GS500 would be the bench-mark.
Easy to live with bikes, with dependable motors, loads of them about, they were the schools DAS bikes in many cases, so plenty of ex DAS bikes out there, and more bought by DAS learners after test as that swhat they were familiar with.
Not very inspiring, but they do a job, and they do it reasonably economically.
For big miles and easy living something shaft drive like a Honda Duville or a Kawasaki GT550 may be worth a look, though I would avoid teh four cylinder bikes, as they are just that bit more complicated and more expensive come service, thoigh old air-cooled GT550 squeeks into the boundry where its swings and roundabouts against water cooled twins....
But first port of call, is get that licence sorted, and dont worry about the rest until you need to.
And ponder the merits of a CG125 type introduction.... it'll still do a job and help you get your licence, while you find out of you enjoy bikes, and not demand too much outlay in the doing.
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