About me

[RJSzynal]

Hi,
I've just joined as I'm planning on spending this year getting into biking.
I'm 24 and I'm a Cinema Projectionist (for now, we're all being made redundant) and I'm a massive petrolhead and know loads about cars yet I know almost nothing about bikes.
My parents are a Police officer and a Prison Officer so I've been brought up with the belief that the second I get on a bike I'll die!! It's time to change that.
I currently drive a Toyota Soarer 4.0 V8 (A.K.A. Lexus SC400) which gets 16 MPG so a bike will be a lot cheaper to run compared to that!
I've talked to the only biker I know to get advice and I've read tons of stuff online but there's still plenty to learn.
I'm currently sending off a D1 form to add provisional motorbike entitlement to my full UK license which I've held since 2005 (For some reason it wasn't on) and once I've got that I'll get on with a CBT and the theory test. Then I'll do a DAS course. My mate recommends attending the BMF Peterborough show in May as I'll learn loads more by seeing the bikes in person (I'm still unsure what type of bike I want) and he says there is a really good factory seconds stall there selling quality leathers and boots that just need a bit of stitching here and there for really cheap.
Right now I'm looking at GSF600s but it changes week to week, lol. My mate thinks I should be all right on a 600 as it has the power when I need it but it's also good at cruising, I have become very good at controlling the urge to drive fast as my car is quite powerful and also has the ability to go really fast if you can't fight the urge!

If anyone has any differing advice I'd love to hear it as it'll still be a few months before I'm riding, I have to wait for the funds!

Robert

[bhinso]

Might possibly be worth getting a cheap 125 for a few months, and getting used to two wheels before going straight on to a bigger bike (can still do the full test as well though).
and yeah definitely agree with the BMF comment, it's not too far from Lincoln ive been a few times and got some bargins

[RJSzynal]

Hmm, where did this identical thread come from? There is another thread that's the actual one people have been posting on. This is a clone and needs deleting or some thing.

Robert

P.s. cheers for the advice.