New Bike for 16 year old (UK)

[unknowndude00...]

Just finished my Bike driving test, and got my license, I am only 16, so I need a nice little ride to get me used to riding a bike, and only being 50cc.

I really don't like the Moped and Scooter look, and was wondering if there are any more stylish looking motorbikes for me, that are 50cc.

I am looking at a range of money that is £700 - £1,400.

Also insurance cost would help as well.

Thanks.

[bLiXeY]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-Derbi-Senda-DRD-Evo-50cc-/120863459588?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item1c24060904

[Kingstondavo]

CBT is not a test (you don't pass or fail)... So don't forget the L plates
____________________
Current Ride - 2010 Hornet 600

[bLiXeY]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Derbi-senda-drd-pro-50-white-edition-/150761308219?_trksid=p5197.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26itu%3DI%252BUA%26otn%3D4%26pmod%3D120863459588%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6606853441122014527

[Kingstondavo]

Neither of those derbi's are actual legal for a 16 year old as they are both derestricted...
____________________
Current Ride - 2010 Hornet 600

[bLiXeY]

He's 16, buying a de-restricted bike just saves him the bother of doing it himself

[Andy_Pagin]

Forget the look, just get a 50cc legal scooter and put up with it for the few months till you're seventeen and can legally ride a 125.

What's important right now for you is gaining experience and road craft and becoming a safe rider.
____________________
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa, hey-hey,
the men in white coats are coming to take me away.
Yamaha Vity -> YBR125 -> FZS600 Fazer -> FZ1-S Fazer

[Andy_Pagin]

Forget the look, just get a 50cc legal scooter and put up with it for the few months till you're seventeen and can legally ride a 125.

What's important right now for you is gaining experience and road craft and becoming a safe rider.
____________________
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa, hey-hey,
the men in white coats are coming to take me away.
Yamaha Vity -> YBR125 -> FZS600 Fazer -> FZ1-S Fazer

[Kingstondavo]

[bLiXeY]

[bLiXeY]

[unknowndude00...]

https://www.tntracing.co.uk/product_view.php?id=7227

This is the bike I am looking at, at the moment. Opinions plzzz

[bLiXeY]

I thought you wanted something that you could ride on the road?

You'd have to make that road legal then register it with DVLA...which of course you just wouldn't do, as it's be pointless. You'd go and buy a road legal 50cc bike.

[TheSmiler]

Opinion that name sounds like a small kid having a tantrum seriously get a run of the mill cheap scooter if you really want a bike right now or wait till you are 17 then get a 125cc motorbike.
____________________
CB125>CG125>GN125>ER5>K100RS>R1100RS>K100RS
A2 completed 23/07/15 Ready for the Golden Crisp Packet

[Dilyan]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aprilia-TUONO-RS50-Sports-Touring-50cc-2005-/330693920382?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4cfee4c67e#ht_1235wt_1396

You like? Stylewise at least
____________________
Current: 2007 VFR800; Ex: 2001 YZF600R Thundercat
Škoda Octavia (yes, a taxi driver)

[Screw Loose]

Hi, I'm 16 aswell, (and stuck with a 50cc bike). I had the choice, either of a MBK F1 Nitro, or a Motorhispania RX50. Google them if you wish, but you will find that the MBK is a fairly nice scooter (if there is such a thing), and the Motorhispania is a relatively nice looking bike, its 50cc and so road legal, and looks just like a sports bike. Guess what I took?
Thats right, the MBK! I have to be honest - a 50cc bike is there to learn on, you drop a scooter, and chances are its not its first dropping, scooters nowadays are expected to be dropped, and so built better for it! The Motorhispania on the other hand, drop it, and not only will the value go down exponentially, but youll break clutch levers, brake levers, possibly a foot on the way down, along with mirrors and other similar things. I'll put money on it that everybody on this forum has tumbled off their bike at some point in their lives. I'm still yet to have that tumble, but i know i would rather fall on a scooter, where my legs are infront of me, and so wont be taking the weight of myself and the bike when i do come off. With the hispania, chances are, whats left of my legs will be getting scraped off the floor like raspberry jam!

Let me just mention aswell, insurance for the hispania: £2450 A year. For the MBK: £318.
But then again, its your choice entirely. Your going to break the damn thing within a year anyway, and its only for a year. Buy a cheap ped (i know their unsightly and all) and put up with it for a year, get some knowledge, and spend your money on a decent 125!

Oh, and sorry for the MASSIVE reply!

[Fs1e woody]

hay im 16 and had this problem when i was first starting out, what you really need for your first bike is a scooter even if you only have it a few months. i really do advize the honda x8r-x i believe my insurance 2prty fire and theft was around £250 and you can pick the scooter up for around £600 dead standard. i rode it restricted for 3 months then when i trusted myself i deristricted it and had a new bike in affect. if you can get your hands on one i really do advice a old yamaha fs1e. mines had a toth of the front but still sits happily on the flats at 45 mph and sails up hills like a dream, does around 80 miles to the tank aswell.
____________________
Woody - 16 - classic or sport is the only way to throw down into the corners

[Kingstondavo]

[Andy_Pagin]

[Alpha-9]

I wouldn't bother if it was me. A year is not a long amount of time.

I'd save my money and by a banging 125 when i hit 17
____________________
Fzr-600 1999