Getting back into it

[eifion]

Hello all,

Did my A (restricted) back in '07, rode a 125 for a couple of years commuting daily. Sold it when my restriction came to an end with a view to getting a bigger bike, but something came up and the money got spent on something else, and I never got round to getting another bike.

Fast forward to today and I find a hankering for getting on 2 wheels again. Never having ridden anything for 5 years, and then only a 125 I decided to get some training. Had a half hour assessment first on a 125 then on a 600 to see how I was with clutch control, gears, braking etc, and it went quite well. Didn't drop the bike or have to put a foot down doing U-turns and cone slaloms on a soaking wet leaf covered car park on the 600, so the instructor is happy to take me out for a full day's on road training on the 600.

So I have that booked in for next week. Can't wait.

[MC]

Howdy! Probably the smart way to go about it, getting some training rather than jumping straight on a Fireblade

I guess when you passed your test it was before Mod 1 came in?
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Yamaha MT-03 '08 (crashed)
Honda XR-125L '04

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[Rogerborg]

...and that's the story of how we got the 3DLD.

Glad to hear that you're enjoying it. When are you getting the Fireblade?
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Rogerborg]

...and that's the story of how we got the 3DLD.

Glad to hear that you're enjoying it. When are you getting the Fireblade?
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Rogerborg]

[Y'all be knowing double posts happen with mobiles]
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Ballpien]

Sorry, didn't quite catch that...


Good job op
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R125 - FZ1n ABS

Looking forward to the 5,000,000th post in 2017

[jeddy11]

https://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x232/jeddy11/Lionel-Richie_zpsd36c4f52.jpg
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Fuelly My Z1000SX
cbt 06/08/11 mod1 (second go) 01/08/12 mod2 21/09/12
Varadero Viking YBR125>Varadero125>ER6F>Z1000SX !!!

[Clutchy]

How insightful
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Malaguti F12 Phantom-Dead, Suzuki AY50- Dead, NRG power DD LQ, CBR125.
*33 BHP restriction up on 10/12/14* Current bikes/car: SV 650 S/ MKIV GOLF
Guide to pass your test with no lessons!

[Commuter_Tim]

OK, who broke Roger?

Has someone fed him tainted Haggis again?
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The above post is most likely nonsensical.

I ride a Bandit 600... badly.

[MC]

[Taught2BCauti...]

I met a bloke a couple of years ago, who told me that he borrowed his brother's 250cc bike and passed his motorcycle test in the 1960's - at the age of 16.

A couple of days later, his brother binned the bike and their parents forbid either of them to have another - so he never did.

He had recently retired, and at the age of 66, decided to walk into the local Triumph showroom, and ride out on a 1050cc machine - and very nice it was too.

"Didn't you have to do a CBT?" I asked - "What's that?" he replied.

As I watched him wobble off up the road, I wondered if he would make it home alive (he did, I was relieved to find out later) but I couldn't help feeling a little bit hard done by at the time - since I had much more experience on 2 wheels than him, and at least had a recently issued CBT that I thought should at least trump a 50 year old licence.

Still - government knows best.
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Honda Varadero XL125(V8)
www.TheFutureIsHere.eu

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Really enjoyed my day out on the CBF 600, instructors were generally happy with my machine control, observation and that I didn't seem to be riding like a twat.

So after a little looking around I found this:

[img]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhLzjMsite-VDBGQ2pCQ3Q1ZkE/view?usp=sharing[/img]

Picking it up next weekend. This is going to be long week waiting.

edit - not sure why the image tags aren't working, but hey, it's a naked SV650

[Taught2BCauti...]

frame looks twisted
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Honda Varadero XL125(V8)
www.TheFutureIsHere.eu

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[Wednesday Biker]

Looks really nice.
Much prefer them without the fairing.

[Matt B]