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 Posted: 15:47 - 08 Feb 2020  Post subject: Bought me a Bobber |
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Having just done my CBT and theory 2 weeks ago and having my Mod 1 & 2 booked for the 18th Feb I’ve bought a bobber!
Really wanted the Kharki green and was looking 2nd hand but not many about so ended up getting a brand new zero miles pre reg 69 plate bike delivered for £8700 from Bill Smiths, Chester.
Gets delivered Wednesday but popped in to see it for the first time having paid for it without even seeing a photo of the thing, it had just been set up and was in the workshop awaiting its test ride before delivery.
Just need to pass my test so I can ride the thing 
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Good luck with that front suspension 
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Just as it annoys the fuck out of me:
https://i.imgur.com/XuOzUL1.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/9cmB6rn.jpg?1
People sell these? Like new?!
Best of luck with the Mod 1 & 2 of course 
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Fair play Craig, you obviously know what you like the look of.
I hope you pass your test soon and get to ride the thing. Not too soon though as a single winter will wreck the finish.
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Its a brand new zero miles 69 plate bike out of a box, hardly risky |
The risk is that 6 months or a year from starting riding, you discover what you like about road riding, and find your bike unsuitable. For example, you might like speed, track days, country road cornering, or being able to filter and save time in urban traffic, or long distance touring, or seeing over other traffic, gymkhana, stunts, or taking on trails, etc. The list goes on. In that situation, you're saddled with depreciation losses. I think it might have been better to get a more standard type of bike that lets you sample different riding styles, develop some techniques, have a go at taking a trip with some baggage, and things like that. Motorcycling is fun in large part because with every ride you feel like you're exercising a skill of some sort. Looks come low down in the list of priorities. People are busy getting on with their own lives and they don't care what you or your bike look lile. The majority aren't interested in, or dislike, bikes. I believe you should have taken advice on your choice of first bike. I used to think I wanted an Armstrong MT500. Good thing I never bought one, as it's completely unsuitable for the type of riding I enjoy. You don't know these things when you start. |
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Its a brand new zero miles 69 plate bike out of a box, hardly risky |
The risk is that 6 months or a year from starting riding, you discover what you like about road riding, and find your bike unsuitable. For example, you might like speed, track days, country road cornering, or being able to filter and save time in urban traffic, or long distance touring, or seeing over other traffic, gymkhana, stunts, or taking on trails, etc. The list goes on. In that situation, you're saddled with depreciation losses. I think it might have been better to get a more standard type of bike that lets you sample different riding styles, develop some techniques, have a go at taking a trip with some baggage, and things like that. Motorcycling is fun in large part because with every ride you feel like you're exercising a skill of some sort. Looks come low down in the list of priorities. People are busy getting on with their own lives and they don't care what you or your bike look lile. The majority aren't interested in, or dislike, bikes. I believe you should have taken advice on your choice of first bike. I used to think I wanted an Armstrong MT500. Good thing I never bought one, as it's completely unsuitable for the type of riding I enjoy. You don't know these things when you start. |
Then I can just sell it and buy something else. Ive saved so much on the list price I wouldn't be out of pocket from doing so but get what your saying, I might hate it, but for now this is the bike that has made me go out and get a licence |
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When i bought my Xena it was blind and the only other bike i rode was a YB100 some 30 years previously and the odd moped now and again, i would advise anyone to try bikes before buying, but sometimes you just get a feeling that it fits and you see a bike and you just know that is the right bike for you
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