Did you buy a Big bike before having a full license

[NSR_KID]

I was just wondering who had actually gone and bought a bike which was illegal for them to ride at that particular time, ie never had a full license.

If so which bike did u buy and how old where you?

Cause i was thinking of buying a zx6r which is at a bloody barguin price, however my dad told me that i was mad , he said get the license 1st, but i found the bike to be sooooooooo cheap
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I bought a CBR600RR without ever riding a bike before

One of the best things I ever did.

Is there a reason this ZX6R is so cheap?

[Gazdaman]

I did.

Had an XJ600 sitting in my garage for about a month before my test.

Gaz

[Rob W]

Yeah.

My ZXR was sat in the garage for 5 weeks before I did my test.
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[Rookie]

Probably not; I'm looking at getting my test done before buying a bike.

[NSR_KID]

[The Old Geeza]

[Davo]

I had two GPZ's sitting in the back garden waiting for me to do my test

[zxr6_Rulez]

lol i got a zxr6 before i could bloody ride

[zxr6_Rulez]

[Rob W]

I think it made me want to get through my test even more, knowing I had a bike sat there ready for me to jump on the seocnd I passed my test.

I'm quite impatient so I would of been pissed off knowing I could ride something and then having to go and look for a bike.
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'90 TS50 > '04 Senda 125 > '91 ZXR400 > '90 CB-1 > '04 GSX-R1000 > '96 Bandit 600 > '89 ZXR750 H1 > '96 GSX-R750 SRAD > '98 RR-W Fireblade > '98 T595 Daytona > '03 Hornet 900 > '04 Fireblade > '16 GSX-S1000F (x2) > '23 XSR900

[The Old Geeza]

[colezxr]

yeah i bought my zxr400 5 months before having my licence. gave me plenty of time to clean it up.
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[colin1]

there are two reasons that I wouldnt buy a big bike b4 having a full license

1) its tempting fate, I know of someone who bought a big bike and then had to sell it when he failed his test

2) once i passed, i could test ride loads of bikes and find out what bikes i liked. It would have been possible to test ride bikes without a full license but i wdnt have been comfortable doing it
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[jonnay]

I won't be, cos I've already got a 125. Maybe after I've done my test, or after the 2 years are up
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[Davo]

[mistergixer]

I waited till i had my licence, mainly because i didn't trust myself; the lure of a shiny bike in the garage would have been too much for my limited powers of self-control.

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[The Old Geeza]

The nice Nurse has just reminded me of this...

I also bought my GPX250 before I'd even taken my CBT

Then sobbed all over it when I failed my first practical test

I then had to spend 3 hours cleaning and polishing it to prevent my tears sending it rusty


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[Rookie]

[yambabe]

I bought my 250 2 weeks before my first test - which I then failed! It was another 6 weeks before I actually got to ride it legally on the road.

I did still have my H100 to ride though, and I also got to ride the 250 on a private carpark whilst I was waiting.
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[Gazdaman]

There are always things that need doing on a new (old) bike.

My dad has a bit of a fetish about these things, he will always strip a bike, look under the tank, (not sure what he's expecting to find, a skull or something). Change the oil.

WD40 various parts, normally strip the calipers.

And it's a damn good job he does these things. He found a seized caliper on the Bandit, and a snapped throttle cable. (only the one to close the throttle, didn't actually affect the working of it).

If you can't legally ride the bike it gives you time to find these sorts of things. And clean it.

Gaz

[tatters]

Brought my 50cc 3 months before l was 16

Brought two AF1 125,s before l turned 17



Oh and very 250+ bike l,ve owned right up to my YZF1000R has been over 33bhp so are all illegal to ride.
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[Sparks!]

I had my first bike before I passed my test.

However I didn't get a car until about 2 months after I passed my test!

Not sure if it' applies.. but I failed my first (and second ) bike tests but passed car first time with 3 minors!
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[loply]

My first bike was 45bhp which I bought about a month before passing my 33bhp test. I didnt ride it before passing my test though.
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