Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Pretty much everyone I know binned their first bike. Many more than once.

First bike no (it was a scooter), first bike (125) yes lots, first big bike yes painfully & dramatically.
**** happens, I thought about getting a pretty faired pointy, but what's the point when I'm just going to crash it and have to clean it etc. Atleast the naked is cheap and cheerful. Cheap to insure (well it was until I crashed), cheap to run, cheap to repair when you bin it.

Originally Posted by Graciepants

buy a honda, guaranteed not to be stolen then

shush - your bike is going to get nicked and it bugs me.

Magnum, I think you're letting your inexperience override your common sense, no offence intended (well, not much).

I spent 2 years on a CBR125 before moving to the SV, which I've had for another two years now and I still don't think I'm ready for a brand new bike or anything that much faster. I thought I was a ****-hot rider when I left the CBR125 behind but the SV quickly made me aware how little I knew about fast, smooth riding. I do about 8,000 miles a year, which isn't much, but I still learn more about riding every time I go out on the SV.

Swallow your pride, listen to everyone in this thread and get a cheap SV for less than £2K. The insurance will be more reasonable, it'll be easy to fix if you crash it (and you will) and it'll make you ready to move on to a bigger bike after a couple of years.

[Mej]

Originally Posted by ranathari

Swallow your pride, listen to everyone in this thread and get a cheap SV for less than £2K. The insurance will be more reasonable, it'll be easy to fix if you crash it (and you will) and it'll make you ready to move on to a bigger bike after a couple of years.

good advice, an same as me, im always learning with my SV.

Originally Posted by J2UK

good advice, an same as me, im always learning with my SV.

Defo good advice here.

i ran a 09 YBR 125 for 1 1/2 months covering just under 2700miles. i got so much from the 125 & thought i was well good till i got my K3 SV650 & soon realised im only just starting to learn & i will cover at least 12000 miles a year just for work.

Go for the SV its the best choice.

for Insurance go onto go-compare as it take your car experience into consideration,

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

What?!!! by the way you speak I expected you to be at least 30! youre the same age as my son

Hard paper round

Thanks for all the comments, and i take no offence from them. Like i said, it really was just an idea based on the cheaper insurance.
My plan now is to just get the SV and consider getting the triple after a years NCB. But thats not even definite, i dont know how i will feel about the bike after my 18th.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by ranathari

it'll be easy to fix if you crash it (and you will) and it'll make you ready to move on to a bigger bike after a couple of years.

People that are guaranteed to crash shouldn't be riding at all.
It annoys me a little when I hear people telling newbies this nonsense. You may crash in the first year but it's not a certainty at all. How likely you are to crash depends on how good you are at it I reckon, if you're not very good then you're quite likely to crash, but that applies to veteran riders too.

TBH I think this "you will crash your first bike" stuff only really comes from people who did it themselves. "I crashed my first bike within 3 months, but it's okay, everybody does, and so will you." Erm no.

Ride cautiously, newbies, but don't have this "only a matter of time" ticking clock in your head. You control your own destiny!

[Dave20046]

Oh and another thing to add to your list of expenses on the triple, new rear tyre approximately every 700 miles if ridden reasonably hard.

[SoulKiss]

I only moved from my SV because of my off.

If it hadnt happened I would still be on it - in fact I even bought the Salvage back because I still wanted the SV.

Originally Posted by ranathari

..... if you crash it (and you will) ....

Why does everybody say that? It really irritates me Not necessarily if he's sensible and careful!

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Hard paper round

PMSL!! Did you get up half an hour before you went to bed and lick the road clean too? (oh...you're probably not old enough to know what I'm talking about )