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When I were a lad
![]() Its all good - learning something from each stage and looking forward to the next rung on the ladder … This appears all but gone these days ![]() ![]() Where is the fun in that?! Also I firmly bleiave that riders will be better if they have come up the rungs instead of just hopping straight on a fast/big bike … BTW I think an SV650 is OTT for a first bike … get back out on ya 50s and 125s old skool!! ![]() Last edited by Blue_SV650S; 25-05-07 at 02:12 PM. |
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![]() That'd be 50s and 250s then.
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I think it's costs. Back in the day, a motorbike was a viable and cheaper alternative to a car.
Nowadays, with insurance being what it is, and second hand bike prices remaining quite firm, getting a four wheeled banger on the road is far cheaper. As such, people are getting into motorbike as a lifestyle thing rather than an economy thing, people who make "lifestyle" choices are generally older and wealthier, therefore pass the test and jump straight onto a gixxer, then jump right off (often at speed). EDIT: Old boy credentials: AR125, RG250, VF400, VFR400, etc. etc. ![]() |
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Yes that was the way I did it....... Well sort of.
never bothered with the 50.. went 250-750-1000. But had to borrow a 250 for my test as they wouldn't let me do it on my kettle
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having spent my cbt on a 125 i can't see any attraction of riding something that's slower than my car *with* all the added benefits of being vunuerable to anyone not paying attention, it was terrifying being tailgated by an 18 wheeler cause there was a slight incline and the lawnmower between my thighs had given all it had to give...
if i'd have had to go through a 50, then a 125, 250, 400 etc etc i probably wouldn't have bothered - SV is fine for a first bike, if you actually look at the accident statistics there's little to no correlation between experience and accident rate, but a very strong link between age and accident rate - the only thing i would say is that spending 6 years in a car before doing the bike test has given me a lot more road sense than i had when i was 17...
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I think I did the 'building up' (said tongue in cheek)
I did CBT on a 125 (Monday) I did test on a 500 (Friday morning) picked up my new SV650S (Friday afternoon) sorted |
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i think the idea is, if your're 25+ you have a certain amount of responibility / fear of death that a 16y/o immortal doesn't
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i know exactly what you mean blue
ive built up over four years one year on a derbi GPR50 then to a restricted GS500 then rode my RD350LC for a week till it broke (stil got the LC) then i got the SV650 cus i didn't like the handling on the GS caryed on with my restriction then waited about a year after the restiction ( riding de- restricted) (now) and got a R6 2002 model... i think ive moved a litle quickly my self but then in my college/ work there about 3 kids who have jumped on to SV650s i think thats just to quick myself but who can tell them? the dealers want to sell them the bikes n thats it realy... ???? oh and people saying they got experiance of lil bikes from there CBT/ test is s**t!!!! Last edited by suzsv650; 25-05-07 at 02:49 PM. |
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