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I'll be 16 in March. Want to get on the road asap.

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I understand, and remember the feeling of wanting to be on the road ASAP (I was naughty & driving on the roads WAY early - with parental permission I might add).

You will be limited by engine capacity, but I still stand by my above posts.

Assuming everything works out to plan, just ensure you're extra careful. Should you come off the scooter (heaven forbid...), not only will your parents be affected by it, but there's now a whole community of us that will worry about you!!

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true baph, out of town they're incapable of keeping up which encourages cages to do un-highway code manouvers.
you will fall off at some point and with a heavy bike you may become stuck underneath it. with a light weight scooter it'll never be an issue plus your pins are always free.

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I do plan to follow her for a while, help, not sure if my 1050cc will like going that slow, it'll kill my wrists! But at least it'll help build her confidence up.

I can't wait either!

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i'm sure there'll be loads of advice that you'll receive so i wont go on, except for this..........LIFESAVERS, POTHOLES!!!!!!!!!!

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See, Evie, you want the freedom of the open road. Your mum just hasn't told you that whenever you want to go out with your mates etc, she's going to be stalking you on her bike! :lol:

Face it, you might as well just go pillion. :D

Genie, you forgot... INDICATORS! :D

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Excellent!!!!

I meant that we would go for ride outs together, honestly I wouldn't stalk her!

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I bet she does. She'll be to scared to let me go out on my own the first couple of months. Lol

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That's a small price to pay. My kids would have to go to great lengths to demonstrate to me why they need/deserve their own set of wheels at 16. :)

Once you've got a bit of experience though, you'll probably appreciate what I said about the Vara's being sluggish. :lol:

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I did a month or so with my bike restricted, then started changing a few things once i got more confident..
My dad followed me on his 1050i tiger, as ignorant as it seemed, i thought i could outrun him on corners... haha

You're daughter will get on fine, am glad i started on my 50, gave me alot of road confidence and the basics of riding..
:)