125 inferiority complex...

Loulou.....surely you can just use your feminine charms

One of my neighbours recently purchased a bike for his son(17) who hadn't done his license/CBT at the time. It was only 20 miles away and he asked if i wouldnt mind riding it back. No big issue so i said yes.

Even though i did ride with l-plates back in the day, it was still quite a revelation riding with them again and on a small bike. As philbut said...you get treated like crap. Im not sure i could do that everyday

I've noticed that even when drivers quite can quite plainly see you that they still insist on pulling out etc...although I have to admit that some have been reall courteous too. There's a few single track roads round my way with passing places where cars have given way to me...which is nice

nothing wrong with 125. ive still got mine a cagiva planet and i still ride it now an again. it mite be slow compared to the sv but it goes round bends loads better coz its so light

I didnt have much of a problem on my 125. The first day i got on my SV I had two people try to kill me though.
The problems i did have with my l plates was chav drivers racing or trying to 'Bully' me on the road.
Didnt have none of it.
You pay your road tax, You arent on a moped wearing an adidas tracksuit with your helmet undone, You get a nod from me.

LouLou, dont knock it, enjoy it. I can remember thinking the same when I had a 125 with L plates, but when I lost my licence for 18 months through illness....man....that sucked big time, I would have given anything to even be on even a 50cc ped! (I would have preferred losing it for speeding but Im proud to say I have never had a single point in 30 years as a road user)

Lou, I rode my baby Vara for five years, circumstances prevented me from taking full test on two occasions, before I got my SV and I loved it. Embrace your 125ness its still biking.

Originally Posted by neilfab

Lou, I rode my baby Vara for five years, circumstances prevented me from taking full test on two occasions, before I got my SV and I loved it. Embrace your 125ness its still biking.

Hey I started out on a 125 Vara too!

Don't worry Lou, spare a thought for my girlfriend a month or so back...the only spare set of clothes I have are, obviously, mine. I'm 6'3" and she's 5'3", so she has to dress up in what looks like clown clothes whenever we go for a ride. Ended up at the Whistle Stop cafe in Whitby on a bike night. She had rather red cheeks getting off the back, looking like Warwick Davies, in front of about 100 bikers!

Lerner riders are scum, simple as that, you have every right to be embarrassed!!

But at least you won't be a learner for long ... when you pass you can look down at learners, spit on them if you feel like it!!

The only thing you have going in your favor at the mo is that you are a wench (if not you have a really camp username and Avatar ) ... men are not going to like a woman turning up on a better bike than theirs!! I'd be more pleased to see snatch turn up on a 125 than a Gixer thou!!! I'd feel intimidated not excited by the latter!!

I wouldn't give it a second thought. Bike snobbery is not something I've ever really considered...then again there are the London scooter riders (and cyclists)who should know their place when around proper bikes.

LouLou I was like you on my first trips out on the local roads but that all disappeared when I went on a rideout with my mate on his CBR600RR and his girlfriend on an identical bike as mine. We went to Henley and the cafe stop just outside (forget the name!). Pulled up with all the bikers watching any bike coming into the carpark, no bother. When I came out of the cafe, I noticed some people checking out the 2 'little' bikes. Went out for a ride, came back and I managed to drop the bike whilst going about 1mph, too much front brake on broken tarmac! Was I embarrassed, No I couldnt stop laughing. Since then I have not had those thoughts again - a trick you could use is to spark up a conversation with the bigger biker something like "nice bike, cant wait to get my full licence", they will respond with a positive!
As you said, get out there and practice your roadcraft and you will pass your DAS.
I havent the monies to get my SV yet, so Sat and Sun I will be 125ing it around the roads of Frimley, Camberley, Deepcut and Ligh****er learning all the time - first time without my L plates.