125 inferiority complex...

Does anybody else have or has anybody ever had this?

Last Fri I went out for a ride and was practicing in one of the local towns...about 10 'proper' bikes filed past me at one point and I ended up tagged onto the back of them...then as we went thru the town there was quite a few bikers parked up near the town centre. It was sooo embarassing...I wanted the ground to open up and I would have been happy to fall off the bike into it never to be seen again! There's me on my little hairdryer (which I love to bits) and them with their meaty engines thrumming away

Then last night I stopped for petrol and as I was about to pull away 3 bikes turned up...it just makes me feel like such a t*t...I know other people have been there...everybody has to start somewhere but I feel like such a plum. Plus as I'm little everybody probably thinks I'm a 17 year old kid

Bikers are bikers and look after their own mate. There's nothing at all wrong with owning a 125cc. Everyone had to start somewhere and you should see no difference riding a 125 as to riding a litre bike.

[dirtydog]

Yeah it's all in your head

i give a nod to most bikes it wasnt long ago i was on a 125 learning.Respect to all who cares what folk think anyway enjoy

Yeah I know I shouldn't be so self-conscious...it's hard not to sometimes tho. It makes me feel better when people give me a nod and I feel a lot better now my bikes run in

you will pass your test next time.You know how to now ,remember to give them learners that nod .A nod is good ecspecially when learning lol (can i spell ecspicially )

Nothing to worry about. Bikers is bikers.
It wasn't so long ago I used to buzz about on a Cb250 - looked like a BFG on a monkey bike. Nobody gave a toss, even my mates on their gixxers/(insert random big bike here)

So there.

I was once chatting to a kid on a 125 who made disparaging remarks about my SV. Stuff along the line of how when he was older he'd have a proper bike.
After he started gobbing off about my fender extender I asked him how old he was. He sed 19, I said, "Good, old enough for a smack in the mouth then."

The point being, there are always going to be people with bigger faster bikes. Don't take the pees out of them or they might smack ya one... Wait, that doesn't sound very helpful...

[northwind]

I used to hate it when I was riding around on my 125, the looks I got... I'm pretty sure some people thought it was a Harley. The shame

The guys on 125s in Moto GP are faster than Rocket Ron Haslam round Donnington - and he's on a Fireblade!

Bikers are bikers