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Moped Wanted
Anyone selling a MOPED?? if so pm me please (got a big craving for one at the moment)
Want one that doesn't need any work if possible, but good price also (am I asking too much??) THANKYOU!!!!!!!:D |
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Does it have to be 50cc? I have a 100cc bike that doesn;t need much and is sat in my garage.
Ian |
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wouldnt bother with a scooter i got one as my first bike all i had was problems with it and spent 2 and half grand buying it i sent it flying into the tml wall on the way back from doing my test they are rubbish in the wet if poss you d be better going for a honda cbr 125 at least it has the pulling power to pull away from junctions and stay away from aprilias well mainly any two stroke engines
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I'd be looking for ~£350. I haven't started it in ages so I'd need to check it runs OK before I'd feel happy selling it. I'll try and get it out this weekend.
Ian |
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Seriously though, I did a motorcycling course a few years ago, from the CBT to full licence. It took me a month, and I did the direct access, which meant that I could ride anything, instead of having to wait 2 years on a restricted bike. A 125 does not have much in the way of pulling power - I was riding down to Hastings on the A21, and was trying to pass an articulated lorry on a 125. I was going downhill with the wind behind me and I still had problems passing it. It reinforced my belief that you need something a bit meatier than a 125. Although if you are going to use it in the town only, then something smaller would probably suffice. My little 500 doesn't like slow!!! |
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Although if you are going to use it in the town only, then something smaller would probably suffice. My little 500 doesn't like slow!!![/QUOTE]
i looked at all the 125 s ended up getting the rs aprilia but the import version all the way from southampton as you cant buy the full powered one up here it was 34 bhp compared to the 12 bhp ones up here but id easily take most cars on it on a motorway if id have been willing to spend a cpl more thousand i could have had it up to full motogp rep and top speed of 152 mph or so ive been told but still i wont touch a two stroke again they take forever to warm up . The new honda 125 is meant to be a 4 stroke but reckon it should do about 80 tops and its about the quickest as they ve pulled my old aprilia off the shelves due to it being to fast for new riders . I m after buying an R6 or a gsxr 600 in the next few months in time for donnington |
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Good god easy guys I am only a mere woman. Does all this translate into woman language? |
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Absolutely!
It's a bit like learning to drive a car. You take a test - it's called direct access. When you pass, you go to a motorbike dealership, and tell them that you want that nice bright red bike in the corner. Then you can amaze your friends and infuriate your enemies when they see you whizzing past on your shiny new Ducati!!! |
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PS You may have changed it but it didn't change the quotes!!! |
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I used to cycle to work.
Now I work from home, so that's kinda difficult now! |
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Due to a broken back I can't ride sports bikes any more so I have a Big Trailee, Massive torque, but relatively low top end power(100bhp). Soft comfy suspension and skinny semi knobbly tyres yet riding with a group of friends(ZX636, R6, T Cat, GSXR750) who are all good riders with lots of track experience I can happily keep up and lead 2up with full luggage. And we don't hang around either. On the roads its about how much speed you can carry through the corners not about what you can do in a straight line. Whatever you do, Ride Safe. |
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Perhaps a few scrapes would do some good, but that could get expensive, and not just from repairing the bike. |
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One thing most people get wrong is the line through the corner. Find an experienced rider and follow them. You will soon start to learn braking/entry points as well as general lines. Fear of falling off is normal, however it shouldn't get so great that you are more worried about it than a general self preservation thing. If you do then you are more likely to come off as you will freeze or target aquire(the bike goes where you look. In that split second before the accident if you look at what you are going to hit you will hit it. Looking at the possible escape route will normally be enough to get you through.) Learn to relax on the bike. The best and fastest riders often look like they are hardly trying. It should come naturally. Its the old 4 stage Unconcious Incomptetance Concious Incompetance Concious Competance Unconcious Comptetance i.e. you start off crap but don't know it. Then you realise how crap you are , then you get better but you have to think hard about it. then you are good but don't think about it. Don't forget that even if you reach stage 4 a bit of time off the bike will dro you back into stage 3. Even a couple of months over winter is enough to kill that rythmn. |
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the main thing that worries me is braking and bad car drivers . How many times riding down a road has a car suddenly come out from a side street and nearly took you off
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With regard to following people, when I was using the bike regularly, I was catching people up and passing them at the first given opportunity. Once you get to know the corners, you move into the unconscious competence phase, I guess, but you can have a blast at the same time!!! I am aware of the four stage thing you mentioned - we went through it in our sales meeting last week. It's generally a self-preservation thing about the leaning. I don't spend the ride worrying about falling off, but I have had a lucky escape on a couple of occasions, where the bend was sharper than I expected and I snatched the brake. I only got away with it because the road was dry. For Christmas I got a track day from my sister and brother in law, which I want to use when it's dry. Although I won't be using my bike, I am hoping that I can pick up some useful tips when I do go, as long as I don't drop the thing! |
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