Hi There

[tiddlywin]

Hello

My names Ian, I'm 27 and live in Fair Oak with my wife and two daughters (4months and 6)

I've just recently done a free ride experience at ART in Southampton, and it was truly amazing. I've never ridden a bike(until Saturday just gone) cant even drive a car(I've had a few lessons). 

I should be booking my CBT and buying all the gear I need soon and then hopefully work on to getting direct access.    

[optimised yammy]

Congrats mate on finding how awsome bikes are! So much better than being stuck in a box and yes get your cbr and direct access done! So worth it (even though I havent done it yet due to law and me not being old enough) but do it and welcome to the forum mate glad to have you on here

[MRB3N]

Welcome to the forum!

So glad to have you on here.

Any questions regarding your CBT or anything just ask.

You are in the perfect place.

[tiddlywin]

Thanks very much for the warm welcome.

Yea, I'm really excited about doing my CBT, just need the money for it.(I'll be getting that very soon).

[parkyyboii]

welcome fellow biker (soon to be)

[optimised yammy]

Apr 2, 2013 11:01:16 GMT tiddlywin said:

Thanks very much for the warm welcome.

Yea, I'm really excited about doing my CBT, just need the money for it.(I'll be getting that very soon).

Yes mate cbt is easiest thing ever pal so once thts outa the way U can get on the road to being (as cbrsims puts it) a traffic assassin

[cbrsims]

Welcome buddy and yeh with time will be blasting it all over your city

[tiddlywin]

Yea, rather looking forward to it, I get my money on the 8th, then I go shopping for a helmet and the other bits.

Just keeping an eye out for a bike. I've heard mixed revives about the Chinese bikes, but I don't think I can shell out more than £700 for a pre-loved 125

[dave70]

Apr 3, 2013 14:59:52 GMT tiddlywin said:

Yea, rather looking forward to it, I get my money on the 8th, then I go shopping for a helmet and the other bits.

Just keeping an eye out for a bike. I've heard mixed revives about the Chinese bikes, but I don't think I can shell out more than £700 for a pre-loved 125

welcome to the world of biking, you won't regret it

As for Chinese bikes. Avoid at all costs if you can. I understand that your budget is around £700 but you should try and bide your time and look around for a cheap Japanese bargain if you can. A chinky bike will fall apart in a rust heap within the first year and will give you more problems meachanically than it's worth.

Try to look out for a used YBR or CBF if you can find one for that amount of cash. Even if they are pretty old ones, they'll serve you better than a cheap chinese bike.

[cbrsims]

dave has got it cock on old ybr cbf or even an old cbr can be bought for sub 800 quid and go to ghostbikes.com for a helmet and jacket they have good deals on gear

[tiddlywin]

Ideally I'b be looking for more a cruiser type bike, like the Eliminator or the Honda Shadow. No one seems to sell bikes like this for under a grand unless they damaged( would be a nice project, money depending ofc).

But yes, avoid Chinese bikes.

Cheers guys

[dave70]

Apr 3, 2013 23:20:54 GMT cbrsims said:

dave has got it cock on old ybr cbf or even an old cbr can be bought for sub 800 quid and go to ghostbikes.com for a helmet and jacket they have good deals on gear

I've got what on   ....lol.

tiddlywin Even if you pick up a cheap YBR or CBF just to get your test done while looking around for the type of bike you really want, you'll basically be able to sell it and get back what you paid for it, but that's only if you can't find what you want within your price range. Good luck.

[cbrsims]

haha you got it right (

[MRB3N]

Stuff the YBR or CBF.

Get a CBR (original shape).

They can be bought from £500 and up quite often.

[tiddlywin]

I dont really like the ride style of sportish bikes, I'm 6"2 and a little bit chubby round the edges haha. Plus id prefer to sit up right, and have the handle bars are a reasonable height.