how much roughly does it cost to run a 125cc??

BikerEd

morganedge wrote: »

I have failed my driving test too many times to mention and not being able to drive is negatively effecting my life in many different ways

Riding a bike is more difficult than driving a car and requires much better observational skills. As someone who has failed a number of driving tests, if you get on a bike then the most negative way it will affect your life is by ending it.

Billy-no-Money

BikerEd wrote: »

Riding a bike is more difficult than driving a car and requires much better observational skills. As someone who has failed a number of driving tests, if you get on a bike then the most negative way it will affect your life is by ending it.

We don't know why the poster is failing driving tests - it could be nerves, it could be hitting the kerb reversing round a corner, or the examiner might be getting out and going back to the test centre on the bus. It's quite possible to have good road sense yet keep failing tests. At least the CBT is low stress and should be enjoyable - and might give some insight into the driving issues.

Yes, in general I would say riding a bike needs better survival skills than driving a car - or should I say they BOTH should be done to the same standard but a car driver is more likely to survive but kill others, whereas the risk's more the other way for a motorcyclist. However, the driving test is NOT perfect and many people who take several attempts turn out to be good safe drivers.

boyse7en

Some decent advice here, but it's not guaranteed you will fall off. I've been riding for 8 years now (started on a 50cc Scooter, then a 125, then a Ducati Monster and now a BMW), do between 8-10,000 miles a year on the bike and have never come off it (other than a rather emabarrasing drop when paddling it around on a gravel drive).

Do get decent Helmet (Nitro Aikido has won MCN award for 2010, and only cost about £60), a decent jacket, and gloves. I wear Kevlar jeans, but some people prefer armoured trousers to match their jacket.

You can spend more money on better gear, but I think its better to spend it on more training. Do your CBT, get some lessons and do your bike test (cost me about £450 for a week of lessons, and test), and then do some further training (IAM, Bikesafe etc) as they will help you to avoid having accidents in the first place.

Bike-wise, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki all do 125cc bikes which have a good reputation. A Honda CBR125M will do over 100mpg, and keeps its value.

exup

BikerEd wrote: »

Riding a bike is more difficult than driving a car and requires much better observational skills. As someone who has failed a number of driving tests, if you get on a bike then the most negative way it will affect your life is by ending it.

not always true, and depends on the individual, although both are on the road, its like comparing flying a plane and flying a helicopter, both require different skills.
The young lad I mentioned that I taught above had real problems with learning to drive a car, and found that controlling a bike was easier.
For myself although I can do both, I find riding a bike easier than driving a car, as it feels more connected to me, and I use my body to steer it, you could wax lyrical and say its almost an extension of my body - (although some people think there bikes and cars are an extension of some part of their body fnarr fnarr) whereas a car always feels remote to me, and that I am just controlling a machine using a steering wheel and pedals.

Cash-Strapped.T32

exup wrote: »

I find riding a bike easier than driving a car, as it feels more connected to me, and I use my body to steer it
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whereas a car always feels remote to me, and that I am just controlling a machine using a steering wheel and pedals.

Exactly the same here - I know that other people don't always feel the same way, but deep down, I just don't understand it.

To me shifting my body around on a moving bike is far easier a task than snatching glances through small triangle-windows, and driving a car or van feels utterly unnatural to me.

It's like I see all the same things I see when I'm riding a bike, but it's not quite connected to reality somehow, like a realistic, but still not quite there yet computer game.

..I haven't put in for my car licence yet, if you hadn't guessed..

Sid_Wolf

I've sent my details off to get a free hours riding practice :j looking forward to that

im then gunna book my cbt

Roughly how much would you expect to spend on a 1st bike, i plan on getting a 2nd hand one

Also where would be the best places to keep an eye out for a relatively cheap one??