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ill favourtie the site when i pass my A1 mate 😀 And fingers crossed i can find a nice 125 for now! woo

@LeGIt wrote:

You can spend £2k on a 125 to learn to ride a manual then £2k on lessons and test and a bigger manual (£4k) or can just spend £2k on lessons and test and learn a manual whilst on the lessons then get a bigger manual and save £2k. It should be a no-brainer which would be the better option 😛 One of the lads I rode with on a lesson had never rode a bike before in his life untill he did his lessons, he passed his test after only riding a manual for a handful of hours in his life and went straight to a big bike. If you’ve handled a manual np in your CBT then you’re not going to have a problem in the lessons for the test – remember the instructor is there to help ;o

Ill bare it in mind mate 🙂 and ill keep searching around – if you know of any cruisers give me a shout

The main reason i cant really do that is because i had had much experience just yet driving with a geared bike, thats why i want to get one to take around before i deicde to do my restricted test, wantr a feel for it to make sure i get a good feel for it first – before diving straight into my restricted test – i guess what im asking for is to know if theres any nice cruiser type 125’s out there, i love the look of the CMX250 but obviously wldnt be able to legally drive at the 250cc its at, i mean – do you know of any reliable 125s that i cld ride to get used to driving a manual?

@LeGIt wrote:

I was going to buy a Marauder or maybe an Intruder about 6 or 7 years ago lol but it would have been a waste of time – too little grunt. After having 2 XR125’s stolen and many theft attempts I’d steer clear of 125’s altogether – their battery is usually too small to cope with the drain of an alarm and they’re too easy to steal, not to mention painfully slow 😛 The only thing I miss about having a 125 is fuel economy and strangely cheap insurance. I used to get 90mpg on my XR125 – they’re naturally more fuel efficient but It would have helped I never used to ride like a crazy fool back then. I get about 30-40mpg on my Duke II 640 which I guess is not too shabby, but that’s with wringing it’s neck and sliding the back end all over the place, plus it’s still small and nimble enough to filter through extreme traffic but big enough to put a smile on your face and take an alarm.

Why didn’t you do your unrestricted test? Afraid of the big boys? 😛 I’d have to say if I was restricted to 33bhp I’d have gone for something like a Honda CBF250 and got a top box fitted. Will cost you about £3k new but has a nicer amount of power to it compared to a 125 (but it’s still a pansy bike) and it’s practical and not entirely unattractive either.

To do the de resticted test you have to be 21, as im 18 i can only do the A1 (i think) restricted, then i can move onto doing my DAS – thats why i need to stick to 125cc atm 🙁 but as i say, I did love the look of the marauder and it probably isnt as grunty as some of the more larger bikes but the style is good, and im willing to fork out about two grand on a bike, so a decent second hand or cheap (if possible) new one would be great – i just couldnt justify much more on a motorbike, my current one cost me 1 and a half grand and its great – reliable, and does plenty of mileage of a full tank (costing a fiver!) – but as i said, time to move up onto biggerbikes and a Marauder seemed like a good choice, im not after anything sport or sport replica, i like cruisers 🙂 its just what iv always wanted – and i no having a 125 kind of pisses on the idea, but there are nice ones out there, the Yamaha Dragstar 125 is a beautiful bike aswell!

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I have also looked at a XR125, on road dirt bike kind of style, another kind of thing im also after.but is it quite forgiving? As i say, i want a bike that isnt too demanding to ride, il get to those later 😛