Anyone From Larne

[Chris666]

Wee buns, you've been breezing through so far

 

[KrisSRT]

Yea, was worried about the theory holding things up in case I failed but got lucky enough. It’s harder than I remember lol

 

[Scuba Steve]

@KrisSRT just try getting your off road and on road done in this ever changing weather - mine got cancelled for the 2nd time!

 

[KrisSRT]

That’s horrible, thinking more the night before being nervous enough the first time before the test and then it gets cancelled have you book in again? Do they put you to the front of the queue kind of thing?

I was suppose to be out this morning myself doing off road training and it was cancelled, that was bad enough I booked it off work as well

 

[Chris666]

Nevermind the test, buy a bike

 

[KrisSRT]

Nevermind the test, buy a bike

Well I would but I still can’t pick which one I want lol I fancy something naked style which would be the best?

I like these but it’s a bit rich to sit in the garage for months on end in the winter.

 

[Chris666]

I'll assume you'd be financing the GSR, so for talks sake - for a cash in hand sale what would your budget be?

 

[KrisSRT]

Cash in hand talking about 2.5k although I’m scared of cowboys catching me out, got caught with a Saab 2 Years ago that I had to put an engine and a turbo into so want something that’s been well looked after lol

 

[Chris666]

Won't be too hard to spend that

 

[KrisSRT]

Won't be too hard to spend that

What would you suggest at that money? If I need to stretch the budget I will but I’m suppose to be looking at houses this year

 

[Scuba Steve]

That’s horrible, thinking more the night before being nervous enough the first time before the test and then it gets cancelled have you book in again? Do they put you to the front of the queue kind of thing?

I was suppose to be out this morning myself doing off road training and it was cancelled, that was bad enough I booked it off work as well

they put you to the end of the que basically the next available date - but i gave off stink on the phone cause their wasnt any on the track and long behold Wednesday morning it was clear and by the time it was me up - the track was bone dry (only know cause my mate works in the MOT Centre)

 

[Chris666]

What would you suggest at that money? If I need to stretch the budget I will but I’m suppose to be looking at houses this year

Nakeds: SV, ER6, Fazer, Bandit, Hornet

Faired: R6, Thundercat, ZX6, CBR, GSXR

+more can be had

 

[warren]

For a first bike defo get something thats not a supersports. Its not that they are hard to ride or anything, you just go through a Jeremey Clarkson POWERRRRRRRR phase when you first get on the bike and its best to not have loads of bhp at this point. Its very, very easy to end up at corners way faster than you expect lol

 

[Chris666]

Example bargains

Suzuki SV650S K3 650cc

Suzuki Bandit 650 GSF650 S (ABS) 650cc

Honda CB600F Hornet 600cc

Honda CBR600F F-X 600cc

Kawasaki ER-6F 649cc

Kawasaki ER-6F 650 650cc

Yamaha FZ6 600 600cc

Yamaha FZ6 Fazer 600 600cc I had one of these

 

[warren]

I’d have that SV in a heartbeat. Use spare money for an exhaust lol

 

[Chris666]

The stock can is awful looking but handy fixed with a grinder and a new one

This is huuuge but it's loud enough without cutting it

 

[KrisSRT]

Really like that Fz6, one of from the bottom of your links. Really like naked or supersport there’s no real in between with me lol thanks for the links. Although I think the thought of having it sitting in the garage and me without a test would be hard for me lol

 

[Chris666]

They're bonkers for a naked 600, it's an R6 engine tuned for midrange so it's still putting out as good as 100HP... I regretted selling mine the minute I had the money in hand

Sold it to buy a car FFS

 

[warren]

Really like that Fz6, one of from the bottom of your links. Really like naked or supersport there’s no real in between with me lol thanks for the links. Although I think the thought of having it sitting in the garage and me without a test would be hard for me lol

You can clean it and look at it, then have a few beers and go out and look at it again etc. At least that’s what I do all winter lmao

 

[DemD]

coming into spring cant wait for good weather

 

[presto]

Well spring hopefully isn't far away and I've got a replacement for my Multistrada 1000. Another twin but this time from Germany. Picked it up in Nottingham and rode home via scotch corner and onto cairnryan. Must admit it was rather nice getting off the ferry in Larne and being home in 5 mins!