Are you folks riding all year through or just warmer months?
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CBT tomorrow
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Any accidents on your motorbike- do you they affect your cars NCB as well?
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all year thru from august-ish last year. done about 7500 so far on the 900 since october.dressing up to go out in temps as low as 3c isnt the best but if its a clear sunny day its worth it.. the wide angle stick-on mirror helps for the winter rides when you are a bit overdressed and cant do shoulder checks as easily! http://martin-james.fotopic.net/p59403792.html
riding over ice is fun.
http://martin-james.fotopic.net/p59403800.htmland although its a crap pic, if you look closely you can see how beautiful the night was.. until i punctured.
http://martin-james.fotopic.net/p59403791.htmlPosted 2 years ago # -
I am a fair weather rider myself - when it's grim out there the car seems a much better plan
That said I am out all year around and love riding on those bright sunny cold days! I did a run out to Leeds at the back end of winter, setting off at 8am with the sun just coming through. It was ace... -3 deg and I arrived frozen to the bone, but there was pretty much nothing else on the A65 all the way through 
Good luck with the DAS, I didn't find it hard as such - just absolutely knackering! The ER-5 I was riding was utterly woeful which didn't help mind! These days I am knocking about on a Triumph Speed Triple which is a whole lot more fun! Thinking of changing it for something a bit more tourable at some stage, though probably not next year!
Motorbikes. They are ace!
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Passed!!! Get in!!
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Well done fella
Good felling innit!
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Nice one! Well done.
Have you got a bike lined up?
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well done, seriousley thinking about doing this soon myself (have thought about it for a few years and now i'm going to man up and get on with it)
heres a nice bike for you:
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No bike as yet, will be looking for a cheap commuter that could do a bit of touring. Any ideas?
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Congrats!
I finally got round to buying a bike a couple of weeks ago (Ducati Monster 695) and been thoroughly enjoying myself since.
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looking for a cheap commuter that could do a bit of touring. Any ideas?
Suzuki SV650S - I used to commute every day on one and went touring two up to Spain and back and round the UK. Fantastic first bike - always brought a smile to my face whenever I rode it. Replaced my first one with a Honda Hornet, absolutely hated it and sold it after 3 months and went and bought another SV. The people at http://forums.sv650.org/ are very friendly and will point you in the right direction.
Oh, and congrats on passing your test.
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Just bought one of these for £900
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nice tractor but when are you going to get a motorcycle?....
Welcome to the club by the way, always good to have another biker.
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Not bad for 900 quid!
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No bike as yet, will be looking for a cheap commuter that could do a bit of touring. Any ideas?
Honda Deauville is the obvious choice. Bought one as my first big-bike after DAS and then kept it for 10 years. Great bike.
Only just replaced it with this recently:
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Its got 38 000 miles on clock but has been kept well by the looks of it, should be good for commuting on and have a bit of zip for longer trips. Hope to chuck a tent on the back and head off next summer for a bit.
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Honda Deauville was on the list but this BMW came up.
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The Funduro is also a good bike - been close to buying one a couple of times. Great commuter and will tour 1-up no problem. Wouldn't want to tour 2-up on one though.
Let me know if you're heading up to Scotland as I don't need much of an excuse to head up to Wester Ross or Sutherland.
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