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mid life crisis bike

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  • #32
    manus30
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭manus30


    the honda cb500 looks nice and has good reviews, anyone have experience with it? or could you recommend something similar but better


  • #33
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    manus30 wrote: »
    the honda cb500 looks nice and has good reviews, anyone have experience with it? or could you recommend something similar but better

    I've got the CB400 (Super4), the Super4 is a lot nippier up to 70mph and it has four cylinders as opposed to two in the CB500, so its sounds a lot nicer too ;) Super4 looks nicer too :P


  • #34
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    manus30 wrote: »
    the honda cb500 looks nice and has good reviews, anyone have experience with it? or could you recommend something similar but better

    Kwak GT550

    (the old cop bike)

    Shaft drive. nice.


  • #35
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Tigger wrote: »
    get a tdm 900
    i'm 34 i wwigh 16/17 st and i an 6'2 and i got an 850 mk1 after putting it off for about 15 years (on gixxers) an i love it
    she's so comfy and practical
    Good thinking actually. I know a fella selling a 850 and all.


  • #36
    n.catenthusiast
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭n.catenthusiast


    KamiKazi wrote: »
    Now that's not nice, my bike runs perfectly. Yours has broken down how many times? :p

    /QUOTE]

    Argh lets not even go there sister!


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  • #37
    kuro_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭kuro_man


    traco wrote: »
    Took 3 x 3 hour lessons, one got me from getting me leg over to low speed control, U-Turns, braking, lifesavers etc. Lesson 2 was out on the road, higher speed control, signalling, life savers and traffic riding, Lesson 3 was a pretest and teh bke for the test. Passed it and got the pink license.

    Pink license after 3 lessons seems very good; who was the instructor?


  • #38
    traco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,665 ✭✭✭traco


    kuro_man wrote: »
    Pink license after 3 lessons seems very good; who was the instructor?

    Got the lessons from Tony Moore at ABC Motor Cycle Instruction (Linky) Works out of leinster driving campus so great facility to get a feel fo the bike before going out on the public road. I have no propblem recommending him. Bike used for training was a Honda 400.

    Must add after reading my previous post in this thread that I opted for a Fazer over the SV after much sitting on both. Fazer is more upright and thought it would suit me better to begin with. Restrictor kit ordered so should be on the road in the next week or two, funds permitting - bike, restrictor and next the insurance money :(

    Bike in in the bike pics thread here


  • #39
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    Ok no point in starting a new thread.

    So i have a full B license, this means i'll need to pass the theory test and get my permit, yeah?

    Other questions; i'm pretty small, about 5'4, so what's the recommendation for a bike? Would heavier suit better for balance/wind or how does this all work.
    What about cc, should i start small i.e. 125 or bigger and get it restricted?

    Getting really excited at the prospect of selling my RX-8 and joining the two wheeled ranks!


  • #40
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    I'm having my mid life crisis at 25!!!!! Maybe it could be a quarter life crisis???:D


  • #41
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    You have to do the theory test for an A licence.

    You are restricted to 33kw/25bhp.

    After 6 months you can do the test for the 'full' licence.

    For the first two years of your 'full' licenec, you are still restricted to 33kw/25bhp.

    As for the bike, it depends on what style of bike you like, and how much you have to spend.


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  • #42
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    guil wrote: »
    the dragstar 650 is learner legal isnt it
    How can a 650 be learner legal? My girlfriend's Hornet 250 is over the limit! :confused:


  • #43
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    P.C. wrote: »
    You have to do the theory test for an A licence.

    You are restricted to 33kw/25bhp.

    After 6 months you can do the test for the 'full' licence.

    For the first two years of your 'full' licenec, you are still restricted to 33kw/25bhp.

    As for the bike, it depends on what style of bike you like, and how much you have to spend.
    It's actually 33bhp/25kW ;)


  • #44
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    Steffano2002 wrote: »
    It's actually 33bhp/25kW ;)

    But...

    you knew what I meant - too many beers. :eek:


  • #45
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Steffano2002 wrote: »
    How can a 650 be learner legal? My girlfriend's Hornet 250 is over the limit! :confused:

    It's above the power limit but below the power/weight ratio limit.


  • #46
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,790 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    KamiKazi wrote: »
    It's above the power limit but below the power/weight ratio limit.

    ....which is another reason why you can ride a 1340 Harley on a Provisional too.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #47
    mcyclist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭mcyclist


    manus30 wrote: »
    the honda cb500 looks nice and has good reviews, anyone have experience with it? or could you recommend something similar but better

    I have a number of bikes and can say that of them all the CB500 is the one I use most. Have been to Europe on it, use it everyday commute and love it.
    Don't know how it compares to CB400 super 4 but it is far superior to the old 400/4.
    Suzuki and Kawasaki make similar bikes ( Er5 and GS500 I think) and they are worth looking at.
    CB500 is commonly used in both UK and germany as a learner bike so it might fit your needs. And because they are not particularly sought after, you should pick up a really good one for about 2K.


  • #48
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    mcyclist wrote: »
    I have a number of bikes and can say that of them all the CB500 is the one I use most. Have been to Europe on it, use it everyday commute and love it.
    Don't know how it compares to CB400 super 4 but it is far superior to the old 400/4.
    Suzuki and Kawasaki make similar bikes ( Er5 and GS500 I think) and they are worth looking at.
    CB500 is commonly used in both UK and germany as a learner bike so it might fit your needs. And because they are not particularly sought after, you should pick up a really good one for about 2K.

    the CB500 has a little bit more speed at the top end, but the super4 sounds much nicer because its four cylinder instead of two ;)


  • #49
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    s.welstead wrote: »
    Ok no point in starting a new thread.

    So i have a full B license, this means i'll need to pass the theory test and get my permit, yeah?

    Other questions; i'm pretty small, about 5'4, so what's the recommendation for a bike? Would heavier suit better for balance/wind or how does this all work.
    What about cc, should i start small i.e. 125 or bigger and get it restricted?

    Getting really excited at the prospect of selling my RX-8 and joining the two wheeled ranks!

    Try a Ninja 250r. Amazing bike.


  • #50
    stesaurus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,934 ✭✭✭stesaurus


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Try a Ninja 250r. Amazing bike.

    Looks cool!

    I've booked my theory test!:D


  • #51
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    man . get your self an enduro bike. It will keep ya fit as a fiddle and way more fun than road bikes (and i guarantee you wont get runover by a lorry). Novice grade in the TORC championship. ..


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  • #52
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,790 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    s.welstead wrote: »
    Getting really excited at the prospect of selling my RX-8 and joining the two wheeled ranks!

    Good for you, even if today is a ****e day to start !

    You have to laugh/cry/wonder, though, at a situation where anyone can just walk in and buy the likes of an RX-8 (cool, btw...), but you have to go through a million hoops for a 250 or 500 bike..........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #53
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    rx8 is grand yoke alright. Keep it and get a bike .


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