Hello fellow bikers

Carlos1 · Post by **Carlos1** » Jul 29th, '06, 20:41

Hello.

Just wanted to introduce myself officially. I have been a member of southwest bikers and have asked a few questions on the forums but now im oficially a biker.

Just got my first bike.

I was planning on taken my full test at getting somthing nice and restricting in to 33bhp because im 18.
However i decided to go for a little 125 for a while to get some experiance.

In the end i found a nice little 125 on ebay. Yes its a import.
But the keyword is that it was cheap. Cost me 500 bran new. Lovely bike. Single sil, 4 stroke. Sounds like a much bigger bike. Looks really nice.
Only thing i dont like is the Gearing. 5th gear is a little slow. it likes 45-50 mph but when i hit 60 the rev counter is almost in the red.
I pushed it the other day to 75 and it really didnt like that.

Im not looking for speed, i use my bike to comute once a day from looe to plymouth (some of you may have seen me)

ill post a pic up of my bike in the morning.
Give me a wave if you see me.

Thanks. Carl

Jewell · Post by **Jewell** » Jul 29th, '06, 20:48

welcome dude.

Good to start at a young(ish) age......

give it a few years and you might be on a 1 litre sports/cruiser....

Lots of young riders here.....ignore the scooter boys aka stinky

j/k

Ed 20 on a TL S.
Good bike to learn on if your thinking of the sports side of bikes is a Honda VFR400R 1989 NC30.Amazing bikes mate.

Cheggers · Post by **Cheggers** » Jul 29th, '06, 22:22

Welcome!

£500 brand new!?! Can't argue with that really. Thats quite a nice ride from looe to plymouth each day.

Stinky · Post by **Stinky** » Jul 29th, '06, 22:45

Jewell wrote:Lots of young riders here.....ignore the scooter boys aka stinky j/k

Young, YOUNG! I'll have you know I'm 17 in 15 minutes time, 17! And also my scooter is classed as a bike as it's derestriced

. You mentioned 'boys', there are other scooter riders here?

Stinky · Post by **Stinky** » Jul 29th, '06, 22:57

Oh by the way, hi

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Jewell · Post by **Jewell** » Jul 30th, '06, 00:56

Stinky wrote:
Jewell wrote:Lots of young riders here.....ignore the scooter boys aka stinky j/k
Young, YOUNG! I'll have you know I'm 17 in 15 minutes time, 17! And also my scooter is classed as a bike as it's derestriced . You mentioned 'boys', there are other scooter riders here?

so your riding a bike with the incorrect licence,not valid insurance and would get raped in court.

good lad.

Jon B · Post by **Jon B** » Jul 30th, '06, 07:17

£500 quid import? I bet it's Chinese and I bet in one month you will have a long list of problems with it.

Oh and hi.

LWR GERRY · Post by **LWR GERRY** » Jul 30th, '06, 07:22

Hiya Carl, welcome to the SWB

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Jul 30th, '06, 08:49

Welcome to the site mate

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Jul 30th, '06, 10:29

welcome 2 the site mate ...

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Jul 30th, '06, 11:06

welcome to the site mate - do your best to ignore all the bitching and slagging off on the site...

if you can meet a couple good people and get a couple of rides organised thats the important thing.

take it easy...

Post by **Dave** » Jul 30th, '06, 12:56

Jon B wrote:£500 quid import? I bet it's Chinese and I bet in one month you will have a long list of problems with it.

Oh and hi.

I might be a bit biased, but not all imports are that bad. Piaggio and Gillera scooters are actually manufacturered in China, the biggest name coming out of China at the moment is Lifan who are partnered with Honda, so most of the bikes they make are old honda designs.

BTW - Welcome to the forums mate

A_T · Post by **A_T** » Jul 30th, '06, 15:30

Hiya

welcome to the forum