The Bikeshite Thread

[Guest Hooli]

Fireblades are pretty docile given a gentle touch then you just open the gas more as your confidence grows

 

I've found it's the handling & feeling the bike work as you push it through bends that you learn best on a small bike. Anything decent will have abilities so far above the rider, they won't get any feedback to learn from at the speeds they'll do. I know getting my 1400 so soon after my test gave me this problem.

[Fabergé Greggs]

I have no words..

 

[Guest Hooli]

Oh my, that really is isn't it?

[michael1703]

Thats quite a well known outfit, it's regularly papped at kempton Park

[5speedracer]

I've found it's the handling & feeling the bike work as you push it through bends that you learn best on a small bike. Anything decent will have abilities so far above the rider, they won't get any feedback to learn from at the speeds they'll do. I know getting my 1400 so soon after my test gave me this problem.

I was being a bit fatuous wi the 'blade suggestion but my argument still stands. Even for a 'blade!

Better quality suspension, hopefully better tyres, more power than you need but controlled by you the rider. All adds up to more dynamic ability giving the rider a bigger safety envelope. I'd also argue you'd get more feedback from a Fireblade than a CB500.

[Fat_Pirate]

/\ I have to disagree with that, as a new rider a fast bike can easily get away from you.  I certainly had a couple of 'incidents' on my CBR600RR when the bike was going faster than my brain could keep up.  

[5speedracer]

/\ Seeing this from both sides. If you're used to caning a small bike it's easy to be too gung-ho when you jump on a larger one.

On your 600rr you probably survived intact because the bike had more ability than your experience needed, safety margin.

OK some guys jump on a big bike and just want to go fast but it'd not difficult to ride a big bike at 60. My 955 RS is quite happy at NSL speeds as are most road orientated big bikes. You can learn a lot about gearing and throttle control riding well within limits too.

Fazer 600 would be my vote.

[John F]

That outfit is classy.

 

I particularly like the "Think bike" sticker on the screen, since the designer* of that outside bog strapped to the side obviously wasn't thinking about anything remotely like a bike.

[Guest Hooli]

It is a lovely little thing. Keep watering it

[Jerzy Woking]

Went out for a few miles on the Mito now it's fully run in. Lots of fun riding a small bike when I mostly ride 1000cc plus bikes in the summer months. Handles and brakes well,  and keeping it in the power band is not a natural thing anymore since so few bikes on the road are two strokes. 

[John F]

I really miss 2-strokes... the sound & the smell of them is just epic, never mind the go...

 

Must buy one before they're too expensive to own.

 

EDIT: just checked on eBay... too late. Unless I can find one in e.g. Eastern Europe.

[martc]

I really miss 2-strokes... the sound & the smell of them is just epic, never mind the go...

 

Must buy one before they're too expensive to own.

 

EDIT: just checked on eBay... too late. Unless I can find one in e.g. Eastern Europe.

 

You can still buy brand new 2 strokes in the UK - try a Jawa 350 starting at £3,495 (can be had with a chair) - see here http://www.jawamotorcycles.co.uk/

 

Or either a Vespa PX125 2T, or, if you can handle the power, a PX150 2T (£3,599 or £3,699) - see here http://www.vespa.com/uk_EN/vespa-models/px.html

[John F]

I had a Jawa 350 once (2 years old, dispatched to death, lightly crashed, cost me £75), I'm not in a massive hurry to have another one

 

And Vespas & suchlike aren't my thing, especially for well over three bags!

[montytom]

Been out for another little pootle about last night and tonight.

 

Was thinking about riding to work Friday, but even excluding motorways all the reasonable routes there include a fe good stretches on fast A roads - not really ideal for the bike. We'll see.

 

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I understand where you are coming from but honestly the bike will be fine bumbling along the a roads.

On my old varadero 125 I used to do miles on the a38 (dual carriageway) it was ok. Sometimes a little hairy with people not wanting to let you back in but ok never the less.

 

Looks a lovely little thing.

[Eddie Honda]

include a few good stretches on fast A roads - not really ideal for the bike. We'll see.

Ah come on now. I used to take the 'L' plates off my Honda H100 on the 70 mile trip from Helensburgh to Edinburgh. It would take about 2.5 hours doing the non-motorway thing. Doing the M8 from Erskine to Newbridge shaved about ¾ hour off the journey and I was never stopped by the polis.

 

Fast A roads: just take your road position, hold it and tae fuck with everyone else (well let them past when you decide)

[UltraWomble]

Any views on these?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252471667165?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

 

I love those Repsol colours and I reckon a 300 should be just about right, i.e not too slow and not too fast. 

 

Or for a bag of sand you can get one of these bad boys....((((Runs like fook))))

 

In fairness...they will do 45 with a new CDi and variator

[Jerzy Woking]

I occasionally ride my Yamaha Vity 125 scooter on my 120 mile daily commute into London using the A120, M11 and A13. Seeing as most days it is snarled up, all the cars that pass me on the motorway, I pass in the queue's.

​Ride with an eye on whats behind you, and show some courtesy by moving over if you can/feel it is safe to. Courtesy goes a long way in keeping ones self safe.

[DodgeRover]

Do they do a 200cc barrel to fit into it?

[John F]

I woke up this morning dreaming about a Cagiva Mito 375 cc triple... will someone make one for me, please?

[hairnet]

Allan millyard

[Arthur Foxhake]

My God! That would be a machine and a half.

I miss my Mito 125 more than anything with wheels I have ever owned.

[DodgeRover]

I remember somebody building a RD700 in a magazine feature once, there's no reason a 375 Mito couldn't be done

[John F]

DodgeRover, on 22 Jun 2017 - 09:27 AM, said:

I remember somebody building a RD700 in a magazine feature once, there's no reason a 375 Mito couldn't be done

 

A popular modification seems to be fitting an RD 350 engine into the Mito frame, but I just love the sound of a 2-stroke triple...

[andy18s]

just leave this here

[PiperCub]

Cezet 125? In it's pinging awfullness. 

[UltraWomble]

Foook me
I so wish I had some spare cash right now

Donedeal is full of lovely stuff - like this TDR

https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/2000-yamaha-tdr-125/15770145

 

And this tidy as feck T80

Overnight ferry from Flockweed to Belfast  - 600B bust to Comber - ride home.

[Dave_Q]

That TDR is WELL HOT, surely that would be £1000+ over here?

[hairnet]

i drive past yon dub on saturday morning........

 

i will be in comber on the 21st...........

[Arthur Foxhake]

I should get involved a bit in this thread, I love bikes.

Currently own.

2011 Kawasaki KXF250F.

1996 Honda CR125.

2013 Yamaha MT125

A Chinese rev and go 50cc off road thing for the boy (7)

And one of those 50cc minimoto race replica things that are pure danger.

Obvious influence to off road riding, had a few crazy incidents on road in my younger years and prefer to take my risks on motocross tracks now.

I don't race, just enjoy myself.

ETA. The MT125 is something I ride now and again at a sedate speed on a nice day in the evening, sometimes. If I feel brave.

[LostnotFound]

Someone needs to buy that TDR so I can have a TDR friend! They definitely seemed to sell a lot more over in Ireland from when I've been looking for info on them.