starter bike

[DervVW]

Well clearly easily confused! By that I mean me!

Anyway, Thanks Nigel for seeing why I was a bit confused.

I suppose the best bet is a CBT on a 125, ride the 125 until I hate it or love it, then move onto a bigger bike after passing a full bike license, then move onto a 250, then perhaps a 600? Per the suggestion above?

Thanks

[Nigel Worc's]

DervVW said:

Well clearly easily confused! By that I mean me!

Anyway, Thanks Nigel for seeing why I was a bit confused.

I suppose the best bet is a CBT on a 125, ride the 125 until I hate it or love it, then move onto a bigger bike after passing a full bike license, then move onto a 250, then perhaps a 600? Per the suggestion above?

Thanks

That would be my advice, being an older chap who from 16 did the 50cc, 250cc, test pass, 500cc, then 850cc.

I now poodle around on a 500cc again.

Others who have done the modern direct access stuff disagree .

You do whatever you feel better doing.

[RizzoTheRat]

DervVW said:

Well clearly easily confused! By that I mean me!

Anyway, Thanks Nigel for seeing why I was a bit confused.

I suppose the best bet is a CBT on a 125, ride the 125 until I hate it or love it, then move onto a bigger bike after passing a full bike license, then move onto a 250, then perhaps a 600? Per the suggestion above?

Thanks

Depends how confident and interested you are really. If it's just for commuting through town then a 125 does the job but runs out of puff quickly on a more open road, however they're a great way to build up some experience before spending the money on a DAS (or whatever the equivalent is now they've changed it again) and a bigger bike. My Mrs went this route and pottered around on a 125 for a year before doing her test and getting a 600. However if you're keen and get the hang of it quickly there's a good chance you'll get bored of a 125 pretty quickly.

[Hooli]

Nigel Worc's said:

CaptainMorgan said:

Looks pretty clear to me, provisionally being the important word.

Really ?

From that text I can understand his confusion, it says he can provisionally ride any sized motorcycle, with or without a sidecar.

It doesn't say he has to be supervised, and it doesn't say he may ride one below 125cc unsupervised.

Snap, it's not clear unless you know the other rules regarding it all.

[morgrp]

Nigel Worc's said:

True, but he cannot do that on a CBT, which is what the original post was about.

Indeed but many people have suggested he does his bike test