Middle age newbie, no super bikes or cruisers
Discussion
Hi folks
I moved to a place about 7 miles from my place of work (a lot closer than I used to be). There is about a mile of B road (straight), 5 miles of A road (including a mile of dual carriageway), 2 very busy roundabouts and maybe 500m of ‘town’ road to get to work.
I’d hoped to be able to cycle at times, but no way will I cycle on the a66. I drive a Freelander, and it’s just silly for this (I mostly bought it to tow my race car), and have been thinking of a bike. I was born in ’71, so my understanding is I can have what I want, so long as I do a cbt, but I don’t want a super bike or anything that will tempt me to be silly. I’m not returning to biking, my only experience being paddock bikes, all I want is something capable of a dual carriageway. Any suggestions? I don’t want to do twisties, my internal sense of self preservation battles against my ‘go’ sense, hence the race car. Budget about 3k.
I moved to a place about 7 miles from my place of work (a lot closer than I used to be). There is about a mile of B road (straight), 5 miles of A road (including a mile of dual carriageway), 2 very busy roundabouts and maybe 500m of ‘town’ road to get to work.
I’d hoped to be able to cycle at times, but no way will I cycle on the a66. I drive a Freelander, and it’s just silly for this (I mostly bought it to tow my race car), and have been thinking of a bike. I was born in ’71, so my understanding is I can have what I want, so long as I do a cbt, but I don’t want a super bike or anything that will tempt me to be silly. I’m not returning to biking, my only experience being paddock bikes, all I want is something capable of a dual carriageway. Any suggestions? I don’t want to do twisties, my internal sense of self preservation battles against my ‘go’ sense, hence the race car. Budget about 3k.
If you are looking at only doing a CBT I would recommend something like a Honda PCX 125. I rode quite a few whilst working for a Honda dealer and having never used scooters before I found them really enjoyable and well put together.
Otherwise a Honda Varadero 125 would be a good shout and if you get a good one will hold its money well.
Otherwise a Honda Varadero 125 would be a good shout and if you get a good one will hold its money well.
A good old Honda CB125F whilst you go through your test although I've seen some quite cool Chinese derived 125's. Once you've passed your test the world is your lobster so to speak. Keeping on your italian theme I ride a Moto Guzzi V7 to commute into London, it's a simple agricultural old thing that looks good in shop windows (I've got a beard, work near Hoxton although sadly I'm too old to be hip). However you really need a sporty bike if you are going to use it at the weekend.
Byronico said:
dibblecorse said:
For that, I'd get one of the Piaggio twin front wheeled weapons ......
Isn't the Piaggio MP3 (300cc) able to be ridden on a car licence?If thats the case, better than a 125 CBT option!
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