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I will be very jealous if you get a Blackbird Darren!darrenwall wrote:thats probably the main reason i want to get rid of her , i didnt clean her properly after the last time i used it adn now it looks really really dirty besides im fancying a nice cbr-xx blackbird
.... then last year he changed it for this
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i want one a workmate of mine got a honda cg125 and he gets about 80mpg out of it and if you get a 125 you only got to pass a CBTmjb wrote:I'm pondering getting a license and a little 125 for going to work in the summer. probably save me a fortune in petrol...
(you'd probably get there faster too!)There speaks a man who's never been on one!mjb wrote:What's the point of them if they don't?
I have one of those, but it's not exactly flat around here. 1/4 of the trip is too steep to ride up, and sitting in an office dripping with sweat ain't exactly my idea of fun... It ends up being around 10 mins by car, 40 by pushbike or 60 walkingsteve_earwig wrote:10 miles a day? Call that a commute??!! Hey, for the price of a tank of petrol you could pick yourself up a human-powered two wheeled commuting vehicle
I'm on about small bikes, not crotch rockets. The only advantages I can see for someone with a driving license are 1) traffic avoidance (not needed round here) and 2) fuel economyThere speaks a man who's never been on one!mjb wrote:What's the point of them if they don't?
I know that one, it's about the same distance between my house and my other half's but that's all up and down (mostly up going home). I tried it once but I was almost dead by the time I got there. Still, imagine how fit you could be!mjb wrote:I have one of those, but it's not exactly flat around here. 1/4 of the trip is too steep to ride up, and sitting in an office dripping with sweat ain't exactly my idea of fun...
I get it doesn't make much sense for you, by the time you've paid for it and insured it any savings you'd make would be long gone. That doesn't mean it makes no sense to everyone else!The only advantages I can see for someone with a driving license are 1) traffic avoidance (not needed round here) and 2) fuel economy
You don't have to buy a Blackbird or an RF 900 (lovely bike btw), there are more, umm, sane bikes about. I have an antique tdm 850 which is more like an express comfy chairThere's no way I'm ever getting on a crotch rocket because I know I'd head up to the Peak District on it and kill myself...
Fast bikes scare me too, I always worry that an injudicious twist of the wrist would have me in a whole world of trouble.Get a CB500 or similar Matt, costs me £19 for 210 miles and it's still pokey enough to throw around if you want to without scaring the sh1t out of yourself.mjb wrote:There's no way I'm ever getting on a crotch rocket because I know I'd head up to the Peak District on it and kill myself...
*drools*
