CBT done....what next

[mark2488]

Don't you f*#king start! 

is that a no then??? also have i said something????????????seriously lol ??? tell shooey he sucks when it comes to replying to texts lol 

[shooey]

  Have been discussing that very same subject with Burn over the weekend 

And you may have hit a nerve 

However, Mark you need to learn how to answer a fooking phone when it rings 

[darich]

I think you will  nothing you've driven/ridden before is anything like the power to weight ratio you get on a modern sports bike, I rode some pretty quick bikes when in my teens (the quickest being a 350lc) but moved on to cars, had some very quick cars with power improvements which had power to weight ratios well over 200bhp/ton but when I got on my zx6r (a 1997 model) for the first time in 2005 it scared the shìt outta me, 0-60 a little over 3 seconds and up to a 100 in around 6, holding on for my life, took 6 months and a couple of trackdays to totally appreciate how to ride it.
You have a sensible attitude and maturity in your favor, but some naivety counting against, take it easy and enjoy it

I appreciate that the bike will be comfortably faster than any car I've had/driven. I guess the point I was trying to make is that I'm not going from one extreme to the other eg smallish and slow car to mega fast superbike.

I also know that in some respects I will be/am naive but it's natural since I've never had a motorbike before. 

[Kermittheflyingbog]

don't get me wrong, i'm not slating you, you seem to have the right attitude
But you have supercar performance on something not much bigger than a bicycle, it is so very different to anything you have expierienced before, these bikes accelerate faster than the latest lamborghini's so in reality you are going from one extreme to another

[LeonCBR600]

plus driving cars round corners quickly is fairly easy on the road!!! not so with a bike.

my latest car is the quickest I have had, and does feel quick, yet its still not even twice as slow as my new bike!!!! can't wait   

[darich]

ok guys.....I've gone and done it.

I've bought a 125.

I've been thinking about it a lot and came to the conclusion that buying a decent 125 for practice was a better option for me. It means I can ride for a while and if I decide that it's not for me, then I haven't spent several hundred pounds on lessons, only to find I don't want to continue riding.
I realise bikes are way faster than cars so starting at the bottom is more sensible too......my girlfriend prefers this too!!!

Just bought a CBF 125 from a Glasgow dealer and will be picking it up sometime later in the week.

I reckon I'll save around £5 per day in fuel compared to my car, so the saved fuel will pretty much pay for the bike!!!

Cheers for all the advice!!!
Dave