Ayup all, another new 'un here. :mrgreen: I haven't been riding scoots for that long tbh, not a full year; Started on a wee 50cc Speedy, which frankly is/was a nail - I'm not gonna bullsh/t & freely admit didn't know very much at the time since before that I'd only ridden 50 & 80 suzuki plags round our local quarry, oh and of course lots of Road Rash on the megadrive (essential experience I'm sure you'll agree ). Slowly did the speedy up to get it road-worthy & looking semi-nice, but in the end it just didn't have enough go - I'd assumed at the time because I'm quite small, a 50 would be a nice compromise between "enough" power, and dirt-cheap insurance - but my again lack of ped-sperience was a problem - I kind of live out in the sticks & all the long A-roads you need to take to get anywhere worth mentioning are a sod on a 50, I had to give it full throttle 95% of the time I was on it & of course that's not good news.. So in the end, rather than try to polish a turd (actually that's a bit unfair, I do like the wee speedy for town-centre stuff, it's just not practical for what I needed) I went & picked up an 02-plate DNA 125 from a local dealer a few weeks back (2nd-hand of course but with all full service history & prev MOTs, etc..) for day-in-day-out commuting & work, etc.. Tbh it's like a completely different world - I know many folk on the internet aren't too keen on DNAs, but I love it - it has it's flaws I suppose like any bike but for what I need it's pretty-much perfect (apart from I'd like more power but hey don't we all ). Speedy when I first got it; Speedy after re-assembly & a spray-job; Speedy after fixing it up, after I crushed it against the back of our garage with the Corsa; :rofl: (yes that's the offending car..) DNA when I got it/as of now; Christ, a lot of pics there, but yeah that's about it really. I've actually be reading these forums for quite a while, for various bits of info but though I oughta do the decent thing & join up. Catch you later all & HF.
Cheers Matt, Gilly - actually the thing's mostly sold off now - I sold the bodykit to one lad last week, & got decent fella coming to collect the speedy frame next week, with it's 50-engine & a lone 100 lump that was going to go in it this summer. Be a shame to see it go tbh.
