hi from a noob

hiya gents, just signed up

gunna fess up now, ive always hated bikes (sorry)

but after being told i cant park my car at work ive been cycling and swiftly hated that. so have bought a ped and am doing my CBT next week

will pop up a thread in the appropriate place. but just wanted to say hi first

 

Welcome, and don't hate, appreciate
Just think of the plus sides, free parking, no queuing at traffic lights, plus they're so much fun!!
What ped you got?

 

lol, cheers mate. theres a post up in the projects. but its a piaggio nrg50 power dt
or sumat like that

i do see the point of having a ped and after a quick blast up my back street seems i might actually enjoy my time with the old gent

 

You will enjoy it!
Gent? I see yours is male too. Haha I've named mine pedro, thought that was quite appropriate

 

haha, yeah bob was the first thing taht came to my mind never named any of my cars so its a new thing for me

 

Haha, mines my first vehicle so it's new to me to

 

Being 27 makes me an old git, but also means only 120 quid to insure the ped

 

That doesn't make you old, there's people in there 40s on here
Mine was 300 :/ first thing insured, only 19 years old, and I got my provisional the day it was insured lol

 

Thats not bad at all. I got my cbt next Saturday actually cant wait

 

Suppose it's not lol, could've been alot worse!
And it's easy! Hour in the class (you'll be fine coz you drive) all about road positioning etc, hour learning signals and how to control the bike around cones etc, then 2 hours on the road riding around
Just gotta prove your a safe rider lol,
I went to mine after only a couple hours sleep so I was pretty knackered, didn't really know about all the positioning and I flew through it all lol

 

Yeah im not expecting it to be difficult. And ill be doin it on a 50 twist an go so I can concentrate on being safe rather than messin with gears

 

Well mate, I do a lot of cycling back and forth to work my self mate, but it help s a fare bit to know from experience from other drivers who don't have any considerate about anyone on two wheels, so you know your skills by staying alert.

 

Wow thats a crazy price. But thanks for the welcome

 

hi welcome to the site...

i'm over 50, live in a small town, £88 full comp
nearly cheaper than walking.

 

£88 fully comp?! I'm riding a moped for the rest of my life

 

Lol im getting quotes of over 300 fully comp. But as yet I have no ncb to add to it