Biker's Cafe Chatroom

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Diddums said:
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A tale as old as time, it's gotta be the queuing mentality - as you get it with all sorts of drivers; rather than the typical demographic of butthurt young lads in Barry boy motors.

Sounds like you had every right to give them a piece of your mind, shame the plod never bothered to back you up - probably couldn't be ****d with the hassle of paperwork.
 
hornetstinger said:
Tough men like me ride their motorbikes, bare chested with no helmet at very high speed with baseball sized hailstones :D

After I use scooter for a few months I might pickup a old 125cc geared bike. How much does it effect insurance, is 2x or just £100 ontop? :confused:
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Are you asking how much more a geared bike is to insure than a scooter? If so it depends on far too many factors to say. Just check on a comparison website.
 
hornetstinger said:
No, how much extra to have two bikes insured rather than just one.
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You can try multi-bike policies or just run separate policies for each bike to see which works out cheapest. I've currently got 2 x fully comp policies and 1 x TPFT policy running, as that works out cheaper for my usage.

I bought yet more rubbers......for the 10 this time, so had to splash for the pair.......now I'm poor!!

Edit: £360 delivered in two days. Luckily I fit and balance them myself.

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hornetstinger said:
No, how much extra to have two bikes insured rather than just one.
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It cost me £30 to insure a second bike fully comp, but I did have a full A licence. With just a CBT, your mileage may vary.

Ditch the scooter, get a geared bike and get your DAS training booked in. Get it done before you develop and engrain your own anti-passing habits. It's much easier to learn how to do it right from the start, versus unlearning what you have taught yourself and then relearning the right way to pass the tests.
 
aaronyuri said:
It cost me £30 to insure a second bike fully comp, but I did have a full A licence. With just a CBT, your mileage may vary.

Ditch the scooter, get a geared bike and get your DAS training booked in. Get it done before you develop and engrain your own anti-passing habits. It's much easier to learn how to do it right from the start, versus unlearning what you have taught yourself and then relearning the right way to pass the tests.
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Can understand what you're saying about not learning on a scooter, that it's better to be "thrown into the deep end"

I'm finding things hard to concentrate and get annoyed at things and then I don't enjoy it, I think that's my neurological condition. Also since this could result in accident if I get distracted/annoyed with gears/clutch or forget to indicate whilst doing all this- if each limb has to do something might be too much "brain overload" but with scooter since I'm not thinking about my left foot and left hand for clutch (only for brake and indicators) I can concentrate more on the surroundings. I really don't like the constant stop stop/start in towns with gears it annoyed me, pull away 1st gear, 2nd, move forward 50 feet, red light, stop, go back to 1st, 2nd, another give way, back to first etc also indicate all while with clutch etc etc. On the open road it was fine going from town to town with gears.

More to get motor vehicle now as if I want to go to next town or two say 30 miles (on a pushbike) it's getting bit much, makes it half a day thing etc.

I'll pickup a cheap geared bike later for second bike then see how I go. And having a scooter now allows me to go look at sellers that otherwise would be too far with pushbike. A mate might be moving to another country and he's got a family so unlikely go riding with him

However I'm not going to be "touring" just pootling about so I don't see myself in getting a big bike.
 
hornetstinger said:
No, how much extra to have two bikes insured rather than just one.
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Depends on so many factors like the risk profile of the specific bikes you're insuring, but my anecdotal experience is:

1 x 2008 990 Adventure valued at £5k = £19pm
Added 1 x 2014 R NineT valued at £7k. New premium £42pm
 
hornetstinger said:
<snip> if each limb has to do something might be too much "brain overload" <snip>
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It might feel like overload for the first time but becomes second nature, occupying next to zero brain space, but only if the controls are intuitive and functioning properly. The closest I've come to having a accident because I was thinking about the bike is when someone had adjusted my clutch lever without me knowing and I was trying to figure out why it felt weird.
 
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iamgigglz said:
It might feel like overload for the first time but becomes second nature, occupying next to zero brain space, but only if the controls are intuitive and functioning properly. The closest I've come to having a accident because I was thinking about the bike is when someone had adjusted my clutch lever without me knowing and I was trying to figure out why it felt weird.
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Agreed. It all becomes muscle memory after you give it long enough. You just ride, and your limbs do everything for you automatically. That only happens with practice and repetition.

@hornetstinger I understand your position, but view it from the point of being stuck at 125cc and having to do the CBT every two years. Once you have the A licence, you can do whatever you want, whenever you fancy it. You can hold an A licence and ride a 250cc. You're not obligated to get a large engined bike, although they are very fun!
 
aaronyuri said:
Agreed. It all becomes muscle memory after you give it long enough. You just ride, and your limbs do everything for you automatically. That only happens with practice and repetition.

@hornetstinger I understand your position, but view it from the point of being stuck at 125cc and having to do the CBT every two years. Once you have the A licence, you can do whatever you want, whenever you fancy it. You can hold an A licence and ride a 250cc. You're not obligated to get a large engined bike, although they are very fun!
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I'll probably get a second bike while owning scooter, then pickup something cheap like this (and able to ride over there to see it)

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Going straight to geared motorbike might be too much not like playing computer game making mistakes.

I'm mid process of disability claim as well so if I lose the appeal then big bike and progressing through licenses will be scratched off the cards (money halved so that means money for fuel as well)
 
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