What bike for a new big guy?

cHk4 · 26 Mar 2012 at 13:33

Well I need to get transportation pretty quick so looking at learning how to ride a bike.

I'm a big dude 6 foot 3 and my weight varies from 20-24 stone ( depending on summer/winter ) and I'm looking at a bike for no more than £5k I guess, something I can do on finance. My local shop is a Infinity in North Camp but before I go down I wanted to get a bit of info on what would be good for me, I will mainly be doing 10 miles a day and possibly further depending on if I get a new job or not.

Hope I've covered everything.

Thanks.

cHk4 · 26 Mar 2012 at 14:36

Ok so I'm not going to kill any bike I sit on that's good!

Thanks guys

The Honda Transalp does look nice though!

cHk4 · 26 Mar 2012 at 16:10

So my understanding is I can get any bike so long as it's restricted to 125cc ( 33bhp ) or am I reading that wrong?

cHk4 · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:24

Thanks for everyone that has posted, much appreciated.

Looking at doing the direct access, roughly how much should I be looking at spending on doing that? Have seen the CBT for £90 including bike hire etc.

Been looking and see you can get deals like this one ( £99 deposit etc ) on something like http://www.portmanmotorcycles.co.uk/kawasaki-news-article.aspx?itemid=20921
Would it be worth doing something like that? Or would a bike like that not support my weight? Again I've got nothing set in stone but looking around at finance deals etc it seems I can easily get fireblades and ninjas on a good finance plan so was just wondering.

I understand it's my first bike and what not so I'm just genuinely asking as a sports type bike may not be the best first bike.

cHk4 · 30 Mar 2012 at 23:32

SamPazz said:
Again all i can say is go and sit on one if possible. But the nice thing about most bikes is that the rear shock may be adjustable so they should easily support you. If not a few hundred £ on upgrades should do you right if that.

Also your first bike, just remember that you will probably end up dropping it so maybe something less faired and shiny might be a good idea. Maybe something along the lines of an ER6-N ect?

Yea, I'll hopefully be going to my local infinity cycles this weekend or next to get an idea and to get the ball rolling.

That is some sound advice, I didn't think about dropping the bike etc so thanks once again