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  1. #76
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    My advice would be to just wait it out man. Your 18 now and have ur restricted, when your 19 your gonna have ur full licence and THEN you can ride what ever you want. The wait may sound alot but believe me, the time flys or time sure seems to sure fly as you get older!! The wait is nothing but the experience is invaluable.

    Im 24 and I can only now go for my restricted, it sucks, having had my full car licence since I was 16 to having a stupid ass blue, restricted to a piece of 250 P.O.C licence, but thats the game. But Im looking at dong an OE soon so I will get my restricted before I leave and when I return (with more money than I could possibley make in NZ, I might add) I can straight onto a full and go pay cash for a 10r or gixxer thou. Oh yeahh!!

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    Im relatively old now and have learnt to ride in the last year.

    Theres been more than one occasion where I have ridden into a bad situation, mostly from poor decision making. I know that at 18,20,or even 25 I would making them far more often.
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    Did you know that if you're over 18, earn at least $25,000 a year, and don't have a bad credit rating (yet), American Express will give you a Gold credit card with a 25,000 credit limit? or, if you've got more selfcontrol, a blue, which has a 12,000 limit.

    So, a nice, 95ish Ducati would cost around 12ish right? Then you could be the coolest 18yo on the street, riding a DUCATI, or if you're more inclined for a jap bike, a GSXR600? Or, if you're gay, a CBR600?(Kidding, hondas rule)

    I want a 600 now too! And I'm only 3 months away from my full! Wait your turn. No, you're only on your learners, get a nicer 250 have fun in ways other than riding supersonic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeremysprite View Post
    So, a nice, 95ish Ducati would cost around 12ish right? Then you could be the coolest 18yo on the street, riding a DUCATI, or if you're more inclined for a jap bike, a GSXR600? Or, if you're gay, a CBR600?(Kidding, hondas rule)
    It is scary how much they've depreciated. You could pick up a nice low-mileage 916 for as little as ten grand.

    Of course a low price still doesn't make it a good idea!

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    of course it doesn't. it's a ducati.

    6500km's on an 11 year old import???

    smell's fishier than an anglers tacklebag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Dover View Post
    of course it doesn't. it's a ducati.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Dover View Post
    of course it doesn't. it's a ducati.

    6500km's on an 11 year old import???

    smell's fishier than an anglers tacklebag.
    Normally I'd agree. But according to the listing it was imported by emoto, so you should be able to check the import mileage with them.

    I've dealt with emoto before and found them to be extremely straight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adiddy View Post
    How would you feel if your son/daughter went out and bought their second bike ( a year or so into riding) and it was a 600?! but they only had a restricted?

    If they were a confident, safe/cautioius rider that is and they had a 250 for a year?!
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    It's a silly question so i doubt I would bother answering it.

    But I'll try... cos I'm good like that...

    To me it depends upon your reasons and resources. Why do you need to upgrade. A modern 250 is way fast enough to keep up with traffic so if it's just an ego thing (wah wah I want a big bike) then I would oppose it strongly. You are probably not making a terribly mature decision.

    If the 250 in question was becoming a liability or was a GN125 or a BSA250 and you were travelling considerable distances on the motorway everyday, I'd listen to your reasons but would advise not to make such a big step without considering an intermeadiate one..

    Do you have the resources to fund / keep this beast? I'm afraid modern sportsbikes are not cheap to run!

    If you were a riding buddy? Well different story..... ABOVE ALL ELSE!!!! I expect people I'm riding with to take all resonable steps not to ruin anyone elses day. You getting caught on a bike you are not licensed to ride could do that, you falling off because you could not handle the jandal would do that, you not being able to maintain your bike would do that. Don't get me wrong, shit happens, breakdowns, flat tyres etc all happen and I'm there at the front of the queue to help but I expect you to have taken reasonable care to avoid it. You getting into trouble for not being legal would piss me off. You being responsible and sticking with what you can afford and are legally allowed to ride would impress me...

    Hope that helps.

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    Thumbs up mmm

    yerr nah i get what dover and the rest of you are saying... i think i will upgrade to a better 250!
    lol Ixion wtf?!
    yerr itl be another year but i suppose with a newer 250 it wont be too bad...

    what 250 would be a step up from a gpx?
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    cbr, Zxr, Nsr, Rgv, Rs, Vtr.

    Assuming of course that you don't like longer rides/don't mind being semi-crippled. Except for the VTR
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    Quote Originally Posted by adiddy View Post
    How would you feel if your son/daughter went out and bought their second bike ( a year or so into riding) and it was a 600?! but they only had a restricted?

    If they were a confident, safe/cautioius rider that is and they had a 250 for a year?!
    ADiddy
    So how did you feel?
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank
    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.

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    watsup can?!

    i feel i should as most people here do stick to the 250 till i get full although a 600 would e nice ill wait till i get back from my OE
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    I would have no problem if they bought a 600, I had a cb750 before I passed my test.

    However. My dad was kind enough to offer to look after the CDI for me. So, it got cleaned inside and out whilst I rode around on my shitty KH100 until I passed my test.

    So buy it and don't ride it... amazing how much of an incentive to passing your test...

    You could move sideways and get a 250 adventure bike untill you passed ... learning gravel and off road will teach you a heluva lot for when you eventually move on to something bigger...
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    Quote Originally Posted by adiddy View Post
    watsup can?!

    i feel i should as most people here do stick to the 250 till i get full although a 600 would e nice ill wait till i get back from my OE

    Hey I am very much the wrong person to comment on what someone should be riding on their restricted license.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tank
    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.

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    mmm im gonna have a look for an ofroad/onraod bike something that will hold its value !

    hopefully i kan still go on those rides eh dover lol
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