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[Del Boy]

Well done mate.  

[TheBoy]

Had to take the ZX10 out for a spin today.  Bit nippy out

[ballcock50]

Congratulations Tunny. once you get you full licence take care you're only as good as the worst driver you meet.

[tunnie]

Cheers all, been checking out some cheapo bikes to learn on..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2007-LIFAN-LF-125-14F-BLACK-RED_W0QQitemZ280280695133QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280280695133&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A7|39%3A1|240%3A1318

These look quite good, gear selection light, fuel gauge, comfy ride.

Might have to watch a few of these  

[Lizzie_Zoom]

A very well done Tunnie!!

[Andy B]

....... fuel gauge ......

That's what I could do with on  mine. The later TDMs have one.

[tunnie]

first place i tried the bikes had these gauges, last place did'nt, did not find this a problem, was changing through and down the gears fine, but a couple of times i did forget which one i was in,  

[Andy B]

first place i tried the bikes had these gauges, last place did'nt, did not find this a problem, was changing through and down the gears fine, but a couple of times i did forget which one i was in,  

Only to be expected at first. I find I still want to change to 6th .... it's only got 5 gears!    
As TB said the other day, you'll get the hang of what gear you're in without a tell tale. You don't need to look to see what gear your car is in do you!

[tunnie]

first place i tried the bikes had these gauges, last place did'nt, did not find this a problem, was changing through and down the gears fine, but a couple of times i did forget which one i was in,  

Only to be expected at first. I find I still want to change to 6th .... it's only got 5 gears!    
As TB said the other day, you'll get the hang of what gear you're in without a tell tale. You don't need to look to see what gear your car is in do you!

Not usually, but some times i do just put my hand down to feel were the stick is, but thats quite rare.

[PaulW]

See I'd still recommend getting a CG...

Cheap to work on (well, easy to fix stuff yourself), pretty much bullet proof (the fact mine was reversed into, pushed through a brick wall and survived is testament to this!), and very cheap to run (£13.60 worth of fuel at £104.9 did me 250 miles to Keswick and back, and the bike wasn't exactly 'light on the ground' either)

The only problem I see with all these chinese bikes, is getting parts for them.  Least with the CG I can just nip down to a motorcycle breakers and go rummaging.  The chinese ones I'd feel would be problematic to get bits in that way...

Fixed the starter motor the other day on it too, £147 Honda wanted for a new motor...  I just stripped it down, cleaned it all up and refitted it inside 20 minutes!  Seriously easy to work with!

[tunnie]

might hunt down a Honda then

[Martin_1962]

Starter motor?

With a 125 a right leg is enough

I used to know of an absolute nutter with a CG125, I passed them once (I was at near terminal velocity) on the flat came into a village slowed down and they ran into the back of me!

They were flat out too but my smaller engined bike was two up!

[Andy B]

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With a 125 a right leg is enough .....

Right leg is only any good if there's a kick start.      

[PaulW]

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With a 125 a right leg is enough .....

Right leg is only any good if there's a kick start.      

There is on mine (it has the benefit of both), but I'm a lazy shite  

[Andy B]

.....
With a 125 a right leg is enough .....

Right leg is only any good if there's a kick start.      

There is on mine (it has the benefit of both), but I'm a lazy sh*te  

My TDM is either the starter or a bump start down the road.