Bike mad people?
#229
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Re: Bike mad people?
Our son has just bought a 650 Suzuki Blvd, 2006, and Is very very happy with it. I thought I might have a conniption fit when he was driving it back from the other side of Moncton, but the course that he did was fantastic and seems to have instilled a really safety conscious attitude. Now my husband says he’d like to get one like it as it’s so light. It is a nice looking thing actually. We did already have a 1981 Kawasaki 440 which we brought with us.
Insurance for an 18 year old is somewhat more expensive than I might have imagined...but will apparently go down as he gets older
Insurance for an 18 year old is somewhat more expensive than I might have imagined...but will apparently go down as he gets older
#230
Re: Bike mad people?
There's an old bloke in my village in Norfolk who showed me his collection of classic motorcycles - he keeps them all in his living room! Yes, he is a bachelor.
In 2016, he sold one of his bikes. It was a 1924 Croft-Cameron Super Eight which his father had bought in the 1950s from the original owner for 50 quid. It sold at auction for GBP 203,100!!!
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23602/lot/177/
In 2016, he sold one of his bikes. It was a 1924 Croft-Cameron Super Eight which his father had bought in the 1950s from the original owner for 50 quid. It sold at auction for GBP 203,100!!!
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23602/lot/177/
#231
Re: Bike mad people?
Our son has just bought a 650 Suzuki Blvd, 2006, and Is very very happy with it. I thought I might have a conniption fit when he was driving it back from the other side of Moncton, but the course that he did was fantastic and seems to have instilled a really safety conscious attitude. Now my husband says he’d like to get one like it as it’s so light. It is a nice looking thing actually. We did already have a 1981 Kawasaki 440 which we brought with us.
Insurance for an 18 year old is somewhat more expensive than I might have imagined...but will apparently go down as he gets older
Great bikes
i have my M test booked for next week. Had my M since I was 17 now doing it again lol. Oh well !!
#232
Re: Bike mad people?
Anyhow, good luck with the test next week. I remember taking my M in 2013 on a bike I'd owned since 1990 and feeling the whole thing was a bit of a parody.
#233
Re: Bike mad people?
I definitely prefer the name "Intruder" they're called in the rest of the world. Is the 50 the cubic inch displacement or summat?
Anyhow, good luck with the test next week. I remember taking my M in 2013 on a bike I'd owned since 1990 and feeling the whole thing was a bit of a parody.
Anyhow, good luck with the test next week. I remember taking my M in 2013 on a bike I'd owned since 1990 and feeling the whole thing was a bit of a parody.
Pain having to do test again, but on a positive note I am doing the course then test over a weekend day and a week day evening, that helps to substantially knock down the insurance cost
#234
Re: Bike mad people?
There's an old bloke in my village in Norfolk who showed me his collection of classic motorcycles - he keeps them all in his living room! Yes, he is a bachelor.
In 2016, he sold one of his bikes. It was a 1924 Croft-Cameron Super Eight which his father had bought in the 1950s from the original owner for 50 quid. It sold at auction for GBP 203,100!!!
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23602/lot/177/
In 2016, he sold one of his bikes. It was a 1924 Croft-Cameron Super Eight which his father had bought in the 1950s from the original owner for 50 quid. It sold at auction for GBP 203,100!!!
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23602/lot/177/
#235
Re: Bike mad people?
Passed my full M today, after giving it up :@(. When we moved here finally got it back :@)
was there early so took this pic at sunrise
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