Had my first proper near accident on Saturday, blonde woman driving a peugeot 207, indicating left to take next junction, road ahead clear so I move right to overtake at around 25mph, she then indicates right and immediately turns right into a school driveway, did my emergency stop quite well except for hanging a bit on the throttle and after a round of f**ks!!!!!!!!!!! rode on. Woke me up to the dangers of dumb drivers once again. She carried on oblivious to what she had done....................................... typical.
Dont give up though, not been riding long but the freedom and joy of riding is too good to miss. As other have said, and as I will be next year, get better trained and perhaps ride with buddies, follow other riders and see how they handle things. As Karlo said to me last Friday, ride at your own pace.
Hi everyone thanks for all your comments and i have taken them on board, especially about some advance training, and giving me a rough idea of price just to clear up on a couple of comments the bike that i'm thinking of selling isn't a cat c and has never been involved in an accident,and secondly i spent 3yrs going back and to on a 1982 honda cb125 passed test in december 2011 bought my fist fazer not knowing to much about bikes, the hornet ive only just got to try and get some confirdence back as its much easier to ride which i thought was a good move i havent got a prob with the hornet or my mates cbf600 its my fazer and i'm gutted about it. cheers Dave :'(
steve
Ref overtakes...dont want to sound patronising but in any situation , its never safe to overtake any vehicle at a junction unless its actually making the turn, but even then some car drivers swing completely round as they are trying to turn around !Personally I never trust any other vehicle to do what its indicators are saying ....as for schools...well the driver could be looking for little johnny...sees them on wrong side of road where supposed to be, impulse makes them just turn !
I've been watching a few on Ebay lately (hoping to pick up a nice 1000 soon). There was a similar one to yours (2006, 13500 miles in red) for £3400 a couple of days ago, but it didn't sell. As others have suggested around £3000 sounds about right, i'm still saving my pennies, otherwise i'd be very interested.
I guess I go along with a lot of what's been said about taking some time out before you make a final decision on selling the thou. I know the Fazer can be quite imposing, and, if the suspension is set up badly it can feel quite a handful, but they can be as easy to ride as anything else!
The fact that you seem to feel happier on the Hornet suggests that you've just lost confidence in the Fazer, and, if that's the case, then best to let it go.
Over the years I've gone from 600s to 900/1000s and back again. You don't need a 1000 to have fun, just so long as you have a bike!
In terms of value, a dealer would be putting it up for close to £4k if it's as good as it looks, but privately I'd try for £3500 and be prepared to be beaten down.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
FWIW, I've seen this bike in the flesh and it's a PEACH!
The fact that you can, doesn't always mean you should.
I NEVER watch Emergency Bikers for the emergencies...
