24-02-14, 08:04 PM
(24-02-14, 04:07 PM)cfoley link Wrote: I bet a lot of youngsters would get a 125 if the CBT was part of the driving test. I passed and then couldn't afford a car but a 125 might have been in the price range...
Probably a good idea to force everyone to experience driving something bigger too.
That was my rationale for getting into bikes. I rode for over a year before even thinking of passing a car test because insurance was so high for me. Still is: that Peugeot you miserable piss-taking Foccers mock (for good reason, admittedly! :b ) costs me over £1000 p/a in insurance!! :eek And they don't count the bike crash either!
Since my crash, bikes have become ludicrous to insure. I started by paying about £600 for my ZX-4, by the time I'd added mileage, changed the address and added business use, I must have been skirting the £1000 mark on that too! How anyone expects the youth to get mobile is a mystery to me. :\
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