Hello from Oxfordshire - Page 3

Scudnut · 06-21-2008, 07:34 PM

We should work for Suzuki GB.

big mo · 06-21-2008, 08:06 PM

Hi Neil and a late warm welcolm to the forum mate. Well done with the CBT, now go and get yourself a wee Marauder a smashing 125 cruiser. Ride it for a year or so, look after it and youll sell it for neer enough what you paid for it. That will pay for your full test and away you go...... Get plenty of practice in cause the test gets a lot harder in november i think (someone will correct me) Anyway good luck mate.
Mo

grotbag · 06-21-2008, 10:40 PM

Only if they give a good discount Scud

The test changes at the end of September mo

dungeekin · 06-23-2008, 11:02 AM

Well - thanks to the recommendations here on the forums (and the fact that I haven't been able to get comfortable on any other bike I've tried) - the deposit has just gone down on my '08 Marauder!

Now frantically chasing CBT places, as the bike will be ready to collect in just a week!

Neil

grotbag · 06-23-2008, 09:03 PM

Way Hay Neil!! looks like the cruisers are taking over the asylum

Scudnut · 06-23-2008, 11:48 PM

Nice one Neill, what colour you gone for mate?

dungeekin · 06-24-2008, 08:14 AM

It's a black one - pics will follow as soon as I've collected it.

CBT is booked for Saturday morning, then hopefully picking the bike up in the afternoon...

big mo · 06-24-2008, 10:01 AM

Good luck with the CBT mate. And well done you got yourself a cracking wee bike.Dont know how it works were you are, but they let me take my CBT on my Marauder, but i see you wont be getting your bike till after the test. Anyway its a doddle, the hardest thing i found was the U turn... So plenty of practice.
All the best... MO + Bumble Bee

dungeekin · 06-24-2008, 10:25 AM

Thanks, Big Mo!

They won't let me take the CBT on the Marauder, because (apparently) if I drop it my insurance wouldn't be valid. But I'm not overly bothered, as I can collect the bike immediately after completing it...

I have to say I'm stupidly excited about the whole thing - having not been on a bike in almost 20 years, it's going to be great fun!

(That said, unlike 20 years ago I find myself reading much more about safety and much *less* about going fast!)

Neil

grotbag · 06-24-2008, 08:16 PM

lol we'll have to challenge the head down arse up wallers to a slow ride eh!!

06-21-2008, 07:34 PM	#21 (permalink)
Scudnut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West London Posts: 794	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire We should work for Suzuki GB.

06-21-2008, 08:06 PM	#22 (permalink)
big mo Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 40	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Hi Neil and a late warm welcolm to the forum mate. Well done with the CBT, now go and get yourself a wee Marauder a smashing 125 cruiser. Ride it for a year or so, look after it and youll sell it for neer enough what you paid for it. That will pay for your full test and away you go...... Get plenty of practice in cause the test gets a lot harder in november i think (someone will correct me) Anyway good luck mate. Mo

06-21-2008, 10:40 PM	#23 (permalink)
grotbag Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Near Hornsea,on the East Yorkshire coast Posts: 8,367	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Only if they give a good discount Scud The test changes at the end of September mo
	Some time's my mind doesn't only wander, it leaves completely ...........

06-23-2008, 11:02 AM	#24 (permalink)
dungeekin Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire Posts: 116	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Well - thanks to the recommendations here on the forums (and the fact that I haven't been able to get comfortable on any other bike I've tried) - the deposit has just gone down on my '08 Marauder! Now frantically chasing CBT places, as the bike will be ready to collect in just a week! Neil

06-23-2008, 09:03 PM	#25 (permalink)
grotbag Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Near Hornsea,on the East Yorkshire coast Posts: 8,367	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Way Hay Neil!! looks like the cruisers are taking over the asylum
	Some time's my mind doesn't only wander, it leaves completely ...........

06-23-2008, 11:48 PM	#26 (permalink)
Scudnut Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West London Posts: 794	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Nice one Neill, what colour you gone for mate?

06-24-2008, 08:14 AM	#27 (permalink)
dungeekin Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire Posts: 116	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire It's a black one - pics will follow as soon as I've collected it. CBT is booked for Saturday morning, then hopefully picking the bike up in the afternoon...

06-24-2008, 10:01 AM	#28 (permalink)
big mo Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 40	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Good luck with the CBT mate. And well done you got yourself a cracking wee bike.Dont know how it works were you are, but they let me take my CBT on my Marauder, but i see you wont be getting your bike till after the test. Anyway its a doddle, the hardest thing i found was the U turn... So plenty of practice. All the best... MO + Bumble Bee

06-24-2008, 10:25 AM	#29 (permalink)
dungeekin Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire Posts: 116	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire Thanks, Big Mo! They won't let me take the CBT on the Marauder, because (apparently) if I drop it my insurance wouldn't be valid. But I'm not overly bothered, as I can collect the bike immediately after completing it... I have to say I'm stupidly excited about the whole thing - having not been on a bike in almost 20 years, it's going to be great fun! (That said, unlike 20 years ago I find myself reading much more about safety and much less about going fast!) Neil

06-24-2008, 08:16 PM	#30 (permalink)
grotbag Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Near Hornsea,on the East Yorkshire coast Posts: 8,367	Re: Hello from Oxfordshire lol we'll have to challenge the head down arse up wallers to a slow ride eh!!
	Some time's my mind doesn't only wander, it leaves completely ...........

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