purchasing a motor bike

[Alvin85]

Thanks for the response,
Well yes the purpose is purely transport.
I will definitely get the hang of it before getting into crazy city traffic
I'm based in durban for now
This will be my first bike, than based on my experiences i'll either get a small car or a better bike

 

[AntiGanda]

Have you ever ridden for any real amount of time?



I'm betting you either never rode but know sometime who died or got injured. Or you rode and had one accident that was probably your fault but you can't admit that so you gave up and now blame the bike.

Yes, for many years. I'm still puzzled how your clothes and hair never smell of fumes like mine did.

I've had a minor spill, but nothing more. They say everyone has an accident at some stage on a bike, especially during the initial 3 months.

I've seen several fatal accidents close up, so I know you need insurance.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Yes, for many years. I'm still puzzled how your clothes and hair never smell of fumes like mine did.

I've had a minor spill, but nothing more. They say everyone has an accident at some stage on a bike, especially during the initial 3 months.

I've seen several fatal accidents close up, so I know you need insurance.

Proper bike gear or normal clothing?

Only time I've ever picked up a smell was when being caught in the rain with jeans only.

Yeah statistics say you'll crash in your first six months and then between your 2nd and third year and all of them most likely within 10km from your home.

Was true somewhat spot on for me but all of them minor. In 150000+ km of motorcycling my worst accident was breaking my foot, it was also the lowest speed.

I have never been at the scene of a fatal bike accident. Bad ones sure but never fatal.

On the contrary though I've been involved in and witnessed a number of fatal car crashes.

Normally the cause of most bad accidents are stupid people doing stupid things. And stupid people walk, ride bikes and bicycles but more worrying a **** load of them drive cars without realizing they are operating heavy machinery.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Thanks for the response,
Well yes the purpose is purely transport.
I will definitely get the hang of it before getting into crazy city traffic
I'm based in durban for now
This will be my first bike, than based on my experiences i'll either get a small car or a better bike

Save your money.

The money in your budget now will just about cover your gear now. That's of course if you want to stay alive and in one piece.

Fortunately you only need to buy decent gear once and it will last an age. Go cheap and it will need replacement every other year.

A Honda CBF250 second hand is 20k plus and a good starter on the cheap.

 

[requiem]

I'm just going to share this.

My motorbike results -

Go for lessons and ride safely.

 

[InternetSwag]

Motorcycles are actually rather expensive, R11k can get you a second hand e-storm though so look at that.

Also, bikes aren't that great tbh, had a scooter for 2 years and a 250cc for 1, overall I feel like nothing beats being able to get butt naked into my car.

 

[Alvin85]

Kindly share your experience more about the bigboy
Thanks

 

[SauRoNZA]

I'm just going to share this.

My motorbike results -

Go for lessons and ride safely.

A picture does not say a thousand words in this case.

Was it your fault? What happened? What was your part it making it happen and getting to that result?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Motorcycles are actually rather expensive, R11k can get you a second hand e-storm though so look at that.

Also, bikes aren't that great tbh, had a scooter for 2 years and a 250cc for 1, overall I feel like nothing beats being able to get butt naked into my car.

Kindly share your experience more about the bigboy
Thanks

It's chinese and ****. Much like the e-Storm mentioned that isn't really a Honda at all.

Cardboard brakes.

Flexible frame.

Dodgy wiring.

Just don't do it.

 

[Hazelbag]

One thing I can add, get a PROPER helmet. I use to race 600cc and guys wearing crap helmets came off bad.

 

[requiem]

A picture does not say a thousand words in this case.

Was it your fault? What happened? What was your part it making it happen and getting to that result?

Yeah - I was marshalling with Think Bike for the 94,7 in 2012.

Was just a stupid accident, early in the morning, riding downhill with bright sun and shade covering road surface, while leaning slightly backwards on the bike, (BMW F650GS), I hit a sink hole that had been repaired and formed warped road surface (So front wheel lifted, and when it came down it hit yet another skew patch of road, wheel turned 90 degrees and bike went ass over face.

So I rolled with the bike and with each roll the bike crushed more of my leg.

I don't blame anyone but myself, if I was leaning forward more, was 1cm to the left, or was calmer when front wheel came down again, I wouldn't have flipped.

I can walk again now, but leg is still not right.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Fortunately Bell are available locally now.

Great prices for the safest helmets around.

 

[Brenden_E]

Yeah - I was marshalling with Think Bike for the 94,7 in 2012.

Was just a stupid accident, early in the morning, riding downhill with bright sun and shade covering road surface, while leaning slightly backwards on the bike, (BMW F650GS), I hit a sink hole that had been repaired and formed warped road surface (So front wheel lifted, and when it came down it hit yet another skew patch of road, wheel turned 90 degrees and bike went ass over face.

So I rolled with the bike and with each roll the bike crushed more of my leg.

I don't blame anyone but myself, if I was leaning forward more, was 1cm to the left, or was calmer when front wheel came down again, I wouldn't have flipped.

I can walk again now, but leg is still not right.

I do mountain biking and can imagine it must be awesome to cruise with a bike. But personally I know of too many guys with stories like this. I don't want to walk funny because of a pothole :\

 

[requiem]

I do mountain biking and can imagine it must be awesome to cruise with a bike. But personally I know of too many guys with stories like this. I don't want to walk funny because of a pothole :\

Yeah - it ****ed me up good and proper.

I've come to accept it though, and i'm healing at quite a pace now. It involved a few surgeries, got addicted to pain killers

Fun stuff


I will one day climb on a motorcycle again, I truly ****ing miss the fun I had on my bike

 

[redarrow]

A large bike uses the same fuel as a small car too.

I don't think that's true, unless you're talking about a real monster of a bike vs an ultra-tiny car. I rode an ancient Yamaha (1989) FZR750 for about 6 years, really a bit of a brute, no fuel injection or fancy stuff like that still ran with carbs, I averaged 17km per litre I dunno many cars that keep up with that.

For what it's worth I bought that bike for R11k in 2007 and never had to spend any significant money on it, it also never left me smelling of fumes. Perhaps I was just lucky but you can get good buys sometimes..

Typically for that price range however you'll probably need to look for something like a 250cc or smaller, personally I'd find a off-road capable bike cos off-roading is loads of fun (and actually quite safe due to lack of cars) plus you can't really have much fun on the open road with a small displacement bike, it gets tiresome putting along with cars whooshing past all the time.

 

[Brenden_E]

I don't think that's true, unless you're talking about a real monster of a bike vs an ultra-tiny car. I rode an ancient Yamaha (1989) FZR750 for about 6 years, really a bit of a brute, no fuel injection or fancy stuff like that still ran with carbs, I averaged 17km per litre I dunno many cars that keep up with that.

For what it's worth I bought that bike for R11k in 2007 and never had to spend any significant money on it, it also never left me smelling of fumes. Perhaps I was just lucky but you can get good buys sometimes..

Typically for that price range however you'll probably need to look for something like a 250cc or smaller, personally I'd find a off-road capable bike cos off-roading is loads of fun (and actually quite safe due to lack of cars) plus you can't really have much fun on the open road with a small displacement bike, it gets tiresome putting along with cars whooshing past all the time.

Most small cars these days do 5L/100km. Those bluemotion diesel VW thingies do 4 or less I believe.

 

[redarrow]

Most small cars these days do 5L/100km. Those bluemotion diesel VW thingies do 4 or less I believe.

Fair enough I haven't really looked at more modern car fuel consumption rates..

Bear in mind however my motorcycle was over 20 years old , I'm sure modern bikes will be better. And of course comparing budgets it would takes years and years to break even on a car even if it was lighter on fuel than a bike, unless anyone seriously wants to suggest you can get a car for R11k that'll have an equivalent fuel consumption to a same priced bike.

 

[Velenoso]

You might be able to pick up a CB350 for that price, but it will be ****ed. Also, don't get a big bike if you've never ridden before. It's not a bicycle, you will come off, you will break your collar bone and/or worse.

 

[Alvin85]

You might be able to pick up a CB350 for that price, but it will be ****ed. Also, don't get a big bike if you've never ridden before. It's not a bicycle, you will come off, you will break your collar bone and/or worse.

Definitely agree with this statement

 

[Alvin85]

The idea is not to compete with cars, i would say its to avoid them completely, I.E go where a car simply can't
Buying a second vehicle is always an adventure no matter the budget. Sometimes one might say all the lessons learnt from a troublesome bike will pay off if ever one finds themselves needing to troubleshoot a problem/issue. I still have enough time to research & hear your guyz comments cause im planning this for next year