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Hi all, I know that a few of you ride / own motor bikes so thought I would ask for your opinions.. Im after a bike for the daily commute, and a bit of fun. To be fair works not far and I guess would only be using it for short journeys of less than 10 / 15 miles.

I owned a 125cc about 8 years ago, so was thinking about getting something like that.. So what should I go for? I fancy an enduro / trails type, but have no idea what’s good and what’s not.

Looking to take a full licence soon so it doesn’t need to be limited to a 125 but that just seems practical given the short distances..

Cheers, Mark.

Edited by MarkGTT on 9th Nov, 2007.

Hi,
Opening a whole can of worms here. If your thinking about taking your test it may work out cheaper to do that then by a 400 or something like.
Find out from a training organisation what your options are then a bike from any Japanese manufacturer you should be sorted
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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i bought a DTr 125 to take my test on, bloody good fun that bike was till it was nicked

You really are unlucky arent you wolfie.

You hang round too much with gypsys. LOL

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Cheers chaps, Sound advice Gavin.

DRZ and the DTR look like loads of fun.

Wolfie, how big was the DTR? im just under 6ft and dont really want to look like a twat driving it!

Edited by MarkGTT on 10th Nov, 2007.

Hi,
If possible I'd steer clear of 125s as most will have been thrashed to within an inch of their lives by spotty youths, with little to no maintenance!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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On 10th of Nov, 2007 at 03:15pm MarkGTT said:
Cheers chaps, Sound advice Gavin.

DZR and the DTR look like loads of fun.

Wolfie, how big was the DTR? im just under 6ft and dont really want to look like a twat driving it!

Does the 5/8th make a big difference Wolfie?

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