At 5/23/08 02:40 AM, dELtaluca wrote:
how comes its so expensive where you are? Where i've been doing my training its pretty much the best place anyone would tell you round here, it was £90 when i did my CBT, then 11 hours training + theory + practical test was £378.50
It probably was £90 for my CBT but my memory for figures is dire, and I paid in cash so all my fees are wonky. The DAS training was a four day intensive course (four days, seven hours each). I paid for my theory test seperate.
The extra training was needed because I spent nine months off the bike, as well as an extra day required on Wednesday because I was THAT rusty at it.
Plus, you're in the North. Everything's cheaper further north than York.
At 5/23/08 03:15 AM, LCurtis wrote:
Do you have a bike already or just looking for one? You might want something bigger than the Rebel. While its a great starter bike, I'm already wanting something with more power.
I don't yet have a bike, and I'll be restricted to 33bhp after I pass my test (since I'm doing it on a 125) for two years. The Rebel is about the closest thing to perfect bike for me - hits my test limit, great starter, I've seen enough videos on the net showing that it can handle motorways without a problem, looks great, Honda reliability (ie, I could get a bike older than me and expect it to run twice as well) and I've sat on one and thought "yeah, I could get used to this".
If, and big if because power doesn't mean much to me, I decide to move off a Rebel, I'd still probably stick with Honda and probably move up the VTX / Shadow lines, or try to find a 'rare-as-hens-teeth' Rebel 450