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thebrasso

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  • Birthday 30/03/1984

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    2014 Suzuki GSX1250FA
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    Ashton-under-Lyne

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  1. I can echo comments on the YBR 125, I got one having used one for my CBT. For someone like me who scraped through a CBT (no falls etc but not a natural rider and no experience) and has been out in all weathers daily for the past month or so it has been very forgiving! Parts are cheap as well.
  2. I went for my first CBT in July 2014, I'd had a quick go of a 125 at the NEC bike show with a mate who rides (a few years before) but that had been literally sitting on it, demonstration of the controls and managing to get it rolling. I turned up with no kit other than I was wearing some Altberg boots. All the others had some experience of riding bikes, but some were non drivers. I have a fair bit of driving experience and am in the Police. I just had it in my head that I would come off, way too tense and was not in safe control of the bike in terms of co-ordinating the brakes, clutch and throttle. I was rolling the throttle on when applying the front brake and was very lucky not to come off the bike when doing slow maneuvres. I went back 5 weeks later and had told myself that I was wearing their safety kit and proper footwear, and to accept if it went wrong it would hurt. I found it a lot easier on the car park but my clutch control was not brilliant. Out onto the road ride I found my tenseness affected my ability to turn as well as I should and the hand controls. I had one moment of target distraction where I rode towards a solid line on a bend, but recovered it, and one stall which I had under control, as passed. I was advised to go and get a 125 and get some miles under my belt, before considering DAS. The instructors said my planning and anticipation on the road was fine but my control of the bike could get me into big trouble on a big bike so I went and got the gear and a YBR 125. I am loving it!
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