Saul

I’ve got a couple of those sets, throw away money but useful nonetheless.

I would look at your tyre pressures to.

In the UK you can ride a 50cc at 16 and a 125cc at 17. I didn't want her to have a 50cc as they are very slow and vulnerable on the road. 125cc at least can keep up with traffic on a and B roads. I am hoping that this daughter will go for her full licence as she is bike mad. When she gets her A2 she can go up to 47 bhp then onto unrestricted after that but I am not sure how that goes. I got my full licence before those rules came in.

I hadn't thought of that, that makes good sense. Can't imagine it will cost me much to insure it in the interim until she is 17, which is 7 months away yet.

Hopefully she will, she has road sense and has been riding horses on the road for 2 years. I am basking in the glow of best Dad Ever! but that won't last long, I am sure I will be that grumpy twat again soon enough

She is over the moon with it as it is exactly what she wanted down to the colour. I was really lucky to find it only 6 miles down the road. She wanted a Red CBF125 which is what we looked at up at Damerells on Wednesday just gone. Anyway we talked and I was going to sort a new one for her closer to her birthday. In the mean time this 23 plate one popped up on ebay , 7 months old for £1850 as opposed to £3149 new. It was a repo that was cat N written off for cosmetic damage at 4 months old. It has several scuff and dings but nothing that can't be touched up and a few bits here and there and it will look good. In fact it's not that bad now even though every panel is marked. But with a 17 year old owner it will get scrapes at some point. Only covered 2100 miles. I am going to contact Damerells as it may still be under warranty but no big deal if it's not. It rode great home even with my fat arse on it.

Found the perfect bike for my youngest yesterday bought it and rode it home for her today. It’s now locked away until she is 17, but I am gonna see if I can borrow a bike trailer so she can learn to ride it on private ground.

Pissing down in Launceston, going home in 10 minutes. Going to look at a CBF125 later for my daughter.

My Mrs insists on buying her own cars, fuck me has that cost money over the years. The X3 she's got now had to have a cam chain and clutch/flywheel 3 months after buying and out of warranty. She bought a purple Picarsehole that lunched its head gasket not long after buying and then had a collapsed rear axle six months later, at the time all the other Yummie Mummies had them. She traded my lovely old Volvo V70 for that piece of wank because Volvos are for old men. . She has a champagne taste but a cider budget. For what she paid for the X3 and repairs she could have got a really nice recent Jazz or the like but according to her that wouldn't fit in up the stables. The list goes on and on. Every time it happens she says I have to chose the next car but she just can't let me do it. I have had my E46 for five years, and apart from tyres and servicing I have had to buy one coil pack. Its an old Jalopy but had just 60K on it when I bought it from a retired BMW tech who was going electric. Not saying I am some sort of car guru but I have more sense than she has, dizzy mare.

Or flirting ?

Seems like the smart move, plenty of better options for 10K.

Don't keep that a secret I love reading about that sort of stuff. I have a real thing for all things older BMW.

Lovely, good colour and 2 door as well. Comes from the era when BMW aimed to sell the ultimate driving machines, Very Cool.

Get your money back now. I can see that car being a ball ache long term. Just feel it in my water

Working overnight tonight and Sunday night. Saturday weather is shit but may get out this afternoon as the weather is looking good.

You've had your feisty pill this morning. Was it Blue?

Whose trolling now Negatron

You haven't got to buy every bike you like? Anyway I thought he was the font of all biking knowledge for you!

Don’t think so he’s been on this morning.

Who's been squabbling? missed that completely.

She is ok now, problem is we are as bad as each other, sometimes I can be a bit grumpy which doesn't help.

Cheers mate, Almost hate to say it, but Neevesy likes that POS. Whose opinion should I take his or yours?

I would love to get away with buying her a tidy CG but she wants a cool bike (like mine, her words) I have not been able to convince her a CG looks like a Hornet. I would like her to have an XR125 or similar but she won’t have it I have also had chapter and verse about the cool riding gear and look she is going for. Nearly no bike at all after earlier. Had a blazing row with her today, it’s that time of the month when some women go absolutely mental, add ADHD and teenage angst into 5’1” package and you can form a picture. She is the youngest and the Apple of my eye but I could have happily throttled her today. All good now but I am too old for hormonal teenagers . We are both too alike with low flash points, makes for some epic fall outs.

Remind me the last time you rode your bike?