Fizzy

Bought a Seiko Kinetic watch a couple of years back now. Described as 'as new, only worn to try on and never worn again' Turned up, light scratching all over the strap, a deep gouge in the glass and a nice cmixture of skin/dirt all over the back of it... Contacted the seller first, before contacting eBay, who gave me some sob story that it was her late husband's watch, he'd never worn it, I was mistaken, must be my fault, blah blah blah I decided to take loads of pictures showing the issues, as I figured she was now going to claim I'd done it, eBay found in my favour and I eventually got my money back. She had 100% feedback up to that point, no idea why she'd lied about the watches condition, but it was plain to see it was far from 'as new'!

I think if you're having to ask, then confidence is definitely an issue It's hard for anyone here to say just how nervous/confident you are, only you can really make that call Just how far a journey would it be? After 15 years of not riding, I bought a 50cc scooter from East London and rode it out to Farnborough. That was certainly a trek, and it wasn't easy avoiding motorways or dual carriageways but I survived

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Ah, but how do you know it's not a Chinese copy of a Chinese made helmet?

Hence knowing what make/model it is gives us something to go on, so does make a difference

But we don't know if it is made for the UK market, because we don't know what helmet it is...

What does it matter? Makes no difference regarding approval or legality is concerned Going to have a guess here, but I'd say that if we know what make and model of helmet it is, a quick interwebz search will tell the OP what they need to know

Didn't even need a CBT when I started riding, straight on a moped at 16 and had a RXS 100 waiting for me on my 17th. It's certainly a while ago now, but don't think I was that nervous about riding Took a CBT in Summer as I've been commuting on a 50 for a while and needed something bigger/newer as my commute to the station is now longer and takes in some 40-50mph roads. There was 1 other on my course, a 16 year old. The morning part he was fine, he'd clearly studied the Highway Code and riding round the car park he was fine. However after lunch on the road ride, he was, well, dangerous! He was clearly VERY nervous, chugging along at 20mph (the only time he got up to 30 was in a 20 zone!), not reading the road (he turned left when he should have gone straight on (road bent round sharply to right)), stopping on main roads to give way to traffic at side roads, and when he was making right turns he was swinging the bike all the way left and then back across the road. He was asked to come back for more training, but it did make me wonder how many 16 year olds had been like him when I started riding

I do see posts on FB where kids have claimed to have fallen off yet still been given the certificate. I've always suspected it's BS, but perhaps not?

My boss's wife passed her bike test. A few days later she was at the showroom collecting her bike. Drove off the forecourt and straight into the shop opposite. Most of the damage was dented pride. Guys came over from the bike shop and suggested she take some training, and they'd have the bike delivered to her...

Don't know what you mean

He certainly seems that way So any Middle-Eastern country that has oil is still in for it then!

ContiGo's, apparently the best choice out of two options for this bike. I've seen them nicknamed Conti Let-Go's quite a few times, due to their apparent wet weather performance. I have them on my YBR too What are your other options? The go-to tyre for the YBR is apparently the Michelin Pilot Sporty I know what you mean about confidence though. I had a low speed (luckily) off at the beginning of the year which was in the wet and knocked my wet weather confidence no end. Before that, I was happy to throw it around much more and never had an issue, but after that I found myself tip-toeing around in the wet. It's still not what it used to be but I'm more confident now, although the thinner rear on the YBR worries me a little, as does the tyre itself.

That's true! When my YBR reads empty, it usually means it's about half full

Yeah certainly looks like a large Tamiya connector http://www.batteryspace.com/images/products/detail/1.514.jpg

Hard to say, depends on the reason it's sat. Mine had been sat a while, hence needing the front brake and fork seals doing. You do see some bikes that have been parked up because the owner can't afford to run it, that to me rings alarm bells, because it means it probably hasn't been maintained properly

Although they'd then be a shortage of new 125 Yamahas The YBR is made my a company called Jianshe in China, who also produce bikes under their own name. Their JS 125-6F should look very familiar Jacket/trousers, as suggested, try eBay, you can probably get a jacket for about £25 with the armour. I dropped lucky and bought an IXON jacket for 99p! Will you get something like a YBR for £700? Well yes, I think so, and not necessarily one with loads of issues either. I was recently in the same boat, with a similar budget. Looked at YBRs and CBFs. Went with the YBR in the end as it was a little lower to the ground (I'm 174cm) and was thinner. The seat on the CBF felt like it was stretching my legs too much, YBR felt much more comfy. 2 bikes I narrowed it down to was a 2009 stolen/recovered CBF which was only a couple of miles from me, for sale on eBay. Had 8 months MOT and was decent enough, finally sold for £640, but I went for a 2007 YBR with 13k on it. No MOT, so took a bit of a punt, but other than needing new fork seals and the front brake cleaning, it went through the MOT. Paid £500 for the bike and £165 for the work, which included an oil change and the MOT cost.

Suppose it all depends on where you live, and if you plan on leaving anything valuable in it I always take mine off when parking it up overnight, but then that's more down to the fact the cover won't fit with it on

I find a decent windstopper works wonders for keeping the chill out

Exactly that, although I did take my 50 to the training centre for my first CBT, but I have a moped licence. Ended up doing it on one of their YBRs anyway It's possible the training centre's insurance would cover you on your own bike, but I personally doubt it, but there's nothing to stop you asking You could wheel it down there, and ride home once insured/taxed but it's a 5 minute walk, so is it worth it? Not only that, but I'd be surprised if the insurance would cover you until you have the CBT certificate (they asked me when mine was issued as they had no record of me having one on file), in which case you'd then need to wait for the insurance documents to come though, before popping to the Post Office to get the bike taxed, which is exactly what I did recently

Pretty sure you won't be allowed to ride your own scooter as your insurance won't cover you until you have the CBT, and it's unlikely the training centre's insurance will cover you

Great, time to get out and have some fun. Take it easy though, do a few runs as confidence builders first

Another option, could be the immobiliser? Did it sound like this before? Is the red ignition light not coming on? Here's the recode sequence (borrowed from another site) The recoding sequence is: a) Put red key in ignition, turn so that power comes on but do _not_ start the engine. Wait 3-5 seconds, turn off and remove red key (take it away from the bike). b) For each of your black keys; put it in the ignition, turn so that power comes on but do not start the engine. Wait 3-5 seconds, turn off and remove black key (if you have more than one black key, repeat step b)! c) Finally re-insert red key in ignition, turn so that power comes on but do not start engine. Wait 3-5 sec turn off and remove red key. Now the immobilizer is re-encoded and should recognize the back keys. Do not take the red key near the machine once it is encoded, if it accidentally "catches" the red key when started - it will "forget" the back keys - and you will have to repeat the process.