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Razor ORourke

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  1. I understand where you're coming from, but old tech doesn't particularly bother me. The linked brakes didn't take long to get used to although the pedal feels a bit soft, though as I rarely use the rear brake on either bicycle of motorbike anyway mostly it it is front brake only. As for the weight, the latest Honda CBF is only 2kg lighter so you can't blame the lack of state of the art in the design on that. Interesting point about depreciation. The Lexmoto cost £1500 on the road, a CBF lists at £2900. So if I lose 50% of the value in the first year I'm £750 down, only £25 worse off than with the Honda assuming a depreciation of 25%, though that is much more likely to be more than that. We'll see.
  2. The ER5 sounds like a good step up, a friend has one which she bought after passing her test late year. This was before I got the bug again and when I did I was kicking myself because she sold an immaculate CB125 for £800 after having it on Facebook market place for at least a month. I still see it about, looking and sounding very nice. I live on the Welsh coast with the nearest dual carriageway a fair way away so I have plenty of quiet B roads to pootle about on, meaning the lack of power isn't too much of an issue though the small engine does require some serious gear shifting as the road rises and falls. One thing I notice with today's bikes is the physical size of the smaller ones - the Isca doesn't look much different in that respect to the CB500 I owned in the nineties. Also the weight, years ago I had a DT175 which was around 80 - 85kg dry. This one is 130kg and a road test I read considered it on the light side! I suppose all the extra gubbins you get now has to come at some cost. Thanks for the welcome, BTW.
  3. I would have liked something bigger and could have afforded it, but Mrs O'Rourke was not too happy about me getting a bike again despite having once been an enthusiastic pillion. So we reached a temporary compromise (She doesn't realise it is only temporary) and when she gets used to the idea I'll be looking to move up. Chinese bikes get a lot of stick, but I have a distant relative in the trade whose shop sells and services them and he says that while they wouldn't haver touched one a decade ago the quality is now quite impressive. Very little warranty work and spares are cheap and easy to get. Early days yet, so we shall see and I'll be honest about my experiences with it. I got the bike in May, but just before it arrived I injured my left hand and could not get a glove on at all for six weeks and then only uncomfortably up to a couple of weeks ago, so I've only done a couple of hundred miles. Nice enough to ride and as it will be garaged and dry weather only (The he-man stuff is behind me) it shouldn't suffer rust problems. I looked at a few second hand Jap bikes before I bought it and they were either knackered rust buckets or commanded very high prices for something I'd want. Good to be back on a bike again, even though it is only a tiddler.
  4. Razor ORourke

    Hi There

    New here, just returned to biking after an eight year lay off. I've owned various bikes from 175 to 750 during my near half century career. Now in my late sixties I recently bought a.... Lexmoto Isca. Go on, scoff all you want.
  5. I have a simple rule I'd like to see passed into legislation. Anyone more than five years younger than me is too irresponsible and stupid to be allowed on the roads, and anyone more than five years older is clearly past it and should have their licence revoked. This of course is a rolling figure that goes up in tandem with my own age.
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