Steve-555

Hoping I don’t get booted out on my first posting, what with being a scooter rider..(!) I’ve spent 15 years commuting in London on two wheels (still makes me smile; still makes it easier getting out of bed). 1 year on a YBR125, another 9 years on Vespa 125s and the last 5 years on Vespa GTS 300s We’re moving out of London, and I’ll be swapping ten miles across London each morning and evening (with a bit of the A12 where ‘keeping up with the traffic’ means 60 sometimes, not that I do that, of course), for about 40 miles in from Kent with some M25, some 70 dual carriageway action and then the Blackwall Tunnel. - very different riding... I’m confused over what to do, and have three questions if that’s ok: I’ve driven what my new commute will be, and there are next to no bikes on the outside London bit. How come? Should I just be driving? (I’d need a ‘cheap to run’ little car, and it’ll be depressing – the car and the journey) I wonder whether one of those MP3 two front wheel things would significantly reduce the risk of losing the front end (I’ve never come off so far, but am not used to sustained motorway speed) – I’ve got an Automatic A2 license. Finally - and this is aimed at anyone doing the Blackwall Tunnel regularly – Should I be looking for something relatively thin for filtering there? (I often filter on the A12 tunnel approach, but the lanes aren’t narrow and my Vespa’s fairly thin) Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice. (I don’t know what to do!) Steve