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time to trade up, advice please

  • 19-02-2008 7:53pm
    #1
    famagusta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    after over a year on my gn125 i think its time to change up. due to lack of funds after christmas i think a big restricted bike would be too expensive.

    i was looking at a honda bros 400 but quinn wouldn't insure me as i'm still on a prov licence.

    i checked out quotes for a 250 hornet which weren't too bad. anybody have any experience of this bike? would it be ok for motorway journeys??

    any other ideas? thanks.


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  • #2
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    Why don't you have your license if you've been riding for over a year? The wait times for bike tests are very short. I got mine within 8 weeks of applying to Raheny.

    Also you can't ride/drive on a motorway with a provisional license.

    There's a lot of wind buffeting on hornet's and other naked bikes, it could be quite uncomfortable over a longish distance.


  • #3
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    colm_c wrote: »
    Why don't you have your license if you've been riding for over a year? The wait times for bike tests are very short. I got mine within 8 weeks of applying to Raheny.

    Current waiting time for a test is at least 1 year in the Dublin area. Personally applied April 07, test is not to be expected before this April...


  • #4
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    Wossack wrote: »
    Current waiting time for a test is at least 1 year in the Dublin area. Personally applied April 07, test is not to be expected before this April...

    I applied to Raheny in April of last year, got a date in June.

    Other test centres have quite long waiting times - Raheny has a very short one as they tend to test a lot of bikes. You can ring up the dept of transport and try to get your test location changed.

    In fact it should probably be a shorter wait for anyone who has got their provisional license as newbies have to wait 6 months before even applying for a test.


  • #5
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Yea, damn Raheny... only found out about its preference to bikes after I applied to Churchtown. Bike instructor at the time said it shouldnt matter though, so I just left it.

    Gave them (RSA) a call last month, and asked wth is goin on... they said not to expect till April. Took about 2 weeks to get through to em, just for a 15 second conversation, so I took the opportunity to change to Raheny too. He said it wouldnt change the waiting time though, still waitin till April :(


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