Hi

[hogtrumpet]

Hi all,

I was encouraged to join by a friend who made me aware of this community.

I’m new to biking- I did CBT a month ago and bought a 62 plate YBR125 last Sunday.
I’m spending the winter getting familiar and then doing my full test in April or May.

Based in Acton- just down the road from the Ace Cafe and will absolutely make one of the meet ups.

This is my bike:

and this is me:

Cheers,

James/Hogtrumpet

[NumNum]

Hogtrumpet … good name … quick image search put this top of the list …

[hogtrumpet]

Avatar… updated.

[Fireblade_Rob]

Hiya Octa… James Glad to see you around. Look forward to meeting up on a rideout or at the Ace.

Rob (Crux)

[hogtrumpet]

Fireblade_Rob (19/12/2013)

Hiya Octa… James Glad to see you around. Look forward to meeting up on a rideout or at the Ace.

Rob (Crux)

Hi Rob- good to see you here.
Are you in London then?

[Fireblade_Rob]

Just outside, in Surrey.

[kishan]

welcome

[Nic]

Welcome.

[woozy-uk]

welcome !

[Blade]

Hi and welcome!

R

[s_l_u_g]

Hi, welcome to the forum
Musician I suspect… do you need a sound engineer?
I’m unemployed at the moment :Whistling:

[TheOC]

Welcome to LB
Just in time for the first newbie night of 2014 at the Ace

be there or be a scooterist

(only joking all you scooterists out there)

[hogtrumpet]

Thanks for the welcome peoples.
Will try to make the Ace cafe night- it is just down the road after all.

[CurlyAlly]

Welcome James, very popular first bike. Look up Terry Motorcycle on here - he runs a training school for your DAS and is a really nice guy.

[hogtrumpet]

CurlyAlly (20/12/2013)

Welcome James, very popular first bike. Look up Terry Motorcycle on here - he runs a training school for your DAS and is a really nice guy.

Thanks Ally,
I certainly will.

The YBR is a solid little bike.
I’m sort of close to outgrowing it, but it is excellent as a commuter and very frugal on fuel.
Once I get my DAS I’ll be getting a bigger bike of out of town stuff- but the plan is to keep the YBR for daily use at this stage.

[hogtrumpet]

s l u g (20/12/2013)

Hi, welcome to the forum
Musician I suspect… do you need a sound engineer?
I’m unemployed at the moment :Whistling:

I’m a producer/engineer myself.

[CurlyAlly]

hogtrumpet (20/12/2013)

CurlyAlly (20/12/2013)

Welcome James, very popular first bike. Look up Terry Motorcycle on here - he runs a training school for your DAS and is a really nice guy.

Thanks Ally,
I certainly will.

The YBR is a solid little bike.
I’m sort of close to outgrowing it, but it is excellent as a commuter and very frugal on fuel.
Once I get my DAS I’ll be getting a bigger bike of out of town stuff- but the plan is to keep the YBR for daily use at this stage.

Once you have passed your test and got a bigger bike, I doubt you will ride the YBR very often, not when you have something way more exciting to ride!! Happy for you to prove me wrong though!!

[hogtrumpet]

Ha!
You might well be right.

I was thinking that commuting would be hard on my ‘pride and joy’- not sure what it will be yet but a Speed Triple, a T100 or possibly a Yamaha XJR1300 are what I mostly lust after.
Plenty of time to decide.

[banditjohn]

Hi and welcome

[woozy-uk]

not all 125s are boring

still enjoy my varadero. but yeah i still wanna get a bigger bike in 2014