no claims bonus makes a world of difference when insuring big bikes.. so does age, he might find his choice of bikes limited by licence and insurance... its not easy to find insurers willing to deal with an 18 year old on a modified superbike (yes, having 33bhp restrictors is classed as a performance/major engine modification and you are charged more, not less)
that being said, if there's a will there's a way :thumbup
although... you need to be mature enough to not be a total maniac, most people see young riders as lunatics who ride little 2 strokes with crazy loud exhausts wishing they could go as fast as rossi, dont let your nephew become a statistic because he wanted to show off his flash bike to all his m8s infront of tescos, im a very careful rider and dont usually take risks which is probably the only reason i ride a mille and havent killed myself yet
the restrictions on young riders licences are there for good reason, though i hate the restrictions i do understand they need to be there!
did you get the shaking head issue sorted out? :dunno
Shaking head, sorry Milleboy, another way of saying tank slappers :thumbup Wolf posted a couple of weeks back about a steering damper as he was having some problems with the front end dancing lock to lock style and I just wondered how he was getting on.
Cheers mate :thumbup he was thinking of going for a cbr600 but I told him to think a little lower till he gets some NCB under his belt, maybe a RS250 or Honda hornet, lovely bikes but the insurance would be much cheaper :dunno
Cheers mate :thumbup he was thinking of going for a cbr600 but I told him to think a little lower till he gets some NCB under his belt, maybe a RS250 or Honda hornet, lovely bikes but the insurance would be much cheaper :dunno
Sprocker, there's also the new Ninja 250 with Yamaha and others soon to follow suit! Remember having a great time on my GT 250 Suzuki when I was 17. As I recall it was supposed to be 30 - 33bhp and it was certainly fast enough at 17!!