Hi there,
I have just joined the forum - my name is Bevan and I live in the Black Forest in Germany.
For those of us here who's car drivers licences date back to April 1980, we can drive scooter/bikes up to 125cc without having to take out a motorbike licence.
In April 1996 I bought an Aprilia Leonardo 125.
It looked good and it was fun to ride - then the realities of life set in. I was the slowest vehicle in traffic, top speed was 103km/h, the buses do more than that here. So I decided I needed to move up the scale to be able to get away from trucks, vans and such likes.
So I had to go and get a motorbike license (at this point I was 56) – compulsory attention of theory classes with an examination at the end. Compulsory riding lessons at a drivers school with X number of hours at the parc- cours and mandatory trips on the Autobahn and night trips.
Well I got through the whole lot in one go and bought a Honda 250cc Foresight.
Big improvement on the Aprilia – after the initial thrill had passed the realities of life set in again.
I had moved away from the buses and trucks but now I had the Ford Fiestas, Opel Astras, Fiats all breathing down my neck – by law we can go max 100km/h on roads out of town, on the Autobahn the speed is generally unrestricted. So on the Autobahn with my Foresight I was a danger to myself.
Well I bought a BMW R1100RT – a huge flagship, it was great but in many ways unwieldy.
Then Suzuki came out with the Burgman 400 cc – I got rid of the Foresight and bought the Burgman.
Later that year I got rid of the BMW R1100RT and bought a BMW R1100RS which had less weight than the RT.
A year after the Burgman 400 I upgrade to the Burgman 650 – this was a brilliant choice. It can do everything my BMW does (except top speed) and with far less hassle. I ride my Burgman and BMW often and am continuously comparing both of them. The area where I live is very mountainous so agility is of importance.
This year I have done 9000km on the Burgman and 7000km on the BMW.
The situation at this point is this: if Suzuki comes out soon with let’s say a Burgman 1000cc then I will get rid of my motorbike.
There is lots more to say about the Burgman but let it keep for another day and I hope I haven’t bored you all to death.
Take care and ride safely.
I have just joined the forum - my name is Bevan and I live in the Black Forest in Germany.
For those of us here who's car drivers licences date back to April 1980, we can drive scooter/bikes up to 125cc without having to take out a motorbike licence.
In April 1996 I bought an Aprilia Leonardo 125.
It looked good and it was fun to ride - then the realities of life set in. I was the slowest vehicle in traffic, top speed was 103km/h, the buses do more than that here. So I decided I needed to move up the scale to be able to get away from trucks, vans and such likes.
So I had to go and get a motorbike license (at this point I was 56) – compulsory attention of theory classes with an examination at the end. Compulsory riding lessons at a drivers school with X number of hours at the parc- cours and mandatory trips on the Autobahn and night trips.
Well I got through the whole lot in one go and bought a Honda 250cc Foresight.
Big improvement on the Aprilia – after the initial thrill had passed the realities of life set in again.
I had moved away from the buses and trucks but now I had the Ford Fiestas, Opel Astras, Fiats all breathing down my neck – by law we can go max 100km/h on roads out of town, on the Autobahn the speed is generally unrestricted. So on the Autobahn with my Foresight I was a danger to myself.
Well I bought a BMW R1100RT – a huge flagship, it was great but in many ways unwieldy.
Then Suzuki came out with the Burgman 400 cc – I got rid of the Foresight and bought the Burgman.
Later that year I got rid of the BMW R1100RT and bought a BMW R1100RS which had less weight than the RT.
A year after the Burgman 400 I upgrade to the Burgman 650 – this was a brilliant choice. It can do everything my BMW does (except top speed) and with far less hassle. I ride my Burgman and BMW often and am continuously comparing both of them. The area where I live is very mountainous so agility is of importance.
This year I have done 9000km on the Burgman and 7000km on the BMW.
The situation at this point is this: if Suzuki comes out soon with let’s say a Burgman 1000cc then I will get rid of my motorbike.
There is lots more to say about the Burgman but let it keep for another day and I hope I haven’t bored you all to death.
Take care and ride safely.