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From: Michael Cole on 14 Jul 2010 09:33
My nephew has recently got his licence, and wishes to purchase a bike.
Given that it has been a long while since I went shopping for bikes, I
was wondering if I could get some recommendations.

He is 19, but small and slight for his age, and is a rather
non-agressive person. His only experience has been in getting his
licence.

The bike would mainly be for riding around the southern suburbs, but he
would need to be able to take it up to Ballarat on occasions, so would
need to be able to navigate the cross-winds on the Western Highway, as
well as be able to travel at highway speeds, but not much more.

He does not know a great deal about bikes, but would like to be able to
work on it himself, so simplicity and reasonable availability of parts
would be good, as well as as few electronics as possible.

We were thinking something along the lines of: -
400-650cc
4 cylinder.
Reasonably light < 190Kg
Sports bike, naked
LAMS approved

He does quite like the Royal Enfield style of bike, but we are having
trouble sourcing one - we just went through six months of hassle
getting one imported, and had to cancel the deal about a week ago.

He can pay up to $8-9K, but something around $5-6K would be
preferrable, inc. ORC. New or used would be fine - a reliable used
bike would probably be best for him as a beginner.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Also, does anyone here know of any organisations or people that we
could pay to perform a quick check on any second hand bike that he
looks at if we choose to buy one from a private seller? We are based
around Cranbourne, and a simple "Its a lemon" or "Its OK" would be all
we would be wanting.


Regards,

Michael Cole.


From: Ian Singer on 14 Jul 2010 11:10
Michael Cole wrote:
> My nephew has recently got his licence, and wishes to purchase a bike.
> Given that it has been a long while since I went shopping for bikes, I
> was wondering if I could get some recommendations.

It might help if you listed your country.

Ian Singer

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From: Michael Cole on 14 Jul 2010 20:15
Ian Singer has brought this to us :
> Michael Cole wrote:
>> My nephew has recently got his licence, and wishes to purchase a bike.
>> Given that it has been a long while since I went shopping for bikes, I was
>> wondering if I could get some recommendations.
>
> It might help if you listed your country.
>
> Ian Singer

Apologies - Victoria, Australia. I was originally posting this to
aus.motorcycles and missed...

This is the list of acceptable bikes

<http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/CDC3D584-3171-4ADB-8079-DC2F70D8CCE9/0/LAMSlistpublishedWeb29June2010.pdf>

Michael Cole

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From: Lars Chance on 15 Jul 2010 03:39
Michael Cole wrote:
> Ian Singer has brought this to us :
>> Michael Cole wrote:
>>> My nephew has recently got his licence, and wishes to purchase a
>>> bike. Given that it has been a long while since I went shopping for
>>> bikes, I was wondering if I could get some recommendations.
>>
>> It might help if you listed your country.
>>
>> Ian Singer
>
> Apologies - Victoria, Australia. I was originally posting this to
> aus.motorcycles and missed...
>
> This is the list of acceptable bikes
>
> <http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/CDC3D584-3171-4ADB-8079-DC2F70D8CCE9/0/LAMSlistpublishedWeb29June2010.pdf>
>
>
> Michael Cole
>
By the way Michael,
it's Bigpond that's the problem, not aus.motorcycles (in which you have
5 replies). Bigpond news glitched on 30/6/2010

To re-subscribe and read the replies you'll have to delete your
newsgroup account and re-establish it (news.bigpond.com)
Cheers .....
LC.
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