On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:53:28 +0100, Whinging Courier
<addressdoesntworksodontbother@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>>>> As pretty much all of my trips are now commuting I'm getting fed up of
>>>> paying for 20 littes of fuel to cover 150 miles. Expensive.
>>>> Do we have a collective idea on what a reasonable reliable bike 1)
>>>> would be and 2) how much it cost?
>>> 1) CG125 2) Not very much.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> And if a 125 isn't "big enough" then you're not nearly as driven by
>>> the petrol price as you make out.
>>
>> When I said 'big enough' I meant my physical size, not engine size.
>> I'm 6'6" tall with a bad back so being hunched over a CG125 isn't my
>> idea of fun.
>
>TBH though Nick, when I've seen you riding anything you tend to be
>hunched over.

Although you've never seen me on a bike about the right size, which is
something akin to a Triumph Tiger 955i. A few weeks after I picked it
up I noticed that my awful back hadn't been quite as awful as I
remembered it, so it's an improvement.
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