Advice for young starter

An ETZ 125 is cheap, quirky looking [1], reliable, disc braked and would
have enough performance to cope with a 13st, 6'2" bod.

A grand will pick up something in very good order.

They do need a bit more maintenance than the equivalent Jap bike but its
not difficult, they're sturdy things with pretty good build quality and a
very basic toolkit will suffice for day to day stuff [2].

I thrashed an early 6v MZ 150 to Germany and back, 1100 miles, in a
weekend.



[1] Read ugly/striking/handsome/odd as applicable
Best picture I can come up with
http://www.emzett-web.de/mz_etz_125 150.htm

[2] If it still has the toolkit that comes with the bike that'll see
you right for most jobs.

 

No problems. Although I must confess to disliking, intensely, text
speak. M8.

Especially when we all, pretty much, have fully serviceable keyboards and
are not restricted to a set number of characters.

However, grammar and spelling are different matters altogether....

 

Just kill the little fucker. It's the only language their sort
understand.

 

wrote:

Not 2ru, thy nderstnd txt lngwij 2 u no.

 

sweller wrote

my key has been ating up a bit lately. not to mention the left hand
shift key and the key both of whih have nearly given up the ghost
ompletely. you have to hit it them so hard these days and about the
only way I an get a at all is to ut and paste one. In fat more or
less all the bottom left hand orner has this sort of reeping lethary all
over it. I don't give a shit though

 

Sorry for the missunderstanding m8

Well I wasn't actually apologising to you hehe but never mind, I'll refrain
from using text speak since I know it aggravates people

 

Sorry for the missunderstanding m8

You have no idea how hard it is for me, to restrain myself from giving you
an *uber* dose of 1337 speak, but I'll be the bigger man. Sweller put his
point across perfectly, you are just a twit.

 

And you can't quote properly, dipshit.

Hint: Who wrote what?

 

I'm so grateful that you've choosen to be the bigger man, really.

 

Its easy top is the oldest bottom is the newest, the arrows represent how
many times it has been replied too, plus its obvious using the language I
presented because I referred to sweller, there was only one other person I
could be replying to with the negative aspect of my post: Mr deadmail. If I
need to label everything then just say, I've been posting on this newsgroup
for under a day and I don't know everything to keep everyone happy, if there
is a faq point me in the direction of it rather than going all medieval on
my ass.

 

REMUS wrote

Not so much a matter of aggravates but more a case of wholly
inappropriate for the medium. This is Usenet, it has rules and
conventions all of it's own.

For the record, it pisses me off greatly.

 

REMUS wrote

www.google.co.uk

 

You thick, thick ****.

Who wrote what? In my post here we can see what you wrote, compare it
to your posts now.

And re posting for under a day; didn't you think to lurk first? Or hunt
down the FAQ before posting?

 

REMUS:

How am I thick, common sense denominates what and who I was replying to, I
don't know if your newsreader thing automatically labels the post, but mine
(outlook express) doesn't. And no I didn't think about finding an FAQ
because I've never posted on a newsgroup before, it only came to me when I
posted that reply and my big bro advised me after I was speaking to him
about getting a 125cc and my replies here.

 

This is your first problem

So you know all about it?

 

Thanks everyone for their input and advice its been invaluble.

Cheers!