Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: imouttahere@mac.com (Heywood Mogroot) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Looking for a motorbike and some advice Date: 28 Jul 2004 20:38:37 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <2mmmq9Fo2qvbU1@uni-berlin.de> <73fde4f0.0407281119.4d049605@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.247.224.73 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1091072318 918 127.0.0.1 (29 Jul 2004 03:38:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15848 worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) wrote in message news:<73fde4f0.0407281119.4d049605@posting.google.com>... > imouttahere@mac.com (Heywood Mogroot) wrote in message news:... > > "Elbow" wrote in message news:<2mmmq9Fo2qvbU1@uni-berlin.de>... > > > Im in need of a motorbike for getting to work. > > > > Ive passed my test in the uk and I understand Im only allowed to ride up to > > > 400cc, is this correct? > > > > http://www.thejapanfaq.com/bikerfaq-classes.html > > > > > Ive taken a liking to those big moped things but cant seem to find a website > > > to let me know some prices in Yen, would it better to get a used one or just > > > buy new? > > > > New is expensive. Used is cheap. Given how many times I dropped my > > bike in Japan, I'd say go used. > > > That's actually a good argument to go new. True dat, iff you're not a newbie rider at least. Newbies *will* drop their bike multiple times, especially in a wacky rainy place like Tokyo.