(Not) Buying a Bike

I can't believe it's so difficult to buy a motorbike!

I really would love to get a Honda CBR600RR - but I tried one out at the British Motorshow (well, sat on it - they didn't have any available for test rides) and I could barely touch the ground. And looking at a photo of me on the bike, I look a bit silly. I'm just too small for it.

So I browsed around for bikes recommended for "vertically challenged" riders, and came up with three options: an Aprilia RS250, a Honda VFR400R, or a Kawasaki 250R Ninja. None of which are still made (or at least not imported into the UK), and none of which are for sale 2nd hand anywhere in London. It seems that very few manufacturers are making anything between a 125 and a 650, and while I have no objection to getting a 650 or an 800, they almost always have a much higher seat, and I just won't be able to handle them.

So unfortunately it seems as though there are 3 things I can do. Get a sportsbike 125cc replica, like the Honda CBR125, get a "delivery bike" like the Honda CBF500, or start looking around at cruisers. I've had a cruiser, it was cool, but I really don't want another one now. I thought the CBRs looked okay, but then I saw one outside work the other day, and it really did look like a delivery bike (although the delivery box mounted on the back might have had something to do with that impression). And while I look a bit silly on the CBR600RR, I suspect I'll look equally silly on the CBR125, just with the relative sizes reversed. (Note that not getting a bike is not listed as one of the options. I'm not even considering it. Just sitting on one again last week was great! But I just don't know what to get.)

I wanna cool sportsbike! :'(