Total Cost

Jacket.........150
trouser........150
Boots..........150
Helmet.........350
Gloves..........50
Locks(3)........80
Bike..........3100
Insurance......810
Tax.............70
Lessons........225
Total.........5135

Not bad....my budget was ~5K

Catching the Training

Do some training.
You will live longer.

There are lots of Qualified instructors out there.
I was lucky enough to Call one who Recommended the Star Rider course to me.
This is Half the Price of private lessons.
It is run by Fingal CoCo in Swords and is taught by the same instructors that run their own businesses.

The total cost for the silver program is 225 Euro
You will get a place quicker if you use your own bike.

I just sent away the Application

Loosing my virginity

So i called up AON 1890 777 555 and organised my insurance.
3rd party was 800 Euro.
I got a 30% Discount for being a car driver. (I had to ask for that)

The other insurer in the markket is Carol Nash who wanted a whopping 1600.

I should add that both wanted a ridiculous 2100 to insure the bike for theft.
These insurers are taking every biker over his/her own bike and there's pretty much nothing we can do about it....anyway

My Friend Sami gave me my first lessons when we picked the Bike up.
It is a a very easy bike to start with.
We drove all back to Dublin from Kinnegad, I don't recommend you do this on your own the first time :)

Well here she is!