Originally Posted by Iain Mac

At 17 you will need to budget £1000 upwards for insurance on anything, based on the prices I've paid for our two lads.

Forget any idea of modifications for a couple of years, and get something cheap to buy and run, then learn how to drive before thinking about something better when you have a couple of years NCB and have got past the "6 points in two years and you're banned" stage.