Ohhh dear f0x on a blooming bike is going to end in tears
f0x just get ya self along to the local centre and do cbt, its costing me £95 and im doing it the sunday (29th?) weekend we goto croft for vag. Then insurance permitting im going to get an rs125. then a lid/jacket/gloves etc from rcs moto in stokesley. job done - time to go jump into the food blender we call the open road
Screwy wrote:
Pfffft restricted , Once you've ridden a bike you will know if it's for you or not , If it is for you , you wont be satisfied with a restricted anything
absoluetly
restricted u say? ur only saying that because its new and ur unsure. That restriction would be off with in the month if not the week. If i was u i would do my cbt and then get ur small license so u can ride 125's then after two years of getting invaluable confidence and knowledge u can automatically get a big bike no sweat
whats two years? ask screwy crikey hes had about 30 of them two year periods
Been slack tbh, no excuse. I'll do them shortly, most likely after this weekend's out of the way (brother getting married).. Not enough hours in the day
Think i've decided not to do the full test and to just get a little 125 to tide me over for a few months, not that i dont want to do the full test, just i cant afford it.
GN125 is a good place to start m8. I'm looking at a GZ125 Maurader for the boy. A bit more custom stylee but not quite up to the Intruder 125. Silly money though. £1999 new and about £1250 for a 5000 mile 4 year old one.
I have been quoted as much as £1400 for fully comp insurance, so I might have to change my plans
Blimey, that's a lot!
I plan to spend about £500 on a bike, no more, with the hope that it wont lose too much in value and i can flog it for near what i paid for it.
Also, with such a cheap bike, i can just get 3rd party insurance.
May even book my CBT for this weekend so i cant change my mind again, i could quite easily just say F*ck it, and put myself £3k in debt over it, but i really dont want to.
Jeeeez one little crash and people never let you forget it and Class I have some weegie friends so if you want to keep those knee caps less of the age gags
Clingy wrote:
I know what you mean about 125s being expensive. Just doesnt seem worth getting second hand.
Anyone had experience of these Chinese ones like Jinlun?
A friend of mine has one of these
If was her first bike and has had it for over a year now. The original build quality is not quite up to the suzuki standard when it comes to finshing etc however this is just cosmetic and not a big problem. Everything you see in the pic it came with, engine bars, hard panniers and also sissy bar. Also the thing goes like stink!!! I've been shocked by the performance of it for such a cheap cruiser style bike!
They are going for around £1200 in some dealers now. Also spares are getting easier to source and the mechanics are getting used to the Chinese bikes now. There is some to and fro to get the bike pdi'd and registered etc and is worth getting it from a dealer who deals with it all on your behalf to save you a fair few days of hassle.
Dont forget to get him a tube of autosol and some polishing rags as well tho
and Class I have some weegie friends so if you want to keep those knee caps less of the age gags 
