3200 kms in Europe on Chinese 125s for Charity

[sidewinder]

[MikeSinnis]

That may very well be the 250 test then - up to the Highlands in winter. Im up for that - never experianced much of beautiful Scotland.

As for indication of price, we are thinking about 2200 - 2300 but its up in the air at the moment.
It is the same frame as the 125 - but its a good sized 125 to be honest.

I will post up more details as and when - and thank you for all you comments. Been editing video for three days and I just want to sleep for a month now
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[pepperami]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Fladdem]

My ideal bike garage changes all the time. But the flat-track/grass-track style or whatever it is, always appeals to me.

I like small bikes, but they have to be fun, i.e. my pit bike, my cub, my MT5, my mates TZR50. I don't know how you'd build fun into a bike though.

My bikes are both tools and toys, bar one of my bikes, so as such something that disintegrates in salty snow or sitting in the rain all day at work is not the bike for me. I'm not sure what the component strength is like on the sinnis's as the few of my mates that have a 125 have only kept them for a few months then moved on or they are so new still and used only on good days that I don't know what they would be like with rust.

Like Pepperami said, price needs to be good enough to compete with second-hand, well-known brand 250's. My budget is quite small though with bikes, so I would probably buy a second-hand Sinnis anyway.
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Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
I'm having more fun than a well-oiled midget.

[wr6133]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

And thinking about it a bit more, please provide a service where any emissions crap is already junked, a freer-flowing exhaust is fitted and carb jetted to suit, and a sensible front sprocket already selected for the aforementioned mods.

[edit] If indeed you can't do that as standard.
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[MikeSinnis]

We base our pricing on

A) What it costs us
B) Decent profit margin for the dealers
C) Current market trends

We are not box shifters like many other importers, and also we do have a good reputation amongst the industry. We give a hell of alot of attention to customer satisfaction.
We would love to do those modifications, but dont forget we have to adhere to Euro Import and emissions laws and vehicles too. Hence why we dont do a V8 6 litre scooter haha.
Sheer power is not our aim, longevity, reliability and cost effective trouble free motoring is the aim. If you want to bolt on aftermarket bits when you have the bike - thats up to you. As a company we do sell a lot of that through our parts company MPW direct for Jap bikes and Chinese bikes etc, but as a stock bike it has to cater for all markets. We dont have the Kawasaki budget! Lets face it, they dont even have the budget any more either - they pretty much are all made or based in China to save cost
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I'm guessing the stats will be similar to its sister, the HMC Classic :-

https://www.haywards.co.uk/hmc-classic-cafe-racer-250cc.html
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Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[pepperami]

[MikeSinnis]

No not similar at all.

The HMC is thinner and weaker and its not as powerful.

We do it better haha
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[MikeSinnis]

PS eta is now January, it rides like a dream and will be £2200 + OTR costs (Thats the retrostar 250 btw)
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[_Iain_]

Had a go on one of the Sinnis Cafe 125's.

Wanted to hate it, Chinese rubbish etc...very suprised! Bit slow on top end, but then again I'd been riding a 1200 Bandit all week & I'm a fat bastard. Did actually feel like a fairly decent quality product, for the money you can't really argue!
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[MikeSinnis]

Thanks

We thought it was quick top end. We were getting 78 out of it with luggage on the motorways in Europe (err I mean on the closed track)
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[_Iain_]

Ah, see this was a used one & had several thousand miles on it. I also diddn't get a really long stretch of road to run it up on, found it would happily pull to 60 & then seemed to struggle a bit.
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[bradh511]

The only problem I can see with your bike is when you discontinue them you only supply for 2 years after discontinuing the product.
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Theory 11-10-12 lets hope i get mod 1 and 2 done by the 18th of jan 2013

[nerald]

The 250 is now out £2200 plus OTR.
I want the Scrambler but as the 250.https://www.sinnismotorcycles.com/motorcycle.php?motorcycle=Sinnis%20Scrambler%20125
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