not yet 16

[big d]

its my 16th birthday next month and ill have about £1000 to pay for a bike, insurance, lid. but im not to sure about how i get a provisional licence, cbt. im also stuck between getting a supersport and a scooter. getting a supersport would benefit me in laterlife as i aim to stick to bikes, but the price to buy and maintain are preety huge. would it be difficult to go from a 50cc moped to something like an aprilia rs125.
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[big d]

well thx for the help
what test are you talking about (i am a total noob)
yer im thinking about getting a aprilia sr50 but not to sure.
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[tristan]

[big d]

yer i was interested in getting a rs50 but am having troubles finding one under £1000 . which is why i turned to scoots as there prety cheep to buy, run and insure. id like to get a supersports but cant find any that apeal to me for under £1000
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[Rhys]

[big d]

thx luke wasnt to sure what test you were on about.
i have absolutly no biking background which makes life so much harder
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[big d]

thx to you all for helping me.

if i get my supersport id be a little bit worried about leaving it whilst at colege. and i think it may be more sensible to get a scoot.

does anyone know anywhere that i could pick up a ss for about £900
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[Anwee]

[quote="tristan"]

[big d]

how much have you been quoted and what company is it from
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[truslack]

I bought my RS50 about a month ago for £650, insurance £280 T,F&T.

Its a GREAT bike, but likes to drink a lot of petrol - around 50mpg

£10 to fill up, not cost me much else other than that - aslong as you are not scared of getting oily and know how to use a spanner and allen keys!

Will get upto 60mph easy (confirmed following car) and maxes normal conditions about 65mph (lying on the tank).

Lid £50, jacket £89, Another jacket (2nd hand) £15, getting some cordura trousers tommorrow for £40, gloves £30
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Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Honda H100, Triumph Tiger 800XC, Suzuki SV650 (minitwin)

[Anwee]

[truslack]

Bare(sp?) in mind my £280 insurance has £500 excess - i just hope i dont crash!
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Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Honda H100, Triumph Tiger 800XC, Suzuki SV650 (minitwin)

[big d]

so howmuch did you pay for your rs50
what year model
and what condition was it in.

also was did you buy it trade or private

my da knows somebody who would be able to fix one up a bit but other than that im not to good with spanners and allen keys
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[Anwee]

Do any of you know where to get an exhaust re-restricted, or will I have to buy a new stock one? As the bike I bought is de-restricted, I've heard it's pretty dangerous to keep it restricted but if i crash, I dont want my insurance to be voided.
Thanks, Anna.
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Motorhispania RX50

[truslack]

Bought it private - £650

T reg - 1999

29k km on the clock (thats wayyyy too high for an RS)

Good condition, couple of scratches

Custom paint/decals scheme

Arrow Exhaust

2 spare mirrors, spare stock exhaust, spare screen, spare front brake calliper, pads, lever etc.



I was absolutely cr*p a couple of weeks ago and new nothing about working on bikes, but i've managed somehow, and the bike is running nicely!

Just re-doing the wiring at the moment (or parts of it anyway)

Picked up a luggage alarm this morning for £10, if the bike is knocked 5 times the alarm goes off (VERY loud)


Mine is the fastest RS50 around, i'm not bothered about the speed, but the previous owner was!

Tops out 70mph (down hill, side wind)
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Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Honda H100, Triumph Tiger 800XC, Suzuki SV650 (minitwin)

[big d]

is this your first bike then
did you find it on ebay
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[truslack]

Yes it's my first bike, i was offered an RS x reg 6000miles last night for £300 - think it was verrryryyy dodgy though, and I think the people that offered it me were waitin to do a drug deal


Was reccomended to me by a friend - the bike was a couple of miles from my house, not advertised anywhere
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Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Honda H100, Triumph Tiger 800XC, Suzuki SV650 (minitwin)

[big d]

oh right.

yer does sound a lil dodgy.

thats preety lucky, im strugleing to find any rs's around where i live. and i dont know many people who would recomend them



can i ask where you live
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[truslack]

You can ask, wether I will tell you or not is another thing altogether

Preston - Lancs - North West

They are a very high maintainence bike, perfect for learning how to fix up bikes as you are working on it every weekend!

Normally takes me about 30mins each saturday, tighten chain, topup with 2stroke, Make sure electrics are all connected etc.
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Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Honda H100, Triumph Tiger 800XC, Suzuki SV650 (minitwin)

[big d]

ha i was expecting that.

i live in pompey and you dont see many supersports going around.
all you see is scoots.

i supose that the maintanence will help me in laterlife.
30 mins a week is ok.
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September 22nd 2007 cbt passed......Pass A2 asap
Present: 2007 Yamaha YBR125, 2004 Kymco Super9 50cc.....Dream Garage : 08 BMW GS650, 04 Gix6, 2000 R1, maybe 08 Superduke.

[tristan]

Hi, Im turning sixteen in about two weeks and getting a supersport. I've just bought a Motorhispania RX50 and my first quote on how much insurance would be, it seemed pretty expensive compared to your price. Can I ask what company your with as I'm trying to look around for something abit cheaper, thanks. [/b][/quote]

Sure. I'm with Lexham, and tbh You'd be very hard pushed finding a better deal premium with any other insurer company, at least with an Aprilia rs50 bike anyway

You can still feel free to go onloine quote other companies as I guess you have been.

I advise doing what I did. Online quote first as then the details arel ogged, saving you time and money on the phone. Also by getting the quote online, then ringing, I found that they lower thep rice on the phone I got offered by the CIA insurance £375 too, and lexham matched it. I took lexham as I knew they are specialists for Aprilia bikes.

[Anwee]

[tristan]

[kiers]

i was in the same situation as you , i wanted either a supersport or a trailie but they were like double the price of scoots in similar condition,
decided to just go for a scoot and picked up a peugeot jetforce with 1300 miles for 600 squid. insurance wasn't too bad either ( 160 quid, lexham)
you might aswell just get a cheap little scooter then go for your A2 next year. someone mentioned 50mpg on an rs, i get about 140 miles on £6 of petrol.

not many supersports around here either, saw an rs when i was ridin' up to southampton but apart from that its all scoots.
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ooh i can't wait for the next instalment of superluke and his tales of skullduggery.' - lurker 27 sep 2008

[phk6]

its nto hard going from a scoot to a geared bike

i went from a 50 ped to a cb500
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Current .. 2008 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure ..
Before .. 2003 Yamaha Fazer 1000 .. 2004 Kawazaki Z1000 .. 2003 Suzuki Sv1000s .. 1999 zx6r Track Bike .. 1999 CB 500 Cup ..
/Phil