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[Ben.]

okay i need quick replies before sat lunch time.

I was supposed to be buying a sv650 but insurance companies are a right bitch and now i cant borrow my dads 125 to learn on for a month. Which means i need a 2 smoke to learn on.
I can buy a 125 for a moth or 2 and then buy a sv650 and restrict it (insurance is 900 for me!) or i could buy a 125 and keep it for a year so i get a nice no claims. So advice is needed

Okay the cg125, the sensible choice and the one i would advise to anyone buying, but if i was going to buy it...but just look at the 0-60mph time, 17 seconds.
Comeone my mums ford fiesta would beat that, infact nearley half it! That is taking the piss a bit, i mean theres slow and then theres the honda! 17 seconds i still cant believe it! top speed 70mph (im guessing a few months to get their). Okay they sound a lot better
than the 2 smokes and they will last. Its the choice you would make if your 40, and not 17... I know its the sensible thing to do but i dont fancy being overtaken by old granny's.

Looking at the 'flash' bikes like the mito and rs but theyre going to break down in a few months.

God i hate 125's its eithier shit slow or break it fast. =(

I wouldn't mind the honda for a few months but i
wouldn't be able to hack it for a year. I'll see whats
on offer tomorow, but the mito's do look so nice, its
like a miniture 999.


I think the honda looks like the best option untill i
pass my test, and then buy a cheap sv650 around 1500,
budgeting 500 for insurance...
but then again if a buy a quicker 125 i would be more
inclined to keep it for the year...

bloody insurance compinies...

Well what would you guys do in my position?

Thanks, Ben
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[nick606]

try express insurance for the sv they seem to like me (being a new rider) and quoted me 800 and odd for a hornet 6 where everyone else wanted double or more

[Kal]

CG125 for a year - trust me.

Okay not sexy but minimal maintence, low cost running and easy to find spares. I put well over 25k on mine without an oilchange.

Rhey are fairly easy to work on if you get the Haynes and they are also a surprising amount of fun.

They really do teach you how to ride as well. I was following a bloke on a CG on the Country roads out to my sisters at a steady 60 round corners that were making me nervous.

Fair play on long straight roads, especialy in heavy headwinds it felt like I could make a cup of tea in the time it took to get from 50 to 70, however 0-40 they are surprisingly quick and are small/light enough to be a filtering weapon. I loved mine.

TPO the CeeGee and get a good chain - as long as you don't hit anyone else you'll have a years no claims when it comes time to insure the SV as well as being a year older. Win-win I'm telling you.
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[Ben.]

hmm i think the honda looks like the best buy.

They sound good fun in the city.

hmmm... if all goes well and i don't get bored then prehaps i could keep it for a year and if it is complete and utter boredom then i suppose i could scrap it in after a few months.

Thanks for that, knowing that someone else could stick out for a year does make me more inclined to go wit it.
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[sagalout]

[virus]

I know somone who has put 44k in a year on a cg with no oil change and never had any problems.
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owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[Ben.]

well ended up buying a year old cbr 125, i love the bike its really nippy up to about 50, and it sounds awesome
Well its a 4 stroke so i dont expect anything to go wrong soon.

Ta, for all the help
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[Ben.]

no but i just crashed it today

aah the joys of rideing. Anyone know where i can get a tail tidy? and is it hard to replace indicators?
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