Whoops, expensive shopping list??!

benandthe · Traffic Copper Joined: 24 May 2010 Karma :

Whoopsie daisy. haha. better start saving... :s

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If anyone knows of places to get the above parts cheaper, do let me know. Smile

Damon · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Karma :

0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

I see you listened to everyones advice...then ignored it. What a waste of money.

pits · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Karma :

Why the hell would you spend that much on a CBR125?

GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Dude, for that money get your full licence, followed by a bike worth spending that much money on......

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Sell CBR125 for £900

Add £600 you were going to spend on the 125 to that £900

Spend £1500 on a GSXR SRAD or something.

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I hope that the OP is good looking, as they were at the back of the queue for brains Rolling Eyes

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N cee thirty · Banned Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Karma :

what! its not a cbr 600 :S

i saw a decent 97' cbr 600 go for about that much on ebay the other day,i hope your kidding
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ncrn · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2006 Karma :

Wavy front disk??? You can make about 80mph at the most realistically right?? Laughing

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Also big bore kit wont give you a performance boost comparable to the cost.

Basically you could buy a bike like mine (an ER-5) for the same amount as those parts, I can gaurntee the ER-5 would be better than the cbr would be.. even with those parts on Laughing

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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

Blue grips, how delightful. Neutral

benandthe · Traffic Copper Joined: 24 May 2010 Karma :

Lol, it's just as a tinker toy, I will be getting a bigger bike soon anyway, but was thinking I may aswell have some fun with my 125. Smile

Why so much negativity? Yes I'm aware I wont get that much for it when I come to sell it but that wont be for a while as I plan on keeping it for a bit for some fun.

I haven't bought the parts, it's just a wish-list. Smile

truslack · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Karma :

If you're going to put a bigger cylinder in, you may aswell just put the CBR125's plates on a bigger bike Laughing

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pits · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Karma :

But you wont though, you will waste your money on a CBR125, realise you haven't made an ok-ish bike any better and realise that the money you have spent and could get from selling the CBR125 would put you on a big bike, which will be millions time better than a CBR125, the CBR125 isn't even that good of a 125.

think about it sensibly, are you really going to ride it after you pass your test, you can only ride one bike at a time, and when you ride a bigger bike you can see how crap the CBR125 really is, then you will realise you have wasted time and money on it, maybe if you were spending you cash on an RS125 it would be slightly different as at least you can get decent power out of it when you pass your test and de-restrict it, giving you time to save up and buy a decent big bike.

But I wouldn't be spending any money on an a CBR125 other than to tax, insure, mot and put fuel in it.

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Negativity. Hmm..

Maybe its because a lot of us have spent money on shit bikes before, lowered their value, lost money and regretted it? Or maybe its because we can see that you might as well find a deep hole and throw £50 notes into it, for the good it will do.
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benandthe · Traffic Copper Joined: 24 May 2010 Karma :

Ok, I get it. Don't waste my money on a shite bike.
But still, I'm going to be on this bike for a few more months, so I wanna have some fun on it. Smile

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Do it!

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Could you please collect your tears of buyers remorse in a jar for me, I hear they ward off gypsies or something.

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Barry_M2 · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Karma :

There is nothing wrong at all with modifying a bike, whatever it is and whatever size the engine. Just as long as you realise you will not get the money back in resale value, so keeping the original parts and putting them back on when you sell them it probably the best thing to do, then sell the parts you brought, seperately.

Yes, you can buy a faster bike for the value of the CBR + mods listed, so what? Thats not the point here. Confused

I've spend loads on my ZXR, thousands. I do it because I love working on it and improving it. I could go out and buy a brand new 1198 if I wanted to, but where it the fun in that!? Wink

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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

What a pointless shopping list.

The funniest bits are spending all that, then buying standard pads and a heidenau tyre.

If you want to enjoy the bike, spend the money on a pair of really grippy tyres and some decent brake pads and just ride the thing. If you do all of that to it you'll break something, not get it running right on the big bore kit, then regret it. You'll also be riding illegally.

Do your test. If you have £600 to burn, spend a chunk on lessons, you won't know how much you have to learn about riding well and enjoying it until someone else shows you.

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