Cheap A2 47bhp bikes

[adam277]

Hi guys,

I'm starting to save for my new motorbike and have a budget of £2000
Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding a decent selection of bikes in my price range.
The Autotrader and DLVA A2 list have bikes that are mainly new.
I decided to look for restrictors on ebay as I'm assuming if a bike model has a restrictor, it can be legally restricted.

Here are some I have found that I like.

GS500
Honda Varadero 1000 Restricted.
Bandit Restricted
Honda CBF Restricted
Suzuki GSXR 600 Restricted
Suzuki SV 650 Restricted
Yamaha FZS 600 Restricted


The restrictors listed on ebay seem to be all for carburetor models only. So for example only FZS pre 02 (I think) can be restricted.
Any suggestion on what to get or even if any of them aren't legally allowed to be ridden on an A2 Licence under the new laws.
They have made this way too complicated.

[Daytona Paul]

GS500 is already A2 compliant and falls well within your budget.
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[Rogerborg]

[adam277]

Yea, Kickstart Engineering.

The GS500 is the one I will probably go for but I would prefer a bike a that looks a bit less shit.

[sidewinder]

Gpz500 will be great with the 47bhp restrictors in and it looks good...

https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/2963e04b5558c4ad7bd0027ad63ff504_zps6581ca04.jpg

[ninja_butler]

The official DSA list of A2 legal motorcycles:

BMW G650GS
Brough Superior (uhhh.. seriously?)
Gilera Fuoco 500
Honda FX650, NC700, Shadow, SLR650 and VT750S
Husqvarna TR650 Strada and Terra (restricted), TE449 and TE511
Kawasaki ER5, ER6-F, ER6-N, Versys, VN900, (all restricted) and W800
KTM Duke 690 (restricted)
Moto Guzzi V7
Suzuki GSX650F, Gladius, SV650, VL800, VZ800 (all restricted) and GS500
Yamaha MT-03, TMAX, XT660R, XT660Z Tenere and YP400 Majesty.

Evidently it's a work in progress.


Nothing wrong with the Kawasaki GPZ 500, but I'm guessing what you want is a more modern-styled motorcycle.

[G30]

Haha @ 5th in the list.
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[Rogerborg]

GS500F looks pretty decent.

Mind you, I enjoyed my GPZ500, and it's less of a budget build. You may find that if you dyno one now that it won't come out more than 35kW - or not enough to matter anyway.
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[moggie]

My 06 Yamaha MT-03 is A2 legal, the latter models have 2bhp more, but are still just below the limit depending on which specs you read.

So many grey areas. Shit rules.

Loads of 1980s 500s will be well within the limits. Looked after ones can be just as reliable as any new bike, just gotta find one.
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[TwoWheelsDail...]

Pre 2000 SRAD GSXR 600, 175kg and 93bhp. Its right on the limit.

Could always go for a gsxr400 or similar (cbr,zxr,vfr,rvf)
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[P.addy]

GSXR 600s are probably over given the manufacturers claims of ~95+

[GeorgeB.]

If you're getting that figure for the SRAD from a certain motorcycle magazine... Just no
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[Richy CB1000]

Should get a pretty decent Gpz500 for that money, nice bikes, good for a starter.

[Rogerborg]

[adam277]

Would the R6 be fine to restrict?
I found some restrictors on ebay from multiple manufacturers.

This is bullshit. You gotta know the bhp and weight to know if a bike fits into the restriction. Yet that information is not always easily found. I don't think mcn is a good source for this information.

I think the only real risk of riding a bike over the restriction limit is invalidating insurance. As I highly doubt a cop will know.

[Rogerborg]

[adam277]

Would of loved an r6
Ive narrowed it down to three bikes.
Varadero. Like tbe idea of having a big adventure bike.
gs500
Fazer if that can be restricted.
The g650gs is a maybe but it is out of my budget

[P.addy]

Swap the GS500 for a CB500 and you'll be better off.

[feltus]

I picked up a 2007 SV650S with just under 6k miles on it a few months back for ~£2000.

Fitting the restrictor was a bit of a ball-ache (small plate which restricts throttle movement), but I couldn't be happier with the bike.
It's a bit addictive for my liking, I've gone through 3 rear tyres already!

https://i.imgur.com/FftQs07.jpg

[johnnyarctic]

i did my 2 years 33bhp on a dirt cheap gs500. its alright, cheap in every regard, and easy to work on. cb500 is similar but better so i'm told.

I decided to buy something cheap that i wouldn't lose money on (sold my gs for profit) to ride around for a bit first, whilst saving for something nicer and trying some things out to see what i wanted next! ended up with a vfr750f

[Cadbury]

I have an ongoing list of smaller bhp bikes. Listed in BHP order, the first 2 groups wont need restricting (well, a few at 48bhp...), the second 2 groups will.

This list was made from Wikipedia / MCN articles so may not be 100% accurate:

Suzuki tu250x (16bhp)
Yamaha ybr250 (21bhp)
Honda cbf250 (22bhp)
Honda cbr 250 new (23bhp)
KTM duke 200 (25bhp)
Suzuki inazuma 250 (25bhp)
Hyosung GT250 (28bhp)
(New) Kawasaki gpx 250 (28bhp)
Kawasaki 250 zzr (28bhp)
Yamaha wr250 (30bhp)
Honda CBR 250 old (30bhp)
Honda NT400 bros (31bhp)
Suzuki DR-Z400(33bhp)
Cagiva canyon 500 (33bhp)
Cagiva river 500 (34bhp)
Kawasaki KLR 650(37bhp)
Kawasaki ninja 300 (39bhp)
Honda SLR650 (39bhp)
Yamaha XVS650 (40bhp)
Aprillia moto 6.5 (42bhp)
BMW F650 strata (42.5bhp)
KTM duke 390 (44bhp)
CCM R30 644 (44bhp)
CCM FT35s (45bhp)
Yamaha MT-03 (45bhp)
Yamaha XT660 (46bhp)

Suzuki gs 500, 2001 on (47bhp)
Honda cbr500r (47bhp)
Honda cbx500 (47bhp)
Kawasaki KLE 500 (47bhp)
Suzuki XF650 freewind (47bhp)
BMW G650GS (47bhp)
Honda nc700 (47bhp)
Kawasaki er5 (48bhp)
Aprillia pegaso 650 (48bhp)
Derbi mulhacen 650 (48bhp)
Moto Guzzi V7 (48bhp)




BMW f650GS (50bhp)
Honda cb400 (52bhp)
Ducati M600 monster (53bhp)
Ducati 600SS (53bhp)
Honda XL650 transalp (53bhp)
Suzuki GSX 400 (53bhp)

Cbr 400 (55bhp)
Rvf 400 (55bhp)
Honda cb1 (55bhp)
Yamaha XVS 950 (55bhp)
Honda cb500 (57bhp)
Honda NTV 650 (57bhp)
Sachs roadster 800 (57bhp)
Kawasaki GT 550 (58bhp)
Vfr 400 (59bhp)
Kawasaki versys 650 (60bhp)
Suzuki vstrom 650 (60bhp)
Yamaha xj600 diversion (61bhp)
Ducati multistrada (63bhp)
Honda deauville (64bhp)
Cagiva raptor 650 (69bhp)
Suzuki SV 650 (69bhp)
Aprillia mana 850 (75bhp)
Honda cbf 600 (76bhp)
Yamaha fz6 fazer (90bhp)

[P.addy]

Yamaha thundercat (87bhp)

Pretty sure that is over the limit

[Cadbury]

[dydey90]

The exact limit is 46.6bhp, so the most powerful the bike can be unrestricted is 93.2bhp.

I hate this limit, because the carburetted Gixxers (pre-2000) were 95bhp. Just a cock hair too much.

EDIT: 35KW converts to 46.936hp, but the form I had to sign to send off for a restriction kit for my ER6 definately said 46.6
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