Dunno What To Do

[WildGoose]

i would love a 125 sports like the NSR, RS or Mito

but they are so pricey and for a grand or so more, you can get a respectable 600

so some advice from anyone would be good

should i just stick with my little sr50 for two years then buy a bigger bike, maybe i could upgrade my 50 a bit to get another 10 or so mph out of it, only problem is i cant use motorways

should i go for a trail bike type thing to see me through years, like the KMX or DT, are they any good, how fast do they go?

or should i buy a sports 125? cos they look cool and are fast, but they seem to have reliability problems compared to bigger bikes, i guess because they are always running at high revs when you want to go fast

i dont know, any advice, anyone been in my situation before?

[G]

I'd definatley get a bigger bike... a second hand NSR or trail bike will be loads better and more fun :).
IMHO go for a second hand bike in the £1K-£2K range... hopefully you shouldn't lose too much in resale value... make sure you get one that can be deristricted though.

As far as reliability goes my NSR hasn't given me any problems... even starting first time after being left in the garage for a few months over winter. The only non crash related problems I've had have been with the chain, which has streched significantly (seems to happen to all my bikes though, funny that :) ).

Oh yeah I got my ZX6R for £3775; Yreg 9000m loads of accessories... not much more than a new NSR.

[Phil.]

if you can afford it get a bigger bike. If you get an NSR you'll only want a bigger bike in a few months.

I bought a SV650s Y reg 2500m for £3,700 not much more than a new NSR either...when ya think, you can get a Y reg ZX6R for about the same as a NSR, it makes you feel you've been ripped off when buying a bike half the speed.

[Dan]

get a dt or something for a while get used to the speed they are so much fun and u get pick good ones up for a grand, don't keep the 50 they are so slow! then get the big one

[Scooby]

I agree you should get a DT or something.

A jump from your SR50 straight to a 600 in a couple of years time might be a bit foolish.........12 time the cylinder capacity.........god knows how much faster acceleration........and from your SR50 you are near enough quadrupling the top speed

[Stevo]

Yeah, m8 i have a scoot and my advice is get rid of yours, you would be better off with a bike, and to make an sr50 go fast would cost loads. A kid who works with my m8 has an NRG50 (70cc kitted) that does 75mph but whats the point? Just get a half decent secondhand 125, the type of 125 depends on what you wanna use it for, and just what style of bike you prefer. Personally id go for a trailie, as they are fun, fastish, and are cheaper to buy and repair damage than a sports 125. A KMX or DT is fine, or you could get an old sports 125 like a TZR/NS etc. Id steer clear of new 125's as they aint worth the money, and as people say you can get a very good big bike for the same cash.

[WildGoose]

thanks a lot guy

its really helps being able to talk to people about this

every time i talk to my parents they go ape shit saying im obbsessive etc and should concentrate on my school work

and im inclined to agree about the new 125's

very pricey for what they are

[Phil.]

Me and G have both got bigger bikes and we said buy bigger

Dan, Scooby and i assume stevo have all got smaller and said buy smaller. So i guess were bein a bit biast on that one.

They make a good point though. Jumping off a 50 to a 600 is a bit much, you'd have to get a 33bhp restrictor in it so its not much worse than getting on a full power NSR.

If money was no object then the sensible option would be to learn on a NSR then go onto a bigger bike but you lose quite abit of money doing that.

Have you got your full licence yet?

[WildGoose]

as soon as i can, im doin it

how much is it likely to cost, for like a few days training and the test btw?

[Dan]

[Phil.]

[TiN]

[G]

I actually meant bigger than 50.. so 125. But if you can get insured on a 400 or somethin then it's probably worth doing it.

Providing your carefull with the throttle around corners it shouldn't be too bad (especially restricted to 33hp). You're pretty ulikley to go over the front/back so the major problem is throttle control while cornering and I've come off 125s a few times by putting to much power down in a corner (usually in the wet).
Providing you're carefull and ride smoothly to start with the power isn't that lilkley to hurt you. Just be /very/ carefull in the wet and don't even consider ice etc. :)

[Phil.]

[TiN]

[Scooby]

All I know is I asked my driving instructor and I told him I had done my bike theory test and he said it is more or less the same and I don't need to take an additional one before I take my car test....

[TiN]

Yes, the rules are different for bikers going to cages, you don't need to do another a theory test...but a cager going to a bike must do another theory test...

Tin