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Milo World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:40 - 24 Mar 2002 Post subject: What Bike? |
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Does anyone know when this magazine's coming out? I've been looking for this year's for ages now but have yet to find it. any websites or anything anyone knows of? ____________________ Shaft drives rule. |
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WildGoose White Van Man
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McJamweasel BCF Junkie
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Posted: 23:29 - 25 Mar 2002 Post subject: mags |
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Fast bikes used to be the best mag in the world till the end of 98, when all the boys left. Its so shit now! Their vids kicked the arse of Performance bike vids, lame or what?
Now i read ride, cos its sensible, and gives excellent info on bike gear, tools, you name it. Its quite a laugh as well.
Superbike is ok, but not great, still the best mag to see nice ladieez on bikes tho.
I get MCN most weeks, if i can be bothered. Their web site is ok too.
Bike has good stories for travels, bike holidays etc, but their tests are crap, and they are always way out on top speed figures. (quoted my zx6r as doing 144mph tops). TWO is different, but i wouldent buy it, as i dont find it that interesting to read.
I read UBG from time to time, which is amusing especially the two stroke stories. |
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Posted: 22:08 - 28 Mar 2002 Post subject: |
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I just bought a copy of "What Bike" in my local Sainsbury's...it was the only one left though ...
...just thought that I'd share that with you...
Tin
P.S ...Nyah, Nyah!... |
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Posted: 23:05 - 28 Mar 2002 Post subject: |
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Yeah, the opinions are always changing...What Bike? recommends both the RS and Mito over the NSR, but mainly due to the fact that the Honda has 12BHP, wheras the other two exploit the new rules of 14.7 BHP (or something like that)...
The Mito has also dropped in price, apparently, to an RRP of £3499...which is £100 less than my NSR ...but I'm not really a fan of Dukes, so the Mito doesn't really appeal to me anyway...
I'm also a little confused by the fact that they say "difficult to derestrict"...does this mean that the 2002 model has changed from the previous models?...or does it mean that the other bikes are total piss to derestrict?...I suppose that Aprilia and Cagiva actually expect owners to derestrict soon after purchase, and so make the process much easier...kinda similar concept to the CBR600FS, which makes it easier to prepare for track racing...?...dunno...
My top tip is to visit some showrooms, ask to see what they have in stock, and if you like the look and feel of it, go for it!...or if you can't afford it from a dealer, then make a note of everything and search the papers for private sales...
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WildGoose White Van Man
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Posted: 23:15 - 28 Mar 2002 Post subject: its complicated |
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i found a good place
https://www.tonymoto.co.uk
they have some great prices, and seem to diregard completely the RRP
but i dont know whether to go for a tralie type bike
or a road/racer type bike
so the list is:
Kawasaki KMX 125
Yamaha DT 125
Honda NSR 125
Aprilia RS125
Aprilia ETX 125 (not listed for this year though, hmm?)
Cagiva Planet 125
Cagiva Mito Evo 125
and husqvarna have got some good 125's but im not sure about the make
HELP!! |
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Kickstart The Oracle
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Posted: 23:34 - 28 Mar 2002 Post subject: its complicated |
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Wild Goose wrote: |
i found a good place
https://www.tonymoto.co.uk
they have some great prices, and seem to diregard completely the RRP
but i dont know whether to go for a tralie type bike
or a road/racer type bike
so the list is:
Kawasaki KMX 125
Yamaha DT 125
Honda NSR 125
Aprilia RS125
Aprilia ETX 125 (not listed for this year though, hmm?)
Cagiva Planet 125
Cagiva Mito Evo 125
and husqvarna have got some good 125's but im not sure about the make
HELP!!
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Hi
Tinymoto do imports, so given the problems people have with imported NSRs be careful
The Planet is a nice looking bike, but with no fairing it is more difficult to keep looking clean. Harder to damage if you drop it, but then if you drop it hard enough to scuff the frame then you cannot hide it behind the fairing (and the insurance company would probably right it off if you were fully comp)
The ETX is, from memory, very tall. Far taller than the KMX or DT, both of which are fairly old bikes now.
All the best
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Posted: 23:36 - 28 Mar 2002 Post subject: |
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Hi mate, well i have ridden a fair few 125 trail bikes, and i had a KMX for a year. The best by a small margin of the 125cc trail bikes is the DT125R. Its better than the KMX in some ways, but only because its a newer design by a couple of years. Remember these bikes have been around for about 12-13yrs now largely unchanged through that time. Out of your list i would go for a new KMX as they look good, and go well when de restricted. They are as well built as any other jap trailie, and they can be had new for around £2200, which is cheap compared to some 125's. I question people why they buy a new NSR125 as if they pay £3000 or more, then that is not good value for just a 125cc bike. Three grand buys alot of decent sports bike, so all The Mito's and such like are such a waste of cash. The Aprilia ETX i dont know much about. It has an RS engine, so maybe it can be de restricted the same way as an RS125?
If you go for a KMX you get a proper well built bike, thats not a titchy cramped race rep, and its so much fun. You can ride it on or off road, as its fairly good at either, and if you get bored you could always convert it to a super moto, and improve the suspension and brakes, for less than it would cost to buy a sports 125 new. A supermoto 125 would leave any sportsbike 125 for dead in traffic, or tight twisty roads. Its an easy 125 to de restrict, and in my opinion, you are getting far more value for money that you would with an NSR,RS,Mito.
Your call though.
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taz110776 Two Stroke Sniffer
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Posted: 14:22 - 30 Mar 2002 Post subject: |
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i got my 2002 nsr125 from taz motorcycles and cost me 2995 on the road and yes its a import but they told me it comes of the same line as the uk spec bikes so im happy all the best |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 22 years, 29 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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