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TomH05
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PostPosted: 23:59 - 15 Aug 2022    Post subject: 125cc sub 1500 pounds Reply with quote
Looking for a 125cc for around a grand. Sinnis stealth any good? I just want something thatll start and run every time and be easy enough to sell on afterwards. Any suggestions? cheers
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xX-Alex-Xx
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PostPosted: 08:18 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's plenty of CG125s on ebay for that (or less).
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BRUN
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PostPosted: 13:01 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yamaha YS125 ?
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Zen Dog
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PostPosted: 13:22 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
YBR125. Loads around in that price range, easy to source parts, will basically be worth what you paid when you come to sell.
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blurredman
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PostPosted: 14:43 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
xX-Alex-Xx wrote:
There's plenty of CG125s on ebay for that (or less).


Very little of which are fit for pupose as apparently they look better as 'cafe racers'. Laughing
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symonh2000
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PostPosted: 19:11 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have seen a few YBR's as well as CBR125's in that sort of price bracket. One's a bit sportier looking than the other but a good one of either will do the job.
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slowasyoulike
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PostPosted: 20:20 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Please don't buy a Sinnis, or any other Chinese domestic market tat. £1500 will buy you something decent as long as you're prepared to bide your time.
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struan80
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PostPosted: 21:01 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm not a china bike hater, I'd go with a CFMoto or a Lexmoto if I had to.

I had a Honda vt125 shadow and would thoroughly recommend one, if they weren't so expensive these days.

My mates son in law has a Lexmoto LXR 125, he got a 2021 for £1800. Has a few scratches from being dropped on each side but was otherwise top notch. I was out with him last weekend. The bike looks cracking for a 125 and he hit 70 on a decline. Also overtook a car and tractor, I was impressed. Laughing His first time out after doing his CBT. Only nearly killed himself once by forgetting how to take a corner, but all good. The LXR reminds me of an R3. It feels like a bigger bike than 125. You could do worse. Maybe pick up an older one.

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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha
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PostPosted: 21:47 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
there's a couple of those knocking round these parts and they DO look bigger than a 125 somehow
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slowasyoulike
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PostPosted: 23:06 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
struan80 wrote:
CFMoto


The only one of those I've had my hands on was a copy of a Honda CN250 engine, in a Jonway scooter. The head gasket blew at 4000 miles, in fixing that I discovered that the camshaft had gone through the white metalling - no reason for it, the valve clearances were OK, it was just made of cheese.

I'm not a hater per se, it's just that I have never owned or worked on - or even know of - a Chinese domestic market bike that wasn't total junk. IMO they're just not worth the effort.
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struan80
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PostPosted: 23:43 - 16 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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jeffyjeff
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PostPosted: 06:23 - 17 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
slowasyoulike wrote:
... the camshaft had gone through the white metalling - no reason for it, the valve clearances were OK, it was just made of cheese.

The Chinese are great at cloning Japanese technology, and they tend to copy successful designs. I doubt you'll ever find a Chinese bike with a design flaw. They cut costs by using less-expensive materials and relaxing production tolerances. Parts that the Japanese reject might find their way into production on a Chinese machine. Rolling Eyes
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symonh2000
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PostPosted: 07:49 - 17 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chinese bikes used to be cheap and nasty.

They have got better, but are now considerably more expensive.

I think it would be hard to justify one financially over a used Japanese or European bike.
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