Im thinking about buying one of these

[kingsknight]

Iv just got myself a better paid job which is closer to home so ill have a lot more money to spend on bikes

I really love the look of this bike and its well cheap. could it be too cheap?

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4568249648&sspagename=ADME%3AL%3ARTQ%3AUK%3A1&rd=1

I saw one of these models down in brighton in the summer and it had over 7k miles on it so they cant be that bad.

The way im looking at it. if i got 2 years riding out of it without braking down once i would be very happy
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TS50 (sold) NS125F (sold) NSR125R-K (write off after 2 crashes) CG125 (nicked) XR125L-3 (Sold )-: ) DR125SM '11 (sold yay) XL125V '12 (In love with this bike) XT600E '04 (fun on the dirt)

[-Savage-]

I havent actually heard of them mate. Ive been riding a Kymco hipster 125 for 2 years now, and never had a problem with it. Its a cool looking bike IMO, and its never had any mechanical faults, its easy on the oil, and is comfy over distance. I personally love it. Ive done 14k kilometers so far. i guess it will seem like shite once i get a CBR tho lol
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My Bikes - - - Royal Enfield 500 with sidecar, VFR800, CBR600FX,
Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[kingsknight]

how much did it cost you to insure?
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TS50 (sold) NS125F (sold) NSR125R-K (write off after 2 crashes) CG125 (nicked) XR125L-3 (Sold )-: ) DR125SM '11 (sold yay) XL125V '12 (In love with this bike) XT600E '04 (fun on the dirt)

[kingsknight]

Oh and how many miles would you say you get to a fiver?
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TS50 (sold) NS125F (sold) NSR125R-K (write off after 2 crashes) CG125 (nicked) XR125L-3 (Sold )-: ) DR125SM '11 (sold yay) XL125V '12 (In love with this bike) XT600E '04 (fun on the dirt)

[mchaggis]

A 125 like that (assuming it's your first bike and you're not ancient) would cost c. £300 to insure garaged and c. £500 to insure on the street. Both TPFT.

Assuming it has a CG125 lump in it, you will get 100 mpg or better, even thrashing it. 200 miles for £8 in petrol can't be bad. So long as you keep it topped up with oil, the engine will run ad infinitum. Let it get too low and it will seize, just the same as any other machine to be honest.

Depending on how good the build quality is, it will have a plethora of little things going wrong with it, mostly electrical. Rewiring, replacing their crumby connectors with decent ones, sourcing obscure bulbs and parts, finding bits to match it, just generally having to do plenty to keep it running properly will be your staple. If you can do a little work yourself, it'll not be a bad machine.

If you have a phobia of spanners, electrical connectors and replacing bits which drop off, then I'd not recommend a Chinese bike.

The bits do stop falling off after a while... Who knows, that one might be better quality than mine.
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[priller]

Insurance will depend on where you live, some people have paid under £400 tpft on a rs125 @ 17.

I personally wouldn't bother getting something like than, get a bike from a well established company.

[bennyboy]