Can someone explain this feeling?

[Andy C]

ok as some of you may know i have passed my test and i can finally get something bigger, obviously i need to get rid of the RS first so that i can use this money for new bike (unfortently but parent aren't buying it for me i have to fund it all myself, not that fun when im only part-time)

i went for a rideout today with a few people on here, however due to shameful weather most didnt make it/didnt see point and we went to brighton and got food and when home,

I was ment to be the RS "last rideout" and think it will be just now i got a few extra hours (was ment to be riding in nice sunny weather as planed) i am going to put the RS up for sale,

it just i have these feeling about how much i love it and the noise it makes when in the powerband and power delivery come etc etc

please can people remind me why im selling it and how you got over this feelings (if you sold a bike you like but need to be change) as i need to sell it and move on....
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[Sparks!]

The way I look at it, is that if you sell it and regret it that much then you can always buy another.. maybe not straight away, but it's not like you have the *only* RS125 in the world....
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[Klause]

Just get the daddy version of it then, the rs250. Have you ridden some big bikes yet, if not try to?
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[Andy C]

yea i would love a RS250 but i need a bike a bit practical as the RS isnt that great for the 50mile round trips i take it on 4-5 times a week

[craigs23]

There was no real reason as to why I needed to sell my RVF. I spent the last 10 months making it into the bike it was and I loved every minute of it. The bike was absolutely perfect for me; to ride around on, to park up at a bike meet and see onlookers literally flock around it, to stare at it when cooling down in the garage after a fantastic ride out, to cleaning/maintaining/modifying it to an almost unlimited degree (my wish list was ever expanding).

It was an exceptional piece of kit; and for some of its uses, I couldn't ask for more out of a motorcycle. But I sold it and yes, I really do miss it and part of me wonders what the hell I was thinking. But it's gone now, and there's been a vacant space in the garage for the last 8 days.

But the bike that replaces the RVF arrives very soon and I've had a week contemplating what it's going to be like. I'm very excited about having something new, something I don't know everything about yet, something that is going to rekindle other avenues of my biking life, something that's probably going to improve my riding - or at least make me adapt my skills to get the most out of it.

These facts were sorely lacking with the RVF. Yes, it was fantastic in almost everyway, but as I'd done so much to it, ridden it to my best/most sensible ability (on the road at least) and spent so much time with it (the RVF was the continuation of the NC30 - more of that in a second) I felt I knew it too well, there was nothing new to it anymore. I had reached a point where I began to question if there was any need spending another couple of grand doing even more to it.....then an example of the bike that I've always wanted became available and, well, you know the rest.

You will miss it, everyone does with a bike that they adore so much, but add it to the ever increasing good times that motorcycling has to offer and maybe think of moving on - only if you're ready. It's your decision, people can spout opinions at you all day, but it comes down to what you want to get out of an exchange. Could you save up and buy a second bike and keep the RS as the weekend toy?

Think of it this way; when my NC30 died, I didn't have a choice - it was taken away from me before I had reached a decision on whether to part with it or not (and this was after over 18 months of ownership). I bought the RVF for the very reason that I hadn't finished what I wanted to do with the NC30...

Best of luck.

[Andy C]

cheers man, that really sumed up how im feeling at the moment, i think it is time to move on, i mean i could always get a RS250 if i miss strokers so much, it was also help when riding with other bikes as it just doesnt have the top-end speed wise that bigger bikes have.

i really hope 2ts dont die out though due to laws.
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[Teaman]

i keep buying bigger bikes each time i get one and always miss the fun i had on the one before becasue of how it handled, how it sounded where i went what i saw and so on,,
i think you will always miss your old bikes but new ones are always good new thrills and stuff,,,
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[Andy C]

yea goo point,almost finished writing the add and relised that my bike is actully quite decent!! sound get a fair price for it i think! as had a lot of work done and low miles and fairly good condition,

roll on my next bike!!
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[Visitor Q]

alot of memories are tied into them aswell.

But its nice to make new ones.

the gpr taught me how bikes should and could handle, i miss that now.

but the goose taught me how bikes should accelerate.

and then the cbr REALLY taught me how bikes should accelerate, and what the fun side of 150 is like.
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[stinkwheel]

No good looking at me for advice. I don't sell bikes until they are too broken to fix.

My advice is to keep it and buy another bike as well. Which is probably not much help.
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[Sadie]

[woo]

sounds to me like you havent ridden a gsxr600 k seris!!!

Try it and you will feel new sensations and look back and think i enjoyed the RS but now the future is GSXR.

Ive been through exactly what your talking about but my times have changed and i could never keep up with my mates now if i sold my GSXR600k1 and got an RS125, not even the RS250 would help.
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[Andy C]

stinkwheel you have just sumed up my dreams, there no way i could afford a new one if i dont sell the RS, i think i need something bigger, not because i need faster the RS is quite enough (till about 80 anyway)

[satans_BIG_helper]

JUst think tho you can get a bigger more powerfull more noisy bike Thats my outlook on things.....


i was kinda sad to sell my MK1 mito still wish i had it at times now just cos it handled like a dream... altho i much prefer the TDR for round here n the FJ1200 is awesome on longer journeys. few more NCB n a few more yrs old and a TRX850, TL1000 and a CR500 will be living in my garage

[killa]

I try not to think of the day I have to get rid of or crash my VFR.

No way

If i ever get some inheritance i will spend it on a overhall on the VFR.
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[Andy C]

yea, i might just record the sound and play it on the new bike though earphones when i get a next bike,lol. i think i just look at 0-60times etc etc and that should perswade me!lol
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[dainesefreak]

Sounds a bit harsh, but as soon as you buy something new you'll forget all about the way you feel now and you'll be left with fond memories of the bike.

[Rookie]

If the RS125 was that good, everyone would have one as a weekend toy.

Why make a decision that the RS is too good when you've got nothing to base that on? I say get some experience on bigger bikes and then say the RS is better.

Only you won't.

[Andy C]

yea i guess thats true, well cleaning it in a min and making sure everything looks as nice as possable then im taken 2 last pics and putting the add up autotrader, already wrote the words just need some side shots, have these 2 already though
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[Kickstart]

Hi

I am with Stinkwheel and Sadie on this. Just tend not to sell them (not quite true, in 18 years I have sold 6 bikes).

Could you afford to run a 2nd cheap but larger bike? Pick up something like a GPZ500 (or any 15+ year old middle weight bike) for not that much and keep it as well. Useful way to learn some more spannering skills while you maintain an older bike (and of course if the extra weight of a larger bike catches you out it is not the end of the world to drop the cheapy).

All the best

Keith
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[Ranger05]

I had an RS125 before i bought my K5 GSXR 600,

I loved the RS, great handling and (what i tought at the time) pretty fast.

Then i bought the Gixxer, the difference is massive, i thought it would be a gentle introduction to sportsbikes lol.

To make a comparison, on straights where the RS would be hitting 85-90mph the gix will be pulling 140+, it really is a beast and needs respect.

Also on longer runs the RS could be tiresome sitting on the redline all the time, constantly having to shift gears to keep it on the powerband. the gixxer is exellent on longer runs eating up miles effortlessly.

[colin1]

It does depend on your budget and if it has to go then it has to go, but I was thinking of spending £3000 on a bigger bike and maybe selling the rs125.

I have ended up getting a cheaper bigger bike, a commuter scooter, and I'm probably gonna keep my rs125. I am fond of it and its so battered that if i dropped it on a trackday (one day) it wouldnt matter too much.
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[Andy C]

i probably going to spend ~£2000 on my next bike and most of the is from the RS, i think i know it time to move one (although only had it since june) and get a bigger bike.
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[Gazdaman]

I think we all get nostalgic about our 125s, I planned on keeping mine along with my XJ600. I hadn't even really considered selling it, until my dad said it'd be a better idea, and could actually pay my insurance.

Once you ride a bigger bike, you'll wonder why you ever missed the RS. Now I've ridden bigger better bikes, my 125 was a dog! Unreliable, slow and ugly.

The RS125 is slow, fairly unreliable as it's so highly tuned, prone to seizure, fairly nice looking, but very obvious isn't a small cap bike.

It's natural. Move on, move up, get a better/bigger bike.

Gaz

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