Which one Aprilia or Honda

JP · L Plate Warrior Joined: 05 Apr 2003 Karma :

Hello People

Im doing my cbt next week and i don't whether to get an Aprilia RS 125 or
Honda NSR 125. Also can you give me a rough idea on the insurance cost i'm 19 with no no claims.

Cheers

Wingchunal · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Karma :

Buy a NSR perfect, im selling mine £2400

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

NSR all the way baby.

and there are lots for sale on here to choose between Smile

JP · L Plate Warrior Joined: 05 Apr 2003 Karma :

Gotta get 1 on hp aint got the cash. Just lost my job and gotta get the bike so i can get to my next job.

M · Less Clutch Slip! Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Karma :

Gotta be an NSR everytime Very Happy

Ant · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Karma :

NSR mate and im 19 and my insurance is just under £400 third party!!

happy riding mate

kev · I Hump Things Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Karma :

rs for looks and handleing but nsr for reliability
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bikes4life · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Karma :

well if you are getting it brand new then i wouldnt think reliabilty would be too bad on a rs if its brand new. nsr wont give you many problems at all for definate tho
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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

Get an NSR mate, they are slightly slower than the RS but it is more comfortable and reliable and cheaper to run. Very Happy

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I've heard of more low mileage RSs having problems than low mileage NSRs .. though this may be due to the owners than the bike though.

Do you actually need a new bike? (some places do finance on older ones as well)
A bank loan for say £1k would get you a fairly tidy example of the older model NSR. It may not look as good, but it will have a lot lower insurance, you will be less bothered when you crash and you will get a much better resale value in comparison to what you paid.
If you're buying new be prepaired to watch £500 of the bikes value disapear as you push it out of the dealerships door... and this is £500 that it will presumably take a while to repay Confused

Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

Yeah, deffo go for a bank loan rather than dealer finance. You can get a bankloan for about 7%... or finance between 12 and 18% generally.

Plus, with finance, you have to pay it off before you can sell the bike (to get it off the HPI register), with a bankloan you dont - you're probably thinking right now "oooh I'll never sell it" but you will and odds are it'll be well before the finance period is over (probably 3 years).

I bought my previous bike on finance, and when I bought my current bike I had to pay off the old one first before I could trade it in... and after 9 months of paying £100 a month I'd succeeded in paying exactly £347 of the actual loan amount off Confused

Needless to say, the current wheels were paid with a bank loan!

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

or you could just igore the expensive 125, get the cheapest 125 you can find to do your test (eg MZ for 150 quid), then spend a grand on summat nice when youve got your licence.

125 prices are horribly overinflated for what they are.

kev · I Hump Things Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Karma :

or just but my gixer you know you want it
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Wingchunal · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Karma :

Im sure he dont wanna trip too the moon yet kev

kev · I Hump Things Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Karma :

he needs it it makes perfect sence
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Wingchunal · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Karma :

Remove engine and NOS and he might be ok

Guest · Posted: 13:16 - 06 Apr 2003 Post subject:

Thanks for everyones help i think im gonna get something cheap and half decent for now, i've worked out i can spend about a grand on my credit card before i completely max it. So if anyone in the oxford area has or knows of anything please let me know.

Cheers

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

bear in mind you will also need to buy insurance, helmet, and at least a bike jacket for protection - i dunno how old you are but insurance will be a minimum of about 200 quid tpo on an absolute dog, and 600 quid tpft on an NSR.

check www.biketrader.co.uk and www.ebay.co.uk

JP · L Plate Warrior Joined: 05 Apr 2003 Karma :

I'm 19 mate no no claims and on my provisional. I will probably pay th insurance in instalments and i've already got a lid and jacket that i use when i go out with my mates. What sort of year NSR or RS 125 could i get for a grand if they go that cheap. The most i could really stretch to leaving myself skint for a while would be 1500.

MadOne · Banned Joined: 04 Mar 2003 Karma :

NSR for sure.. and if u want u may tune it to go faster than RS!!
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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

a grand wouldn't get you an RS, and at 1500 it would be a ratty one. you could get a 10 year old NSR, which is the same as the new ones just looks different.

or for about 600 quid you could get yourself a nice NS (forerunner to the NSR, i had one, good bikes), or a yamaha TZR (the fastest out of the bunch if its got the powervalve servo hooked up).

all the sports 125s are pretty much the same, and nothing much has changed in the last 10 years. So why not go for a cheap 125, get cheap insurance, and keep some cash back for your test.

at the end of the day, 125s suck, and 2 strokes break a lot.

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

The RS has been in production for 11 years. You should be able to find one for £1K, but dont expect a nice one. The NSR has been out for longer, plus there was the unfaired version which is cheaper again. There are also the older Aprilia AF1s, and also the Europa which was basically an unfaired AF1 Futura

Go and look at both, sit on both and twiddle the buttons on both, and decide which you like most. They are both good bikes

All the best

Keith
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