WHats the most i should spend on an RS50?

[Tom_N]

Hi i am 15 and soon to be 16 and have started to save. The bike i have in mind is a Rs50 and despite what people are saying about the engines going BANG i have decided that it is the bike for me to get some on the road experiance with. Has anyone any ideas about how much i should spend,what mileage not to go over when buying and things to look out for when looking around the bike.
Sorry for the story
thanks
Tam

[EllioTT_GiXXeR]

£1000-1500 for a decent one

Engine mite blow up, SR50 would be cheaper and more fun
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[Kickstart]

Hi

The engine is used in loads of other geared 50s.

Price wise we went round looking at them for a neighbour a year or 2 ago. They seemed to drop £500~£1000 in price immediatly from new and then hold their value. Didn't seem to be any real cheapies around as even a cosmetically tatty one with an MOT and mechanically OK condition seemed to be around £800.

Think the biggest thing to watch out for with a 2nd hand one is owner abuse.

All the best

Keith
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[palmer]

£1750 for this.

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[Simple]

Hi,

Firstly, think your mad going for an RS, but less mad for not buying new like my dad did

You can find plenty of low mileage ones that way your the one doing most the mileage on it, although that said an engine can still be abused in the first 500miles before it's run in,

Kickstart is right the same engine is used in lots of geared 50s, infact almost all of them apart form the husqvarna.

Wouldn't advise on spending alot of money, dispite the horror stories it is a fairly robust 2t engine.

Don;t buy the first one you see, dont rush into buying one and look everywhere

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[riichy]

you wonner get one bran new...if you dont you will probably find that some little sh=t arse holed itfrom cold every day of winter....

get a ped.....then get a big bike at 17..

plama you RS dose look nice looks like you keep it clean
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[jamieclayton9]

not a bad little bike mate. i agree on £1000-£1500 for a decent one. try and get one that has done under 5000miles.
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[Section59]

Get a 2nd hand twist n go, or a 2nd hand geared bike like a TS 50/DT 50 ect. Or wait till your 17 and get a 125 and do your A2 test.

Anyone who spends £1700 on a poxy 50 is fuggin nuts imo.

[Simple]

[Section59]

An old 2nd hand yammy dt 50/ suzuki TS 50 would have done all that, for a whole lot less i imagine aswell.

Can pick them up well cheap, insurance is cheap as its an old bike, and they last forever aswell.

The only problem with them, is like most offroad style bikes, they get stolen a lot.

[Simple]

[DEN MONKEY]

Id say no more than 20 to 30 dollars .with a full tank of gas
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