Why does everyone slate the rs 125?

[dransy]

Always wondered this people say "Oh dont get one you have to have a new engine every 8k miles blah blah blah"

Anyway to my point i got mine 2 years ago with 3k on the clock , now it has 17k and the only problems ive ever had is the powervalve breaking.

I left it stood for like 7 months mostly through winter and when i came to do it up for summer i needed a new head gasket.

Thats all

So.......... Why does everyone slate this bike?
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[Whosthedaddy]

Chav
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[MattEMulsion]

I don't know why people slate them. I had an RS125 a few back and I loved it. They are great bikes but probably get ragged way too much by some owners and not enough care and maintenance given back to them. Then like all things Italian they play you up something rotten. Just as a note mine wasn't like that, I had little or no trouble with mine whatsoever.
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[irving]

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[shaun_04]

Whosthedaddy hit the nail on the head there.

[Wooly R6]

i see them as
unreliable
italian
unreliable
italian
unreliable

POP!!!!!



but come on - aprilia dont have a great record - in my eyes anyway
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[h00dwink]

to me, they're just a geared moped. ie-
1-for chavs
2- whose parents would have bought them a moped
3- who more than likely are only using it until they can get a car

also i REALLY don't like the 2t noise. so having a chav rev the nuts off of it anywhere is lame.
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[Rookie]

People don't slate them, they're held in very high esteem by a lot of people. But like all 2 strokes they need a lot of love and care, and a 4 stroke is the sensible option for a lot of people.

[MattEMulsion]

So when you are young and riding around with only a CBT what would you rather have - something like the RS125 or something like a CG125. No contest in my eyes.
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[beatnck]

they are definatly not geared mopeds!!
ive got one - i see it as a good bike for me until i move up to a 600 sportsbike.
ps. im definatly not a chav

[Whosthedaddy]

[Rookie]

[ram_doom]

[MattEMulsion]

[Whosthedaddy]

To true, it is horses for courses.

I like the look of a nice sports bike, I've had 2 in the last 12 months, but check out my lastest abomination, sorry bike
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[Rookie]

[Mozzer]

I had an RS125 as my first bike... I loved it for it's looks and it's speed (For a learner legal bike, of course). I hated it for having to warm it up, and the noise it made.

I'm no chav, and I would reccomend it to someone if it was just for the summer, as mine was.

Also, for those saying a CG is more practical... I'd rather have had my first 6 months riding experience in a tempermental, high revving bike like the RS which could handle well before jumping onto a sports 6, than pootling around on a slow, light bike like a CG which would give me next to no experience

My £0.02
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[beatnck]

to be honest the rs's arent really 'that' small physically, in fact mine often gets mistaken by unknowing people as a much larger cc bike (until it starts up that is )
i had the option of getting a cg instead of the rs - but at the end of the day my bike is a toy, and i wanted it to be fun.
as far as im concerned it looks good, is fast enough for a 125, and i enjoy riding it. i would have got very bored of a cg very quickly..

[h00dwink]

when i said geared moped, i didn't mean that in the literal sense. what i mean is that chavs get their mindless parents to buy them the most "trick" ped/bike they can use. pay all the insurance et al for it. they'll use it (rag the nads off it) for a while, give serious riders a bad name, then stop using it in favour of a car.

no this isn't ment to be a dig at every rs/nsr owner.
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[beatnck]

yeah, i can see your point there. i had to look long and hard for one that hadnt been abused, but now ive got one i can say they are really rather good for a 'learner' like me

[palmer]

Bit like the burbury thing i guess.

Burbury IS a very good make (the rs125 IS a good bike) , but is seen as 'chav' therefore its unfasionable, maybe even slated (like the rs)

I wouldn't say no to an RS125

[brooky]

[craigs23]

I kinda like them. Never had one first time round (had an 82 CM125 as it was all I could afford), but they seem a little appealing to me now - especially the essential garage tinkering.

[GearboxGeezer]

[brianmcewan.co.uk]

The only reason I got an RS was because it looked good (who goes and buy a bike that doesn't look good? ... Exactly so everyone is a chav then?)

I also bought it because it is probably the quickest 125 around at the minute. It helps you get prepared for the power of a bigger bike in the future.

What did you all start out on 600's?

OR is it a hint of jealousy that you all ran about on shitheaps... and lets not go to the "I bought this bike because it was reliable unlike the RS"... the RS' reliability all depends on the owner regarding maintenance and whether they rag the fuck out of them or not.
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