I Want One Of These...

[Scotty]

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2403627514&category=

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
I want this sorta thing for my next bike...
Weather it'll come true,,, maybe,,,
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Scott

[Doddmaster]

My legs are too short

Anyway, I doubt I'd live long riding a 500 2 stroke

[Scotty]

yeh thats what i thought,
i'm having trouble staying on my 125

Still i think it looks cool!
and thats why i want it. Dunno about practicallity though for riding on the roads...
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Scott

[TiN]

I reckon that a Gixer thou would be safer for the average rider...especially since the CR5 can break your leg just from trying to start it

Still...velly velly nice
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TiN
dotgems.net

[G]

You can get CR500 supermotos from about £1500, which is very, very tempting. Unfortunaltey the regular rebuilds etc kinda put me off, and it'd probably be a bit of a handfull to use off road for a novice.

[Scotty]

well i wouldnt know what about price's as i was just browsing Ebay (as you do).
And came across that.

So you would imagine its harder to ride than your average sports bike then?
hmmm wonder what insurence is like for them?
and whats this about rebuilds? like how often?

but being a 2 stroke arn't the rebuilds fairly easy to do.
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Scott

[Scooby]

As far as I'm aware they're 500cc singles, so yeah rebuilds will be easy to do, and the engine won't be a bastard to work on, cos being a crosser it was designed with the fact that the top end is gonna get changed every few 'races'. It's not the fact of how easy the rebuilds are, it's how much they cost, ever ordered a 499cc piston?
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A big enough hammer fixes anything!

[WildGoose]

the kickstart is enough to put me off, try and kick it over at the wrong stage of its cycle, and like tin said, it brakes your leg
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[Scotty]

[G]

I think you're supposed to do a rebuild about every thousand miles (remember this is based on a competition mx bike).
I'm still tempted as a second bike, but I want a bike that I can commute on etc regularly, so It'd probably have to be a third bike .

I'm nopt saying it's harder to ride than a sports bike, the nearest thing I've come to it is on the klr where I tried some supermoto-style slides with occasional success. However I was saying that *off road* it 's probably best to start on a 250, if not a 125.

[Scotty]

i think if i got a bike similar to that, i'd probably not use it off the road,
it'd be on the road 90% of the time.
sorta like land rovers

but i just find they look cool, sound good and generally not many people have them.
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Scott

[Scotty]

Insurence is pretty cheap too,
i just got a few quotes from the net.
Probably a bit out as their on the net.

but you know you can get them cheaper by phoning.

For me it would cost me just over £400 TPO on that specific bike.
so its pretty reasonable.

Scotty
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Scott

[Scotty]

On second thoughts...i wouldnt get that bike.
done a bit more research into it.
And it would definetly be a good as G said 3rd bike.
Its just not built for what i would use it for, even if it does look cool.
oh well...
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Scott