Need new bike

[skiffy]

Hi guys,

I'm after a new 125 after flipping my cbr due to a car driver kindly stopping too quickly with no indication, nevermind.

Anyway, I've been set on an nsr, but they're so hard to find at the moment and I lost out on a cheapy recently.

I've seen a nice cagiva planet and aprilia rs, now the cagiva is from a dealer and the rs is private, so obviously the dealer is the safer option. But i think I can get the rs for a fair bit cheaper.

However just not sure about the rs, with it not being the most reliable of bikes.

I'm just worried with the cagiva planet, parts are going to be hard to get hold of when things go wrong. Whereas the rs, parts won't be a problem to find. (because of all the broken aprilia's lol)

Should I just hold out for an nsr?

Also, I know I should get a ybr or cg, and I was going to, but I just can't lol!

Hopefully someone has some info to help sway me in my decision.

Cheers

[hornetmike]

CG is the only real 125. But if I had to have some sort of pretender it will be a NSR.
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[rus_racer]

Try Hyosung. They are bigger in size them most toy 125's. Reliability is excellent.
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[Paulington]

[G]

Only a sillybilly breaks the no stoppy rule?
Stopping works much better when the rear is just about to leave the ground, not after it has!

As above, though... it's the person behind's responsibility to ensure that even if the driver/rider in front came to a sudden stop with no warning, they would be able to avoid a 'situation'.

Anyway, I think the NSR is the best of the 'all round' 125s mentioned. The 4 strokes are generally too slow; and the GT125 is far too heavy - why you'd want a low powered bike that is as big and heavy as a 600cc one, I don't know.

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[skiffy]

Right, I did not hit the car in front, and I know it was my fault. I just panicked unfortunately and did not hit the back break. I got a nice dislocated shoulder from it.

Anyway, thanks for the comments, I am tempted to go sensible by buying a ybr, but i'm planning on being on a 125 for quite some time and I do like the sporty bikes.

[G]

YBR is sensible if you want good fuel economy and are using it for short trips around town. Not very sensible if you're going to be regularly using 70mph duel carrigeways, at which point an NSR makes much more sense.

[skiffy]

See that's what I am worried about, because that is what swayed me away from the ybr to begin with, because I will be using a-roads quite alot.

Anybody here that uses the ybr/cg on a-roads regulary?

Also, will the nsr be reliable for everyday use?

[craigs23]

[skiffy]

Thanks for that post Craig, really helpful and assuring! I think i'll go for the ybr, makes more sense, and I will save loads of petrol and insurance. And I agree, no idea why people rush so much, I like a steady ride too lol.

Did you ride the cg without a flyscreen? do you know if it makes much difference?

[skiffy]

Right, got a ybr still in mind, but a cheap hyosung gt comet has popped up, for 300 less than the ybr.

Any thoughts guys?

Reviews on hyosung seem pretty good.

Whats the best bet?

Thanks

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[skiffy]

Haha, so you put it in the same bag as the Chinese replicas then?

[G]

But what price does that put it at?
I had a look at a YBRs on ebay and they were all stupidly expensive for a bike that's main virtue is it's cheap to run. Expensive bikes will depreciate one way or another if used, making them not cheap to run in miles per £ lost if nothing else.
If the comet is under £1k, I'd say it's worth considering, though they are big and heavy, as well being slow compared to some of oth other 125cc possibilities.

[skiffy]

It's £895 and the ybr i'm looking at i can get for £1200.

It's not going to be slower than the ybr though is it?

I'm after reliability more so than speed!

[Rufus]

[skiffy]

How old? There's none that cheap near me at the moment, only a 2004 for £995

Where do you look for a bargain like that?

I try the usual, biketrader, ebay, gumtree, pistonheads etc..

[skiffy]

Tell a lie... A little further a field there's a few 96/98 cg's for £595

Is that more what you mean?

[G]

While I dislike the very idea of the korean comet (overly complex and incredibly heavy 125), it probably is worth considering at that price if it's not had /too/ hard a life.

[skiffy]

Thanks for the advice, I will take a look at it, I'm quite curious about it actually.

And yeah, it's low mileage, full mot and tax