rxs100 or cg125 or er5/cb5

[Welshd1k]

looking AT a cheap as fuck to run hack for comuting rather than the hornet . as the hornet as expensive tyres on etc and shit on fuel.

so was thinking maby a rxs100 / other 100cc 2 smoke . or a cg125 or some 500cc comuter / learner also was looking at xr250's


whats every ones views on somethign thats
A) cheap to Run
B) cheap to maintain / need the least maintanance
c) cheap to buy
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Sold >,zxr400 h2 (33bhp kit) rd350 n1 rd350 lc2<

[Benson_JV]

well either the ER5 or the GS500 is a dirt cheap commuter. There's a GS500 for £500 in good nick on autotrader at the current moment in time!
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[27cows]

I've owned all four.

Probably the best bike all round from a riding point of view is the CB500. Great bike really, but it's not easy to find good ones at a reasonable price. They are also very popular with couriers, so you tend to find really high mileage ones tarted up and sold off, full of expensive nasties just waiting to happen.

ER5 is an excellent, solid, extremely reliable all rounder that would be comfortable touring as well as commuting. Nothing really to say against it, except that it is much more expensive to run than a tiddler, despite being relatively cheap against something sporty.

CG125 - slow, uninspiring, phenomenally good on petrol, dogged, tough, and in the newer versions quite nice to look at. Has the advantage of there being ready availability of spares. Down side is that it's a Honda, so genuine bits will be ludicrously expensive, if you ever need them. Also seem popular with tea leaves.

RXS100 is, IMHO, the best mixture of hilarious cheapness, reasonable performance, extreme simplicity and virtually indestructible reliability so long as you don't do anything silly (run it dry of oil etc). Down side is the lack of brakes (you can adapt - I have lol) and pretty shite electrics. Spares are still readily available. Can pick up a decent RXS for around 300 notes, often less.

One other bike I'd be inclined to look at is the GPz500. I guess it depends what level of performance you can live with. If you can put up with the lack of speed/power, the RXS is head and shoulders above everything else in terms of cheapness and reliability, and requires almost no significant maintenance the vast majority of the time.
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[Dazbo666]

Got to be vote for the GPZ500 / ER5 from me.

Bought for less than £500, economical on the go-go juice, cheap to run, cheap on insurance, helped to build up my no claims...
Great fun to ride and to build up my experience, plus I learned a fair bit about maintenance, modifying, and general upkeep.
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[dextersaurus]

CG125 is cheap as anything, amazing on fuel, comfy but really slow.

+1 for the GPZ though, bought mine for £300 with a carb problem that took a day to fix...

Not used it properly yet so i can't comment on fuel economy but it's certainly powerful enough to keep up with the rest of the traffic

Dunc

[ms51ves3]

[27cows]

[Welshd1k]

i dont need fast etc its 16 miles each way ... so yeah cheaper fuel and tyres etc. dont want to be putting expensive rubber on a work mule
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[dextersaurus]

CG125 is better than the RXS.

Full stop.

it's newer and I wonder why near enough every bike school uses them

If you want cheap, buy a CG.

Got mine for £400, got an MT65 rear for £15 fitted, oil change every 6 months (with a litre of oil).

Do that and itll run forever.
16 miles will cost 87p on the CG if you wring it's neck (i never got less than 100mpg on mine...) so if it's cheap you want...

Dunc

[ms51ves3]

[27cows]

My RXS was half clapped out in 1990...and it's still half clapped out. Despite that I get 80-90mpg. 2T oil @ £1.99 for 600ml from Wilko. Tyres for about £15 a time. Under £6 for a battery. 650ml of 10w40 for the gearbox every leap year (or so lol).

The RXS is tougher than the CG, despite being a stroker. Despite lavish claims of very high mileage, CG125s rarely go past 75,000 miles, and frequently are buggered long before that in learner hands. Just read the catalogue of problems CG owners on here have had.

Trust me, if the CG was a better bike than the RXS, I'd have one. Economy and reliability are my main aims in my day to day commuter. Nothing is cheaper than the RXS to run, in combination was fearsome toughness, Swiss watch-like reliability and the ability to rip through rush hour traffic faster than just about anything else.

My current motor has just passed 103,000 miles on all original components. About 70% of the bike has done 360,000 miles - the old RXS is tough.
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[dextersaurus]

Sorry but i know what i'd prefer out of these two.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-RXS100-/110568411280?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item19be641090

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1977-HONDA-CG125-/170519997838?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item27b3c8ad8e

I don't know how you can say that an old 2t 100 can be more reliable than a 4t 125.

And the reason there's more reported prolems with the CG than there is with the RXS is that the majority of learner riders have CGs, compared to the low number of RXS100s going around.

Dunc

[Welshd1k]

a nother bike i have looked at a xj600??? or are these shite?
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[27cows]

I can say it because I've done nearly 350,000 miles on one. There's no way I'd have something anything other than extremely tough and reliable for daily commuting duties. The CG I had was frequently troublesome. The RXS almost never gives me bother, even now.
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[Welshd1k]

in all honesty id probaly take a rxs over a cg if they where simular priced. my mate did 25k on his with no issues. and the older cg's better than new ones? cos the oen i did my cbt on felt faking horrid and didnt accelereate just vibrated . i know im after cheap but cg's seem to i dunno be expensie?
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[Amreet]

[dextersaurus]

[Welshd1k]

its to save my hornet.

as im sure squaring of £200 of tyres isnt fun . and 40mpg . and the fear of droping it in the ice etc.

oh and if i gte a 2t it can sit next to my rd350
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[27cows]

[dextersaurus]

[27cows]

[c_dug]

I'm tempted to get myself an rsx now

Almost exactly the same situation as the o.p. and also been thinking about a cheap commuter.
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[Cheeseybeaner]

MZ250 - cheap, interesting, solid build quality. You can get a usable one for a few hundred quid and they're a hoot ro ride.

[N cee thirty]

In my opinion cgs are the same as every other bike except maybe better mpg

vast array of spare parts my ass,everytime somethings broke on mine its been something expensive or something that isn't made anymore so not avaliable,going to have to sell mine now as i can't find a magneto to make the thing run again.

i'd get a rxs as they sound pretty cool.
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[27cows]

Good to see people are warming to the RXS. They are brilliant commuter bikes, and also superb to learn on.

Love the MZs. But spares are really hard to get these days. Motors also pretty difficult to work on. But they are fantastic bikes, tough as old boots and the build quality is outstanding compared to old shite like the Superdreams and GSX250.
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