Hi - another newbie to biking

[tomwheeler87]

Hi all

2 things firstly wanted to say hi to everyone. Im 24 and from manchester and have never ridden a bike in my life. Im looking at booking my cbt in a few weeks and have been looking at 125cc's.

Secondly and here comes the slating. I have been looking at the usual candidates cbf125 ybr125 etc and have come accross thw keeway RKV. yes i know its chinese owned and yes some of there older models have been plagued with problems but this is a well speced, cheap to buy bike that comes with 2 years warranty.

I couldnt find much info on the bike on english sites but managed to find a bit more on french and spanish and the ratings seem to be good.

I know the general concensus is dont buy chinese but surely there has to be a point where this will change.

Talking to a bloke in yamaha chorley (granted a salesman) he reckons these are at least 80% better than anything thy have made before.

Does anyone have any experiance or opinions with these bikes.

Thanks in advance

[Alex_B]

Hi mate, welcome.

You will be told to avoid, it will rust, bits fall off and so on.

You will lose money on it, even if it lasts 2 years when you come to sell it on.

They will get better, it's just are they getting better now?

£1100 on the road-ish then or a half decent 2nd hand Jap bike for similar money OR shop around privately and pick a 125cc for £600-£800-ish that will give you a year or 2 practice before your test.

I'd go the Jap route and indeed did/have but tbh I did contemplate the Chinese idea but was put off by all the Nay Sayers. No smoke without fire, right?
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[FerretFing]

HI & Welcome

Chinky = great food,kung-fu movies with badly overdubbed voice acting AND.... wank bikes.....the end