First 125 advice

[WretchedOne]

Now I know this has been covered many times before and this is my first post so please be gentle....

I'm new to biking passed my CBT last month have been traveling and now back in UK and ready to get serious. I'm 23 so my plan is to get a nice 125 to learn on for around 10 months and then do a direct acces course shortly after my birthday. This seems like the best way to do it.

As I'll be riding the 125 for around a year I would like a nice bike budget around £1000 and something to learn on and commute. I work all round London so will be traveling around a bit.

Now everyone here seems to recommend the cg125 plus a couple of my biker mates but seems to me this is only if your on the fast track for getting the full? Plus I hate the look of them and want a bike I will really enjoy/love if I'll be using for some time.

Been looking around on eBay and the NSR seems nice, CBR looks tiny, yzf is probably out of my budget. Any advice would be great as I'm new to this and finding it really hard to make a decision. Hear aprilia break down a lot. So seems like I should buy a NSR.

Thanks in advanced.

WRETCH1