Monkey/Gorilla safety

[eunos20b]

Alright all,

Seen these monkeys/gorillas on eBay - the 70 and 125cc ones I'm talking about... They look like a bunch of fun. I just sold my KC100, he was alright if a little scruffy, didn't wanna tear into it. Motorbikes to me are a pleasure thing I don't actually need one but I wouldn't mind d having one for trips down the Coop, backlane fun and the odd 7 mile commute when the misses goes to the gym too early in the morning. Something to upgrade a bit over time as well. Only thing that concerns me even slightly is the height. I want to get some of those bigger wheels like 10 inch, but what are they like in general? My KC100 was a tiny bike and I didn't feel vulnerable at all on that.

Cheers

[Rogerborg]

By the time you've made one road legal and got it registered and insured, you might be as well looking at a used MSX125.

I looked briefly into the costs of insuring an ostensibly road legal Whang Dong joke-brand pit bike this year and was being quoted £300+ instead of the sub £100 that I pay on my road bikes.

The idea of flushing money down the insurance toilet put me off pretty sharpish.
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[eunos20b]

[P.]

Can't remember my insurance, it was more than my Triple though. Was good for 60mph on the motorway... I'd probably MSX it though.

[Rogerborg]

To be fair I only tried two brokers (sorry, don't recall which ones) because I couldn't find anyone who would quote online for the make and model that the seller was telling me was on the V5C - which I doubt had much relationship to reality.

Mind you, I also had a strong suspicion that the details on any policy I took out would bear little relation to what I was telling the phone monkeys anyway.

Ain't nobody got time fo' that
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Vifferguy]

You'd get more info direct from the monkeys' mouth!!!!

https://www.monkeyrun.co.uk/

[Whosthedaddy]

Had 2 monkeys and now in a MSX.

Commuted from outside M25 into central London on it, no problems at all, biggest enemy is the weather and a head wind.
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[eunos20b]

[Rogerborg]

Oh, Skyteam, fair enough, they've got an interesting range. I'm surprised/disappointed that they run so much to insure though. A couple of years of that, then dubious resale and suddenly a cheap bike ends up costing more than a Honda. Sad times.

Oh, bear in mind that the start of 2017 may see a huge cull in availability of cheap, small capacity bikes when the next tranche of Eurobollocks kicks in.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[temeluchus]

I had a Jincheng m50 monkey, with a YX140 engine fitted. Did 60 with my fat arse on it, very good fun. The YX140 engine is much nicer than the factory fit engine.
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[eunos20b]