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Hi
I used to ride a round trip of 80 miles a day on a 125, what's even more shocking, it was a Chituma CTM-125. It's doable, quite comfortably, just keep on top of your maintenance, and it should be fine. Even chinese 125's build quality has improved on what the Chituma was all those years ago !! And that didn't let me down, so, no reason why a modern 1 wouldn't do the job just as well.
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Is there a reason you're not just going straight for getting your tests done and straight onto a full size bike?
The amount you may loose having bought a 125cc for, lets say £1000 put a fair amount of millage on it with that commute and sell again for, say £500 to spend £1200 on a larger bike it might be simpler and more cost effective to just get on with it.
Bike suggestion wise, I had a Honda Varadero 125cc which was brilliant for commuting, had a bit more power than, say, a CB125, a decent size fairing to keep a bit of weather off you and comfortable for long distances (rode from London to Manchester on it when I moved house) Why Honda dropped it from the range I'll never understand.
Whatever bike you look at I'd be wanting to check the availability of spares as you are going to wear things out (tyres, chain & sprockets etc) and service interval. Some budget 125's have quite short service intervals of only a few thousand miles, you'll end up servicing it every month. ____________________ Looking to pass your CBT / Bike tests in Bury Lancashire? try www.focusridertraining.co.uk Would recommend.
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Please don't buy Chinese. You obviously know fuck all about bikes so the last thing you need is that sort of grief.
linuxyeti is our resident Chinese bike protagonist, I, on the other hand am not a fan (understatement of the year)
If you are a competent home mechanic, then maybe you can keep a Chinese pos on the road day in, day out but even then I'd trust an old Japanese 125 over them.
YBR is probably the choice for you though I would want a Varadero myself for that journey if I HAD to do it on a 125. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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It's back to that same old answer that crops up every time.
Limited budget and time, means you buy whatever bike you can find that's clean, tidy and looked after, regardless of make/model and age. There's not a good or bad bike to do X mileage a day on, but it's got to be something that you can ride in comfort (well for a 125).
Being specific or fussy (and that's only if you can afford to and that theres a plethora of good 125's locally for sale) then I'd try to tick at least some of the following attributes:
1, not a trail bike as they arnt comfy for 50miles+ on the road, and have small tanks and plank seats.
2, four stroke engine to save you fuel and need less attention.
3, Weather protection and storage (think scooters)
4, something that is fairly common and easy to buy parts for. Eg if you live 2miles from a Yamaha dealer for example, a Yamaha might make life easier than lexmoto or something with few dealers.
I've seen locally to me good low mileage and fairly new Japanese scooters pop up for sale in local papers and free ads for not much over your budget. Often they have accessories like top box, screen etc. If I could drop on one quickly that's where my cash would be going for a daily. |
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nikkow1 wrote: | polarbear you are absolutely right, I do know sweet FA and am very grateful for all your advice.
I am a bit of a short arse, are the Varadero's quite high seated?
Thanks stevo, some good tips to bear in mind.
Does anyone have experience or views on the Herald classic 125? I have seen one advertised that looks in good condition and could be going for less than £600 |
Herald are a newish player so slightly un-proven and may be hard to get parts for, not sure if they're re-badged chinese catalogue bikes (ever noticed how halfords and sports direct, toys r us cheap mountain bikes are all the same, just different stickers? They are the same, from the same factory in china - it's the same with budget chinese built 125cc bikes)
The varadero's seat height is about 10cm higher than the CB125 (and part of the reason I bought one, I'm 6ft 1)
The suggestion of comfort, storage and weather protection has been raised, 125cc maxi scooter wouldn't be a bad shout, 125cc burgman perhaps? ____________________ Looking to pass your CBT / Bike tests in Bury Lancashire? try www.focusridertraining.co.uk Would recommend.
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+1 to a YBR. Common, cheap, parts a-plenty, and it'll still be worth something when you realise you should have gone straight to DAS. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 280 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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