Suggestions for cheapest bike purely to keep NCB alive?

[Ste]

So then, where do you go to find the cheapest of the cheap bikes, which could even just be a V5 with a frame, for the purposes of keeping no claims goings?

It doesn't have to work, it wants to be something so cheap and shit that the owner wouldn't bother advertising the bike as it would barely be worth their time.

What does BCF have to say about where to find cheap motorbike shape objects?



(edit: typo)

[xX-Alex-Xx]

Your nearest Harley dealership.
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[Ste]

Shit but not that shit.

[Keithy]

Gumtree?

Post an ad on freegle looking for a ‘resto project’?

Newsagents window next to ‘French lessons’?

Generous BCF member?

[piazza]

Fb and Gumtree usually has plenty of crappy scooters with a v5

[NJD]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZX6R-Main-Frame-Plate-HPI-Clear-Kawasaki-1998-1999-964/114723935421?hash=item1ab61454bd:g:0zUAAOSwXSpgS0Dy

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-Fazer-600-Fz6-5dm-1998-Frame-With-V5/203154762618?hash=item2f4cf7ab7a:g:c4oAAOSwX-Bfl~gS

Their two different sellers I'd trust. Click "view all listings" on their page and search "frame" to find the cheapest one via both.

You may be able to get a whole bike for cheaper, but some of those frames could probably be put in a box in a shed.

Also is this entirely legal? I feel stupid for not having done this a long time ago to make the chance of owning a second bike a lot easier.
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[Ste]

I was kind of hoping for something that's a tenth of the price of those.

It can't be particularly illegal to do, can it?

[NJD]

[jeffyjeff]

Contact your local motorcycle dismantler. He might be able to locate a frame and number plate for you. Alternately, go back to ebay and make a lowball offer. What have you got to lose?
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[WD Forte]

Cheap Chinese POS scooter or bike =< 125cc
even a spares/repair jobbie.
If it runs you could even hack about on it.

Check it aint not nicked nor nuffin though!

hows about this?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/honda-nh80-lead-vision-80cc-scooter-moped-spares-repairs-project-/1401839415
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[JustinW]

I expect you know this, but you can have a lapse in insurance for up to 12 months and still retain ncb. Me and wife swap yearly on car insurance to keep us both ncb'd.

[Ste]

[chris-red]

This is not based on any facts but I reckon a 250 might be cheaper to ensure than a 125 probably less likely to be crashed.
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[Ste]

There's a plan?

The frame isn't for me, it's for someone who's going to be buying a bike later in the year and his NCB will have lapsed by then.

I've no idea what the insurance will be like compared to a 50cc. It wouldn't be surprising if ped riders cost insurance companies more than VFR800 riders do so I've no idea how cheap it will be.

Meh, the frame cost 99p so it doesn't matter what happens with it.

How much could it be sold for on eBay as a barn find frame that's ideal for using to build a cafe racer hipster thing?

[Freddyfruitba...]

[Ste]

Running my details through moneysavingexpert, for me to insure a speedfighter 50cc it would cost £72 and a VFR800 would cost £79. That's with me saying less than 1,000 a year, I can't be bothered to play around seeing what increasing the annual mileage does to the price.

He's about the same age as me, postcode 'quality' shouldn't be much different to mine, he's married and changing my VFR quote to me being married makes it £2 cheaper so I reckon it's a reasonable enough comparison overall.

Meh.

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[ThatDippyTwat]

[spongefinger]

Something like this ?

Tried a million times to upload image but won't work.

On Facebook sales nt 650 frame with v5 for sale £50.

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