How much? Advice, etc. PLEASE.

[Sissy]

Alright, in September I bought a NRG scooter, just to go to and from college & work until I get a car. Turns out I love 2 wheels and I'm going to stick with them.

In march, I'm 17. That means I'll still have 6 months of insurance left.

I want a 125 to practise on and take my test but I'll be using it for quite awhile so I want it to be quite nice, like a RS, NSR, DT and so on rather then a CG, etc.

How much would I realisticly need to get a fairly nice bike? I'd say £300-£400 for the insurance since theres already £400 on it...

Theres a RS125 for sale now in the trading section for £1,300, would it do me any good to buy a bike before my birthday because they are cheaper this time of year but I could change my mind by then, etc...

Any advice? I know the sensible thing would be to buy a CG or something but I really ain't interested, turning up at college on a CG would ruin me.

[Kickstart]

Hi

You need to find out how much your insurance company will cover you on those bikes for. Just because they were cheap for a 50 does not mean they will be cheap for a 125 sports bike, unfortunatly. You might find that it is cheaper to cancel the existing policy and take out a new one for a 125, but then you put off getting a years no claims for another 6 months or so.

All the best

Keith
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[nick.h]

how much money do you have to spend?
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[Sissy]

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First, you may well find it comes out cheaper to get a new policy.

Also; you're happy to turn up on a scooter, but don't want to turn up on a cg?
Personally I'd much rather turn up on a 'real' bike .

Personally, I'd get a cheap cg or similar and budget in the cost of your test for a few months after.
You will be able to sell the cg for about what you paid; more if you get a bargain and sell it well.
Then you will be able to turn up at college on a much better looking bike; that would probably demand more respect, presuming that's what you want.

For a DT125, NS125 etc you're looking at starting at about £600 for an ok one. For the shiner new bikes at least £1k probably.

[Sissy]

Suppose you're right but I have been looking and all the DT125's are like £1,500 and CG's are close to £1,000 also... I can't find any for the prices that have been mentioned... I also am very close to buying a Sachs XTC 125 4t, what do you think about that?

[Kickstart]

Hi

DT125LCs have been out for about 20 years, so you should be able to find one given time. Trouble is that too many of them get nicked and used as field bikes.

The Sachs is very expensive, fairly slow and quite a cheaply built bike.

All the best

Keith
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Taken from adtrader:
Keep an eye out and there's plenty out there.
If you've got money to spend before you're 17, then you've got plenty of time to be patient and wait for bargains to come up.