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[quote][i]Originally posted by Paul_J[/i] yeh 0-60 on a derestricted Rs is just under 7 seconds - so about 6.8 secs. Unrestricted they have 34 bhp which isn't bad for a bike only weighing 129kg ... People who I know with them agree top speed is around 110mph You can get it faster to 60 by changing the sprocket sizes and thus the gearing, but if you get the 0-60 quicker, you'll lose top end and if you make it so you have a longer top end speed you'll have a slower 0-60. So sub 4 secs and 132mph I don't think so. Still very nippy! The beauty with the 125 route is unlike driving a car, you can just do a single day CBT (which is like £60) and no one ever fails and then you can ride it with L plates - no need for an official test to be blasting around the roads. The Actual Test, is a bit more trickier - especially if they think your going to do it to ride some nice fast bike as your first bike - as they don't want people jumping straight onto things they can't handle and killing themselves. You can pick up a decent 2nd hand 125 RS for 1.5k -> 3.5k depends what your looking for. If I was in your shoes though and since you said you didn't want to look like you were on some piddling little moped (which the RS isn't) - I'd maybe get myself a Cagiva Mito 125 :D Basically the same frame, same sorta engine, same power and same performance specs - the only thing thats different is the way it looks - and imo it looks bloody nice. [img]http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/669/cagivaburnout.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/669/ebay_mito1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/669/ebay_mito2.jpg[/img] Also, there is an advantage of a 125 - its much much lighter than the bigger bikes, so the handling is far better - You should be able to keep up with some bigger CC bikes just for the fact you can keep on the power round the corners and don't need to slow as much - although they will probably beat you off the lights. Also insurance won't be so bad on a 125, don't forget NCB for car does not count as NCB for bike insurance - so your back to square one - probably be a good idea to get a years NCB and then try a bigger bike as insurance will be high on a ducati 996 or GSX 1000 :D Paul J [/quote]
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