TheCam
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2 t's in bennetts ive made that mistake lol
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Reedy
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Originally posted by cam1
2 t's in bennetts ive made that mistake lol
any excuse, i bet you just had bennets the gay club on your mind
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_Allan_
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Swelled to twice the size and went black and purple 
bit like Seths then? 
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_Allan_
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Axa seem to be decent for me the last couple of years. They use various brokers such as motorcycle direct however strangely they were more expensive quoting direct? As above just shop around and play the quotes of each other. You'll soon get a ball park figure.
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Nath
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My dad and I are looking at getting and sharing a 125 sometime soon. Basically my old man works about 25miles away, so thats a 50mile round trip 5/6 days a week. That coupled with my car returning about 30mpg, the aim is to save us both money. Go halves on everything and share the bike. He works nights so it's ideal really.
Looked at Aprilla RS125 and Honda CBR125. Something like that design anyway.
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
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Nath- you want a 2stroke as they seemto be faster , so out of them two bikes you'll be looking at the Aprillia RS125, try and getr a newish one as ones that have been threashed tend to blow up happend to my mate, he has never ridden a motorbike since. I had a Derbi Senda 125SM, which was 4stroke, and that kept up with the CBR 
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Nath
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Cheers for the info
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Daimo B
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No, you don't want a 2 stoke.
Yeah, they are faster than the 4 stoke 125's, but they use as much oil as they do fuel. They have about a 2000-3000rpm power band, sound like hairdryers. But they handle great.
Nath, you and your dad want a nice reliable 4 stoke 125. Not the fastest, but will go on and on and on for cheap. 25 miles each way is a bit of a push for a 125 as the services need to be done regulary.
Biking isn't as cheap as people think. Once you added tyres (about 6k-7k for a hard profile), servicing, fuel, bike equipment etc, it comes out to a fair bit over the year.
But worth every penny.
If you've got an airgun, get a scooter. Drive belts need to be changed a lot, but its cheaper to run than a bike. You can do the belts yourself if you have an airgun.
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Nath
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Cheers Daimo
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nathy_87
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imo i wouldnt recommend a 4stroke i had problems with it at elast twice every other month, so i done a straight swap for the corsa i have now
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Daimo B
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Ridden a 4 stoke bike for the last 5 years with no engine problems...
Electrical issues, don't go there, but thats just Italians for you.......
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TheCam
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Originally posted by Reedy
quote:
Originally posted by cam1
2 t's in bennetts ive made that mistake lol
any excuse, i bet you just had bennets the gay club on your mind
hahahaha damn it... caught lol
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nathy_87
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i suppose its just down to where there made then VXR? mine was Spanish, never again.
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Dee
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Italian bikes are fine, only back in the 80's were they shit.
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Dean_W
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Originally posted by Dee
Italian bikes are fine, only back in the 80's were they shit.
There still shit.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Dee
Italian bikes are fine, only back in the 80's were they shit.
Go down to Red Dogs and tell them that.
MV Augusta + Benelli + Ducati importers. Old mans working there for some fun at the moment. I wouldn't call them reliable yet Even if they are worth £15k+
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Dean_W
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As stated by a Ducati mechanic last week..........'they are all shit'
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Baskey
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Mate i was in the same boat as you, was ruinning my 172 driving it a 50 mile round trip to the city centre every day,
So i brought a honda xr 125, little trail bike thing. CBT is like £80, insurance is 250 (im 24 fully comp with 9 points on my lisence) tax is £15 a year!
Where as my 172 cost £7 a day in fuel, a full tank (£8) in the bike lasts all week, i hammer through traffic and i also use the bike for a bit of trail riding at the weekend.
My bikes a honda xr 125, o5 plate, i paid £1250 with 2.5k on the clock.
The bikes a 4 stroke, so it only does 70 ish (not that i go that fast in traffic on the way to work) however i didnt buy a 2 stroke cus i cant be dealing with constant top end re-builds.
Iv now done a further 5k on the bike. Its cost me nothing in parts, £6 in service parts and always starts first time
p.s i reconise your car, you a member of the renaultsports club mate?
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K3 VMU
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turn 21 and get a real bike 
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Baskey
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^^ depends what you want a bike for, mines for communting on the cheep and a bit of weekend off road action.
Got a 140 mph clio if i wanna go fast,
althogh saying that iv caught the bug and am going to do my full test in a couple of months lol
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Paul_J
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Exactly Baskey. K3VMU I'm 22.
Athough my RS drinks fuel, because it's constantly at about 8000-10,000 rpm lol.
I've had one seize, but it was cheap enough to repair.
Music while riding - I wouldn't recommend it.
same as baskey though - I want to do full test now.
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Reedy
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Originally posted by K3 VMU
turn 21 and get a real bike
I am 21 
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K17STY
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Dont but italian! bloody electrics!!. .
in fact do I have a cagiva you can have
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by K3 VMU
turn 21 and get a real bike
Be 19 and get a restricted license and buy anything you want (and put the limiter on )
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nathy_87
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there is a baby blue rs125 on here for sale x reg http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=366527
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