Carly
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Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by Carly
whats the point if you cant drive them at full capacity 
or are you talking about been naughty and having it unrestricted 
im shocked 
The point of that is that even though it'll be restricted, having a bigger CC bike restricted will pull a lot better from low down, due to have more torque. You won't have to constantly thrash the nuts off it like these 125's.
It'll probably also give better reliabilty and you'll look less like a 17 year old.  Plus when you are able to de-restrict it, you don't have to buy a new bike.
For a first time bike rider the insurance is ridiculous though and i dont think it'd be worth paying the extra, when your ready for a bigger bike you'd probably be ready for a change anyway, plus i think its foolish to have big bike your unable to ride to full capacity, you'd look sillier doing that
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_Allan_
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but not all bigger capacity bikes are more to insure. They are grouped similar to cars etc... you can pay more to insure a RS125 than say a bandit 250. Due to the plastics, price, desirability by scumbags etc... Your looking at about £800-£1000 for a full set of new RS125 plastics. This all affects premium 
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by _Allan_
but not all bigger capacity bikes are more to insure. They are grouped similar to cars etc... you can pay more to insure a RS125 than say a bandit 250. Due to the plastics, price, desirability by scumbags etc... Your looking at about £800-£1000 for a full set of new RS125 plastics. This all affects premium
Exactly mate. Plus most insurers will take into account that the bike is restricted! Same as say if you say you have a 1.2 to your insurer and then you have an accident and its a 2.0!
If you derestrict it it'd just void insurance.
To be honest I think Carly should be quite for a bit, as - as soon as you said Aprilia RS's seem sluggish compared to Honda NSR's I just lost all respect of your knowledge 
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_Allan_
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