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Marshmule

Marshmule

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Hi guys,

The choices are:

2004 (04) Honda CBR 125 - Blue - 8k on clock - mint - £2100

2003 (53) Honda CBR 125 - Red and black - 4k on clock - VGC - £1900

The wise choice would probably be the 2003 bike due to mileage but they are 4 stroke and will run forever, and the blue ones get more for second hand sales.

What do you reckon?
 
I personally really dislike the CBR125, you can get just as good of a bike for a lot less with a generic 125.
 
Go for the cheaper one and spend the extra on sweets and a big lock and chain. You won't regret that when you come down in the morning and find your bike hasn't been stolen.
 
Whatever you do dont get the repsol one. They look awful imo.

If it was me id get a Aprilia RS125 but thats because i had a RS50 which handled absolutely amazing!
 
2004 (04) Honda CBR 125 - Blue - 8k on clock - mint - £2100
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I had the 04 in blue with 7200 miles on when i sold it, mine was also in very good condition, wouldnt say mint, but certainly well maintained. All mine went for was £1450 so you would be paying WAY over the odds at £2100, they're only about £300 more brand new!!

Shop around more mate seriously could save £500 easily on that price and get a good buy! I loved me little CBR when I had it, it was perfect for what I wanted it for at the time!
 
IMO - Neither.

Spend as little as possible. I suspect you'll only have the bike for a year or two to increase your no-claims before getting a bigger bike. The more you spend on your first bike, the more you'll lose when you come to upgrade. You might a prat for a couple of years, but in a year or two, while your mates are still buzzing around on their 125's you'll be able to afford a better bike.
 
Tomsk said:
IMO - Neither.

Spend as little as possible. I suspect you'll only have the bike for a year or two to increase your no-claims before getting a bigger bike. The more you spend on your first bike, the more you'll lose when you come to upgrade. You might a prat for a couple of years, but in a year or two, while your mates are still buzzing around on their 125's you'll be able to afford a better bike.
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Agree.

Get the test out of the way on something that costs you peanuts, then go up in capacity.

DA is the way forward, go for it. You will gain much more valuable experience on a larger bike in a shorter time frame once you have passed than you would if you kick around on 125's for longer than is really necessary. :cool:
 
Also agree with the above. a 125 is a 125 - doesnt matter what fairing you dress it up with. Get a cheap but reliable sub £1000 CG125 to get you around until pass your test and then get a something a bit bigger asap.
 
I had the choice of a CBR 125 but didnt get it , i decided to get the varadero 125 instead.

Reason was that the CBR 125 is to small, its uncomfy, small tyres which look like they took of a bicycle, They are a lot to insure and i was told they do 60-70 tops which isnt good for a £2700 motorbike. Basically the CBR 125 is supposed to look like a CBR 600, to me it looks like a done up CG 125!
 
Depends on you (height/weight etc) the distance you will be doing and the type of rideing, also do you plan on doing your test or is this just a 2 year CBT only gig ?

The CBR125 as it's not 'tall/heavy person friendy' and niether is the Mito or the Aprillia RS, both are superior to the CBR but not forgiving if you are a novice and lack the skill/cash to maintain it perfecty. The CBR is cheap new and 2nd hand values high - it's been discounted last year iirc.

I totally agree with Pyroboy the Vardero is without doubt the best 125 if you actually plan to ride a biger bike or carry a pillion - a 125 v-twin is an odd idea but it works fantastically, runs great and best of all looks and feels like a larger bike (I even got pulled over by a police man as he didn't beleive it was a 125).

Consider looking on the net for far east copy 125's they are very very cheap, the quality for the most part is on par with the Honda variants and the parts are identical, they even do CBR125 clones now for half the money of the genuine item or get a cheap 2nd hand chuck about bike Honda CG/Suzuki GZ or Ymaha DT (they derestrict to 20+bhp after you pass your test ;) ). Hang onto it for a year to build up your no claims and then consider a trade up as and when your budet allows (2 years no claims and i'm only paying 130 a year for a 600 Hornet).
 
Avalon said:
Moi ?
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No the OP. - How come he wants a bike (125cc) before he (i assume) takes his bike test...

Why not take the test, and get a smaller propper bike - maybe a small 400 or something either stock at 33bhp, or limited to 33bhp.

Alex
 
Avalon said:
Depends on you (height/weight etc) the distance you will be doing and the type of rideing, also do you plan on doing your test or is this just a 2 year CBT only gig ?

The CBR125 as it's not 'tall/heavy person friendy' and niether is the Mito or the Aprillia RS, both are superior to the CBR but not forgiving if you are a novice and lack the skill/cash to maintain it perfecty. The CBR is cheap new and 2nd hand values high - it's been discounted last year iirc.

I totally agree with Pyroboy the Vardero is without doubt the best 125 if you actually plan to ride a biger bike or carry a pillion - a 125 v-twin is an odd idea but it works fantastically, runs great and best of all looks and feels like a larger bike (I even got pulled over by a police man as he didn't beleive it was a 125).

Consider looking on the net for far east copy 125's they are very very cheap, the quality for the most part is on par with the Honda variants and the parts are identical, they even do CBR125 clones now for half the money of the genuine item or get a cheap 2nd hand chuck about bike Honda CG/Suzuki GZ or Ymaha DT (they derestrict to 20+bhp after you pass your test ;) ). Hang onto it for a year to build up your no claims and then consider a trade up as and when your budet allows (2 years no claims and i'm only paying 130 a year for a 600 Hornet).
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I am 6 foot one and 12 stone, and my mate is 6 foot and 17 stone, we both loved are RS125's and managed to ride all day and cover about 20000 miles between us in about a year before we both moved onto bigger bikes. Its no tourer, but the seat is comfy and big enough, I had no problems.
 
just_grass said:
No the OP. - How come he wants a bike (125cc) before he (i assume) takes his bike test...

Why not take the test, and get a smaller propper bike - maybe a small 400 or something either stock at 33bhp, or limited to 33bhp.

Alex
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there is a better idea, in this situation for me it would be one of 3 things.

If your boring the get a cbr 125,
if you love fun riding but dont want to do your test, get an RS125
If you want to do your test get a NC30/NC35 and restrict it to 33bhp
 
Both those bikes are heavily overpriced, you can buy brand new ones for under £2000. You should be paying around £1300-1400 for those bikes with 2,000 - 8,000miles.

Dispite what people say they are good learner bikes and you wont loose much money when you come to resell it. RS125's drop massively in value and you could end up loosing a lot of money not to mention minefields with reliablilty and very poor build quailty.
 
DynaMight said:
Both those bikes are heavily overpriced, you can buy brand new ones for under £2000. You should be paying around £1300-1400 for those bikes with 2,000 - 8,000miles.

Dispite what people say they are good learner bikes and you wont loose much money when you come to resell it. RS125's drop massively in value and you could end up loosing a lot of money not to mention minefields with reliablilty and very poor build quailty.
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nothing wrong with build quality at all the finish on them is great in fact, really well put together, no skimping on materials, far better than suzuki, kawasaki which tend to look very second hand after a few moths if you dont look after them. Reliability is great if you look after them ie decent oil and follow the service intervals (you can quite happily service mostly yourself, just follow the intervals, electrics can be troublesome aparetny, but neither me or my mate had one warrenty claim with 20k between us over a year (his was 1 year old, mine was new, and in a year and 10000 miles, from brand new I lost £650 on mine, thats from new, so I'd class that as pretty good depreciation, I think my mate got back what he paid for his, but he got a pretty good deal in the first place.
I dont know where your getting your facts from but they are wrong. I have no reason to defend the bike I sold it a long time ago and have an R6 now, I just have experience of it, and know first hand having rode the cbr and A Lot of other bikes to boot, it is a very boring a to b bike. I really didnt enjoy riding it at all, and cant think of anything good about it really, apart from the fact that it is probably cheap to run and very reliable. You may as well get a £500 CG125, because that is what you are buying basically, same engine I think isn't it! They are not qualities I look for in a bike, you might be boring and want that and if so go for it.
 
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