Where to buy a small engined bike

[Mr Scruff]

As the title suggests.

I've just done my CBT and I won't be able to do the rest of my DAS for another couple of months (I know, running close on time!).

As such I'd like to buy a 125 to potter about on and get some hours under my belt. My problem is knowing where to buy one from! Bike Trader is all expensive bikes (I only want to spend £500 ish) and eBay seems a bit rubbish. Where else can I look for an affordable 125 bike? I'm in the High Wycombe/Slough area.

[dern]

Your local paper, biketrader.

Your budget is pretty low and anything with an mot/tax will fetch more than that I would have thought.

[black-k1]

How about Motor Cycle news?

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikesforsale/

[SplatSpeed]

475 can get you a brand gew cg125 clone from china

portsmouth area

[Mr Scruff]

SplatSpeed said:

475 can get you a brand gew cg125 clone from china

portsmouth area

Think that's the reason why you can pick up (small) bikes for such low prices. Ok, so the quality might not be up to 50,000 miles but perfect for a novice to play with.

Portsmouth is still a long way away mind, especially on a 125!

[dern]

Mr Scruff said:

SplatSpeed said:

475 can get you a brand gew cg125 clone from china

portsmouth area

Think that's the reason why you can pick up (small) bikes for such low prices. Ok, so the quality might not be up to 50,000 miles but perfect for a novice to play with.

Portsmouth is still a long way away mind, especially on a 125!

Yebbut you can buy dvd players and toasters for 10p from tesco and the reason people buy them is (quite rightly) that while they might not last longer than a year or so when they do break you just go get another one. The only problem I have with that is that I can't for the life of me apply the same logic to a chunk of metal full of hot flamable fluids in close proximity to my love pods on which I'm doing (optimistically) 50 mph

[Hooli]

those chinese bikes arent bad at all for the money. you might need to hammer them back together occasionally but they are ideal for learners. its cheap, its new, it works & if you kill it you aint lost much - how can you go wrong?
i know of one thats on its third l-plater, its getting passed around as they do their test & still seems to be going fine.

[N Dentressangle]

Local free ads paper is usually best for this. Ours is called "Trade It" down here - there must be one for HW and Slough?

[Rubin215]

dern said:

you can buy dvd players and toasters for 10p from tesco and the reason people buy them is (quite rightly) that while they might not last longer than a year or so when they do break you just go get another one.

Which is why our disposable throwaway society is killing the planet!

Capitalism/consumerism relies on you constantly breaking what you have or just throwing it away to buy the new and improved, different colour, 25 grams lighter this months model.

If you suggest that you want something that will actually last and that you might actually intend to hold on to it for years to come, you are viewed as some kind of communist, intent on bringing down the government and destroying civilisation.


Or is that just my imagination...