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Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 04-11-13
Amazingly, I can actually afford the insurance on an FZ400!! :eek
So, I needs to find an affordable FZ400 now.
Re: Advice please Foccers! - tex - 05-11-13
How about a xjr 400, or cb1, nice little buzzy fours, should be cheap to insure, you can pic them up for under a grand.
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 05-11-13
(05-11-13, 09:49 PM)tex link Wrote: How about a xjr 400, or cb1, nice little buzzy fours, should be cheap to insure, you can pic them up for under a grand.
I have a big problem.
The 33bhp restrictor (which effectively knocks me off FZ400s too) means my insurance triples - as fewer companies will insure me. And sadly the CB1 and XJR are both > 33bhp. I'm considering a VT250 though.
Re: Advice please Foccers! - unfazed - 05-11-13
Why not just buy another 600 and put the restrictors from the crashed 600 into it. It would take about and hour?
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 05-11-13
(05-11-13, 10:07 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Why not just buy another 600 and put the restrictors from the crashed 600 into it. It would take about and hour?
Because insurance on another 600 will set me back £1,500? And also because I can't find any Fazers for under a grand in decent nick. :'( :'( :'(
Re: Advice please Foccers! - unfazed - 05-11-13
I have a set of restrictors for the fazer 400 if you want them :lol
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 05-11-13
(05-11-13, 10:57 PM)unfazed link Wrote: I have a set of restrictors for the fazer 400 if you want them :lol
I wish I could! Insurance on a restricted 4 is almost the same as a 6!
Advice please Foccers! - Exupnut - 05-11-13
How much would the insurance be for a restricted varadero 125 ?
Re: Advice please Foccers! - nick crisp - 05-11-13
You can get decent walking shoes for under £100 these days......
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 05-11-13
(05-11-13, 11:24 PM)Exupnut link Wrote: How much would the insurance be for a restricted varadero 125 ?
A Vara requires no restriction.
However, good luck finding one for under a grand.
Shame, I'd happily take another. Great bikes.(05-11-13, 11:27 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: You can get decent walking shoes for under £100 these days......
Ha ha ha. :2guns
This will be for commuting to work, going shopping and the occasional LoFos. I'll go mad if I have to rely on pubic transport.
Re: Advice please Foccers! - nick crisp - 05-11-13
(05-11-13, 11:29 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: [quote author=Exupnut link=topic=10576.msg111630#msg111630 date=1383690277]
How much would the insurance be for a restricted varadero 125 ?
A Vara requires no restriction.
However, good luck finding one for under a grand.
Shame, I'd happily take another. Great bikes.(05-11-13, 11:27 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: You can get decent walking shoes for under £100 these days......
Ha ha ha. :2guns
This will be for commuting to work, going shopping and the occasional LoFos. I'll go mad if I have to rely on pubic transport.
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Go mad?...... :lol
Re: Advice please Foccers! - bigsteve - 05-11-13
WELL Foccers
It looks like a challenge :rolleyes find Christo another FZS600 goodish condition under the magic £1000
If he doesn't mind the insurance bill
Re: Advice please Foccers! - Exupnut - 05-11-13
http://bit.ly/1hfFWVr
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 06-11-13
(05-11-13, 11:33 PM)bigsteve link Wrote: WELL Foccers
It looks like a challenge :rolleyes find Christo another FZS600 goodish condition under the magic £1000
If he doesn't mind the insurance bill
The bike shop in Hatfield has one for £950. However, at £1500 insurance, it'll take several months of work (ONCE I get a job) to pay the premium, especially as that £1000 is all that's left in the piggy bank. :'(
(05-11-13, 11:36 PM)Exupnut link Wrote: http://bit.ly/1hfFWVr
Amazing. That won't last! And, peversely, insurance on that is nearly double the VT250. WTF is up with that?!?
Re: Advice please Foccers! - Doddsie - 06-11-13
Maybe its time to think outside the box.......
Re: Advice please Foccers! - AdieR - 06-11-13
Outside the box:
http://www.beijing-sidecar.com/HelloKitty.htm
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 06-11-13
(06-11-13, 01:14 AM)AdieR link Wrote: Outside the box:
http://www.beijing-sidecar.com/HelloKitty.htm
I think I just threw up. Yeugh!
Re: Advice please Foccers! - notoriusb.e.n - 07-11-13
GPZ500 would be a safe bet. Pick them up for next to nowt.
Re: Advice please Foccers! - stevierst - 07-11-13
Or a GS500, they're simple as, and nothing to go wrong. I had one a few years ago, they're immense fun!
Re: Advice please Foccers! - ChristoT - 07-11-13
The GPZ and the GS are both good suggestions, but there is a huge problem.
The 33bhp restrictor.
Not many insurers want to touch a restricted rider. When I was looking at a Fazer 400, insurance for me cost £500. Add a restrictor, and the price rocketed to £1,500.
The VT250 may be a stopgap - assuming I get a job, that is...