Advice please Foccers!

[ChristoT]

Amazingly, I can actually afford the insurance on an FZ400!!  :eek

So, I needs to find an affordable FZ400 now. 

[tex]

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.

[ChristoT]

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.

[unfazed]

Why not just buy another 600 and put the restrictors from the crashed 600 into it. It would take about and hour?

[ChristoT]

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.  :'( :'( :'(

[unfazed]

I have a set of restrictors for the fazer 400 if you want them  :lol

[ChristoT]

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!

[Exupnut]

How much would the insurance be for a restricted varadero 125 ?

[nick crisp]

You can get decent walking shoes for under £100 these days......

[ChristoT]

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.

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.

[nick crisp]

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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.

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

[bigsteve]

  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 

[Exupnut]

http://bit.ly/1hfFWVr

[ChristoT]

  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.  :'(

http://bit.ly/1hfFWVr

Amazing. That won't last! And, peversely, insurance on that is nearly double the VT250. WTF is up with that?!?

[Doddsie]

Maybe its time to think outside the box.......

[AdieR]

Outside the box:

http://www.beijing-sidecar.com/HelloKitty.htm

[ChristoT]

Outside the box:

http://www.beijing-sidecar.com/HelloKitty.htm

I think I just threw up. Yeugh!

[notoriusb.e.n]

GPZ500 would be a safe bet. Pick them up for next to nowt.

[stevierst]

Or a GS500, they're simple as, and nothing to go wrong. I had one a few years ago, they're immense fun!

[ChristoT]

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...