Advice please Foccers!

[ChristoT]

Well let us know how you get on with that test ride, the net recons a ballache to work on but if it doesn't need any maintenance then apparently a decent enough experience.


I mean how long are you talking about keeping it,if it was just a year then you could get away with flogging it again before any money needs spending on it.


Then get a  :faz

Well...

If I get it, I was thinking of modding a Fazer style fairing for it. The VT250-FII looks the tits with it's full fairing! I might do something like that to it. 

IF being the important word. And I've decided to wait until AFTER I've secured a job to go look / spend money.

that vt looks well cool init,know what i mean,init...... :lol ......looks like a nice origanal bike,low mileage and well cared for,its a honda so i`ll be surprised if you have any trouble with it.......be a lot better at £750......know what i mean....init   

You assume I plan to spend that much? I am quite prepared to spend all day in there arguing them down. I want a bike, I refuse to spend more than X on it, X is a wee bit more than what I want to spend, time for a fight with the salesman!  :lol :lol :lol

[red98]

good on yer christo  .....i like a good haggle  ...why should you pay their wages  :lol

[JoeRock]

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...

THat's funny that Christo, my insurance companies really didn't care. I'm suspeecting you're adding that in on a comparison site which does screw around with values, best couple I used were Carole Nash, and a company called wicked quotes. Both charged me about £400 for my honda hornet 600 (more expensive than a fazer to insure) at 18 and 19 respectively. Do think that your accident will be a hefty cause unfortunately though :/

[Doddsie]

Putting a modded fairing on it??............................... You gonna tell the insurance company about that????

[ChristoT]

good on yer christo  .....i like a good haggle  ...why should you pay their wages  :lol

Reminds me of a sign I saw in a restaurent a few years ago:

The wages of sin are death... but the wages here are a lot worse!!  :lol :lol :lol

[dazza]

1K budget, insurance being the main stumbling block, look no further....http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Choppe...1470134%26

[unfazed]

Here are 2 options for you
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/...ce-to/1500
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/yamaha-ttr250-...20dac2e989

[ChristoT]

Here are 2 options for you
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/...ce-to/1500
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/yamaha-ttr250-...20dac2e989

Thanks, Unfazed, but I really don't like trailies. The XT600 is to powerful, and the TTR is too slow for motorways!! Sorry!

[JoeRock]

Christo, as I said earlier, don't put in on the comparison sites that you have a restrictor, as it shoots the insurance right up. Just stick in quotes as normal, ring up the companies and a lot of the time they'll add the restrictor without it changing the insurance price. Also worth giving Carole Nash and wicked quotes a ring directly - I used both of those for my two restricted years and neither charged any more.

that or just don't tell them, it's a bunch of crap anyway! The insurance company should know that for the bike to be legal for your age is has to be restricted anyway, so there shouldn't be an issue.
Not that the restrictors have any point anyway to be honest -  I'm betting the insurance company didn't check for the restrictors after your accident - had an accident myself whilst supposedly restricted and it didn't happen, along with a load of mates that had the same thing!

[ChristoT]

Christo, as I said earlier, don't put in on the comparison sites that you have a restrictor, as it shoots the insurance right up. Just stick in quotes as normal, ring up the companies and a lot of the time they'll add the restrictor without it changing the insurance price. Also worth giving Carole Nash and wicked quotes a ring directly - I used both of those for my two restricted years and neither charged any more.

that or just don't tell them, it's a bunch of crap anyway! The insurance company should know that for the bike to be legal for your age is has to be restricted anyway, so there shouldn't be an issue.
Not that the restrictors have any point anyway to be honest -  I'm betting the insurance company didn't check for the restrictors after your accident - had an accident myself whilst supposedly restricted and it didn't happen, along with a load of mates that had the same thing!

Funnily enough, I'm currently 100yrds away from Wicked Quotes even as I type! And I was insured with them on the Fazer prior to prang.

I suppose you're right about the restrictor. That being said, I don't want a nasty surprise either!!

Thanks for the input though! 


EDIT: With all mods off, a Fazer still costs £600 to insure. I think finances are going to put me on a smaller cc machine until I get more funds, NCB etc.

[Davieg47]

this will do ya bisto you will be seen and less chance falling off

    I would like one of these,,obviously not in pink (peuk) !! Think u could do the mod devilsyam ??