OT: Anyone here into bikes?

Jul 12, 2006 10 Replies

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Paul - xxx

Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it might be a tad of a handful ... ;)

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+I bought myself a dirt bike/motocross bike a few weeks ago after feeling the need to get back into bikes only to find it's not quite big enough for me.

It's one of these Chinese copy jobs & to be honest it's not bad at all for the money, in fact I'm gutted it's not big enough for me.



It's a 200cc non road legal off road bike for someone smaller than 6' 3" & all my height is in my legs. it's not that the bike is too small for me as in saddle to floor, it's saddle to pegs making it hard to ride safely on the saddle. On the pegs it's fine!!



Anyway, it's built up, fuelled up & oiled ready for someone a bit smaller than me to have some good fun on. It's a 4 stroke.



It cost me £550 & believe me, that is cheap for any bike let alone a new one. I will accept, due to my recent purchase of a KTM 520 (you have to be sure it's gonna fit after one debacle!!!) £495 for it. Would suit a starter/large youth kind of thing. You would lose £500 in depreciation on most decent bikes so you can afford to wreck it if you keep falling off etc!!



Would be pickup from Bradford/Leeds but with bars & front wheel off it fits in a RR P38 easy withy the powershock disconnected.



Anyway, contact me if your interested etc....



Cheers



Nige


Nige came up with the following;:

Good luck with the KTM .. if you're a learner to off-roading, it might be a tad of a handful ... ;)

It's a long time since i was serious about bikes, having had a go on a few over the last few weeks I'm happy with the feel of it off road. It is blindingly quick though.

Nige

over the last few weeks I'm

Scared myself shitless on a Maico 490 as a youth, now got a Triumph Thunderbird Sport 900! Don't seem to have the time to use it these days though so thinking of selling it. Thing is, I really want to keep it, it's an "R" reg with only 6000miles on the clock and is in showroom condition, wifey doesn't like bikes though and thinks it should go...... Badger.

Ho yuss ... and turn on a sixpence, easy to service (relatively) and parts are dead easy to get. I love 'em, wish I could afford one ... ;)

wife vs bike - hrmm, tough call

methinks she'd need to be a damn fine cook (for want of a better expression) to pull that one

Being the height/shape i am there's not many bikes that i can safely ride & KTM make just about all of 'em, they are coming down in price too. I needa bigger engined bike too, can't be doing with 125's buzzing away. Not interested in road riding, too dangerous with too many folk driving effing great purple trucks everywhere you go!!! ;)

Nige

LOL, I'm 5'4" and used to race Enduro ... and Motocross ... The starts were always a nightmare ...

It's one reason we're now into Trials ... ;)

Never been into racing, more an off road Sunday morning sort of do, but i do feel the need again now!

I can't get over how decent this Chinese bike is, i chocked up the powershock & pumped up the tyres, but it's just a bit too small really. I kinda look like the Peter Crouch of biking!!!!

I can feel that KTM now!! Hope he doesnt kop out of the deal!!

Nige

You could always get rid of wifey :)

Well, i got the deal on the KTM 520 SX 2001 model, i got it for £1550 which is a bloody good price for a very clean & tidy bike.

I just need a trailer now!

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