Got new bike, again! Pg 11/12

[Ginge 35Edition]

Ya reference will be the crime number it's normally a three digit number then the date of which you reported it I.e. 123/09012013. Sorry to hear about this mate.

[golf-sib]

Ya reference will be the crime number it's normally a three digit number then the date of which you reported it I.e. 123/09012013. Sorry to hear about this mate.

Thanks, police came round, not much to it, no leads nor any similar local activity. Got my crime reference today, just waiting on insurers, I know they usually have a 6week cool down period. Got an ad on FB:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/409576932432607/

Pissed and now the financial nonsense I have to deal with, any idea if I can just cancel insurance after payout or prior, or do I need to now pay for the whole year due to a claim, never really had to deal with claims before.

[jonnyb]

Sad to hear about the theft.  I had my Bandit stolen around 6/7 months ago.  Im still in talks with the insurance company to get a fair price for the bike.

There are a lot of sh!t heads out there, who think its acceptable to steal bikes.  It's seriously made me think about not getting another bike.  At least until i have a decent garage to store it in

[golf-sib]

I feel for you, turns out a YBR-125 62plate identical to mine was also stolen on the sunday and only a mile away... Not sure what's going on, whether that bike is being targeted.

[shepgti]

you will have to pay for the rest of the years insurance after a claim

[archie837]

RANK! As said before, now you've decided bikes are for you, use the insurance money to do your full test as it's such an amount to find in one go.

[golf-sib]

Got a small outside area/garden on my house as its victorian build, will be knocking it down and leveling with the pavement and fitting some ground anchors in, floodlight and possibly a cctv system. This needs to be all done before I get my next bike as I don't fancy  going through all this again.

It's a pain in ass as the bike was on finance as well  , but you learn from your mistakes by the fact of the deep hole in my pocket, also got re-mortgage coming up as well. Already looked at a bigger bike license but need to wait till I turn 24 in half a year time so I can just get the full power license due to the law change happening next week. As doing the A2 license is pointless and I would have to wait 2 years, or I can wait till I turn 24 and just get the full power license for the cost of the A2.

Silly question are what the chinese bikes like, they don't seem to have general bad reviews in coming years and parts are not a problem like back in the days, plus most insurance companies acknowledge them. Only downside is the poor paint work and some basic faults like cheap switches that can easily be fixed that seem to occur? Otherwise its a 2nd hand bike like another yammy which I'm abit reluctant as I've had friends own some really bad dogs when it comes to 125's?

[jonnyb]

I don't know too much about the chinese bikes, but my workmate uses a Hyosung www.hyosung.co.uk/, and he swears by them.  He's owned the 125 and 250, and thinks they're great.  Might be worth a look?

[shepgti]

i also know someone who had a 125 hyosung and had no issues

[spikenipple]

Hyosung is a Korean company, and i've heard nothing but good things about them. Spares are readily available and cheap, and with the engines being copies (or near copies) of the SV650 engine they are easy to work on and pretty reliable.