Chinese motorbikes

[Bodvts]

anyone had any experience after a cheap 125cc as wife is going to be using my car most of time found these any comments welcome

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SKYJET-125cc-09-LTD-EDITION-BLACK-CAT-SKYJET-SJ125-RR7_W0QQitemZ290360004015QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mot orcycles?hash=item439ace0daf

http://www.fun125.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductID=1173

[MarkEB]

I wouldn't bother, my mate is a bike mechanic and all he does is moan about these.. for the money i would look at a good second hand 125

[blackie_2k5]

dont do it

[speedyvtr]

dont bother my mate had a sky jet had nothing but trouble with it. you can get a nice second hand uk bike for that price like a honda nsr 125r wich is alot quicker than that.

[Saxo-SX]

Dont do it mate. Check a few reviews out on google.

You can buy one of these bikes brand new for £800, compare it to a make such as Yamaha and your going to get something a few years old with a bit of mileage on it for that price. Shows the difference in quality.

The parts are very cheap meaning they need replacing quite often. Also the build quality isnt the greatest. Ive heard of frames actually snapping etc whilst been rode in road conditions, and thats an "off road style" bike. Also parts can be very hard to get hold of.

In my opinion, AVOID. Go with a reputable make such as Yamaha, Aprilia, Honda etc.

Also, if you buy one of the cheap chinese bikes, it will loose a LOT of value when you come to sell it (check ebay). Whereas if you buy a second hand one your likely to loose very little if anything when it comes to selling. Infact on the last two bikes I have had Ive actually made money on when its came to selling them, due to getting them at a bargain price in the first place.

[Bodvts]

been looking at some cagiva's and aprillia's what is there to look out for with them seen couple at a trader that have had a top end rebuild for £1300 is that about right price for a 2001 bike

[aidenw]

dont do it

[speedyvtr]

been looking at some cagiva's and aprillia's what is there to look out for with them seen couple at a trader that have had a top end rebuild for £1300 is that about right price for a 2001 bike

love your avater mate :y:

[Shadowdemon]

Depends what you want it for speed or reliability, I'd definitely recommend aprilia RS125s never had any problems with my old ones.
There one of or are the quickest 125 i can think of a few people say there shit where they break all the time.
The way i see it is there like any bike/car if there looked after they will last if there treated like shit then things are bound to go wrong, Think the biggest problem i ever had was my battery went flat once :fcuk:

[Shadowdemon]

Forgot to say make sure you keep away from cheap shitty import bikes they where on watch dog awhile ago there so dangerous and imagine trying to get parts for one lol
You get what you pay for i guess.

[Saxo-SX]

been looking at some cagiva's and aprillia's what is there to look out for with them seen couple at a trader that have had a top end rebuild for £1300 is that about right price for a 2001 bike

Not a bad price, reckon you could drop on one for around £1000 if you held on though. The value of bikes has gone up a lot in the last year. I was looking at buying Aprilia RS125's last year, and I could pick up a decent one with 15,000 miles for around £800!

125 scooters arnt bad either. Mines for sale here if your interested at a cheap price. http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=233630

The geared bikes tend to be quicker than the scooters though, and also dont sound as annoying.

[Krys_23]

Chinese bikes are seriously pieces of shit, Very poorly made.

[dave106]

mate, ive had bikes for nearly 7 years now and currently got a '08 fireblade 1000cc. dont do the cheap jap crap, like the sky jet. if something goes wrong with it (and it probably will as they are pants) you will be looking at long waiting periods as everything has to be ordered from japan. No parts available in the UK.

go for a GOOD second hand honda nsr125. They are four stroke as oppossed to two stroke so dont need filling up with two stroke oil every 3 days and are much more reliable. Have the largest uk dealership aswell so parts are easy to soursed and will be able to get second hand parts cheap enough aswell. not as fast as a two stroke on acceleration, but your not screaming the cock off the engine quite as much either.

If your after a daily commuter bike and not too fussed about 'style' then something like a cg125 is good. if these are looked after well, they will go on forever. and are also fairly cheap to upkeep.

whatever you do, dont go for a aprilia rs 125 (any year)! They are probably the best 125 out there, but they take alot of looking after and they have no uk based parts dealership, so everthing is ordered from italy. My mate bought a brand new one when we were younger and after two weeks the rear shock collapsed. they ordered a new one under warranty and it took four weeks to arrive.

hope this helps dude

[Saxo-SX]

mate, ive had bikes for nearly 7 years now and currently got a '08 fireblade 1000cc. dont do the cheap jap crap, like the sky jet. if something goes wrong with it (and it probably will as they are pants) you will be looking at long waiting periods as everything has to be ordered from japan. No parts available in the UK.

go for a GOOD second hand honda nsr125. They are four stroke as oppossed to two stroke so dont need filling up with two stroke oil every 3 days and are much more reliable. Have the largest uk dealership aswell so parts are easy to soursed and will be able to get second hand parts cheap enough aswell. not as fast as a two stroke on acceleration, but your not screaming the cock off the engine quite as much either.

If your after a daily commuter bike and not too fussed about 'style' then something like a cg125 is good. if these are looked after well, they will go on forever. and are also fairly cheap to upkeep.

whatever you do, dont go for a aprilia rs 125 (any year)! They are probably the best 125 out there, but they take alot of looking after and they have no uk based parts dealership, so everthing is ordered from italy. My mate bought a brand new one when we were younger and after two weeks the rear shock collapsed. they ordered a new one under warranty and it took four weeks to arrive.

hope this helps dude

Agree, NSRs are very good bikes. Mate had quite an old one, but it looked the bollocks and tore shreds out of any other 125.

Second hand Parts for the Aprilias can be obtained fairly easily from ebay and scrappers etc. But as said, will take a while to come if ordering new parts.

The CBR 125's arnt bad either.

[dave106]

cagiva's are the best looking 125 out there imo as they look like a ducati 748 998 which were iconic bikes. insurance will be the killer on these though as they are ore expensive bikes. not sure about parts with these tbh, they are an italian bike like aprilia so i would say it would be the same crack with them. only guessing though

[Connor_scotland]

I bought a cheap brand new one for using in the field.

No word of a lie it lasted 2 weeks and I cracked the frame and that was NOT doing jumps. THey are very cheap mate and parts can be hard to get.

[RichM]

Go with something more well known mate. That first bike is a copy of a CBR125 and won't be no where as reliable as the real thing.

If you're looking for reliability, I'd say get a Honda CBR125. If you're looking for something quick, not as reliable and you're handy with tools then go for something like an Aprilia RS125, Cagiva Mito, Honda NSR125

[saxovtrstevie]

how about kmx 125 or dtr 125 mate

[Bodvts]

think going to start looking at nsr's after a sport look bike more than a crosser, it was just i'd seen them on first post in bike trader. Cheers for advice guys all taken in and have changed my mind think would rather buy something 20year old than one of these brand new