Think it's about time to get a proper bike

[The Everlasting]

^Ginny? No thanks if i had to choose between the above two i would go for the wolf,it just looks so darn good,I can even see a slight resemblence to the Triumph Scrambler.

[golfmade]

$3800 will get you a much better bike than that if you're willing to buy second hand. A friend of mine recently started riding and got himself a 1992 Suzuki Bandit 250 in perfect condition jet black. 13,000km on the clock. Absolutely wicked bike, made in the days where quality was king rather than cost-savings.

Personally I wouldn't buy anything that not from the big names; Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha etc...

Resell price just wont hold and the bikes themselves are cheaply made. Hell - for $3500 you should be able to buy a NEW GN250 - not a great bike but their damn cheap to run, maintain and fix.

In short - don't buy it!

If I were home in the States or down in NZ I would give more consideration to buying second hand. But having lived in Taiwan for nearly four years now I see how majority of folks here treat their bikes. And several foreigner friends have bought scooters/bikes second hand only to later find out there are serious problems about the rides they weren't told about.

Suzuki doesn't even sell motorcycles in Taiwan officially. Or at least, if they do, they don't any more. http://www.suzukimotor.com.tw/motor/index.htm I have seen the GN250 and TU250 around so there's obviously some way to get them here but I'd have to do more research to find out how.

As for big names, many of the big names cooperated with local companies for years to manufacture and sell things. One example is Honda. They cooperated with Kymco starting in the 60s I believe to make Honda parts. However now Kmyco is making and selling it's own bikes under it's own name. Honda still makes and sells cars in Taiwan and I have seen a Honda motorcycle now and then, but as far as I know Honda doesn't sell motorycles here.

I'm not 100% sold on getting the Wolf 150, still other brands such as Kymco that have some decent bikes.

However there is also a chance I can bargain the price down to below $3500, will see.