Want GN250 or GN125

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Good links, but all of these bikes are very old, and chances that theyll broke soon are very high...

Old bikes done up to great nick and sold at a profit. If you know how to maintian a bike and identify and fix problems, then its not a issue. Besides going to see the bike and having a good play can usually identify most issues with a bike. I disagree completely with the comment on them braking, have you seen the bikes and whats your knowledge on mechanics? Mine is not at the top of the scale but good enough to rebuild and restore old bikes. If your wanting new, and that does not allways mean hassle free, you could allways do what I'm doing and buy a new blade also. Although I wonder if your looking for lamb at mutton prices?

[Ixion]

dart age doesn't matter to much either of these would be good (from that list)
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-35786413.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-36026682.htm
wouldn't touch the other two the k's are just to high, um would probably go with the srx, a bit more fun, but it's your money oh and the new gn250's aren't as good a quality as te old ones, if your hooked on a gn i'd get an old one, they don't break down and your going to be selling it in a few months when you want something quicker

Don't often see another SRX. They have to be seriously one of the best bikes out for a learner. Dead easy to ride, forgiving, fast enough and good enough handling to not get bored , and enough power to cope easily with open road riding up to license losing speeds.And you don't have to rev the guts out of them. Comfortable (reasonably, anyway), and if you do drop it not much to get broken, and that cheap to fix. And they do 90 mpg so cheap as chips to run. And nice and simple if you do your own maintainence. Obviously, I'm biased. (Rattys coming up to 90000 km and all good , 4 stroke singles just go on and on)

[gamgee]

wtf??? 90mpg??? are you sure because that would have to be some sort of economy record, i used to get about 22-24km per litre on my scooter, i get 15km per litre on the vt250

[Ixion]

wtf??? 90mpg??? are you sure because that would have to be some sort of economy record, i used to get about 22-24km per litre on my scooter, i get 15km per litre on the vt250

Yeah, 80mpg if I cane it, 90 pootling . NB M p G . Not the funny metricfierical stuff. Nothing like a single for economy.Tis the revs that do it, in 50kph zones I don't go over 3000 rpm. I suspect you're never UNDER 3000 rpm.
(just checked my last fill 81 mpg, mostly motorway work, motorway brings it down, especially with the wind we've been having lately. 29 and odd kilmoetres per litre thingy , I think, if you must use funny measures. )

EDIT: I say it's the revs , cos on the occasions where I feel the need for a good old fashioned fang , which is keeping it between 7000 and the 11000 red line for a while , the petrol consumption goes wayyyyyyyyyyyy up.

EDITY EDIT: FXR150's do over 100 mpg . Parsimonious little buggers

[MSTRS:Me]

wtf??? 90mpg??? are you sure because that would have to be some sort of economy record, i used to get about 22-24km per litre on my scooter, i get 15km per litre on the vt250

Take your kms per litre & multiply by approx 4.5 to give you the MPG

[Ixion]

Take your kms per litre & multiply by approx 4.5 to give you the MPG

No, that'll give you km per gallon. You then need to multiply by 0.625 to turn that into imperial miles per good old fashioned reliable cast iron imperial gallon.

[gamgee]

in this here country we use a proper measuring system, none of this 'half robin hoods bow draw length" and "2/3 a camels piss on a sunday" it's km per litre, but anyway my bike idles at 1500rpm, and sitting at about 50-60 in 6th i'm usually just under 5000rpm, i don't think it's possible to ride my bike under 3000rpm

[fishb8nz]

Take your kms per litre & multiply by approx 4.5 to give you the MPG

Multiply km/ltr by 2.83 to convert to mpg

Anyway back to the real deal.
I've got a 2004 GN125 that's done 9500 km and really does 35-38 km/litre=100-108 mpg! Its been run in properly and serviced. Great, good handling little bike that's unbeatable in the urban environment. Will get to 100 km but happier at 85. I'm buying a bigger bike but would keep the GN125, if I could but the CEO says there's no room.