dannymccann
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£850, 20000 miles, bodywork in very good condition. Had a small test ride round the town its been sold in, my god it feels solid compared to the RS (which is 8 years its junior) 
Pick her up on Saturday and have a nice 50 mile trip down motorways and A roads to get a bit used to it, cant wait 
edit - Anyone want to buy a good, but cosmetically challenged RS125? 
[Edited on 16-07-2009 by dannymccann]
[Edited on 18-07-2009 by dannymccann]
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Looks lovely that 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Know fuck all about bikes, but that looks nice
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dannymccann
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Considering the condition of it you wouldnt expect it to be getting on for 20 years old, its nearly as old as me
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_Allan_
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Looks tidy. Nice engine, fairly reliable out of all the 400's. Made right up till about 1999 so plenty of stockists of spares.
http://www.zxrworld.co.uk/zxr400/main.htm
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dannymccann
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Cheers Al, I had a quick peek on there this morning before I left to check it out. Tbh I dont really know what im looking at, but it seemed to run fine, and the noise 
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Nice. My mates used to leave my VFR400 for dead 
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Daimo B
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You have got a SUPERB little bike there, trust me!!!!!!
Basically, its a out and out race bike for the road. Its quite similar as a WSB ZXR750 of its day. Quite track focussed, very revvy happy engine.
It'll do about 135mph flat out, but weighs as much as a peice of tissue paper.
My old man and his best friend had two super rare Maroon/reddish coloured ones, with matching standard reg plate.
J61OKP
J62OKP
I still remember the reg plates!!!! Always made great viewing to see the two rare coloured ones together. They added some gold touches, they looked fannytastic.
Hope you don't get any issues with it, but honestly, you have got a fantastic little bike there!!!!!!!!!!!
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Daimo B
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Oh, btw, white/green was the most common.
Followed by Blue (nice blue)
Then Red.
Does it have the original exhaust? My god, before new lightweight rear cans on bikes, the things used to weigh loads. Think we weighed his old rear can alone, at 15kg!!!!! The new carbon one weighed 2.6kg
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Daimo B
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In fact, if your not happy with it, drop me a PM as i'd be seriously interested in having that as a track toy!!!!!!!! With money waiting 
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bigboykarl
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used to have the same one but 750
until some little toe rag tried to steal it and dropped it cracking the fairing....insurance write off
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Pablo
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very nice mate, one of my favs!!
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dannymccann
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Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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VXR, you got a soft spot for these by any chance?? AFAIK its completely standard, the exhaust has a BSAU stamp in it, and most 'race' cans arent technically legal are they.....
Dont think Ill be selling it on quite yet, im hoping it lasts me a good long time, I may look to upgrade the exhaust if it really does weigh that much, but I must admit I like things to weigh a bit, makes them feel that bit more solid
Cant wait to open it up a little bit on M180, the guy who sold me it told me how he was out riding with a mate and they were doing wheelie grand prixs, going past coppers at 100mph going the opposite way, they didnt even bother turning round because they knew they wouldnt catch them
edit - for anyone thinking they quite fancy a 400 but have no NCB or anything: 21 M, garaged, disc lock, 5000 miles commuting, TPFT £205
£100 cheaper with the exact same details than the RS125 
[Edited on 16-07-2009 by dannymccann]
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VegasPhil
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Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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It's got corsa side repeaters
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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jr
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Excelent bikes, when my mate raced the zxr400 was allways the bike to get to be top of the field in the 250/400 class
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dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
It's got corsa side repeaters
I hadnt noticed tbh, one less thing to get ripped off when/if I spanner it
Has iridium coloured lens thingies on the back as well, not sure if I like them
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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About time you got a proper bike  Abit faster than the rs...even though 17yr olds will tell you they are just as fast
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Rob_Lee
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i so want a bike.
If i do CBT is 125 the limit i can ride?
What happens after the 2 year cbt has run up!
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dannymccann
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You do the CBT again
2 years on a CBT to take your theory, pass mod 1 and pass mod 2 either on A2 or A (A being 'DAS').
edit - dont let your CBT run out part way through taking the modules though, you need a valid CBT cert to turn up at the test centre, and unless you know a friendly tester, thats another £100 basically wasted
Rich - I know, Ive only ridden it for about 5 miles but I love the sound of it, even at the piddly 6k I got the revs up to, any faster and I would have been breaking the speed limit in 1st
[Edited on 16-07-2009 by dannymccann]
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sand-eel
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They seem to keep their value pretty well anyway, most on biketrader are £1200+
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K3 VMU
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Tidy bike there mate......and at a good price, just dont drop it!
BUT ITS A KWAKER 
:CBR MAN:
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dannymccann
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Im hoping it keeps its value well, if I look after it properly and service it no reason why I shouldnt be able to break even or even sell it for more when it does come to it, what with the limited availability of 400s somewhat these days
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radicalry00
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You did the A2 route didn't you mate? What's it's acceleration like with the restriction? Or haven't you bothered like most people I know
BTW, who you got your insurance with because that seems very reasonable?
[Edited on 16-07-2009 by radicalry00]
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dannymccann
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Its not restricted no, I might look into, depends how paranoid I am / how much it will cost. If its gonna cost half the price of bike then I probably wont bother, ive seen a vid on YT of it restricted vs derestricted and the difference is unbelievable.
Insurance was gained from BikeInsurer - MCE
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DizzyRebel
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looks tidy, bit on the sluggish side but will do for a winter hack!
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