purchasing a motor bike

[Alvin85]

Hello All
Hope everybody is doing well.
So im considering getting 2 wheels, preferably a honda
Budget R8000-R11000
I''m quite tall (basically 2metres)
Does anybody know a good place to scout
Also i've never been on a bike , although i imagine it cant be too different from a bicycle.
Thanks

 

[Myrrdin]

Nope. ROFL

 

[TheGrove]

http://www.gumtree.co.za/s-motorcycles-scooters/honda/v1c9027a1map1?pr=,11000

Good luck finding a Honda for that price.

 

[SykomantiS]

What kind of Bike? For what purpose?
Just to confirm, that's eight thousand to eleven thousand, not eighty to hundred-ten?

Only thing even close to that I can think of that's decent is the XR125 but they're closer to 20k new.

 

[Alvin85]

Thanks for the replies everybody
Has anybody bought a honda bike recently in the price range i'm looking at??

 

[TheGrove]

Thanks for the replies everybody
Has anybody bought a honda bike recently in the price range i'm looking at??

I don't think you will find one that runs in that price range, your best bet may be http://www.bigboyscooters.co.za/catalogue/road-commuters

Are you looking for 125/250/600/1000.

 

[Alvin85]

Well it will be for town use mostly, and the occasional road trip.yes R8000- R11000, second hand is fine, thats kinda why i prefer a honda

 

[TheGrove]

Well it will be for town use mostly, and the occasional road trip.yes R8000- R11000, second hand is fine, thats kinda why i prefer a honda

Even second hand you will struggle to find a running honda in that price range, maybe 20k upwards and then only 125's or 250's, with 600's you looking at probably 40k upwards for a decent one.

If you can't stretch your budget then I can't think of anything else other than Bigboy/Motomia.

 

[Alvin85]

well don't want something thats too powerful, probably a 250cc, but the older the model the more powerful it should be

 

[Beachless]

Sitting in traffic the other day there was some guy on a motorbike that was strugling to get of the line at the traffic light and unseen to him the light already turned red by the time he blasted of the line now cutting across traffic bobing and weaving all the time seemingly unable to slow down with eyes the size of soccer balls peering dead ahead with more fear in them than that dove that hit my windscreen at 80km/h the other day.


Thats what I thought of when reading the "i imagine it cant be too different from a bicycle." bit.

But its not that hard if you have decent coordination.

 

[TheGrove]

Sitting in traffic the other day there was some guy on a motorbike that was strugling to get of the line at the traffic light and unseen to him the light already turned red by the time he blasted of the line now cutting across traffic bobing and weaving all the time seemingly unable to slow down with eyes the size of soccer balls peering dead ahead with more fear in them than that dove that hit my windscreen at 80km/h the other day.


Thats what I thought of when reading the "i imagine it cant be too different from a bicycle." bit.

But its not that hard if you have decent coordination.

lol, Yeah it is rather different.

well don't want something thats too powerful, probably a 250cc, but the older the model the more powerful it should be

you will need to seriously hunt around for a 250cc honda at that price but check on Autotrader, http://bikes.autotrader.co.za/makem...00-to-24-999/search?sort=PriceAsc&gquery=null

 

[Baxteen]

I went though a similar mission about 4 years ago.
my budget made me do the terrible thing of buying a bigboy.

trust me, save up a bit more, and keep looking on OLX and gumtree.

the sad thing is I had the logic of I drove a scooter, this should be fine right?

find a friend with a bike and learn to ride first.

 

[Purply]

Just bought a new Motomia Potenza 250cc for 19k for our driver at work, seems ok, doesns't come close to our 90k Honda NC700 though.

Driver is happy with it, so that's all that matters I guess.

10k for a secondhand bike is kinda low, unless you willing to settle for odd brands like motomia,bigboy and the likes.

 

[Type RSA]

You will have to up your budget considerably to get a Japanese bike. I have to agree with Baxteen, rather save a bit longer and buy a proper Japanese bike. Do not get Chinese, quite a lot of lemons out there.

 

[boxerulez]

Hello All
Hope everybody is doing well.
So im considering getting 2 wheels, preferably a honda
Budget R8000-R11000
I''m quite tall (basically 2metres)
Does anybody know a good place to scout
Also i've never been on a bike , although i imagine it cant be too different from a bicycle.
Thanks

buy a vuka. thats about the right price range.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Hello All
Hope everybody is doing well.
So im considering getting 2 wheels, preferably a honda
Budget R8000-R11000
I''m quite tall (basically 2metres)

Thanks

Just don't do it. There is nothing in that price range that is safe or will last any amount of time. You will spend double the money fixing it. So rather triple your budget and buy something that will last.

Does anybody know a good place to scout

That depends entirely where you are.

Also i've never been on a bike , although i imagine it cant be too different from a bicycle.

It's very very different from a bicycle.

My recommendation would be taking some lessons BEFORE even considering a purchase.

What is your motivation for the purpose?

If it's purely for transport from A to B buy a Honda PCX150 scooter and be done with it. Great fuel economy, storage and not gay.

If your interest is actually about biking, that's a different story.

 

[AntiGanda]

Motocycles are dangerous in bad weather and other vehicles don't respect them. You need special clothing and the car fumes make you smell.
A large bike uses the same fuel as a small car too.

I don't recommend one.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Motocycles are dangerous in bad weather and other vehicles don't respect them. You need special clothing and the car fumes make you smell.
A large bike uses the same fuel as a small car too.

I don't recommend one.

Motorcycles are dangerous regardless of the weather, so you compensate.

Car fumes have never made me smell like anything.

I've beaten even the smallest of cars with 1000cc bikes, but yes some bikes can be as heavy. But then you don't buy a big bike for saving fuel...you buy it for fun and games. He isn't looking at a large bike.

A Honda PCX150 gets < 2l/100km. A Honda NC750 gets <4l/100km. Both of those cost about half the price of any small car that isn't even remotely in the same ball park of fuel economy.


What you fail to mention is the MASSIVE amount of time saved using a bike, especially in bad weather.

The danger factor is mitigated by adequate training and keeping yourself under control. The people who tend to get hurt were generally doing something stupid like speeding or taking chances.

 

[AntiGanda]

Motorcycles are dangerous regardless of the weather, so you compensate.

Car fumes have never made me smell like anything.

I've beaten even the smallest of cars with 1000cc bikes, but yes some bikes can be as heavy. But then you don't buy a big bike for saving fuel...you buy it for fun and games. He isn't looking at a large bike.

A Honda PCX150 gets < 2l/100km. A Honda NC750 gets <4l/100km. Both of those cost about half the price of any small car that isn't even remotely in the same ball park of fuel economy.


What you fail to mention is the MASSIVE amount of time saved using a bike, especially in bad weather.

The danger factor is mitigated by adequate training and keeping yourself under control. The people who tend to get hurt were generally doing something stupid like speeding or taking chances.

How odd. Do you live in the countryside?

My point was that no matter how safely you ride it's what the other idiots do that often causes the accidents.

Riders often slip fast between cars, so one careless move and you're toast.

 

[SauRoNZA]

How odd. Do you live in the countryside?

Nope. I hit Brackenfell to Rondebosch every day and before that the CBD for 10+ years.

My point was that no matter how safely you ride it's what the other idiots do that often causes the accidents.

It's never perfectly safe. But how you ride and what you ride drastically changes the amount of risk involved.

Riders often slip fast between cars, so one careless move and you're toast.

And that would be the rider's mistake.




There is a right way and a wrong way to do it.



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Have you ever ridden for any real amount of time?



I'm betting you either never rode but know sometime who died or got injured. Or you rode and had one accident that was probably your fault but you can't admit that so you gave up and now blame the bike.