My new and secret shame.

[K]

Picked up my little 'College Commuter' today - god it's whizzy!:rolleyes:

I'd totally forgotton how to wring the throttle so far round just to get going ;) but wow, it's so light, and tiny, and skinny, and chuckable! :twisted:

So say hello to 'Brian the Snail' and my not-so-secret t*pbox shame:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/spazmutt/Brian/1210073.jpg
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[Richie]

You always did had a nice set of top boxes...

nice wheels K... are those Pirelli tyres then...;-)

[Skip]

Very nice - just the thing for whizzing through town!

[jambo]

Tyre pen, Top box & panniers, and big renthal stickers. You'll fit right in;)

[Luckypants]

That is mint! Seriously hunni, that looks just the thing for nipping to the shops. Was thinking of a scooter, but that looks loads better (with panniers / top box).

how much was it and how did you find it?

[Viney]

Why would you want that much lugguage on a 125. Youre hardly going to tour on it...unless you where VERY dedicated!!

I like the Varadereo 125 a lot.

I also like the fact it has Bridgestone stickers down the forks but has Pirelli tyres :)

[Cyclops]

Nice,
had one of these for a year till i passed my test in March and got my SV.
Enjoy!:D

[Stig]

The pictures make it look big. Is it?

[kwak zzr]

they are quite big for a 125, i saw one the other day in our local bike shop, at a glance you'd think it was a bigger engine, nice commuter:)

[rob13]

Its probably got more luggage space than my car! I wouldnt fancy riding it 2 up with fully loaded panniers!

[K]

The pictures make it look big. Is it?

Well, I'm teeny tiny so I make it look big too! ;)

It's skinny, but relatively tall - mind you, compared to the Blade this seating position makes me feel like a giant... I can actually look down into the back of pickup trucks! :mrgreen:

The panniers are deceptive too - they are actually quite tiny, probably the smallest that Givi do (you can just fit an A3 folder in them) - so yeah, in photos it does look a bit 'bigger' I guess.

I found it on good ol' eBay. Alarmed/immobilser, all the luggage, original parts (it's got Rethal bars and a Remus exhaust - which sounds adequately cool 8)), full service history, new pads/discs, chain/sprockets & tyres, belly pan, Bagster cover (over a mint tank so it's not hiding any flaws) and not overly corroded in the parts where you'd expect (exhaust down-pipe, heat shields, forks etc.
Milage = 20k, but I never know whether that's high of low - the bike is an early '03 model.

£1500 - now I'm pretty crap at know the value of things (I had a look on Auto trader and they seemed to be about £1700 for similar but without the luggage), so feel free to tell me if I've got a good or bad deal. :rolleyes:
But it's a pretty clean bike, got everything I need without me having to shop around for the extras and passed the 80 mile 'shakedown' trip home with flying colours...

... so at the end of the day I'm a happy bunny.



Now I just need to get used to the fact that I'm shy 800 odd cc's and have to work it rather than lazily roll on and off the throttle. ;)