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Sid Squid · 05-01-10, 06:55 PM

I'd avoid the two-stroke Nifty Fifties, they're all knackered and if not they don't last.
A four-stroke 125, is a better bet, although your requirement for tuneability is less certain with any four-stroke.
A two-stroke like an old YB100 or similar can still be found here and there - much much longer lasting and durable than a fifty, and an all round better buy, not in the least exciting though.

05-01-10, 06:55 PM	#28
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Small Capacity Bikes I'd avoid the two-stroke Nifty Fifties, they're all knackered and if not they don't last. A four-stroke 125, is a better bet, although your requirement for tuneability is less certain with any four-stroke. A two-stroke like an old YB100 or similar can still be found here and there - much much longer lasting and durable than a fifty, and an all round better buy, not in the least exciting though. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"