Good, cheap, reliable, easy runner?

I'm thinking of buying another, crappy little bike, studded tyres or whatever, 125 or up i guess, just for the crap weather this country brings.
I don't want to ride my SV to work too much in tropical thunderstorms (as if).

So yeh, a cheap as chips bike to insure, drop it a million times and replace nothing kinda bike.

What we got? (this isn't an advert, i don't wanna buy one yet as such, i just want advice on what to buy if i did )

I had a look in other places and over autotrader but i don't know what i'm looking for... kinda hard.

the wife had a suzuki 125 gn maurader bomb proof cheap to run and fix but be warned top end of 60mph

little dt or xr be ok i had a kmx and thought it was **** hot for a 125 tbh was reliable to a point too just used to eat plug's with too much town work.

If i had the money mate, thats what i would be doing..
Depends, waht capaciaty you looking for?

A yam DT125, a aprillia MX125 (includes blue smoke and 2 stroke sound :P) emm a chinese import, get a new AJS for £1000~.

Depends how much you're looking to spend, if the same as me, (cheap b@stard student) then not as much as £1000..

I do want a trailie kinda bike for some 'legal' green laning..

Dt 125

Any of the trailie style 125's, you cant really go wrong mate..

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Originally Posted by Thingus

So yeh, a cheap as chips bike to insure, drop it a million times and replace nothing kinda bike.

you want a supermoto...

no seriously, i'm not just saying it because mine's for sale - dead cheap to insure, bung some proper handguards on a small capacity supermoto with some axle bobbins and you have something that's hilarious fun to ride even when it's slippery and that you won't damage by dropping it cause nothing but the bobbins and handguards touch the ground

OOOh yeah i bet
Nah i don't wanna spend real money to be honest, just a cheap-ass thing that i might buy next month. DRZ's look really fun to be honest, might even be tempted to take it off-road (that'll be a laugh)! But i'm a cheapskate, so i was looking at something i'd pick up for under half a grand.

Thanks tho guys

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Liz bought this of ebay for £300

Honda XLR 125, cheap to insure, goes for ever on a gallon of petrol to. Granted it isnt the fasted bike in the world, but it was cheap and if it gets dropped well TBH I dont really care

Thingus, you do any quotes on insurance?

Must be similiar ages and that, just wondering what you got quoted?