Happy with insurance!

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Yeah! Need another pair of hands to help pull my XT out of a bog. Got it stuck up to the footpegs on Friday and had to pull it out on my own, lots of swearing and sweating with the bars in completely the wrong place having turned in the yoke clamps with the force I was having to exert to move the bike. I had visions of leaving it stuck in a hole and going off to get help. I looked like the michelin man who had been in a mud bath.

Lol, thats why you dont go laning on your own
Keep an eye out on ebay Dave, i seen a really nice condition kwak klx 250 off road type bike go for £700 late last year.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Go Chinese you can afford something much newer than you think

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01045372770490

I had a quick look at a few reviews on of that bike. Disastrous reliability, I would need something I can count on to start in the morning day in day out. Chinese bikes don't have the best reputation as a whole.

Originally Posted by ravingdavis

Chinese bikes don't have the best reputation as a whole.

Dunno anything about chinese bikes, but a recent Bike test suggested some brands are getting much better and although not as good as the Jap equivalents, the Jap bikes were not a couple of thousand pounds better. Hyosung's etc seem to be pretty popular with commuters now.

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Hyosung's etc seem to be pretty popular with commuters now.

They're a Korean company....I think there is a decent 250 equivalent to the Ninja 250 that they make which is fairly cheap for what it is...I wonder if they do off road....