new biker

boxermad

im a 20 year old maleand due to costs in my car tax and insurance im thinkin of switching vehicles to a bike (never driven a bike before). Saw a honda cbr 125 a 04 reg for under the 1500 mark, just wondering do ye no much about these bikes any recurring problems. Il only be doin low milage mainly going to work, visiting friends thats all altogther maybe 40kms a week. Low enough milage i would think, woud a honda be sutable? or diff make?

KamiKazi

Those CBR125s are decent, shouldn't have any problems with one.

The fact that there are a few couriers using them means they can't be that bad :P

boxermad

as not having a bike before how much would a service be for a bike? wats the tax for a 125cc for the year?

MikeC101

I think tax for a 125cc would be €58. There's not much variance in bike tax rates - it's 40 something for under 75cc, and 76 for over 200cc.

As for the service costs, well it depends. Some things do need to be changed more frequently on a motorcycle than a car - oil, chain, tyres, sprockets.

But at the mileage you want to do you won't need new tyres, sprockets or a chain very often, certainly not every year. The rest of it is very easy to do yourself - oil changes, checking chain tension, checking brake fluid, so it should really only be costing you for the oil, and your own time (very little).

Be warned though - it's addictive, and you could easily find yourself wanting to do a lot more biking!