Learner bike choice

[Ted]

Hi All
My first post, I'm a about to buy a bike (Suzuki marauder 125) but not to sure wether to go for new or second hand. My local dealer is offering a new one for £2400 otr, but I have seen one second hand for £1450 on a 02 plate with 600 miles on it, as a novice would it be wise to buy new, or alternatively is this a fair price for an 02 plate in very good cond.
Any advice greatfully received.

[AmericanWeiner]

Hi All
My first post, I'm a about to buy a bike (Suzuki marauder 125) but not to sure wether to go for new or second hand. My local dealer is offering a new one for £2400 otr, but I have seen one second hand for £1450 on a 02 plate with 600 miles on it, as a novice would it be wise to buy new, or alternatively is this a fair price for an 02 plate in very good cond.
Any advice greatfully received.

Hi there Ted!

I think the unanimous advice here would be BUY USED. For one, look at the price difference on them. If you mess the bike up, you don't want to be £1000 in the hole, I'm sure. Secondly, all vehicles lose a lot of their value the second they drive off of the lot. With bikes, the price usually holds stable for 4 years, and then starts trailing off again.

What this means is that you can pick one up that's 1-3 years old that is almost brand new, but not face the depreciation that a new vehicle has.

Hang around TMW, too. I don't even ride yet, and I've learned all of what I just posted from the guys/ladies here.

[nyrblue35]

i didnt even know they made a 125 marauder.

[iwannadie]

i didnt even know they made a 125 marauder.

could it be Cubic Inch? i know they are starting to do that now the new marauders are 50 CI, not sure if thats the case thougth 125 CI would be pretty massive.

[Nibblet99]

i didnt even know they made a 125 marauder.

could it be Cubic Inch? i know they are starting to do that now the new marauders are 50 CI, not sure if thats the case thougth 125 CI would be pretty massive.

http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/model.asp?id=29
Suzuki Marauder 125cc


Seems like a good buy to me. I'd highly recommend the used one, price sounds reasonable....

[poppygene]

i didnt even know they made a 125 marauder.

They do indeed make a 125cc Marauder, but not for the North American market. It'd probably amaze us all to discover all the bikes we don't get.

[gsJack]

i didnt even know they made a 125 marauder.

They do indeed make a 125cc Marauder, but not for the North American market. It'd probably amaze us all to discover all the bikes we don't get.

That's sold in US as the GZ250 and is still sold here.

http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/GZ ... fault.aspx

It's still amazing and also very depressing to discover all the bikes available abroad that we never see.

[Ted]

Thanks for the advice guys, i'm in the UK, they do a 125 cc mainly for the learner market.
Suzuki also do a 800cc and a 1600cc over here but you need to pass advanced tests to ride bigger bikes. The 125 is a single cylinder, which doesn't really matter as all 125's in this country are restricted to 14 BHP even V twin's
How strict are the bike laws in the States?

[Ted]

Of course I meant 800cc and 1600 cc marauders

[iwannadie]

Thanks for the advice guys, i'm in the UK, they do a 125 cc mainly for the learner market.
Suzuki also do a 800cc and a 1600cc over here but you need to pass advanced tests to ride bigger bikes. The 125 is a single cylinder, which doesn't really matter as all 125's in this country are restricted to 14 BHP even V twin's
How strict are the bike laws in the States?

in my state as far as i know theres no restrictions on engine size, get a permit you can only ride during the day and with a licensed rider at night or something, but you can get any bike you want. or you can just get the licesnse and be on your way with any bike with no restrictions.

which of course causes the problem of people wanting to start out on a super sport bike as their learner bike. all the people that recomend these bikes should maybe look to other countries laws and see how good of an idea it is to start people off on 125cc bikes rather than 600 super sport.