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Yer the biggest thing is VAT but if you speak to the seller and see if they can sell it as a gift it some times gets through with out getting taxed. i had to pay £120 VAT when i got my crank and con rods through and another £70 VAT for my seat. But the link Lassy posted is a great way to judge how much you will pay

So would you say that my mum being 5" 1' could ride a FJ1200? or even a triumph Tiger? I had a 2002 125 Draggy and i had the common issue with the exhaust studs coming out but every bike i have owned and worked on me and my stepdad always remove the exhaust studs and replace with stainless bolts with copper slip, ive never had a problem with the XVS125 electrics and found them to be spot on and again with the 650. If they fitted any thing else bar cast iron heads then the retail price would be out of the target buyers range thus they would sell next to none which is bad business. again my 125 had 9000 on the clock and had no pitting nor any mechanical problems, yes it did have rust but it was on the cage that held up the rear mud gaurd but seeing that its diggered in shit 24/7 its to be expected and i only paid £1100 for it. All down to if its covered at night and treated right. Still waiting for you to tell us about your mechanical history and past bikes etc etc so once you done that we will no longer make assumptions. or do you need a few more days to come up with a cool story? So it really is un safe for a small girl to hold up a big bike. small girls tend to have small arm and calf muscles thus no way they will keep one up. Fuck hell will freeze over and i'd ice scate with the devil the day my mother rides the new Tiger (or even the old one)

Half a turnip and a packet of gravel

Loving the thumbs in the pocket pose!

It is a very sext looking bike same as the Vmax, makes my winky cry with joy just looking at them

Looking good! should be a fun little bike once its finished. Best feeling in the world John once it fires up for the first time, most of it is billy basic easy but the rest is a head fuck with a sledge hammer but with a good oily hayne manwell its do-able

Yep i have a Sony and have done for a few years now and i think they are good phones but have so many firmware problems but im just too thick to sort them out, my phone turns off randomly and also has an epileptic dance when i try to use it when its on charge.

Ive just done the search and yes there is quite a few topics on the 125 draggy but 90% of them are questions on how things are done on it (oil change getting after market parts etc) the ones that did have problems where with it starting etc and all where sorted and solved with help from either us on the YOC or the posters other mates. No bike is invincible nor is any cage at that matter. In relation to your very first post you say the shaddow is better than the draggy (plus a few other bikes) just done some resurch and they are pretty much the same. http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews112969.html and http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews91963.html I would never attempt to ride a tall bike, its just plain stupid to even think about getting on a bike thats out of my reach, the way i see it if you have to slide off the side of the seat to reach the floor then you shouldn't be on it, would you drive a car where you can't fully depress the clutch as your too small to reach? Do you live in Bagdad or some thing? Ive done one track day in my cage and in all honesty it made me a worse driver as i thought i could go faster than i actually could (prick driver) thankfully now i have 7 years NCB under me belt im no longer a cunt on the road and would say that your track day theory is tosh and so would 90% of my mates. No you didn't say that but you also never answered the first question to which he was relating to (see below quotes) It was a polite question and then you go all defensive. So how come? some thing to hide? i for one would have said a bit about my self and always do, when i started my project thread i stated i knew shit all about mechanics so would most likely need help, but you sir just blurt out liquid shit and cant even back up your own riding past bar saying you had many a bike. O so now you live in Svvvveeden, come off it chap you aint perfect, you dont have Terminator eyes than checks the camber and angle of the road every thirty milliseconds, garrentee that if i rode an FJ and had to do an sudden stop id be on the deck, not due to piss poor riding nor that i haven't done an advanced riding lesson etc etc bla bla it will be because the bike is far to big for me. Um no....................the way you been comparing these bikes with top end sports bikes make it sound like you actually think a cruser should be ridden in a sports bike manner and therefore should handle like a sports bike.

Coffee gives me the shits so best to save your toilet and give I a cuppa instead ha ha. Yer once betty I'd back on her feet I'll take a trip up.

Hmmmm. I actually like the exhaust. But the rest............. Still a viggy so nope. ha ha

Well if your ever down my end pop in for a cuppa mate

Brilliant drew! Spent a week in ypres very moving and surreal place. Pattiondale is phenomenal.

Always wear One along with my veterans badge. Lost my great granddad in the first war and three of my mates I served with. Lest we forget.

I love this forum!!! Ratbob, just go buy a 650 draggy, all your moaning will soon stop. cracking bike (same as the 125 draggy) TRUST ME

It is do able.

Really baldrick? a cunning and suttle one? as cunning as a fox thats just been apointed professor of cunning at Oxford university?

That BBQ paint is rated up to 800 degrees and only cost me £8 so for that price im more that happy to give it a bash ha ha, i wont be giving it a coat of VHT gloss as im going for a dirty mean look and too much glossy bits will wreck the look. 2-into-1 pipes are not my cuppa tea really so they are a no no, and ive only got a MIG welder so the exhaust kit will be another no sadly, thanks for the tips tho

Nice one Drew! thats was brill. They are really good Tommy,

The start button was relocated behind the seat and it will soon be relocated again to another location which only i shall know about just so that i know Chav-Matic-Omarly cant nick it so easy. Im over the moon with it as ive no mechanics education bar ripping my toys aparts and re building them as a kid and all done with next to piss all tools and a Haynes book. was sort of expecting smashed tappets or oil pissing every where but nope.........runs perfect (till its on the road. Cant wait to see if the port and polish has done her any good, may have to re-jet her again tho but will find that out on the test ride next year.

Age of your self and the bike boosts up the price, plus you need to think about the ADMIN charge of them changing the details on the excel spread sheet which is normally £40-50 (cost me £50 just to change one letter on my post code when i moved house!) If its not garaged that bups up the price and what ever lock you have on it too.

Looking very nice. (bar the in side of the motor ha ha) Look forward to seeing how she turns out

Na its not going to be ready for some months yet, the engine was the first massive hurdle, still got many more to jump yet ha ha.

Always good to know. question tho? why would you want to lower the draggy? its already quite a low bike ha ha

Sounds better in real life lol. Think the Mic on my phone is crap! Lol

Sadly i don't mate, when im next down the pub ill chat to my mate who restores classic British bikes and see if he knows any one