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“The jet (as we call it) has been a welcome addition to...”

written by valleyboy67 on 03/12/2006

Good Points
I bought this from Kevin Thomas, Canal Road Aberdare for 'her indoors' so that she could finally see what biking was all about and what superb value for money this bike has proven to be - the bike was fully set up before being delivered to my wife at the CBT centre by Mr Thomas himself top bloke.
The bike has been faultless in the 3 months we've had it even given the fact that I may have ripped around on it ignoring the running in period after 400 miles. The finish is still good although I do admit that Mrs is giving it a weekly clean. Cost was about £1495 new, and yes I know they're possibly cheaper elsewhere but for this price she got a free full face helmet, jacket, gloves, CBT and the bike delivered to the CBT centre - I also got to meet the seller face to face. Indeed Mr Thomas proved to be a very nice guy, recounting tales of his bike days and giving my wife a full run down on the motorcycle, it's control mechanisms and what to look out for on daily/weekly basis.

Bad Points
Having to ride slower so the wife can keep up. I'm beginning to see why my Mrs complains when I spend time with my bike. Its build quality might not be to everyone's taste but it is still looking as good as when I bought it and I have not spent anywhere near as much as a Jap 125 2would cost - indeed my wife could have two of these for the price of one Jap.

General Comments
The jet (as we call it) has been a welcome addition to the garage - I agree it's not a ten out of ten bike but nine ain't bad.

Build appears good and Mr Thomas can obtain all spares and gives a superb warranty - the package is way above Yamaha warranties, trust me, I had to try and claim off them once.