ZXR400 as my first bike after passing A2?

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Ring around insurance companies and ask for approximate quotes.

It depends on your postcode a lot so find out from the horses mouth.

Just to make you feel a bit queezy I was paying 117gbp for a fully comp classic policy on my ZXR (you need to be over 25 though) and garage the bike.

There decent bikes but there getting on a bit now.

If you buy an older bike with unknown history it might go bang and require a lot of work.

Theres been more than enough horror stories on here of people buying bikes to have them go bang and cost fortunes to fix...

Replacing all the bearings, tyres, chain and sprokets along with head-gaskets, cam-chain and tensioner (all service items tha might need doign on an older bike (i did them on mine!!) and giving it a service, plugs, filter, oil, airfilter

Will cost you around. 500.00gbp.

Not cheap when you add it onto the bike.

Many people have been stung and give the bikes a bad-rep.

The truth is that these 400s are popular among newer riders especially (there are a lot of older collectors and enthusiats on here who have no problems with their machines)

But a long-chain of numpty new riders who don't know anything about service and maintanance and rag it till it dies and flog it does take the toll on the bike.

Shop around and make sure the seller knows the histroy and ideally a bit about ZXR's.

Off here would be a great place to buy one.

If it's a 18 year old kid who doesn't know anything be very cautious.

If you get a good one and MAINTAIN and SERVICE it as needed there cracking bikes and can prove to be very reliable.

I've been ringing around a few insurance companies and a few compare so many together and for a 19 year old from Newcastle it will cost me £690 cheapest so far for a ZXR 400, you say a lot have been basically battered like a kipper instead of going for a ZXR400 would an older like 95/96 ZXR600 be a better option?