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I want a cheap 125 motorcycle, Chinese?

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  • tbourner
    tbourner Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    burtons wrote: »
    How do you buy parts if someone don't have the net.

    Libraries have the internet, as do internet cafes, as do 99% of people. Where would the people who don't have internet have got the Chinese bike from?
    Trev. Having an out-of-money experience!
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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    tbourner wrote: »
    People who can't find parts must not be very net-savvy, there are plenty of places online selling parts for all kinds of Chinese bikes. Parts are definitely not the issue with Chink bikes.
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    With what bikes?

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  • tbourner
    tbourner Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    edited 6 June 2011 at 10:12PM
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
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    Chinese bikes, made in China.
    Trev. Having an out-of-money experience!
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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    tbourner wrote: »
    click

    So you think it is appropriate to racist terms on the forum?
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Woody._2
    Woody._2 Posts: 472 Forumite
    If you'd have bought it when you first asked, the first part would have failed by now.
  • darich
    darich Posts: 2,145 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    So you think it is appropriate to racist terms on the forum?

    yeah...agreed
    I thought it was a bit off too.
    One wold presume he'd just as happily use "n!99er" or "paki" in the same manner to refer to someone of colour or Pakistani origin.

    Tbourner.....you might want to re-think your use of that word....at the very least, your use of it on this forum.
    You'll be reported before too long - I've seen posts removed for less.

    EDIT - retyped first derogatory term because filter replaced entire word with !!!!!!

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  • Arg
    Arg Posts: 931 Forumite
    Any old excuse to find offense.
    ukmike wrote: »
    i have owned a Jinlun 125 for 4 years now,total cost for parts up to now is £40,that includes a £30 battery.It's a lovely comfortable ride,not very fast,maybe 65 mph downhill.

    What kind was it? The sport or cruiser models and what about rust?
  • tbourner
    tbourner Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    So you think it is appropriate to racist terms on the forum?
    darich wrote: »
    yeah...agreed
    I thought it was a bit off too.
    One wold presume he'd just as happily use "n!99er" or "paki" in the same manner to refer to someone of colour or Pakistani origin.

    You're joking right? I'd use it in the same way as I'd use 'Brit' or 'Yank'. There's nothing derogatory about it, just shorthand. I'm honestly amazed that someone would find offence in that! :undecided
    Trev. Having an out-of-money experience!
    C'MON! Let's get this debt sorted!!
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    tbourner wrote: »
    You're joking right? I'd use it in the same way as I'd use 'Brit' or 'Yank'. There's nothing derogatory about it, just shorthand. I'm honestly amazed that someone would find offence in that! :undecided

    Which makes your use of it even more distasteful. The fact that you use it as an everyday term, is sad; very sad indeed. You even linked to google (mistakenly thinking you were clever) where the first entry described it as a racist term, on the same footing as n*****.
    Chink has been compared in degree of offensiveness to terms such as ni***r and ki**. As with other ethnic slurs, associations with violence and discrimination are often made which may amount to hate crimes.

    Chinese people considered the term offensive from the outset.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • skydiveJames
    skydiveJames Posts: 15 Forumite
    I bought a derbi cross city 125cc. Was a good compromise between a chinese shitter and a Jap bike.
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