So, after barely any procrastination at all, I've ordered a brand new cb300r. It's in black, and as it's one of the last few 2018's in stock I got it for €5k, which means the depreciation in the next 2-3 years should barely even sting. I'll pay the balance on Saturday and pick it up a few days later
In the end the super soco is too unknown for what will be used as a daily ride, Mash and the various similar brands using reheated 80's engines don't seem to cut the mustard for quality of finish or resale value, the fantic looked brilliant in pictures but the importer didn't have a single fantic to look at in person and they have various reliability issues which isn't cool when there's only an importer not a dealer in the country, and the niu rqi isn't out yet.
There's currently a couple of used z250sl's up for sale for 3k, a stock green one and a black one with an akra and what looks like cheap LED indicators. I saw one in the street and while I did get it, it didn't quite speak to me. Shame, as they recently reduced the road tax on 250's to 20€ a year, which is 50€ less than my 286cc bike will cost