Bikes on a budget

Bikes are essential for many of us. If you need a bike to get around today and want to make sure you aren’t stretching your budget, explore some of the cheapest and best value bikes on Auto Trader.

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  Yamaha NMAX 125 (2025 - ) review

  Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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  New version of Yamaha’s best-selling scooter is better, cheaper and now includes an even more premium Tech Max variant

  Expert review5 months ago

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  10 Best cheap new commuter bikes

  With the cost of living rising, cheap commuting by bike or scooter as an alternative to cars or public transport has never been more appealing – but...

  Best of2 years ago

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  5 best bikes under £10,000

  When you’ve £10,000 to spend on a bike you’d be forgiven for thinking the world’s your oyster – and it’s certainly true that kind of budget gives...

  Best of4 years ago

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  5 Best bikes under £5000

  whether you’re after an A2-licence compliant 47bhp machine, a ‘first big bike’, a fun, naked middleweight, a do-it-all all-rounder or even a...

  Best of4 years ago

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  5 Best bikes under £1000

  If you’ve got a budget of around £1000 and are in the market for a dependable used bike, whether that’s merely a first 50cc 16-er moped or the...

  Best of4 years ago

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  Top 5 Bikes under £7500

  If you’re in the market for a new, ‘used’ bike, a budget of £7500 opens up a huge range of enticing possibilities with virtually every type of bike...

  Best of4 years ago

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  Top 5 bikes under £2500

  When it comes to buying a new bike nearly all of us are restricted by a budget, even more so, probably, in these testing economic times. But...

  Best of4 years ago

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  Top 5 winter bikes for £2000

  Winter and motorcycling may not be the most comfortable bedfellows thanks to road salt being murderous to a bike’s mechanicals and the cold and damp...

  Best of5 years ago

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  Top 5 first bikes for £5K

  Just because you’re operating on a budget when you’re starting out on two wheels doesn’t mean that you can’t afford something that’s sporty,...

  Best of5 years ago

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  Top 5 adventure bikes for under £4000

  What exactly can you get for £4000? What should you look out for, what are they capable of and which are the best? Our experts make their pick…

  Best of5 years ago

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  Top 5 sports bikes for under £3,000

  Just because you're restricted to a budget of, say, £3,000, doesn’t mean an exciting, high performance or even exotic sports bike is out of reach.

  Best of5 years ago

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  Top 5 sports bikes for under £5K

  While the most extreme, exotic sports and superbikes may now often be over £20K there’s still plenty of more affordable options available. Here’s...

  Best of6 years ago

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  Top 5 cheap scooters

  Much more than with most powered two-wheelers, when it comes to scooters, or most of them anyway, affordability is a big, big draw.

  Best of6 years ago

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  Top 5 bikes under £1,000

  If you know what to look for, and what the potential problems are of each, there’s no reason you can’t snap up a bargain.

  Best of8 years ago