they are like rocking horse shit on the road mate, mainly due to the 400cc race series, the zxr400 is one of the weapons of choice, most that have been crashed have been snapped up for spare parts for race bikes.
good ones around turned into race bikes. and they are all grey imports, so not very thick on the ground to start off with.
Welcome to the club mate!
you need a car? Glen is selling a good car with plently of character for 1000 bucks
that should leave you with enough to but a brand new ninja 250