This is one of the hottest bikes around. The mini Honda Grom. FI, 125 cc, air cooled, tried and true thumper. It's been in the US almost a year now. I owned one and it is a fun little bike. What I liked about it is the extremely light weight (225 lbs. wet). You can roll it in and out of your garage like a bicycle. Also it is easy to work on. The spark plug, valves, oil plug is all easy to get to with nothing to take off. Well you do have to take off the two valve covers, but they are easy to access. It has the old style tappet valves which need to be checked more often, but since it is so simple, I prefer it over the bucket and shim style. There is no spin-on oil filter, but there is an oil spinner and mesh filter that needs to be cleaned occasionally. It's not difficult though. Easy, do-it-yourself maintenance is one of the best things about this bike.
Price is around $3800 out the door average with some much higher in California. Demand is still high for this bike. A lot of people buy the bike, then start doing mods. I never did. Kept everything stock.
Issues: nothing major, but the bike comes with a cheap non-o-ring chain that stretches and rusts when wet. I had to replace my chain after 2,500 miles. I suppose you would have to include top speed as an issue if you were expecting a fast bike. Top speed on flat roads is about 63 mph. A head wind or tail wind or any grade changes things. You might slow to 50 mph going up a hill, or go as fast as 66 mph going down a hill, but it's pretty fast for a 125. Not legal for freeway use in some states like California. Works in Texas for the freeway, if you are brave enough. The engine seems capable of running a long time at high speed. With thousands of bikes out there now, I have only heard of a couple of engine problems and those were on bikes that had engine modifications. The engine appears to be bulletproof. Redline is 8200 and that corresponds with about 63 mph. The seat is really hard and uncomfortable after a while. Hardest seat on a motorcycle ever for me. I did get used to it, but many do not and go with something aftermarket. There is a ton of aftermarket stuff since the bike has been around as the MX125 in Europe and Asia. It does keep up with city traffic just fine. Lots of YouTube videos on the bike as well as maintenance videos too. Service manuals, oem parts are also readily available. Finding a bike for sale may be the hardest part.
Price is around $3800 out the door average with some much higher in California. Demand is still high for this bike. A lot of people buy the bike, then start doing mods. I never did. Kept everything stock.
Issues: nothing major, but the bike comes with a cheap non-o-ring chain that stretches and rusts when wet. I had to replace my chain after 2,500 miles. I suppose you would have to include top speed as an issue if you were expecting a fast bike. Top speed on flat roads is about 63 mph. A head wind or tail wind or any grade changes things. You might slow to 50 mph going up a hill, or go as fast as 66 mph going down a hill, but it's pretty fast for a 125. Not legal for freeway use in some states like California. Works in Texas for the freeway, if you are brave enough. The engine seems capable of running a long time at high speed. With thousands of bikes out there now, I have only heard of a couple of engine problems and those were on bikes that had engine modifications. The engine appears to be bulletproof. Redline is 8200 and that corresponds with about 63 mph. The seat is really hard and uncomfortable after a while. Hardest seat on a motorcycle ever for me. I did get used to it, but many do not and go with something aftermarket. There is a ton of aftermarket stuff since the bike has been around as the MX125 in Europe and Asia. It does keep up with city traffic just fine. Lots of YouTube videos on the bike as well as maintenance videos too. Service manuals, oem parts are also readily available. Finding a bike for sale may be the hardest part.
