"capable of AT LEAST 100 kph" ????

WTF ???
I have read the ambiguous DVLA blurb on the type of 125 needed for the
test.
There are a large number of 125s out there (most cruisers actually)
whose specs distincly give their top speed as BELOW 63mph/100kph.
To me that says you *CAN'T* take the "A" test on them and they are
therefore not fully "learner legal" as wrongly specified.

Am I right or wrong?

Mark K.

 

Possibly, but legal for a learner to ride, and legal for a learner to take
their test on are two different things.

--

 

You'd be right, but I bet the DVLA doesn't read the spec sheets of every
125.

 

You are right.

Just one more reason to get yourself a Nice Little CG125 (Makes
Sign of Holy Pushrods).

 

<fx nods and MSOHP>

 

I think I'll post another thread and see if someone has a list of 125s
which are specified as being officially capable of over 100kph.
M.K.

 

You are both...

they are learner legal to ride on 'L' plates, but they're not legal to take
a test (I don't remember what the names of em are now) that allows you to
ride a bike over 125cc without 'L' plates after passing it....[1]


Of course you are ignoring the bigger question:- How come there are 125s
that can't do 63mph now, when they *all* bloody did (plus the 100s (ie, RXS,
H100 etc)) in the bloody '80s......

Dave

[1] But they are legal to take a test that restricts you to 125s with no 'L'
plates

 

You want a nice little CG125, you do.

<Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods>

 

I've owned an RXS100. It was faster than some 125s. And the little
Kawasaki KH100EX was another cracking little bike. Bloody daft uncivil
servants.

 

My Yamaha DT100 was another.

 

"markzoom" said

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Ah but the sensibly priced cg 125 copies (I gather they only cost US$s
375 on the ship in Shanghai) are not officially able to do more than
100kph. Is it just the sprocket because I gather the engines are the
same? If it is, then I could just get a Honda sprocket and swap them.
M.K.

 

My theory is that they are mostly for the Asian market where they
regularly carry two people on crap roads, so they use slower gearing.
The "cruiser replica" 125s are probably too heavy for faster speeds on
a 125 engine too.
M.K.

 

Oh, yeah, a mate had one of them. Lovely little things. Shame there was
no rev counter, mind.

 

I think they're genuinely in a softer state of tune (if that's
possible), actually.

 

If you want CG125 to learn on, you have a choice between:

Buying the genuine article secondhand, using it for 6 months to
pass your test, and then (if you have bought according to the
TOG pricing method), selling it on for what you paid for it. Or
more. £600 should fetch you a good condition example with around
15-25,000 on the clock. There is a high demand for this bike to
learn on, and used examples hold their value very well.

Or buying new, and losing out on the depreciation. The Hongdu
copies suffer from dreadful build quality, and appear to be very
difficult to sell.

The CG125 is such a fundamentally reliable bike that it would a
mug's game to buy a new one just to pass the test.

 

To practice AND take test on.

Yes the genuine Honda CG does seem the popular option. They are damn fugly though...
Thanks for the advice, I need to do some pondering.
M.K.

 

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:02:55 +0000, markzoom wrote:

Suzuki GS125 is superior. The sheep round here have just bought into the
whole CG mystique.

 

Yes, I certainly prefer the cruisery style bikes. Thanks!
M.K.

 

The GS125 isn't a cruiser.