Himo GY125A?

[Phylet]

https://www.chinamotorcycles.co.uk/page3.html

Is this any good? ive never had a motorbike and this would be my first, im transfering from downhill mountainbiking and will have to sell my downhill bike to pay for this.

[G]

Unlikely, a much better idea would be to get something like a DT125, KMX 125 or (if you want a 4 stroke) DR125 second hand.
Not only should it cost you less and go faster, but they're also more likely to stay in one piece for more than an hour's riding.

So far, the general consensus is that cheap chinese bikes aren't worth the hassle unless they are /very/ cheap and you're happy to fiddle.
That one is far from cheap.

[Phylet]

hyosung comet 125 better?

[G]

Erm, the comet, in my opinion, is seriously over priced for what you get.

Most bikes they try and make as light as possible; the comet they seem to have done the opposite, then charged you extra for it.


The trail style bikes I mentioned above can all be got from about £500 second hand.

[Phylet]

ok, ill look for a used 125 trail bike thanks.

[Whosthedaddy]

£375

You pays your money you takes your chances.

Cheap is not always cheap (if that makes any kind of sense )
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[Phylet]

fair enough, i learned that lesson in mountain bikes. i suppose i should at least spend /most/ of the money from selling my pushbike to buy a motorbike

[jackw72]

dont learn the same lesson on a motorbike you could end up seriously injured or dead

imagine your wheel falling off whilst riding

[Phylet]

Yeah, i really dont want that to happen. its just that the himo supermoto is SO nice looking and the cheap jap bikes you get are rarley attractive ... those forks are nasty, i hate the boots on them >.<

[jackw72]

maybbee you could try and find a crashed one and buy its frame see if it fits anything with better build quality

i dont actually know what im talking about

[Phylet]

the cost of doing that would be quite high though, i could probably just buy a nice (new yamaha, KTM ect) 125 for the price.

[jackw72]

and a LOT less hassle

but a NEW KTM or Yammy is going to cost quite a sum of money

[Phylet]

all i want is an attractive, fast, reliable and cheap bike is that so hard

[jackw72]

well yeah im looking for the same thinggg =]

i think your looking for a dirt bike looking thing lol

have a look at a Honda Varadero 125

[Phylet]

How about the MZ125 range? good? any decent UK dealers?

[G]

[RS1Banger]

i just got a rieju (spanish) 4t trailie 125 (£600 on an 04)
dont buy a 4t 125, its not worth it, they're too slow
i have had a moped that was a lot faster than this bike
there's just no pleasure to riding it, which surprisingly there was with my old moped (85mph at 12000rpm!)

[Phylet]

Im struggling to chose here... 1 option is to just get a beater and do the test really quick, or i could get a decent bike to last through uni (im a first year)

Money wise, id rather get an OK 125 and keep it for 2 years.
i want something that can do 70 all day and slight off-road ability. (fire-roads) No more than about 1500 used or new.
i really cant find anything >.< i was dead set on the himo until the build quality was bought to my attention.

[RS1Banger]

i know what you mean
i was a bit concerned that my rieju wont be fast enough to meet the test requirements (ie. 62+mph)
but it will JUST scrape it
it seems ridiculous that i can take my test on this bike but not on an rxs100 or similar, which WILL do 70mph all day long (i've had 2)

in fact, if this bike has got 12hp(edit) i'm a banana, and the engine is made by yamaha (and bears their name)
so i would think a hyosung would be worse if anything

also the bloke four doors away has a hyosung dirt pro (maybe similar to the supermoto) and he spends more time with the headlight off messing with the wiring than he does riding it

[Phylet]

a friend of mine has a hyosung comet 125, he isnt using it so i could borrow/rent it for a few months til i can do the test the get a "propper" bike.... i think that'd be the best option, my ambitions are a bit bigger than 14.6bhp