HUONIAO FOrum and a hello

[aardys]

hi chaps a noob to the forum here ,
i used to belong to the huoniao forum but looks like its been shut down
have any other members come over to here ?
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

[Polarbear]

[M.C]

What a machine

[Rogerborg]

Ahoy, shame that's shut down. It was backed by Learner Legal but it looks like they're throwing in the towel now, post Euro 4. Thanks, Brussels.

I used to admin there, and documented my fun on a Firebird at https://bikeinabox.blogspot.co.uk/

Decent enough little bikes, although you'll get a fair amount of bike-racism abuse here from people who haven't had one.

Loving the pikey soft panniers - how much bracketing have you got behind there to keep them off the wheels?
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[aardys]

yeh i have had mine 2 years over 10k on the clock , no problems , the soft panniers are a must as i need to squeeze the bike down a narrow passage to my garden , i have a traingle bracket behind them
,i have had 3 of these bikes over the years , first one i had did 47,000 miles in 7 years , second one i had only for 6 months then had to get a car for work , , and now i got this one , shame they dont import them now euro 4 and all that , simple honda cg125 engine. only problem i ever had was a new clutch cable , cost me a tenner
i only ever ride 125's now , i just dont need anything bigger .
but am a tad tempted at the Honda 500x,,, must resist lol
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[Rogerborg]

[aardys]

yeh and to make matters worse it costs me £70 a year to insure
damn these bikes
oh yeh its hole and slotted bar that you buy from the nut and bolt store, , just make it into a triangle etc , the paniers are cycle ones with metal hooks etc that fit to the rack bar , i never had any problems , i also got a large topbox that fits on the rack with quick release , looks silly as so big but if you have to get shopping then ya gota do it , then i put the normal one back on when i get home .its just a work horse

ps and yes it realy did do 47k miles, in fact i sold it to someone on this forum , many years ago , but i aint been here so long i made a new account ..
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[aardys]

[quote="Rogerborg"]

[Lupo]

Hi and welcome, I used to lurk mostly, same as here, sad to see it go, it was a great site with a very helpful community.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

[Rogerborg]

Eh, the ideal size for any top box is: current size + a 4 pack of beer.

That bag on the front rubs on the mudguard under braking, right?
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[wodge]

I was on there.. Shame it closed without any warning as it was a friendly group.

I find the HN128-8 a no nonsense bike that didnt need a built in MP3 player to sell well.. Stupid low second hand prices are a good reason to get one.. mine has practically no rust anywhere, although lots of ACF50 helps.
Would still sell it before the RXS100 though..
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[aardys]

i contacted learnelegal and asked them if i could take it over as they given it up ,
they replied that they are relaunching it,
they didn't say when but good news anyway
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[aardys]

yeh euro 4 ,, hmm linked brakes , well i thought i was the linked brakes
dont get me started ,. right hand front brake right foot back brake



traction control , dont open yer throttle wide on wet roads

antilock brakes , eer dont grab a handfull when its wet . yeh

riding modes, wtf is that

fuel injection ,,, eer i think that is some electronic trickery , dont bother with it as it will go wrong one day
lol just kidding dudes , but i gota say so far i aint ever ridden a bike with all that stuff on , if i did maybe i would like it ,
im more the sorta person thats still happy to light the headlight with a match , hahaha
, im an engineer i just like things to be simple oh yeh and cheap is good too
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[Rogerborg]

Mmm, we're not huge fans of the all the Euro4 bollocks around these parts. I've needed the ABS on my BMW once, when I made a bad assumption about a car's intentions. But getting into that situation was entirely user error, possibly encouraged on by complacency due to knowing what the bike could do.

I've binned my Enfield, dropped my GPZ, and regularly lock up the e-z-lift rear on my Ninja, but I can't recall every having a bad moment on my Houniao. It was a surprisingly competent bike.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Polarbear]

[Rogerborg]