New lexmoto venom.. opinions?

[NJD]

Hi all,

So I know a lot of you may hate chinese bikes or would never touch them with a barge pole.. or a barge pole connected to another barge pole extended by a extended barge pole.

With the above aside, I'm interested strongly in changing my current lexmoto bike to another at the end of the year and originally wanted to go with the "Lexmoto ZSX" based on the fact that it looked the part and had been the bike I originally wanted to own, funds and insurance said different for my first year on the roads, aiming to get my A1 license out the way this year and based on pure hope I wish to switch bikes, so..

Lexmoto have just started to upload a new bike on their website the "Lexmoto Venom", wasn't expecting big things but then googled the name of the bike and found the image (bottom of post), i'm in love with the styling and honestly wouldn't second guess starting to save the money now based on looks alone.

As you can guess, I'm a fan.. looks like a stylish street fighter commuter with a very, very nice looking stock exhaust.

On the negative side the typical deprecation and rust that these bikes are famous for would probably rewin that showroom look.. tempting nevertheless.

Most important info;

Price = £1349
Top Speed = 55mph


https://s16.postimg.org/b3ka5fug5/lexmoto_venom.jpg

Also the black plastic ontop of the tank is some sort of MP3 player that has speakers something or another.. not sure what there's plans are?

Views?

[GaryJM]

It's Chinese, what more can you say.
I would rather they spent the money on the MP3 player on improving the quality of materials used for building the bike personally.
Considering the price you could get a decent Jap bike second hand.
But if that's what you want go fo it.

[Kal-El]

Check post #4

https://www.125ccsportsbikes.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=81291
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[Raksha]

Don't just don't.
save ya money do ya tests and get a sports bike instead.

my street give me hard time once every 3 months.
the venom will suffer with all the issues lexmoto suffer with.
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[BigShow]

You're going to get told to buy Jap or save your money and take your test, I guarantee it.

But the question was "views?"

Well i think the mirrors, exhaust and front discs look nice. The bike overall looks pretty good, better than my YBR. I like the green one.

I'd never buy one though. This forum alone is crammed with woeful tales of bikes like this disintegrating after one winter. Electrics frying, screws and bolts turning to mush, rust, flux, lack of spare parts. etc.

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[Rogerborg]

It does look fairly MT-125. Parts will be fine, it's a Lexmoto. Check that it's on insurance comparison site lists. Any comments on its likely reliability or durability are made from ignorance (specific and probably general too) and can be ignored.

I wouldn't though. What we do know is that it's just another ~10hp air cooled commuter with some fancy plastics. It will not go nearly as well as it looks, and it will depreciate rapidly.

You're looking at about £1K to change your Arrow to that bike. That's your A1 license plus some top end riding gear. I'd spend on that first, then consider whether you want to sink more on 125s or save for your A2.
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[Northern Monkey]

The depeciation on a top end 125, such as the KTM, or Yamaha MT/R125rrRRRr will be about £1349 in the first 12 months.

Buying one of these may be the sensible financial choice in comparison to one of the 'premium' brands.

You'll also lose or gain more than 1hp from a well adjusted and lubricated chain. Rather than spending so much cash on gaining an extra HP, make sure you chain is spot on
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[struan80]

I think they look rather nice.

Probably less chance of going pop than the 16 year old R6 I just bought at similar price.

[Hooky]

How many times do you youngsters have to be advised on this subject ?

It's cheap for a very good reason, it's made of cheese, it's another attempt at parting fools with their hard earned cash.

Just fucking don't keep buying these pieces of shit EVER ( innit) jut coz it'z pretty (ish)

[fozzym]

Looks wise it's a tidy looking bike and for a young lad I can see it's got appeal.
At 1300 quid you can look at it in the same light as a mobile phone contract. Think of it like that and it starts to make a bit of sense, my mrs pays £50 a month for 2 years for a iphone6 and I can bet in 2 years the phone will be worth bugger all and she'll want the next one. It's the throw away society thing.

Buy this bike pay your monthly payment and ride it for 2 years, if its buggered scrap it and get a new one or possibly if you are lucky you might get a few hundred to put towards the new one.

You can't compare it to a jap or the like bike as it's not aimed to replace those bikes it's aimed at getting around cheaply and because it's cheap it has a limited life span. Treat it like a train or bus pass, you get a new one every year.
It can make sense, you just have to think a little differently.

[Rogerborg]

[Jewlio Iglesias]

Ignore Hooky, he is just hurt in the bottom by the Chinese man who wanted to show him how to stick a thumb up his bum when still having two in front of him.
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[NJD]

Similar topic posted on a forum I use dedicated to chinese bikes, after one member had a look in the flesh the worst that could be said is to expected with the price point.. and that was.. the regular cheap plastics.. and paint in certain places might need with repainting to give it a better finish.

I think this bike (if it runs like it looks) could basically made the ZSX pointless as it's a little cheaper and also has the small features such as a rear disc brake (some might prefer).

It's certainty changed my mind to "Venom > ZSX" at this point anyway.

I'd buy this with hesitation if.. the gearbox design and functionality was considerably better than the Arrow's.. there's nothing like having you ride pooped on and mood changed because every other time you want to go up or down a gear the bike decides to have a mind of it's own.

There are things I'd need to look at in person.. for example the redline position as the Arrow max power is at 8,500rpm and yet the redline starts at 8,000rpm.

Summary.. in specs it's not much faster than my Arrow and costs a lot more, infact I could buy another Arrow including OTR fee and still have money left over.. although if I gain an A1 license and want something to upgrade to I think this might just be it.

The top speed being 55mph doesn't bother me as a 17T sprocket would quickly change that and make the bike more suitable to ride (based on experiences of riders on previous models).

Just wait until the dealerships have them in to get an opinion in person.

[wr6133]

It won't be an upgrade, it's a similar (probably the exact same) engine as the arrow. All you get extra is a pile of super-budget bin parts and more lurid plastics.

[wr6133]

Well here is the info for it anyway (courtesy of the direct bikes webshite)

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