Help!! Review/information needed for Lexmoto Arizona 125cc

[emilpip]

Hi everyone,

I am interested in getting a 2011 Lexmoto Arizona 125cc bike however can't find any feedback or reviews on the bike!!

Was wondering if anyone knows anything about them including reliability, ease of getting parts etc?

Any information would be much appreciated!!

Thanks

[N cee thirty]

get a honda


i just saved you alot of money
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[Rogerborg]

Yup, Lexmoto just re-brand Chinese brands.

My Huoniao, which Lexmoto brand as the Vixen, is actually a pretty decent bike. It's got a couple of known issues, but they're easily sorted. I'd cautiously recommend one to some riders, although you'll want to do the sums compared to a used YBR or CG.

My Lifan, well, I probably wouldn't recommend it. There's not a lot wrong with it, but there's enough to make it more of a chore than a pleasure. At the moment it's laid up while I try to find a way to seal a mucking great hole on a sharp bend on the rear exhaust.
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[MarJay]

[Rogerborg]

Yup, I can't find a review for the Arizona under any of its brands. Probably not a great sign.

The Lexmoto Vixen, however, gets 4.3 / 5 from a total of 73 reviews under the Huoniao and Haotian brands.

I'm not actually suggesting that you get a Vixen/Huoniao HN125-8, but if you're determined to go Chinese-branded then I'd rate it as the "least nonsensical" bike.

Get a pre-2007 YBR though.
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[Livefast123]

If you can't do any mechanical stuff yourself and are new to biking then save yourself a whole lot of heartache and hassle and buy a secondhand Jap bike.

When you start out what you want is something that is going to start, stop and cause you no issues that are going to detract from the sharp learning curve that is learning to ride a motobike. Yes Chinese bikes are tempting with their cheap prices and shiny chrome but as you will soon find out, cheap materials don't last long on a motorbike without lots of attention.

Bikes i would look out for include Yamaha YBR (also in a custom if you like that), Honda CG, Hyosung GT (Korean) etc
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[emilpip]

Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated
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[jimbothelion]

I was looking for a review on this Arizona bike as well and was directed here via a link.

Anyway, Lexmoto bikes are ok in my experience

I have owned a Lexmoto Vixen since 29 September and its done 3000km and I havent had a problem with it.
I think most of the horror stories you hear are from people who buy a bike which has not been built properly - I know the build on my bike is first class - I use it every day - 49 days 3000km you do the maths.

My one cost 920 on the road!

I have also used a Lexmoto Street twice when my bike was getting serviced and and done about 300km - again a nice bike no problems and as good as the Yamaha YBR 125 I also rode.

Its all about the build

Back to the Arizona - most of what I have read in this thread does seem a bit scary - but I read the same stuff about the Vixen!!

Think I might risk the 300 quid for a 2009 model,

What say you??

If you want to read more about my Vixen experience

https://jimbothelionridesagain.blogspot.com/

[jasondylan]

ive had a lexmoto arizona 2008 for 6 months now and i cant fault it,ive rode it right through the winter so far doing up to 60 miles a day to work. Covered it in acf 50 its held up great no rust and it starts with a bit of choke and the ocassional battery charge every single time,now and then i have to kick start but i think thats any bike.People who say chinese bikes are crap and you cant get parts for them dont know what there talking about,ive ordered new speedo cable,new back tyre,new steering lock and new clutch cable and every time the part has been there at 8.30 the following morning without fail,now tell me where you can get better service than that.Sure the metals are not the highest grades available and you have to check bolts etc. to make sure things are not coming loose once a week,but apart from the replacement parts ive named ive had no mechanical problems what so ever,i paid 650 with 7k on the clock for a similar honda etc i would have paid at least double and the hondas you pay thousands for are now made in china any way so whats the difference. Oh and i get 110 miles a gallon and the bike will do 65mph as long as you keep on top of things and keep it well maintained laughing all the way,ive already put 4,000 m plus on mine,dont get me wrong i cant wait to get a 600cc soon and it probably will be a honda or suzuki but for what i paid im more than happy what ive had out of my 125.In the past chinese bikes did have a bad name and they were hard to get parts but thats all changed just like 20 years ago we all said jap was crap now we cant get enough of it,if you need parts for them theres a couple of big online distributors who just supply chinese parts i wont name them cause im not advertising just getting my pennys worth in.ride safe !

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[groovylee]

[Polarbear]

While you will get people like jasondylan come on and espouse the plusses of chinese bikes, most of us here who have been riding for a while and who have owned them are firmly on the side of leave well alone if you don't know much about bikes.

I bought some generic 125 cruiser for my son. Cheap as chips and luckily parts were cheap, cause I had to replace a shed load. The crunch came when the chain snapped on him. This on an underpowered 125 single. I fitted a new chain and flogged it for pennies.

Probably the most balanced response you will get from anyone on here is from Rogerborg as he actually still rides chinese bikes . The rest of us who have dabbled probably will never again.
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[jasondylan]

are my eyes deceiving me or is that parts advertised below for the above mentioned chinese bike,no it cant be you cant get parts for them,wait im sure it says arizona front mudguard and arizona cam shaft.ill have too go to spec savers later hmmm !

[Alpha-9]

Yep, ebay ads are coming up for the parts, but to be fair why would you WANT to have to work on it?


I nearly bought a chinese bike then used my brain and realised for only a couple of hundred more I could get a 2009 YBR, that hopefully should have very little issues and i wont have to spend any extra money on. Plus it'll hold it's value.

Just spend a few hundred quid more and get somethign more reliable that you wont have to worry about falling apart underneath you.

Yes the odd person has had a good experience with chinese bikes, but it seems this is a very stacked ratio, with 2 people out of the thousands on here having anyhting at all good to say about them, with one of them being cautious about recommending one.


Follow your gut instinct, you know it's a bad idea.
Or don't and prove us wrong (hopefully)
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[Polarbear]

[jimbothelion]

I bought the Arizona, 59 plate 300 quid

Done 2.5k on it since the start of the year

Nothing fallen off or needed replaced.

Thats the truth,

My Vixen is still going great as well and still looks like new.

But I look after them both just the same as I looked after all my bikes (Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki) in the 70,s and 80,s.

I think my input here has been balanced, and honest.

I keep saying this - all about the build and how you look after them.

Saw a Honda CBF 125 brand new the other day - nothing to it and not the quality Honda once was - saw it in my rear view mirror as it struggled up the hill coming out of Aberdeen headed south! I was on my so called shite chinese Arizona.

Honda cbf 125 built in India isnt it?

[Hevra]

Aye, I believe so. I've had mine for over a year now, ridden right through the winter and not cleaned as religiously as perhaps I should have (I do ACF-50 it every time it's cleaned though). So far a little rust on one of the rear suspension bars where the coils are, but otherwise the only rust is where my other half binned it on a roundabout and scratched the chrome exhaust cover to buggery.

I expected a lot worse and have seen some CBF125s with rusty and blistered engine cases but touch wood, mine seems OK so far.
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[linuxyeti]

I'm amazed that people still bash chinese bikes, probably without ever owning 1.

I've had a few, my very first bike was a Chituma CTM-125, a CG-125 clone, was perfect, got me through my test, my brother and GF as well. Used to ride 80 miles a day 5 days a week, never let me down. Then some toerag stole it.

Had a Jinlun JL-250, again, this did the 80 mile a day round trip with any trouble, no matter what the weather, but at least I could use it on the motorway, again this also got stolen at the same time as the Chituma.

Next chinese bike, was a Lifan LF400, loved it, went to John O'Groats and back, still running without problems, donated to stepson who needed a winter bike.

And now, I have a Skyteam St-125 V-Raptor, which has been run through ths winter, again without a hitch and in all weathers, nothing has need replacing.

I've been looking at the Lexmoto street, if I can find a decent 2nd hand 1 I might pick one up.

Would I recommend a chinese bike, absolutely, all the ones I've had have been reliable and fuel efficient, and corrode no worse than my Honda VTX 1300 did.

Cheers

Tony

[theogster]

i'm not going to play love/hate chinese bikes card, i got the arizona nearly 4 months ago, so theres no point in me saying how reliable it is, but what i can do, is bookmark this page.

if i have any issues with it i'll post here, however minor of major, so if your reading this a year or so down the line & i haven't updated, then thats the best recommendation i can give.

for reference, my bikes kept outside 24/7 with a cheap cover over it during the night, it's ridden daily & in all weather, no issues "yet" but it is to young for that to mean anything

oh, & it only gets cleaned when it rains, i'm not exactly hands on with the maintenance, (tho i do keep up with servicing etc)

so if it ends up as a pile of rust in the garden, i'll let you guys know

one way or another, hopefully this will be usefull to someone down the line ..
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[theogster]

i know, tbh i keep meaning to get some

that said, (& this isnt exactly a ringing endorsement lol) there's only really the exhaust/handlbar that's chrome, the rest of the trim is that crap plastic faux chrome..

to be fair, it looks good, just doesn't pass the touch test lol
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[-Matt-]

Might not be an issue anymore, but i know a friend who used to have a chinese bike used to wipe a light coating on the exposed bolt heads etc, said it saved the big time after a harsh winter compared to the few he forgot to coat

I got my can for about 15 quid IIRC, barely got through any of it it goes a long way even if you coat the bike to be honest as it needs fairly light useage to get a good coating and lasts fairly well.

[Calite]

Dont know much about that specific bike but leximotos are not as terrible as most chinese bikes. The only advice I've heard is replace the chain and dont expect anything more than brittle plastic shit for fairings.