AJS Cadwell fuel injection

[phburg]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone here has rode one of the new fuel injected AJS 125 Cadwell's. I think it looks absolutely brilliant and i am considering buying one.

Also could anyone tell me if the quality AJS bikes has improved in recent years?

Thanks for any replies.

[Beehive Bedlam]

It won't look brilliant or get you the pussy you think with fuckoff Loser plates on it.

[Stalk]

No idea about the bike, but please ignore the above comment. Bloke is an abrasive idiot who should shut up when he has nothing worthwhile to contribute. Welcome to the forum and hi! Just starting out on bikes, or coming back?
Cheers!

[Rogerborg]

He does have a point though. 7.4Kw is a poor show even by Chinesey standards - I expect we can thank Euro4 for that.

OP, if you're 19 or over you can get access to bikes that will offer more performance and better value. The AJS will be a great laugh, right up to the point where you ride anything bigger, then it'll be regrets and swingeing depreciation all round.

If you just want to try out a 125 for a while, there are much cheaper options.
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[Yorick]

[Evil Hans]

[Beehive Bedlam]

[Rogerborg]

Pointless Teflonian aside, the local multi-marque independent told me a few years back that they were actively avoiding selling fuel injected Chinese bikes because they'd had so many problems with them.

Give that outdated 3rd hand anecdote the credence that it deserves.
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[linuxyeti]

Hi All

I've not ridden a chines 125 efi, however, the RX-3, CF650 & the Mash are all efi, and I haven't had a problem with either. I've had teh Mash over 2 years now, and the CF 19months and the the RX-3 ~16months.
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[pburg]

Thanks for all your replies everyone, its good of you guys to take the time to advise me, your opinions are gratefully recieved.

I have to be honest though and i guess the truth of the matter will make me a bit of a laughing stock here, but pulling birds is way out of my league these days i am 67 years old.

I also like the Regal Raptor DD125E-8, once again i guess that will make me a bit of alaughing stock, but just because im old does not mean that i dont apreciate style.

At present i have a Derbi Terror when i first went out on it the young lads in the area gave me a bit of stick, but thats youngsters for you. Now most of those kids give me a freindly wave as i pass and when im parked up they come around and ask questions about it, so i can take the stick, im used to it.

I would love to think that AJS and many other old British makes could make a real come back just as triumph have. There were so many great British bikes back in my day so i would like to suport AJS efforts as best i can as long as i dont end up paying through the nose for it. And you never, know stranger things have happened.

Thanks again everyone.

[Johnnythefox]

I'm all for supporting British bikes but the AJS Cadwell is made in China.

[Alpineandy]

[pburg]

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[pburg]

[Evil Hans]

Kilowatts

1 kw = 1.34 hp
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[pburg]

[Rogerborg]

The limit for learner legal 125s is 11kW or about 15hp (for various definitions of horsepowers).

7.4kW is under 10hp. On the road, that's going to translate to about a real (rather than fantasy speedo) 55mph on the flat and struggling on any sort of incline.
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[pburg]

[Rogerborg]

Pretty much every Chinese 125 engine is a copy of ancient low compression 2 valve Suzuki GS/GN or Honda CG/CB/CM lumps. Add in Euro4 emissions, lean tuning and fat catalysers and they lose what little power they ever had.
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[lilredmachine]

Lot of old tech trying to get through modern emissions tests = strangled performance, potential seizing due to ridiculously lean mixtures and using poorly manufactured copies of motors that are already struggling means the chinese are affected worse than most.

I was struck by this when a mates marauder 125 blew out the little end. When hunting for a motor there were loads of carb lumps about complete, but injection models i.e his, were few and far between because they didn't survive all that long. Ended up rebuilding it in the end.

Injection allows them to be especially miserly with the mixture. Great for emissions, terrible for engine longevity.
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