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Higher octane might decrease your top speed a little on a 4T 125. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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ISTR that the running in advice on my brand new 125, nearly 30 years ago was, to keep it under 40mph for the first 100 miles, then up the revs 1000rpm for every extra 100miles, or something like that.
Basically I don't think it got to 60 until it's first service!!!
80mph? On a 4T-125? Err... yers... 'indicated'... perhaps.
Thunk for you... the 1977 CB125Twin, at 17bhp.. two and a half braying donkeys more than max permitted for A1-Licence regs, was probably THE most powerful four-stroke 'production' 125 ever made.. it could just about nudge 80, through two-way times traps; the 'aerodynamics' offered by the fancy party frock on a GSXR-125, might help a tad... but are probably off-set some by the drag of the fat tyres!
Either way, 80mph is pretty optimistic for a four-stroke-single-125....ESPECIALLY one that hasn't merely NOT been run in yet, but hasn't even clocked half the run in mileage!
And you are ragging the crap out of it, trying to find out whether the mag-propaganda holds up?
Before its first first frigging oil-change
And you are wondering if Super-Unleaded would make a difference to regular?
The mind just boggles.
And that's before it strays to ponder, this is at least the chaps 2nd 125.. and about the most expensive one on the market... WHY!?!
If 'fast', or even 'cool' is the imperative here; why no tests, licence and a bigger bike?!? I mean, if under 19 and stuck on A1 'cos of modern licence regs... how long until A2 could be done, and something like an SV650 could be bought, PROBABLY for, oooh.... less than the new-bike depreciation rolling GSXR-125 out the blinkin show-room! And NO bike looks 'cool' with an L-Plate to belie the fact its just NOT a 600 or anything but what it is; a little commuter bike in a party frock! If over 19 and A2 and a big bike a possibility? WHY even go there at all!!!
But hey... not my money... actually probably not OP's either.... likely banks, finance companies or Daddies... so who cares.... well... until the bill to replace the fancy fairings or rebuild the motor comes in... carry on.. its a learner-bike... one way of t'other, you gonna learn... maybe.. we can hope!! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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Nothing about improving the rider? No revving out in every gear?
The perils of daytime drinking and falling asleep at the keyboard. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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flearider wrote: | yes I think it will take 6 months for me to get full licence (well the money to) |
£3,799 OTR... you can afford THAT, but you can't afford, oooh! £120 for theory/mod1/mod2 on this or even your 'old' CB125F... how the heck you going to afford to put petrol in it!!!
Yet you CAN afford wheel it out the dealer depreciation, that amounts probably to as much as a DAS course and likely a lot towards a second hand big bike, T&T'd and ready to go?!?
There is some weird and perverse accountancy being applied here!
IF you can afford a bike.. ANY bludy bike, you can afford to get a full licence... end of.
Buying one of the most expensive learner bikes on the market, brand new, and then grumbling you 'cant afford'.. is just incredible.
But hey, its a learner bike... it might teach you a few things.... we can only hope. ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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Look at the manual, it should tell you that you’re due a service after 600 miles / 1000km. It’s basically just a check over, but it will most likely be running on mineral oil from new, which is apparently not as good as synthetic due to natural inconsistencies.
https://rideapart.com/articles/how-to-break-in-a-new-motorcycle-engine
Have a read of that and report back in 1000 miles time. If the actual top speed is 66mph, it could well show 75-80 on the clock once it’s run in.
Unfortunately, 15bhp is all you can have right now so if you feel like it’s not enough, just treat it as a training period until you can get through your test. If money is the main obstacle for you though, perhaps buying brand new wasn’t the best idea. If you are having second thoughts, you should be able to return it within 30 days, although as it was new and has therefore lost significant value I don’t know how this would go. ____________________ This post is probably not serious and shouldn't be taken literally.
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Try running your bike on super unleaded expensive petrol and see how much faster it goes.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 290 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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