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PostPosted: 18:02 - 22 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
stevo as b4 wrote:
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I do miss having a 125cc. WOT everywhere and still returns over 90mpg.


What am I doing wrong, as most have the 125's I've owned have never done over half that mpg figure at best?


Tuning them until they're more like a bomb than an engine might have something to do with it Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:10 - 22 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Even my Hysoung did 70ish, and I'd put that thing to the edge, open zorst, much larger jets, minimal air filter.
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PostPosted: 19:13 - 22 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
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An alternative with a bigger bike is to find some twisties and just leave it in third gear. All the time. Ride it on the throttle. I do this on the VFR sometimes and you realise that while it's a 100bhp bike, you're barely using half of it most of the time and your throttle control is shit. Works wonders for your cornering.


I do this from time to time, 3rd gear is a wonderful thing.
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PostPosted: 21:06 - 22 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThatDippyTwat wrote:
Even my Hysoung did 70ish, and I'd put that thing to the edge, open zorst, much larger jets, minimal air filter.

Hmmm? I’m guessing you’re talking about the 125?

EDIT: I didn’t read the thread properly!
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PostPosted: 21:12 - 22 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very fast bike very fast.

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PostPosted: 21:50 - 22 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 24 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
stevo as b4 wrote:
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I do miss having a 125cc. WOT everywhere and still returns over 90mpg.


What am I doing wrong, as most have the 125's I've owned have never done over half that mpg figure at best?


What do you weigh? If you're like 15+ stone you're going to really strain that small motor which will kill MPG.
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PostPosted: 12:54 - 24 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
YBR125 with nitrous and a turbo.
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PostPosted: 13:38 - 24 May 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
EazyDuz wrote:
stevo as b4 wrote:
What am I doing wrong, as most have the 125's I've owned have never done over half that mpg figure at best?


What do you weigh? If you're like 15+ stone you're going to really strain that small motor which will kill MPG.


Worst I got out of the YBRs was 91 on the Custom and 99 on the standard, both when I was around 18st, and both flat out everywhere.
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I got my cbf500 mainly as i wanted something simple as a project bike. Since I've finally got it working properly I absolutely love it. You can chuck the thing into the corners with almost no concern and as long as you keep it on song it's more than fast enough for the road - and this is coming from someone whose almost 18 stone.
Don't get me wrong I love my K1300 but for back roads the 500 is better in every way imaginable (apart from brakes).


The CBF500 is an excellent, poised bike. Feels very tight, as a modern bike should feel. Superb handling, thanks to the balance, low centre of gravity, rigid feel and big tyres. But, as it's so refined, perhaps it does what it does a bit too well (even the old GPZ500S, ER5 and CB500 were sort of bland), and it's that lack of processed refinement in design and engineering which makes much older bikes more interesting to me. I know what those underrated 50-60hp twins can do (nothing new about that formula - goes back to the 60s). My next acquisition could well be an old 250/350 twin, or a big single. The more a bike feels like a bike, and the less like a car, the better.


I understand what you mean, it does lack a bit of soul and i hate the standard exhaust on it - the dodgy one it came with really gave it an edge in the sound department. A big draw of it was it was easy to thrash the hell out of but also had ABS.
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PostPosted: 16:35 - 01 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
to be honest i had the most fun on my Grom 125cc taking it to scotland from london 2 years in a row and everything else.

i just recently re-bought a GSXR1000 k5 and i think as a person ive moved on and want to go back to a Grom again as i really do miss it.

so i think a GSXR1000 k5 Rizla turquoise replica with 8,000 miles will be on ebay soon and the hunt for a clean Grom begins because the man i sold my Grom to has more sense than me and wont sell it back to me.
The Grom gave me the best 22k miles ever!

if lock down is lifted in the UK ill be touring and hiking in scotland again and id rather take the Grom than the GSXR1000
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PostPosted: 16:46 - 01 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
My mate's just sold most of his bikes and is just down to his BMW; he's placed an order for a Grom that's being delivered in a few weeks. I think I might need to have a go on one.
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PostPosted: 17:03 - 01 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
woo wrote:

if lock down is lifted in the UK ill be touring and hiking in scotland again and id rather take the Grom than the GSXR1000


We might bump into each other when I’m doing the same on my little 250 Thumbs Up
I consider a 250 a small engined machine and I’m to large for a 125.
Although I did love my little CG125 a few years back, and the few day trips on it were great fun.
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PostPosted: 18:31 - 01 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
pepperami wrote:
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if lock down is lifted in the UK ill be touring and hiking in scotland again and id rather take the Grom than the GSXR1000


We might bump into each other when I’m doing the same on my little 250 Thumbs Up
I consider a 250 a small engined machine and I’m to large for a 125.
Although I did love my little CG125 a few years back, and the few day trips on it were great fun.


y u no mention vanvan
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PostPosted: 19:39 - 01 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah y no beachball vanvan
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 01 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote:


y u no mention vanvan


Vanvan is good Thumbs Up but slow slow Confused
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 09 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
ive made the commitment GSXR1000 k5 being sold to a dealer this weekend then im off to hunt for another honda Grom!
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 09 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Royal Enfield might be coming out with something new for fans of smaller bikes. 350cc singles, air-cooled, probably SOHC:

https://motorbikewriter.com/royal-enfield-new-models-year/

Something you can throw around.

It remains to be seen if any make their way over here. Cheap components, probably, and it may take a couple of years to iron out any faults. But I could see a market for something like this.
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PostPosted: 12:24 - 13 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
I downgraded from a GSXR 600 to a 300 Ninja and I hated it! Plus all my mates would take the piss especially on ride outs.

Bigger the better.
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PostPosted: 12:44 - 13 Jun 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Flemy wrote:
I downgraded from a GSXR 600 to a 300 Ninja and I hated it! Plus all my mates would take the piss especially on ride outs.

Bigger the better.


Punch them in the face Thumbs Up
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pepperami wrote:

Punch them in the face Thumbs Up


I would put I'm a pussy pacifist
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