LONG-TERM REVIEW: Zontes ZT 125 U

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[arry]

[WD Forte]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Easy-X]

I've been meaning to ask... "Fat Angry" Scotsman? I wasn't aware they were available in other sizes and temperaments
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Robby]

The dealership are lying and/or incompetent.

The ECU will not be at fault. I'm assuming the warranty setup they have with the supplier covers parts, but a reduced price for labour. So they are happy to swap parts, but not to spend time on diagnosis - or to put their good diagnostics guy on it, because his time is worth more to the dealership.

An engine management light comes on when the ECU repeatedly sees something wrong. What the ECU can see depends on the sensors. What counts as wrong depends on how conservatively the thing was programmed. Sometimes a light will come on, then go off when the thing fixes itself (like a damp plug cap causing a misfire).

Your bike is going to have a limited number of sensors. Engine temperature, throttle position, air temp, maybe lambda if it has a catalytic converter. The ECU is getting a sufficiently worrying signal from one of those to turn the light on and leave it on, every time you ride it.

The dealership haven't even plugged in a code reader, or they would have swapped out the sensor. It's never the ECU.

Get rid. Your bike is a piece of shit. Also shorten your username, you're cocking up the formatting.

[Shaft]

As many others have told you, you need to exercise your rights and back this thing immediately, you've given the dealer enough chances to get it fixed, now they are just fobbing you off.

Get your money back and, if you must keep riding until you do your DAS, go and buy a proper known quantity 125 for half what you paid for that chinky shit.
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[Evil Hans]

[A100man]

[arry]

Any update on this? Getting close to the point where you lose your insta-rights to rejection isn't it?

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

SAGA UPDATE

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Well, the garage delivered the bike back to me at my work address which was nice of them so I didn't have to come get it myself. I noticed they put about 12 miles on her during their test ride: which is fine by me I'd rather they did a decent blast on it to check.

It arrived at my work just before lunch so I spent my lunchtime blasting it around the fair streets of Toryglen and Mount Florida. All in all I put another 8 miles on her and there was no problems. She is running pretty nice, no lack of power (for a 125cc) and it sounds pretty good too (for a 125cc) nice little induction noise off it. I think for a shite 125cc it sounds pretty decent compared to other shite 125cc bikes.

Anyway I couldn't truly blast it because all the roads are a mixture of slush, ice and snow around here. I will drive it home again so that's another 18 miles to come.

All hail Xi Jingping!
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[A100man]

[Riejufixing]

Erm, yee-haw, as the Americans are supposed to be fond of saying! Hope it's fixed!

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[arry]

Pet driers are pretty useful for blowing the water out of the crevicey bits.

[Evil Hans]

[A100man]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Unclemile]

So after reading this thread, I'm potentially looking at a Zontes ZT U

Just because of the ECU, this is the only other reason why I may not go ahead with purchasing one on finance this week.

Have you come across any other issues?

Also, as you're Scottish and the smallest spattering of cold weather means you put big coat on, do you use heated grips or anything like that when you need something bigger than big coat?

Being southern, the smallest amount of wind means that I'll be frozen to the core, and being no heavier than 13 stone, a strong gust of wind and I'm gone for a few weeks, how do you feel that the bike handles in wind and rain?

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[jackerydoo]

alright ive got this bike and my engine light kept coming on and i done a oil change with the motul 5100 10w 40 and the bike runs so much better and it took the engine light off, all oil levels etc were fine before hand

it came on round about 200 miles then went away then came back at 600 so id try maybe see if a oil change would help but i do recommend that oil because its like butter now quite incredible

[arry]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[jackerydoo]

that's decent man, did your dealer charge for labour or is it included in the warranty

hope its all running well for you my friend