opinions on cagiva mito 125

rpg · Scooby Slapper Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Karma :

what is the above bike like for reliability? Why do you see in the adverts that they have always had engine rebuilds? That tends to put me off a bit...... Sad

Biker_Dene · Crazy Courier Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Karma :

my mito was great

when it worked

but beleave it or not the sachs 4 stroke needs more maintaining than the mito
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0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Occasional top end rebuilds are part of owning any 2 stroke, thats why they are designed to be taken to bits easily.

Most of the people who buy Mito's are the type who want to go as fast as possible so they are also the type to mess around trying to tune the engine too. Any tuned 2 stroke is going to have a reduced lifespan.
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Keen · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Karma :

I used to have a planet, I would say don't buy purely because getting parts from cagiva is a pain in the arse, takes ages.

The planet was great to ride, but extremely unreliable. Maybe if you get a newish one it'll be ok but I'd say the NSR or the RS would be a better option.
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jon_nsr · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Karma :

poor build quality, expensive parts £50 for one mirror support bracket!!!

get a aprilia rs125, more used parts available, more reliable, did 20,000 kms without needing new rings, second best handling bike of all time according to ride magazine. ahving owned two id say they handle great.

or do your test and get a vfr400 to start off with.

planet rider · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Karma :

yeah there good bikes but will only need re buliding if there tuned/thrashed etc i own a planet which is nearly the mito but naked great bike for riding every were(ive done 381921k in a year and the only problem ive had is with the cables snapping. (throttle/powervalve) but apart from that its has been very reliable parts can be a pain to get hold unless there are some on ebay at the time i now have a bandit 600 and as soon as i get my new powervalve cable for my planet iam going to be rining that around as well as i miss riding it
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jon_nsr · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Karma :

i had a 2001 black mito evo 2
and a 2004 brand new at the time, raptor 125 (newer planet)
they look nice but thats it, not in same league as the rs125.

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killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

Duct tape saved my Mito a lot of the time.

Bloody fast though!

Have a look at one of those italian import TZR's
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jon_nsr · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Karma :

my mitos brake sensor cables both snapped, had to solder the bastards back on, the fairing bolts seize themselves in. theyre just a wank bike, if i want a ducati looking bike again id buy a bleedin ducati.