cagiva mito engine probs?

glenbat · Nova Slayer Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Karma :

been looking round for a nice 125 to learn on and several mito's state engine rebuilt and only have about 6 or 7k on the clock is this right? lovely looking bikes but dont want to buy a 6k miler only for it to give up on me the following week

RS125_Tecky · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Karma :

On an Aprilia RS 125 your meant to change the piston/rings at 8,000 kms.

Should imagine it will be the same on the mito.

Maybe these people refering to their engine being rebuilt have just changed the piston/rings.

cagiva gezzer · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Karma :

125's can let go with as little as 1,000km on the clock. It's down to luck of the draw. However, for everyone that doesn't make it past 10,000km, theres many more that make it to 30,000km.

If you do buy one that's had a "rebuild", find out what was changed and by who. Find out if they used original parts or pattern parts. Find out how long ago parts were changed, as a lot of people blow their bikes up, "fix" them and flog them on before they are run in and had a chance to fail again.

For example, a bike can seize and you can get it running with just new rings, but it won't run at normal revs without seizing agin. So ask a lot of questions about bikes that were "fully rebuilt less than 300 miles ago."
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cagiva gezzer · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Karma :

You're close ish to me (hemel) and i spend a lot of time around the M25, so if you want someone to look at a 125 let me know.
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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

Eek! i'm taking delivery of a planet tomorrow that's had a rebuild. Do they use the same rotax engine as the rs125? I'm definitely going to be quizzing this guy tomorrow!

Jack
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cagiva gezzer · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Karma :

RS's uses rotax, Cagiva's use cagiva engines.
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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

Ahaaa, i didn't know cagiva had their own 125 unit, part of me thought they might use the old suzuki RG125 unit, as the rest of the range uses suzuki engines. I should have figured, you can't go racing with someone else's engine!

Jack
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