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mad trapper wrote:Should have bought a faster scooter, then you wouldnt have to tuck.

Like what?

TC3 wrote:

sendler2112 wrote: Stock 125 always got me to 65 speedo which was 62 gps without tucking in just so you know

I could only hit 59 mph actual on the 125 that I rode and that was in a full tuck. Level ground. No wind. It might have crawled up to 62 eventually if I had more room.

I had a feeling most of you would beat me up on this but I wanted to mention it anyway for the few that might find it useful. Especially for those that want to make a short blast on the expressway on a stock 125 which will not get to 100kph actual speed reliably unless you tuck.

You must not ride at 65 mph very often.

I have found a comfortable way to adopt a partial tuck to let the bike handle wind better. I slide back on the seat where the hump used to be, hook my left hand under the bars near the clamp, and rest my left elbow on my knee.

1 round trip to work and some Saturday riding. 6 miles at 65 mph. the rest of the miles at 53 mph. Ran the PCX150 until the last bar started flashing at 121 miles and kept going till 128.5 miles. Filled it on the center stand as much as I could get in which is part way up the neck. 1.299 gallonsUS. ...

Mine were out straight from the factory, at first service. They've been behaving since, though. The tolerances for the valves on the PCX are HUGE, so you don't have much to worry about unless you hear clicking. ;) Yes except that valves always wear tighter, not looser. If you neglect the valve adju...

The speed reduction is perfectly cyclic and uniform in frequency and amplitude. It never happens at 67 mph. It always happens at exactly 68 whether down hill or on the flat. I have experienced the eery feeling of hp balanced against the wind during top speed testing on my CBR250R. There is no cyclic...

If your Honda dealer can't get you sorted out with the tire wobble, you could try Dynabeads, they make the ride much smoother: http://www.innovativebalancing.com/motorcycle.htm Motorcycle Superstore sells this brand of balancing beads which are supposed to stay in place even at a stop, once settled...

Where did I say that? Have you been at the magic mushrooms again? Very telling that you would resurrect a long dead thread purely in the hope of starting an argument with me. How sad. I resurrected the thread. Are you sad at me? What are you talking about? I searched for an appropriate existing top...

2013 PCX150 in the USA. My speedo is verified by gps and seems to be dead on. I set up a check of the odometer which seemed pretty close after 5 miles. I could have had a 20 mile test with the mile markers on the highway but forgot to look at it again more toward the end of the trip. My top speed is...

I rode the PCX150 to work today. 40 miles each way. Backroads at 55 mph on the way up and superhighway at 60- 65 on the way home. Whoever said you can't go on the big road because of the wind performance needs more experience. This bike is very stable in dirty air as it is on gravel and the air comi...

Took a ride in the country today. The PCX150 will easily cruise 55 mph/ 90 kph all day long. I also rode two miles up and back on a gravel road which it handled with complete ease. The ultra low center of gravity of a scooter makes it totally stable. Not at all squirrely on the loose stone. Much bet...

I took my son out on the PCX150 last night. He is really big at 6'1, 270 lbs./ 120kg. I started him on my Honda CBR250R and he seemed to be doing ok in the parking lot but that bike would need a taller seat to fit him well so I bought a used Ninja650 so that he could have something that was cross co...

I rode my new PCX150 around some tonight and I am very happy with it. I normally ride a CBR250R which is a great high speed minimal touring bike but I also wanted a super light automatic to teach people how to ride on and the zero down financing made it easy for them to hook me again. . Have you eve...

Aggressive lane splitting video on a modified PCX
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qed wrote:I thought I was testing the PCX at 6,4 and 198 US lbs!!

And it works fine for everything but super highway doesn't it. Did you do anything to the seat?

Most early PCX125 owners paid a premium, $3700 plus tax, title and reg, for the bike when it was the newest thing last year and have yet to come to grips with the shock at the amount of depreciation that the upgrade to 150 has caused. Their loans are totally upsidedown by $1000 even after a year of ...

Do Honda dealers get "hold back" money like the car dealers? A Mercedes dealer can earn 5-7% hold back money so that even if they really sell the car at cost, they can still make 7% later if their scores are up. . My dealer put a PCX125 scooter on the floor for the first time a couple mont...