New toy!

[maddiedog]

I picked up this:

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I talked him down to $1000. I used to trail ride all the time when I was a kid, and wanted to start riding again, so I got this. It has nothing wrong with it whatsoever, aside from a leaky gasket on the clutch. The bike is amazingly torquey for a 125... It's hard to believe it is the same displacement as the PCX. I guess that's a 2-stroke vs a 4-stroke though.

The first time I rode it, I didn't shift too gracefully into 2nd and accidentally did a wheelie. It was awesome.

[rich666]

Sweet ride. Congrats on the new addition.

I know what you mean about it popping the front wheel up, I had a go on a mates super moto'd 125, it's harder to keep the front wheel down than up!

[edscoot]

There really should be a smiley for jealous.

[Woolley]

Theres a guy in my street that has the same bike, you can hear it coming a mile away
I just love the look of dirt bikes though, if i wasnt so lazy to change gears, id probably have got one over the pcx.

[maddiedog]

Oh yeah, the pipe on this thing makes it sound much nicer though. The stock pipe is WAY loud, the pro circuit pipe on there (which is worth more than what I paid for the bike) makes it much quieter and much faster.

I'm used to riding 4-strokes, so riding a 2-stroke will be an interesting change for me. I hope I don't foul too many plugs from treating it too gingerly.

[woozy-uk]

i had a honda x8rs before the PCX, i got it for £400 on gumtree. spent about £300 on parts like new exhaust, tyres, cabling and dash.. then the engine failed

now its in the garage collecting dust, i just want £100 for it as it is. it needs a new piston and piston head unit which would be another £200-£300 job

[maddiedog]

Why not just do the top end rebuild yourself? It's really easy on a dirt bike...

[skuuter]

CONGRATS.....Those are "Bad-To-The-Bone".....!!!!!.....ride a 125cc 4-stroke Dirt Bike and You'll see how good the PCX runs.....