Yessssssss!
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:20 pm
Scooter drought is officially over...new 2013 black PCX150 now being prepped for me - will be picking it up at 3:30...Hotcha! 
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Re: Yessssssss!
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:57 pm
Congrats!! Glad to see you went ahead and pulled the trigger on a PCX...I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by it. Be sure to let us know your first ride impressions...
Re: Yessssssss!
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:22 pm
Picked it up right on time and went out riding, but eventually night fell; supper was ready, so reluctantly rode back to the barn.
First impressions: My word! Takes off pretty smartly, don't it? Well-out in front of the pack. My old Zuma 125 didn't do as well.
Quarter throttle or so got us up to speed in no time - no danger of not keeping parity with traffic in brief runs on the higher-speed county highways (being mindful that throttle discipline wants restraint in these break-in miles).
Larger wheels no hindrance to flickability, either, and made the potholes bearable. Does seem to love the corners, too; ran the same twisty roads over and over, pushing the lean angle. Even waaaay over, tires ran them sticking like mud, no insecurity at all. I'm starting to have trouble thinking of it as a scooter.
So. Gotta take it easy for the next few hundred; meanwhile, gonna research what solutions you guys have found that works well for soft luggage - tail/tank bags? Removable, carry-around saddle bags? One down side (for me) was the lack of native storage: no flat scooter floor. Not crazy about top boxes...so maybe there's waterproofs around that can be slung over the rear end of the seat & tail that'll work well for groceries and what-not.
The seat hump...took the hump off, found that I could get my legs out and feet way forward despite it, and put it back on. The disadvantage of it really turns out to be that it encourages sliding me forward involuntarily, so perhaps sometime I can get the whole thing professionally "leveled" to remove a bit of the forward pitch.
All-in-all, what a hoot!
First impressions: My word! Takes off pretty smartly, don't it? Well-out in front of the pack. My old Zuma 125 didn't do as well.
Quarter throttle or so got us up to speed in no time - no danger of not keeping parity with traffic in brief runs on the higher-speed county highways (being mindful that throttle discipline wants restraint in these break-in miles).
Larger wheels no hindrance to flickability, either, and made the potholes bearable. Does seem to love the corners, too; ran the same twisty roads over and over, pushing the lean angle. Even waaaay over, tires ran them sticking like mud, no insecurity at all. I'm starting to have trouble thinking of it as a scooter.
So. Gotta take it easy for the next few hundred; meanwhile, gonna research what solutions you guys have found that works well for soft luggage - tail/tank bags? Removable, carry-around saddle bags? One down side (for me) was the lack of native storage: no flat scooter floor. Not crazy about top boxes...so maybe there's waterproofs around that can be slung over the rear end of the seat & tail that'll work well for groceries and what-not.
The seat hump...took the hump off, found that I could get my legs out and feet way forward despite it, and put it back on. The disadvantage of it really turns out to be that it encourages sliding me forward involuntarily, so perhaps sometime I can get the whole thing professionally "leveled" to remove a bit of the forward pitch.
All-in-all, what a hoot!
Re: Yessssssss!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:12 am
with all of 20 miles ridden...
Re: Yessssssss!
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:25 pm
Did you eventually pick up for bags for this? Just curious...
Re: Yessssssss!
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:26 pm
We ended up purchasing a custom seat from powerbypcx.com, but until that time remember that there is plenty of room under the seat.
Re: Yessssssss!
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:46 pm
Hi Red, just came across your post. Here's my soft luggage:
http://www.hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1617
http://www.hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1617