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Hi all,

I'm currently in the market for a 125cc scooter. I haven't passed by CBT yet (booked in next week), but I having been shopping around in eager anticipation for when I get it. I've narrowed it down to this and the Suzuki Burgman. Now, I appreciate that this is a PCX forum, so there will be bias, but I'm not going to be asking for side-by-side comparisons.

I'm a big lad. I'm 6' tall and weigh 18ish stone (around 250lbs) - fat, sadly. The best review I've seen for the PCX was on YouTube. The guy was pottering about NW London, but he mentioned that he's a skinny 5'7" guy and has a custom seat because it literally is a pain in the backside. I don't really want to add any mods so that I can keep insurance down. I haven't researched how much it would go up with mods yet, but it's £165 completely stock with no additional security. I can go to a dealer and sit on it to see if it's comfortable, but I can't ride it long enough to see if things will be okay long-term. So, it'd be nice to know from anyone with a similar frame to me as to how the bike fits.

I'm mostly going to be using the bike to get to the train station as I am looking for work in London. From my house, the station is around 4 miles away and is pretty much one 40mph dual carriageway all the way there. I will be using it as an alternative to my car when I don't need to take the kids with me, so it will be getting more use generally on 30mph roads too.

Cheers guys!

Hey there, I'm 6ft 2 and am getting my pcx after trying one for a week and loving it!

I'm 6ft but my build is not so athletic as you. The only thing you might want to do is mod the seat. I moved the hump back a bit and re-engineered it a bit to get a bit more room. If the guy on the video is short then the seat will be fine. He's probably fussy.
Have a good sit on one at the dealer. The seat mod cost me nothing apart from buying a decent staple gun.

Andhi

I'm also 6' and 18 stones. I had my seat recovered and the hump removed, this don't change the insurance.
This is my first scooter and very happy with it, 40 miles will be OK, I found the hump inconvenient not painful.
I average, over 1400 miles 117 mpg and also intend to do all my own servicing as I have all the tools and a good workshop. The 2600 miles service interval comes a bit quickly.

Yesterday I took my 16 year old grandson for a long ride around town. I weigh around 190. I have no idea how much he weighs, but he is a little heavy for an average teenager. So I would have to guess that the bike had close to 400 pounds on it. The engine strained a little on hills but did get up them at the speed limit. Our average speed ranged from 35 to 45. We did hit 50 once or twice but it was a stretch. The bike is a pcx 150, so a 125 might not be able to do what mine did. As for comparing the Burgman to the pcx, if they are both 125s the choice would be difficult. I had a Burgman 400 and loved it, especially on the road. It was a cruiser in its own . It had great wind protection, and it was very dependable. So, good luck in choosing between the two.

Personally if I was shopping for a short journey urban use 125 scooter right now I would be buying the £1100 Lexmoto Vienna.

http://pictures2.autotrader.co.uk/imgse ... height=768

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrViA47DmEE

Ha. Good one.