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View Poll Results: AMERICANS: Would you buy a 125cc motorcycle for the street?
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Hell no!
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Yes, but only at the right price.
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12-11-2024, 11:28 AM
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Rebound, not so much if it is different from mass dampening. Take a small rock, hit it sideways with a hammer, it moves a bunch if it doesn't shatter. Big rock doesn't move as far, less chance of shatter. Ever notice the off road racers now have extra large shock absorbers with side oil tanks and heat sinks?
LA freeways were like riding on a dirt road: every 8 ft when a pavement section ended there was a small height difference. My 450cc scrambler would jump, the harleys suspension sucked that all up and all you get was a small quivering.
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Trophy trucks weigh as much as two sedans.
What I found interesting was the reason they fly so well has to do with the angle between the rear tire contact patch and the pivot point of the trailing arm (really a beam), which is four feet long. The more acute the angle the better.
The shocks are also more complex than I'd known, with shock cooling reservoirs and bypass tubes.
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12-18-2024, 11:05 PM
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Took this picture in 2013, and just today I saw a white one on the wild but was unable to take a picture.
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Just another Chinese copy of the Honda CG 125 engine, which I'm not sure if it was bored up or stroked to go from 125 to 150cc.
But it has EFI, which is mandatory for newer motorcycles in Brazil. |
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Aussie here. 125's are reasonably popular for delivery riders and get amazing economy - I'm 6'2" / 235lb and managed to get a pretty easy 100mpg out of my little CBR125R I had a decade ago. It was a fun ride, didn't like going over about 65mph and topped out around 70-75mph depending on the weather, road and incline.
I've had an MC19 Honda CBR250R - yeah, the 4cyl 250 from before the 40hp japanese limit! - and it was awesome. 18,000rpm redline and got an easy 60mpg commuting on the freeway at semi-legal speeds. Really fun bike but physically very small.
The current fleet includes an XR600R (amazing bits of kit and solid 45mpg), '95 Suzuki GSXR1100 (dont ask), Royal Enfield 650 (good economy, still getting a good baseline) and then the good old MT01...
Man. Just look at it. 102 cubic inches of goodness wrapped in an R1-ish frame with an upright riding position to clear those two huge cylinders. Awful economy but Good Lord does 100hp/120ftlb feel good going down the road hahaha!!! |
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I don't remember the last time I saw a MT-01, as theyre quite rare here in Brazil.
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Aussie here. 125's are reasonably popular for delivery riders and get amazing economy
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There were times when most of the delivery riders in Brazil used the Honda CG 125. Once in a while I still see older models with the pushrod engine.
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