New Honda PCX 125i

[Bung]

Looks good!

http://www.motorcycle.in.th/article....r-the-Powerful

I think it will be popular.

Coming soon I hope.

[Bung]

Bloody hell! I want one (for the mrs) It seems it has a hybrid system as well.

[Bung]

It's no Hybrid, has some new fangled starter motor to reduce noise. Good, if it was a hybrid it would be too expensive to buy.

[Udonite]

I like its clean lines and storage, no need for the wire basket on the front.
Might have a fight on its hands with the style concious kids who love the retro looking Yamaha Fino.

[withnallstoke]

no need for the wire basket on the front.

That's a serious design flaw. It's cruel putting a small dog under the seat.

[INTJ]

Or a baby.

[Fabian]

Talking of baskets, the basket behind the handle at the Click is much too small. You don't get many bottles of beer in there.

[Bung]

I'd miss the basket, one of my favourite things is the sound of a few bottles tinkling away on the way home....You'd never hear them under the seat.

[withnallstoke]

You don't get many bottles of beer in there.

I'd miss the basket, one of my favourite things is the sound of a few bottles tinkling away on the way home....You'd never hear them under the seat.

Might be worthwile attaching a shopping trolley to the bike - a bit like a sidecar.

[BobR]

If it's not much more than 60,000 baht I think I'll buy one as a play toy. I've got 62000 trouble free kilometers on a CBR-150. The durability of these small bikes amazes me. I hear they are going to export these to the USA, but I doubt if they will sell. Most people there are too stupid to see the logic of a bike that does not weigh 400 kilos.

[Wallalai]

I personally really don't care about the clean lines without the basket. It's just a scooter, and the basket is really useful.

The PCX 125i looks good but I think my Wave 125i will last for almost 10 years more.

[mtone9317]

Honda has a new scooter out in the USA. It's a water-cooled, shaft driven 150cc. It's freeway legal for the US, meaning it will go 60mph with one person under 180lb. I checked here in Chiang Mai, but they said there are no plans to make it here in TH. Maybe it's just me (I have driven the CX500 Hondas in California for years) and I think a 125 is not big enough. Even at 200TB a liter, a 150cc is a better machine. However, they are $5,000 in the US. Even so, they will sell a sh''t load of them because they will get 80mpg

[Marmite the Dog]

I prefer the new VFR.

[withnallstoke]

^ Same problem. No basket.

[Marmite the Dog]

Same problem. No basket.

Ahh, but it has panniers and a back box as optional extras. Only about 2,000 quid extra!

[Bung]

I prefer the new VFR.

Even though it is red?

[Marmite the Dog]

^ Well, I'd have to get it resprayed of course.

[Mad Hatter]

Honda Announces the CV-Matic - a New Automatic Transmission for Cub-style Scooters
Tokyo, Sept 8, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed a new automatic transmission, the CV-Matic*, which can be used in combination with Cub-style engines. This new fully automatic transmission further enhances the practicality and convenience of the Cub-type models that have won fans worldwide, especially in developing countries. The new system will be available with Cub-style scooters to be released in the ASEAN region starting in 2010.

The CV-Matic, features a new cooling system developed on the basis of Honda's small-motorcycle automatic transmission technology, which protects the drive belt from the high temperatures it is subjected to. This enhances the durability of the drive belt and allows for the more compact design with a shorter distance between pulleys. Thanks to this advance, the positioning of the engine does not need to be significantly altered, optimizing layout design freedom.

Honda Announces the CV-Matic - a New Automatic Transmission for Cub-style Scooters

I've heard all this before. Whenever one sees the words, "new, automatic transmission, drive belt, pulleys", you really shouldn't bother. It is a bag load of sh1t just waiting to go wrong.

MH.

[Bung]

Hardly. Honda just don't make poor designs in their products. Especially in their biggest selling products.

[Marmite the Dog]

I've heard all this before. Whenever one sees the words, "new, automatic transmission, drive belt, pulleys", you really shouldn't bother. It is a bag load of sh1t just waiting to go wrong.

It works great in their cars. Until it goes wrong

[withnallstoke]

panniers and a back box as optional extras. Only about 2,000 quid extra!

New basket (black only), 99bht.

[Mad Hatter]

"The Honda PCX 125i is pretty close to the best two-wheeler Honda has ever made. The price is not exactly known, but some people with knowledge are saying it would not be much more then the Honda AirBlade-i, for that you get a nippy low emission 125cc state-of-the-art 4-stroke engine with the latest on electronic fuel-injection, which means little running costs and a very convenient transport package, the Honda PCX under-seat storage is relatively large, its larger wheel and the front brake, and with the Combined Brake System, brakes are remarkable stronger and better than on anything Honda had on offer in Thailand."

http://www.motorcycle.in.th/article....r-the-Powerful

"... is pretty close to the best two-wheeler Honda has ever made". Pardon me while I just puke up. Who writes this garbage? [That's a rhetorical question by the way].

"... with the latest on electronic fuel-injection" - you're really fvcked if this goes up the spout.

"... state-of-the-art 4-stroke engine" - Oh, so they've just reinvented the Otto four stroke engine - that really is state of the art.

OK, it looks pretty - it's for the kids market I reckon. I wonder what colours they will do it in?

Finally, yes a front basket is very important - how else are you going to grab a can of Chang if its stuck under your seat? MH.

[mtone9317]

Although I've never owned a Kawa, I've owned Suzuki, Yamaha, and Hondas. I've really never had a problem with any of them, esp. my Honda CX 500's. They are incredibly dependable. The British bikes I've owned were just the opposite. I had a BSA--I pushed it more than I rode it and I spent a whole day on Sat fixing it before I could go for a Sun ride. My Triumph Bonne was a piece of sh''t. My CX500 not only could outrun it, but handled better.
BTW: In a previous post, I said the new 150cc Honda Scooter was shaft driven, my mistake. I meant to say it was water cooled, fuel injected.

[mtone9317]

Like to own one of those, but then I'd have to spend my weekends on the road with a
WILL WORK FOR FOOD sign.

[Mad Hatter]

It works great in their cars. Until it goes wrong

Thank you - my point exactly!