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Review by
HongdouSucks
on 9th Jan 2009
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I foolishly bought a Hongdou GY125 brand new several years ago. I managed a whole 176 miles on it before the swingarm bolt sheered its nut as I was rounding a bend at around 40mph, fortunately on a road that was quiet at the time. The back of the bike dropped onto the rear wheel locking it up and se ...
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Review by
Guest.
on 25th Nov 2008
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Its a decent bike for the money but its just as a normal import spokes go loose bolts rust chain falls off a couple of time to be honest I wouldn ' t get one of these again, I would prefer to spend and extra 200 300 pound and but a yzf250.
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Review by
will5
on 15th Sep 2008
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I was riding the bike in a field I went over a slight bump and the battery casing snapped and the whole battery fell off the bike. The seat has also come loose.The front part were the head light is held onto the forks by rubber straps, theses are very brittle and mine just cracked and broke. Also ha ...
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Review by
cs1990
on 30th Jul 2008
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Have had an off road version of this bike for 3 weeks.
First night out on it the rear panel and tank panel fell off and the battery ' s dead. Charged battery tightened everything up. The battery had no electrolyte whatsoever in it.
second night literally within 2 second the back tyre inner tube burs ...
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Review by
daimorgan
on 4th May 2008
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When I first bought my Hongdou GY125 thought I was chocolate but soon realized the bike is made from milk bottle top metal tyres last a month the bolts rust in 3 weeks the cables snap after 3 months the engine I've found is good for reliability not for speed, after all its only a 125 parts are avail ...
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Review by
Guest.
on 25th Jan 2008
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I've had this bike for 3 years now i think.
When i first got it, when it arrived in the crate, it looked weird. But me and my dad got straight on it, built it up, struggled a bit with the rear, getting the big bolt in for rear suspension, but got it in the end!
Instructions were not a great help at ...
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Review by
mattp
on 10th Nov 2007
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Bike was delivered two weeks ago, instructions might as well have been in Chinese for all the good they were - these bikes, even though somehow road-legal in the UK, are very poorly built off-road bikes with extra electrics tacked on for road use.
The components are incredibly fragile and I've sp ...
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Review by
kinroader
on 15th Oct 2007
User Rating : 8
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Well this bike is 2 and a half years old and it has never let me down rain or shine! Starts 1st time every time and always gets me from A to B. What more would you want from a cheap bike. I think these bikes are absolutely fantastic for the money, if you look after it well it shouldn't cause you any ...
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Review by
griffon62
on 4th Sep 2007
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If you want to learn to ride a proper bike for your test with all the gears and braking then for £700 (eBay) you cant go far wrong with the Hongdou GY125. Have had mine for a year and done 6000 miles. A few teething problems to start with but nothing serious, and even if you stack it you wont ...
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Review by
randyandy2
on 19th May 2007
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Hi everyone, I have the Sumoto GY125 version of this bike and can't find insurance anywhere for it if you also own this make and have the insurance in the UK for it could you let me know who your insurer is?
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