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“Honda ps 125 review: ”

written by on 22/02/2010

Honda ps 125 review:



It is a great scooter for nipping around the city. Have had it for 6 months now and have been really happy with the handling, brakes, reliability and for a four stroke 125, the performance. The top box is handy for waterproofs and a cover and my size 62 (massive) full face shoei helmet fits nicely under the seat. I do miss my old Ducati but for what I need it for this makes loads more sense.



Took it 20 miles up the motorway last week for its first service (£70-80ish) and it actually coped fine at 60-70mph indicated, despite my initial fears that it would be hopeless. Helps if you tuck in behind an HGV though! One thing with the servicing: - Honda now say that the valve clearances need checking at every service which means an extended wait as the engine needs to be cool properly before they can do this. This will probably mean higher servicing costs over the long term as well.



I got mine on a 0% deal with a free top box. It is nice owning a new bike but in retrospect I should probably have gone for a 2-3 year old properly serviced used one. They are so reliable that it would be very unlucky to get a duff one and it would have saved me about a grand! I'll be keeping it for ages and fully expect it to be going strong in 5 years time however.



Good points: Build, reliability, residuals, performance,

Bad points: Servicing costs