Gilera Cougar 125 Review

I bought the cougar for my wife as a first learner bike for a very reasonable price. reliability at first was great although the overall appearance of the bike was let down somewhat by the poor quality chromework (bubbles, flaking and alluminum oxide showing through, especially on the rear grab rails, exhaust very quick to rust) a few lights started blowing but this was easily sorted by cleaning and tightening connections. more recently there was an intermittent fault with the engine, an obvious electrical fault but difficult to track down. finally traced it to the very poorly placed electronic ignition box, under the tank and below the frame. was affected by water ingress, and as it's a sealed unit a bit tricky to sort. dried all the connections thoroughly and treated with wd40 then sealed it with vaseline. i then relocated the unit to alongside the rectifier above, sideways on and less prone to water and road spray (secured with tie wraps). all seems fine now. also i read on here that parts were difficult to locate but had no problem getting chain and sprocket set from a local bike shop and found them very helpful too. hope this review helps anyone experiencing similar problems. other than these minor issues a great starter bike and my wife loves it!