RideWithStyles

Correct to a point but that is depending on the oil, engine and its state it is in. the oil will contain unburnt fuel build up (carbon), metal wear from the engine, synthetic and organic matter from either the engine components or from out side sources, moisture, used up(degraded) particles from the oil and additives Plus some other things….

Brother had a few, his current long termer is a 900 estate super tank, breached and well over 500,000miles a few years go and not asked him whats its up to date. Its the model well before ford even thought of bastardise the brand and its well aged but still trooping on, lasting longer than 9 Peugeots or far more than over priced POS 5 teslas, rumours has it…

Not much. And don’t expect third party or tier suppliers to help out previously or the near future unless its a part already supplied and made for an another established manufacturer or bike, help will not be coming.

The only suspension issues with those era of Z were, first lack of grease, then the slight mismatch of suspension set up balance like the front was artificial stiff (primarily the valve set up) yet the rear was overly soft. Fork seals weren’t the strongest ever yet better than ohlins. Rear shock wasn’t rebuildable and probably at the end of its life by now? these bikes are tyre brand model and pressure sensitive, even 2psi difference from high can make them feel their flat so absolutely needs checking often. dont get me wrong, great bikes and solid just keep those things in mind.

Its a Peugeot….not even a old one with some charms for any driver yet had faults you could over look for the the positives, of the likes of 106 rallye and got, 205gti, 306gti6, 309 gti, 406 to name a few. a modern one has non of the aspects of what made them successful and some passion to thrive a drivers car and wanted by a driver, directed by money men and share holders. now they are not even skin deep likability, dulled and only aspirations to make the home landers buy into it just because its made at home, looks mildly better than the dog shit filled streets of Paris and the surrounding areas…. Family from both sides WERE real Peugeot lilkers so we know how much they have changed over the years so here’s a brief list. 106 rallye x3, 106 1.4 quick silver, 106 gti x1, 106 1.5diesil x1, 306 gti6x1, 309 1.6x1, 3008, 2008, some people carrier thing…to name a few. The only ones that had the lesser problems where the 106, 306,309….and they weren’t the best for reliability back then and comparing them to the modern ones would give them solid credentials. and to name a few problems of the newer ones that range from unusable, mot failures (even before an mot is due) like complete failures of Speedo’s, dashes, ecu, door modules etc. im not a mini fan in the slightest nor a betting man by any means but if I was to put money on it, the mini for aspects to be worth more and more likely to be dependable.

bottom picture, right side at the bottom of bike, two pipes (inlet and out let) leading to the circular double domed cast part.

Many will say, time and again stick to a proper brand jap, European hell even a proper Italian one (not benelli as they dont count). avoid the very direct Chinese stuff if possible lexmoto. Ajs might look nice I’ll agree from pictures but that can be deceiving. are bit like the benelli, a large proportion of the whole bike is cheap Chinese parts factory dumpster quality control bin reused with Stevie wonder on shift. don’t get me wrong they are getting better fast, just not to the same level yet. If you do go down that route the resale value that ull be wanting to use to upgrade will be absolutely low costing you more even if anyone whats to px or buy it in the first place. as to the idea of a 125 sports bike for a mid life crisis rider even taking out the account if your body frame, id suggest not going for that, ergonomics are completely different , comfort and slow speed handling goes out of the window. A faired bike only really works if your going fast and in a tuck every where, as said before faster? for what??? just stick to a road bike (naked, trail, cruiser, adventure) comfort (more than 20mins) for you and ease of use would be the first choice and a better option.

Yes agree with capt. its a brand unknown among the many other pumped out by Chinese start ups etc by more western side life. Well how can i put it….its an unknown thing vaguely resembling or pretend to be a bike or just not there in the system For it or anyone else might know. Its quality, verification of any stds, or conformity is unknown. value if replacement or repair is unknown, injury or death by the bike own failure is also unknown quantity…so much risk for little reward.

Insurances seem to have this thought of the water shed off the 600cc capacity. went straight from 600s 100hp (TC and zx6r) with a bit of money pain for the first year or so as expected but first policy was still around £500 off memory. jumped to 1000cc 150hp yet not much of a difference to them apparently considering the fact it does make a massive difference of half again on an already fast and dangerous vehicle. but I went down to a 500 46hp for four years, more than twice the difference less in power but didn’t make that much difference to the quote considering the fall. after the four years I went to a 650 with only 77hp so roughly half again more but asked me if I have then experienced with a 600 or more before within two or so years so I said the previous bike was a 1000cc four years ago, surprisingly the quote was pretty much the same. Steve depending on the price of your total separate policies have you looked into business/trade policies? Most of the time they can cover a lot for less…

Fit is just that, if it fits your biometrics were their average design and manufacturing. Oxfords are generally good but seems to be a hit or miss aspect of there manufacturing rather than the basic design. Weve had good results with both rst and richa over the years but both seemingly make wildly different fitment between models and styles.

I’ll keep this short as my phone has no patience today. Statically your more likly to be killed by biking than flying but I’m no expert in the flying matter but I’m sure ull more likly to end up terminal with flying if it goes very wrong. how do you know that a Rm1 will be too slow for you with no experience? Some completely shit over a 125 yet if you ride them like there meant to be as designed they certainly will surprised and teach you a lot. A 125 ridden well will beat most normal cars. Power corrupts and makes you lazy and dependent on it. At the end of the day you only want pootering and posing. we have an electric car, it has it benefits and its negatives, no great difference to a EV bike just smaller scale. If you are the right person, life style and housing set up and the correct bike with its requirements it can be but they are very narrow aspects. if you can use it a lot (down south) and have very good EV rates its running costs outweigh its price. But EV bikes are by no means standised in anyway yet which cars are partly there yet the bikes have fell in this dump pit again yet never used the car sector as a guide to short cut these and many aspects, started off at that problem many years ago and yet the biking designers fook wits high up never caught on the the very obvious problem why it never caught on earlier. at the moment you have no experience nor no stake in the ground to base any you views or what you feel is correct, go through the system and get a full license ride abit on something that looks about right for as many boxes it ticks avoid marketing bs and you lack of knowledge trying to fit into you expectations. I mean that nicely.

Problem is it will most likely will happen, how many studs and how much work is almost impossible to predict until your well beyond committed, for me I’d predict its every single one and a day of a job including hexicoiling (a mechanic will split his time between it while penetrating fluids do there work) and anything less is a bonus. As I say if it was essential to have it done right now (blowing exhaust mot fail) then its not worth it just for vanity sake. wire brush, penetrating fluid, wire brush, penetrating Fluid, when you finished that session leave a coat of xcp anticorrion or acf50, use the bike, then when time do another session above until you at least get the visual surface rust off them (at least it won’t look ugly) and the start thread of the block at least then they dont need to fight that crap and given them some chance and save time and money- you never know.

Is it still doing it or is it only when you do something now? if it’s timed with the engine speed and does it get better or worse if the clutch is in or not? First if its chain it will be timed with the revolution. Was it in time with the engine speed (faster you go it happens faster) and if accelerating or de accelerating - one or ethe other? if a pin of a link is loose or the plate is very much goofed (oval over holed) and just looking at it might not look bad at first but will make a noise as it’s pushed or pulled by the forces and slam into a kinked place by the first sprocket tooth it meets then as it is partially released by the under side of the drive. I know because that happened to me traveling from the north to exmouth . if the chain is too tight that can strain everything and over load. crush drives are a possible but mostly that will be when you put it into first ull notice it or if it’s proper goosed it wil slap abit as to harsh throttle inputs but shaking? The likly hood of feeling it shaking and wobbling is extremely low unless it’s absolutely trashed them all. check the sprockets. if not them some deeper delving might be needed.

There’s a certainty with brands, of trust and quality, it costs and a profit margin is good. But the volume is a lot lower so to have a claim against it eats into that very quickly and your credibility will be damaged. if you can’t keep your head above water with claims left right and centre your not going to last. Nice saying that but how often do these expensive bikes breakdown? The other aspect works if your in china if it’s very cheap and throw away commodity, with high volume that can work for those closer to main source… so if the Benelli was a grand of two at most new and still had a three year warranty or so and the reliability was quite near the japs/euro/uk probably id buy into that and replace every four or so years but that doesn't work for a lot of people here. if you bought a Chinese brand tv for £300 and a Sony with same spec for £600, if they both last to 10-20years without faults or failure then the Chinese one is better value as old age or defunct technology makes them obsolete and ready to recycle. But if the Chinese failed one, even halfway or more it actually costed you more plus with prices rising all the time so false economy. now if you did a similar thing with bikes but they have a actual resale value where as TVs have very little. if I had to pay out what was needed for the benelli - if those parts were still available even after 3-4years of sale, over the course of my long termed would have had to pay out half or more of the original purchase price and the value of the bike was under 2 thousand when I was lucky to px it. So for the whole money out lay if I had to pay that out really I could have gotten something a lot better though on first thought it wouldn’t be possible and less visits to the dealer but I didn’t mind chatting to them. that’s the other thing of if even a known brand with some credible background for a good few years then just decided to make some thing else doesn’t mean they know WTF they are doing….case in points - google to cars, Dyson to cars, Peugeot to cars and more modernly Tesla to cars. only a few brands have merged as somewhat successful Suzuki (middling), bmw focused on engine vehicles, to a point Kawasaki and fairly strongly Yamaha. when I was at the dealer looking at the benelli, even the dealer advised to avoid the FB Mondial….backed by piaggo yet owned by a Chinese component supplier. so out of the five bikes non Chinese bikes we’ve owned long term the second most troublesome bike I’ve had was a used Daytona 955 (not the utter most reliable one of triumph) at that point was something like about 14yr old when I bought it , lucky for me did it after they collected the bike but before they PDC it had a charging issue which they sorted out properly, now even if I had to pay for it them (stator and reg) and the bike in whole would have been less than I paid out for the benelli depreciation only before any parts and further out lay it required if I had to pay them…and I would have had a valuable bike to sell even if the only trouble it gave me was I had to buy a new battery every two years without fail. yet the one Chinese one which I liked btw gave me by far the most trouble than 5 other used bikes put together. As others say, do what you want and may luck be on your side (we aint a mean lot) but if not do not be surprised if the worst happens.

Hi yes they are good and trustworthy, it will be a trusted parallel twin engine (can sound nice if you like that sort) rather than a v twin that most bigger engine snobs will gawp at. Will be easier to muscle around the yard/pub, cheaper to service and run. I wasn’t particularly into the nakeds or cruisers when I was younger too, but had a few nakeds now and a sensible cruiser going on roadster will probably be the next bike. an individual changes over time and that is fine, looks stupid when a middle aged man is fighting the gut/aged/bike problems that still think they are 20 and a sports bike is right as it is what they have always had before. so what I’d say is go and have a look and sit on one, see if it fits you fine.