Honda MSX125 (Grom)... should I?

[Mr2Mike]

Benni said:

Drop in a 2014 190cc Daytona Anima with 4valve head and slight refinement and you have 30hp on tap,

That's an interesting little engine, not heard of it before.

Found this very lovely Honda CD125 based cafe racer with the Daytona engine in it whilst searching for some info.

[y2blade]

Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVKlG9Iiak

[Mr2Mike]

y2blade said:

Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVKlG9Iiak

Awesome

[CBR JGWRR]

y2blade said:

Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVKlG9Iiak

[ZesPak]

Mr2Mike said:

y2blade said:

Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SVKlG9Iiak

Awesome

ffing loved that! Thanks for sharing!

[y2blade]

y2blade said:

LuS1fer said:

graphene said:

2700 is cheap. You can pay more for Taichinorea 125s. What is the insurance like? Now that it's cult-desirable and around for enough time to become noticeable, will the rates go up?

I pay 160 quid with no NCB.

When I say expensive, I mean compared to buying a used car.

My quote is £80 fully comp.

Just to close this off....MissB's insurance quote was just shy of a £1000.

So the MSX125 (for her to learn on and me to dick about on) idea went out the window

[CBR JGWRR]

y2blade said:

Just to close this off....MissB's insurance quote was just shy of a £1000.

So the MSX125 (for her to learn on and me to dick about on) idea went out the window

WT bloody F? A grand?

[ZesPak]

CBR JGWRR said:

WT bloody F? A grand?

Isn't that like 50% of the purchase price??
What do they go for new?

[y2blade]

CBR JGWRR said:

y2blade said:

Just to close this off....MissB's insurance quote was just shy of a £1000.

So the MSX125 (for her to learn on and me to dick about on) idea went out the window

WT bloody F? A grand?

Yep she'd be on A1 license so first bike, new rider , no motorbike NCD bla bla bla

Hence I went back to looking at "Me" bikes like the CB1000R and S1000R braaaaaaaaaaaaaaawp

[LuS1fer]

ZesPak said:

Isn't that like 50% of the purchase price??
What do they go for new?

£2700

[y2blade]

ZesPak said:

CBR JGWRR said:

WT bloody F? A grand?

Isn't that like 50% of the purchase price??
What do they go for new?

£2799

[CBR JGWRR]

y2blade said:

Yep she'd be on A1 license so first bike, new rider , no motorbike NCD bla bla bla

Hence I went back to looking at "Me" bikes like the CB1000R and S1000R braaaaaaaaaaaaaaawp

Even so, given that's almost 3 times what it would cost me to insure an MSX 125, is that after shopping around?

[y2blade]

It was the cheapest quote on Compare the market

[Benni]

I found some inspiring MSX custom photos, the styling and performance can be changed quite a bit.

http://ottonero.blogspot.de/2014/07/its-small-worl...

The gulf-colored full fairing MSX seems to have turbo AND nitrous.....

[y2blade]

Great find^^^^ thanks for sharing

Me likey

[Art0ir]

Really, really, really tempted by one of these for the city commute. Would keep the 8 good for weekends or long treks and save me a fortune in fuel costs.

[UnluckyTimmeh]

I'm determined to get one (working at a dealership helps) but I will be doing the tyga mrx conversion. Luckily we deal with them too, so I should be able to do this a bit cheaper and use it for company display too. Already got someone lined up to paint it too

[LuS1fer]

UnluckyTimmeh said:

I'm determined to get one (working at a dealership helps) but I will be doing the tyga mrx conversion. Luckily we deal with them too, so I should be able to do this a bit cheaper and use it for company display too. Already got someone lined up to paint it too

It needs the Blade Urban Tiger scheme.

[Gypsum Fantastic]

I quite fancy one of these as my first bike. Not quite sure just how silly a 6ft bloke would look on it though. I don't want to look like Homer Simpson on a tricycle.

http://youtu.be/KDqPClQoFz4

[UnluckyTimmeh]

I'm 6'6 and 36 inch inside leg. I fit fine.

Honestly. You can't be too big for these as everyone is.

It's an absolute riot to ride. I've never had so much fun. Also yes, you can get your knee down