My first post (be gentle !)
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:22 pm
Hi Everyone,
im a Brit living in Thailand and have had PCX's since they came out over here, getting on for 4 years ago....
i'd had the "chicken chaser" type scooter previously, but when the PCX came out, i got one straight away - wasn't too happy with the colour choice available - either black with brown plastics / seat, gold with brown plastics or silver with brown....i went with the silver....
drove aound for a few months...very happy with, then about 3 1/2 years ago Honda changed the model slightly (still 125cc), introducing new colours, this time with black plastics....so i px'd my silver one for a new red one with black plastics...even managed to get a decal kit chucked in for free....
since then i've put a few bits and bobs on it (see photos) - fairly easy (and cheap) to source over here as there are places selling pcx stuff almost on every corner....
about 18 months ago, i had a J Coster Variator fitted....
prior to fitting, the bike would top out at 108kph - you'd get a juddering, which was the bike telling you to back off...
The variator people talked of better acceleration and a 120kph top speed, the latter i took with a pinch of salt....
i was advised to run the variator in for a bit to let it "bed in", so wasn't able to do the perfect "before and after" test, but you could feel a diference on the acceleration...
off the mark it sort of felt that it had another, lower, gear, so getting away from the lights was quicker, as was its mid range punch....
the impression i got with the top spead increase was that whilst the variator didn't do anything to the rev limiter, it gave taller gearing and thus chance to increase top speed...
anyway, one sun morning on a quiet dual carriage way went for the top speed test, it went past 110kph which was encouraging and crept to 115kph, and, to be honest it did feel that there was a bit more there, but then common sense kicked in - the bike didn't feel it was made for that kind of speed, particularly with me on it ! - so i backed off....
so was the variator worth the money ?? well i paid, as i recall about 120 GBP for it, as it was imported from Spain......mmm, possibly....
.i'm not a fan of aftermarket "performance" (LOL) exhausts and air filters, but with the variator you can definately feel some difference for your money
nowadays though the bike shops do their own variators and can be got well under half what i paid....so quite a bit of bang for your buck...
i've also fitted Dunlop TT low profile & wider tyres, which improve the handling somewhat and the aftermarket seat is more comfortable than the original....
last week i was at the dealers having it serviced and i went into the showroom to see the new 150 pcx and enquired "how much to swap"....
for my 14,500 km, 3 1/2 year old 125, they wanted about 600 GBP to swap, which i though was pretty good, but decided to hang on to mine for the time being.
im a Brit living in Thailand and have had PCX's since they came out over here, getting on for 4 years ago....
i'd had the "chicken chaser" type scooter previously, but when the PCX came out, i got one straight away - wasn't too happy with the colour choice available - either black with brown plastics / seat, gold with brown plastics or silver with brown....i went with the silver....
drove aound for a few months...very happy with, then about 3 1/2 years ago Honda changed the model slightly (still 125cc), introducing new colours, this time with black plastics....so i px'd my silver one for a new red one with black plastics...even managed to get a decal kit chucked in for free....
since then i've put a few bits and bobs on it (see photos) - fairly easy (and cheap) to source over here as there are places selling pcx stuff almost on every corner....
about 18 months ago, i had a J Coster Variator fitted....
prior to fitting, the bike would top out at 108kph - you'd get a juddering, which was the bike telling you to back off...
The variator people talked of better acceleration and a 120kph top speed, the latter i took with a pinch of salt....
i was advised to run the variator in for a bit to let it "bed in", so wasn't able to do the perfect "before and after" test, but you could feel a diference on the acceleration...
off the mark it sort of felt that it had another, lower, gear, so getting away from the lights was quicker, as was its mid range punch....
the impression i got with the top spead increase was that whilst the variator didn't do anything to the rev limiter, it gave taller gearing and thus chance to increase top speed...
anyway, one sun morning on a quiet dual carriage way went for the top speed test, it went past 110kph which was encouraging and crept to 115kph, and, to be honest it did feel that there was a bit more there, but then common sense kicked in - the bike didn't feel it was made for that kind of speed, particularly with me on it ! - so i backed off....
so was the variator worth the money ?? well i paid, as i recall about 120 GBP for it, as it was imported from Spain......mmm, possibly....
.i'm not a fan of aftermarket "performance" (LOL) exhausts and air filters, but with the variator you can definately feel some difference for your money
nowadays though the bike shops do their own variators and can be got well under half what i paid....so quite a bit of bang for your buck...
i've also fitted Dunlop TT low profile & wider tyres, which improve the handling somewhat and the aftermarket seat is more comfortable than the original....
last week i was at the dealers having it serviced and i went into the showroom to see the new 150 pcx and enquired "how much to swap"....
for my 14,500 km, 3 1/2 year old 125, they wanted about 600 GBP to swap, which i though was pretty good, but decided to hang on to mine for the time being.
I noticed an immediate difference in acceleration. It seems to be smoother as I initially accelerate as well.