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I thought I would write a short review to post on the forum that might aid others who are considering which scooter to buy. So not thinking about cost as this is not a cheap option as second hands ones are few and far between as they have only been around about a year.
The first thing is we found it difficult to get a test ride. Dealers near where we live had endless excuses about insurance etc, however not being 17 and having held a full bike licence for 20 plus years I was confused. Anyway we bought it new from the Honda dealer in Cheltenham as he had a demo and was very helpful and allowed a good 30 min test ride, this gets my trade and therefore I ordered from him even if it was a 45 min trip to collect.
Did I say a review, oh yes. Well we love it for all the following reasons.
• Lots of power and with 2 up, we are not light people it manages to scoot along at 50mph on everything bar the hills when it will happily keep at 40mph, fully auto gear box.
• Had 65mph with a tail wind on the A420 the other weekend.
• Weighs in at 124kg approx and that was ok for our circumstances.
• It looks great and we have white as we thought the more we can be seen the better.
• It has stop start feature so once warmed up if you don't move for 3 seconds it turns off. But here is the good news when you turn the grip to go the engine starts and the movement is instant.
• It will do 130mpg but I think 110 is more realistic for the 2 of us but that's just great.
• Good under seat storage for a full helmet with some extra room..
• Excellent 25ltr top box only £140 extra and well worth it as it gives a back rest for my wife.
• Once CBT passed by my wife she can ride on L Plates and the insurance I have at £100 approx won't increase.
• My daughter loves it
• It looks great and even the big boys on their super sports machines sometimes nod at us, not sure if they regret it afterwards however.
If after reading this you have any question please ask away.
We have the same scooter which we tow around on a trailer attached to our Bessecarr Motorhome. Great little bike and yes we had the same experience with the big bikers who also mistook us for one of them. I was interested to read that you purchased a top box for it, what make is the box? Although the underseat storage it good, I like the idea of having one for the wife to use as a back rest as well as additional storage for those shopping trips
Hi BASA,
It is a Honda made topbox, I will take a photo this evening if you want. If you search for it don't get caught out by the fact that you need the standard mounting fitted, and as the dealer did this he did say they have to drill holes. Then on top of that another plate that the box secures to.
Regards
I'm glad you are pleased with the PCX.
We took one out last October and found it was a little underpowered with two up compared with the Vespa 250 but certainly wouldn't rule one out as a lighter alternative to the 250 sometime.
Do you carry it in the garage of the Hymer?
And what about some photos of the scooter on the trailer BASA? I presume you mean the side loader!
I also have a Honda PCX 125 with a Honda top box and very happy with it, re the top box you will need a Honda rack fitted to fit the mounting plate for the top box.
I have a alloy scooter carrier on the van and that comes off in about 5 mins and the I can fit my tow bar in about the same time to my 2009 FIAT MAXIE which is 4000kg.
I make my own carrier and tow bar and I am happy to pass on info.
Dont fall into the trap of buying Honda parts as far as I know Givi/Kappa make all the racks and topboxes for all makes and models at half the price (do a search ) also I would not buy a box that you could not fit a full size helmet in.
We have the Honda PS125. (2008) Don't know what the difference is between the two, we bought the top box which was,Im pretty sure less than £140. Very pleased wiith it, top box takes a helmet which once you have done your shopping you take the helmets out to wear and shopping in If you try a tank of Super unleaded experience the difference in pulling power with two up This was done quite by accident but worth the extra pence.
Hi Soundman
I can't at the moment supply a photograph as the Van is in for some warranty work. but I do have the a side loader from Armitages Trailers. We had our first experience of towing it and the scooter on our recent tour of Devon and Cornwall and had no problems other than when we attempted to reverse, because it is such a short length its almost impossible to do it. I had to unhitch the trailer whilst turning the van around, then rehitch it. This only happened once when we got caught out down a narrow lane and tried to turn around in a Farmers gate entrance, other than that no problems. The trailer is light and easily handled, we hardly knew we were towing anything.
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If you try a tank of Super unleaded experience the difference in pulling power with two up 
This was done quite by accident but worth the extra pence.
