Well it started when my brother picked up a 125cc two smoke honda mtx , 20 bhp pretty quick , its pretty nice , but 20 years old, his friend as soon as he saw it decided he wanted a two smoke and made me a stupidly good offer on his bike

its a 2008 Megelli 125 m , 900 miles on the clock when i got it , he paid 2,200 pounds for it , he sold it for 1000!

This is the nicest looking 125cc i have ever seen in my opinion , why would anyone ride a scooter , when they can ride one of these that can top out at 70

there is a 180cc kit , that boasts to 15 bhp , and they plan to make a 250cc

That looks like a ball to rip around town and play hooligan!!

Oh Yes 

WANT!

130/17 rear and 110/17 front , ring anybells? , this thing is a blast , can hang off it like anything , the suspension is better than the gs , it doesnt dive under hard breaking at all ,  i think its like 60 mpg or something stupid too 

why is it that all the cool bikes are to be had overseas.  You get all the cool yamaha products too.

Bigger is better, dontchaknow?

Quote from: bombadillo on October 04, 2009, 04:18:47 PM
why is it that all the cool bikes are to be had overseas.  You get all the cool yamaha products too.

Good god jay those license plates are HUGE

Looks good jay.

Needs another 900cc... looks like a baby hypermotard.

Nah, I wish we could get some more sub 400cc bikes around the states.  I would love to see a single thumper 300 or 400 thats a small platform like that to tear the streets up or even some twins or triples out there.  More than the current market is making anyway.   I think the 70's had it right with the crazy little 3 cyl two smokers and new designs and not the conventional single or inline 4.  They all went that way and its either a v-twin, inline 4, single lung, or the occasional parallel twin from kawasaki for the most part.  The small bikes are becoming fewer and fewer and they're encouraging guys to buy big bikes.

The market here has flooded with 125ccs

Aprillia 125 cc rs 33 bhp two smoke
Honda CBR 125  14 bhp 4 stroke
Yamaha TZF 125cc  14 bhp 4 stroke
Honda MTX 125cc 20 bhp 2 smoke
Yamaha Dt 125cc 18 bhp two smoke
Suzuki RM 125cc  40 bhp 2 smoke *Not road legal*
Megelli 125 s/m/r   *3 models   12 bhp 4
Suzuki cg 125cc 12 bhp 4 stroke


Thats to name a few , there are 100's

Yeah, exactly.  A lot of the good stuff is never imported here.

America is fascinated with big, unfortunately.

Quote from: bombadillo on October 05, 2009, 09:41:15 AM
Nah, I wish we could get some more sub 400cc bikes around the states.  I would love to see a single thumper 300 or 400 thats a small platform like that to tear the streets up or even some twins or triples out there.  More than the current market is making anyway.   I think the 70's had it right with the crazy little 3 cyl two smokers and new designs and not the conventional single or inline 4.  They all went that way and its either a v-twin, inline 4, single lung, or the occasional parallel twin from kawasaki for the most part.  The small bikes are becoming fewer and fewer and they're encouraging guys to buy big bikes.

alot of it comes from the price of gas here, back to 1.04 pounds a litre , my girlfriends dad has a x5 , its well over 100 pounds just for a tank of fuel

Quote from: GeeP on October 05, 2009, 08:52:04 PM
Yeah, exactly.  A lot of the good stuff is never imported here.

America is fascinated with big, unfortunately.

Quote from: bombadillo on October 05, 2009, 09:41:15 AM
Nah, I wish we could get some more sub 400cc bikes around the states.  I would love to see a single thumper 300 or 400 thats a small platform like that to tear the streets up or even some twins or triples out there.  More than the current market is making anyway.   I think the 70's had it right with the crazy little 3 cyl two smokers and new designs and not the conventional single or inline 4.  They all went that way and its either a v-twin, inline 4, single lung, or the occasional parallel twin from kawasaki for the most part.  The small bikes are becoming fewer and fewer and they're encouraging guys to buy big bikes.

Go big or go home.

im restoring a old 150cc 2 smoke MZ at the moment , i think its 1976

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on October 04, 2009, 11:55:52 PM
... those license plates are HUGE

Artistic perspective!  Camera must have been up-close... they're not actually THAT big.

Is that your mercedes in the background?  Thats a cool little rig we'll never get here either.

Yea 2001 Mercades a160  1.6 petrol , 115 bhp , abs , srs , traction control , a/c etc . its the short wheel base model , its 2 inches shorter than a ford fiesta , yet it can sit 5 comfy