Affordable new bucket!

[DELLORTO]

The kymco quannon is a new oil cooled 125cc 4 valver basicaly a 125 fxr

But its very affordable at $2500 USD, you can get them for around $3000nzd imported ......which is very cheap for people starting out.

Kymco is a great company, they make reliable trusty bikes, they arnt exactualy the fastest bikes avaliable but they do the job well.

Just thought id post it for people interested.

[quallman1234]

Or you could get a FXR and save yourself the hassle.

Looks like a CBR150 copy

[F5 Dave]

Good grief! 3k for a dubious Chinesetakeaway 4 banger with no support for parts anywhere in english speaking countries.

Most people have to work for their money & 3k is still a lot for a bucket. I've could certainly recreate my bike for a lot less than that (if I could ever find the time these days) & I bet it would be a fair bit more competitive.

[FastFred]

The kymco quannon is a new oil cooled 125cc 4 valver basicaly a 125 fxr

But its very affordable at $2500 USD, you can get them for around $3000nzd imported ......which is very cheap for people starting out.

I guess if Mum/Dad are paying for it.

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[DELLORTO]

I guess if Mum/Dad are paying for it.

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actauly i pay for my own bikes.... dont try and pin me out as some sort of spoilt jerk, because im not, i sold all my mx bike, gear and italian pocket bike to pay for my cbr.....

$3000 pretty cheap, damien payed $2400 for his and its second hand.....and hes not the only one who buys bikes for that amount....

F5 dave, i know your a engineering wiz but not all of us can build motors ect......alot of us just like to buy a capable bike and race, I have no doubt that you can build a fast bike for not much money......your good with motors and like working on them, i just like to race {and modify }

In b-grade at mt wellignton its hard to win on a "cheap bike" pretty much everyone is on fxr's or modded cb125t's {very hard to get hold of} so if you cant beat them join them....

[gav]

But you can buy s/h FXR's for $1000 if you keep your eyes open ...... that's pretty cheap. For $3K I'd be wanting a proper CBR150.
Or I'd wait and try and pick up a written off Yamaha R125 for $3K ....

[DELLORTO]

But you can buy s/h FXR's for $1000 if you keep your eyes open ...... that's pretty cheap. For $3K I'd be wanting a proper CBR150.

i guess.......cbr150's are hard to get, also i didnt find they have a power advantage over mine on a kart track.....

the kymco looks very similar to mine....although they got the front fairing completly wrong....

[mossy1200]

My build budget is $150 and its going well to plan so far.
Bike $80 stripped and vt parts selling
Sold $125 in parts so far and have rolling chasis finished with race fairings.
Current budget is +$45 so $195 remaining of my $150 budget.

[DELLORTO]

My build budget is $150 and its going well to plan so far.
Bike $80 stripped and vt parts selling
Sold $125 in parts so far and have rolling chasis finished with race fairings.
Current budget is +$45 so $195 remaining of my $150 budget.

what sort of motor are you goign to run?

[FastFred]

actauly i pay for my own bikes.... dont try and pin me out as some sort of spoilt jerk, because im not, i sold all my mx bike, gear and italian pocket bike to pay for my cbr.....

Actually its not me making you out to be a spoilt prat. who payed for your mx bike gear et all?? if you want to race a cheque book you might feel more comfortable joining the like minded at a go cart club.

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[Bren_chch]

But you can buy s/h FXR's for $1000 if you keep your eyes open ...... that's pretty cheap. For $3K I'd be wanting a proper CBR150.
Or I'd wait and try and pick up a written off Yamaha R125 for $3K ....

hey Gav, i got something you can have for 2k not 3k!

[Sketchy_Racer]

The kymco quannon is a new oil cooled 125cc 4 valver basicaly a 125 fxr

But its very affordable at $2500 USD, you can get them for around $3000nzd imported ......which is very cheap for people starting out.

Kymco is a great company, they make reliable trusty bikes, they arnt exactualy the fastest bikes avaliable but they do the job well.

Just thought id post it for people interested.

You really don't get the point of buckets do you?

I'm interested to hear what you base your opinion of these bikes on;

"Kymco is a great company, they make reliable trusty bikes, they arnt exactualy the fastest bikes avaliable but they do the job well."

Did you copy paste that from their advertising brochure?

Oh and another factor, $3000 is not cheap for buckets. $3000 is what people pay for a well sorted Formula 3 400cc bike, not a bucket.

actauly i pay for my own bikes.... dont try and pin me out as some sort of spoilt jerk, because im not, i sold all my mx bike, gear and italian pocket bike to pay for my cbr.....

$3000 pretty cheap, damien payed $2400 for his and its second hand.....and hes not the only one who buys bikes for that amount....

So who paid for all your MotoX gear and Italian minimotos?

When you say you pay for all your bikes I take it you mean you go to work and save yourmoney to buy a bike??....

$3000 is not cheap.

i guess.......cbr150's are hard to get, also i didnt find they have a power advantage over mine on a kart track.....

the kymco looks very similar to mine....although they got the front fairing completly wrong....

Did you ride the two CBR's back to back and check lap times to then give an accurate comparison to the two bikes?

I've seen the Mt Wellington kart track, and raced at Roys Hill, and neither of those tracks (particularly Mt Welly) have any room for a more powerful bike to make any difference. You say you need a fast bike to win in even B grade?, I say bollocks.

hey Gav, i got something you can have for 2k not 3k!

Who's the nutter that drilled the swingarm!! Love it....

[Buddha#81:Me]

Who's the nutter that drilled the swingarm!! Love it....

would have been a simular nutter who drilled pointless holes in a FXR a few years back Oh sorry that was YOU!

[Str8 Jacket]

Interesting... I bought my very second hand 'Bucket Commuter' for less than $1000 with rego and WOF... Guess value is in the eye of the owner but FWIW, I agree with the others!!

[Taz]

I remember when a bucket racer was supposed to be a cheap old road bike stripped for the track at minimal expense. Sounds like some are now spending big money (3k or more) on this fun non serious form of racing. Why? Syrely that money would be better spent on a real race bike for racing on real tracks?