It’s still looks a proper tank to be fair, the luggage is an incredible addition. It’s got a lot of hidden compartments to store stuff 👏 I think the 125 model will sell very well. I can’t imagine off-roading on a scooter 😳 If I was after this style I’m not sure if this would be the one I go for, but it’s a bloody good effort from Lexmoto 👏 Great video mate, hope you’re well
Thanks RB. It's surprising how many comments I get on the Honda video about people wanting to take these things laning. They wouldn't be doing that for long! All good thanks, hope your good too👍🍻
That's a really interesting bike! A 125 sized frame w/a 300 opens up a lot of possibilities for smaller riders. I ride an Xmax 300 and on the forums are many shorter folks asking about the seat height and how to lower it. I'm 6 foot w/a 32" in seam and I'm on the ball of my foot sitting on the bike. When riders outgrow a bike's capabilities they don't necessarily outgrow the size of the frame. Great to see an option for that segment!
Given the 2nd hand car price increases over the last couple of years I can see bikes like these becoming very popular as drivers are forced off the road. I would take this over the bus any day.
Looks pretty damned cool actually ER like the blue and that luggage looks great ideal runaround bike ,I wonder if that seat kindo of pushes you forward it looks quite a slopeing job. Good review nice one 👌👍
Yes it did look nice, yes the seat looks a bit like on a slope, but I didn't find it pushed me forward too much really. Its set quite nicely. Thanks mate👍🍻
Nice looking bike but I think I'd rather pay another £1000 and get a Honda Forza 350 / Honda ADV 350 which beats it in nearly every way. I would also be concerned what this bike would be worth in 2 - 3 years after going through a couple of winters. At about £3500 this would be a good proposition but is too many bucks for what is basically a budget bike. Having said that, credit to Lexmoto for including luggage and heated grips. I think as you state, the 125 version might sell well.
It's that Piaggio engine that's hiked the price. It would've been cheaper if they had stuck to the water cooled ip73mn with Delphi management as in the Pegasus maxi scooter.
Actually, the main selling point was not mentioned.. It has reliable Piaggio Quasar engine, and KYB suspension :) And yeah, it is rebranded Longjia, which makes scooters for Piaggio group for years now :)
Good review as always, surely anyone who’s got the money to buy one of these new would find the extra for a Honda. I agree that a 125 version may clean up if priced correctly due to lack of competition. But I just can’t see this scooter being a success as the value just isn’t there.
It's niche, but I think there is still a market there for those who are a little more left field. The Honda is fantastic but it's still over 1k more 👍 Thanks 👍🍻
Very few and far between, it will be the sort of person that wants to be a "one off" and ride around with the panniers and perhaps never fill them lol. Or perhaps someone who has past the big test and has a good adventure spirit and opts for this over the price of others because you get all the boxes....I know where your coming from though....I was thinking the same thing lol
Recent xmax 300 owner. Worst thing about this and every other street scooter is the short suspension range. Absolutely crap on our UK roads. The adventure scooters should accomodate 6 inches of travel. Unfortunately, none of them do. What's more, these vlogger reviews never test or mention the suspension quality. Of course they don't intend to live with the machine and are just after clicks and likes. Shame really
The ADV350 and the XDV750 both have decent suspension, so there are options there. I nearly always mention suspension quality , I always say it as it is so to say I'm just after clicks and likes in the context of having this scooter in this case 3 weeks is rubbish. Of course I want clicks and like but it dosent affect the reality of what I say so you need to get that into prospective.
It looks quite good, taking account of the fact it's a scooter. I would only have a scooter for local work, and my Yamaha Aerox 155 is enough for the Chiang Rai area. I'll be doing my morning coffee run on it later as there's rain about. Keeps my feet dry. 1990 [Nick J]
Not to bad for a Scooter by the sounds of it, over here Scooters are not very common for the normal riders, mainly only university students would ride them as they are cheap to get around on but good look over this Scooter though buddy and stay safe.
Great in depth review on a competitively priced scoot, ER. In a couple of years I'll probably have to swallow my pride and downgrade to a maxi scooter. The Honda 350 ADV would be my choice.
Interesting bike as you get a lot more power, plus luggage than a 125, but it's still pretty light weight, unlike a lot of 300s that try to make them into big maxi scooters and they gain a lot of weight. If you don't need pillion space it could be a good option.
That looks so much like a GTR1400! I own one I should know. I think Rev Bomb would agree and since Simon doesn't want to put on all those miles on his nice bike, he should pick one of these up!
Iv had a blast and a whale of a time aboard my Honda SH300, lovely skoot. First thing I saw on the Lexmoto here was the red rusty exhaust. Things never change really
Well it would be £1000 plus £800 at least for the boxes tbh but I see where your coming from. I don't think Honda have anything to worry about here...this is a different machine altogether. Thanks : )
@@volt8684Why are people saying they wouldn't touch one?? They look gorgeous and seem reliable. The Honda ADV does not have heated grips. The Honda Forza has a cluttered screen and the keyless ignition is problematic in both Honda's. The Honda's cost £1000 more and they also don't come with the panniers and top box. This wee Lexmoto is a beauty ❤ X.
Hi mate I have a lexmoto aura 125 I’m looking to install a top box but I can’t find the right bracket and plate to use. Do you have a link possibly? Tia
Looks nice but I think the zontes is a better scooter I’ve had quite a few new lexmoto scooters and found that a short time after being new when you pull away they tend to judder.
Nice one ER, I appreciate that Your channel checks bikes out whether they be famous expensive brands or modern up and coming bread-and-butter stuff, it is broad minded of You unlike myself, who is disgusted by totalitarian nations using slave labour and flooding the markets with copycat products of very limited lifespan and dubious quality! Just got a 23 year old Honda twin which polished up, most people would never guess its age!
Hello mate, Transalp by any chance? I do get where your coming from although I would say many brands are using almost similar practices , and many bike parts from all brands use Chinese parts so its a slightly complicated issue. As I say though some of the practices are a disgrace, but unless I see direct links with those type of practices then I have to take the bikes for the merits I can see. Thanks very much for watching though , you worded that well so appreciate that.
I have thought about the issues around the Chinese but I tied myself up in knots. If I were to be consistent I couldn’t ignore the Japanese human rights violations over the last hundred years, then the German record and of course Austria too. I can’t therefore ignore the Italians who were also in league with the Germans . The USA and it’s race record? That’s not good either. This leaves the English manufacturers. We have managed to be prime movers and shakers in the slave trade, links with Oligarchs who are friends with Vladimir. In the past of course we even treated the Irish Scottish and Welsh appallingly. Which means that I would really need to walk. So… I decided that I would start to take a view on bikes etc from a quality standpoint. A bike could be made by a bunch of nuns but unless it’s a quality piece of equipment really the “values” behind it are not going to make it viable. I’m leaving the issues to our politicians. I doubt the UK bike market is of any real influence to any megalomaniacal country leader. Oh two last things. The first Chinese bike I rode was a moped in the late naughties. I still have nightmares. Yes, I realise that the nun reference might not work. See? It’s such a difficult thing. Where do we call a halt? I’ll crawl back under a stone. But very good review. 👍👍👍
Thats pretty much my take on it but I don't have your skills to put it from my head to the written word...Good post !! Also yes my friend had a Jinlun from the 90s....I cant believe it didnt bend when riding it, he had it for a year even though I told him not to buy it. He scrapped it in the second year I think after going in and out of the garage for warranty work in the first 18 months!
@@exeterrider you mean you wouldn’t waffle on like a deranged old fool 😂😂 I was born only 16 years after WWII you know. It’s not ancient history to me😂😂😂
@@craigyllynVery well put that although personally I wouldn’t trust Nun’s any more than I would priests! As individuals we can take a view on who we spend our with but in todays global market pretty much everything, to some extent at least, leads back to China at the moment.
Good quality boxes, looks long and low. You were still able to filter with the boxes on? Did it feel low on the fast road? When you compare the price to the SO1. Maybe not the same quality but good enough.😊
With the boxes on it becomes quite wide so it makes me nervous filtering. I only would have them on if absolutely needed. It felt like any other on the fast road really, although it was a bit "twitchy" with those little wheels, it needs 14/15 inch at those speeds really tbh.
Nice scoot, good review, I’m not too keen on the keyless ignition either, ok when it’s a new bike and everything works but as it gets older it’s one more complication to go wrong, and it’s Sod’s law that will happen just outside the warranty period, key ignition please Lexmoto or at least a choice when buyers make an order.
Sat on one recently I agree brilliant feet forward position too..pitty honda adv isn't so generous seating comfort wise. Is it a piaggio engine? Should be reliable if it is....downsides, short service intervals and resale....
Thanks mate, no sadly not, I could ask for it back but to be honest I am very busy with filming at the moment so wouldnt have enough time. What would you like to see if I did? out of interest?
As an R1200GSA rider, I get that this bike isn’t supposed to be for me, but I’m I afraid I don’t get it! Those panniers on a scooter look out of place. I’m all for scooters (I’d love a Vespa, especially if I lived somewhere hot). This feels analogous to a convertible SUV… combining two elements that are best kept separate.
Yeap I get you , I think this has a very niche market for those that want a scooter who have just passed there test and think they want to go adventure riding. Its not for me either , just for new riders that are scooter fans pretty much I think!?!?Thanks for watching : )
Isn't Exeter in what's called a 'rain shelter' provided by Dartmoor🤔 I think that means it hardly ever rains in Exeter, I'm sure that's right as I'm unanimous in that 😎
It doesn't bloody feel like a rain shelter to me, more a rain forest at the moment! I know you well enough now beans to know that this is the scoot for you, but be quick! or you will miss your chance!
@@exeterrider I'd find a scoot like that very challenging, but only because I'm very shallow and have built a fragile false public image of myself based on what I ride. Which I don't think is a bad thing.....is it 🤔
What size is your helmet, seriously? Would a small size fit under the seat okay? Also, searched all over the UK for one of these scooters and only one dealer in Milton Keynes seems to be capable of ordering one, as at July 2024!!
@@exeterrider They could order today (July 2024) and apparently have one for August (next month), but we are more thinking just going for a Honda Forza instead, as they seem to be plentiful, compared to even the Honda ADV350, which we rather like too, but no heated grips on the ADV350, and I heard the brakes are rather wooden / hard to pull (not sure if true?) ... Thanks for replying.
Wow I think to put it kindly there is more than a passing resemblance to an existing Honda model and I wouldn't be surprised if Honda's legal department are taking a close look at this 🤣🤣🤣 Based on Lexmoto's previous offerings I think the only way to buy a Lexmoto product is to view it as a throwaway item because no one is going to touch it with a bargepole second hand and I don't think many people will part with £5k for a disposable bike when for a few hundred quid more you can buy the Honda XADV 350 which will be a superior machine in every way and have solid residual value.
Yes I get where your cming from, that being sid I think the ADV350 is now around the 5.7k mark so its 1 k more and when you add the boxes it would add another 800 or so I reckon but yes as you say, re-sale value wouldnt be what a Honda is for sure ,but they are 2 different scoots really. Thanks Mike
That is so true...Its all messy really. Some brands are selling amazing bikes but not selling them or getting them out there, Moto Morreni perfect example!
