Lexmoto Street

Nasty cheap bikes..had for three months and it has spent most of its time being repaired.

Both wheels colapsed,, rear suspension gone,,electrics dodgey,, customer service after sales non existent

But at your own peril

My bike looks quite nice, however 2 things have broken on it in the first 3 months of ownership.

I approached Lexmoto whose attitude is absolutely disgraceful.

In terms of customer service, it has to be the worst I received.

Insulting your customers is not appropriate.

Brought in July 2015 Not even 12 months old, exhaust fell apart after about 6 weeks, they just got around to replacing it, when asked about why it took so long it's " out of stock "

Various bulbs blowing, problems with starting it, now it's done 4000km approx 2500 ml & rear wheel bearings need replacing and guess what it's not covered by warranty, apparently it's " fair wear & tear " it's only covered 4000 km for God sake and only been used for commuting, customer service didn't want to know, am throughly disgusted with lexmoto & wouldn't recomend any one to purchase one

Reviewed at 3 months ownership but now owned 12 months and view has changed.

Ignored swingarm bushes failing after only 6 weeks as freak failure but in last few months plenty more has failed.

1. Starter solenoid failed,then replacement failed within another 6 weeks.

2. Speedo clocks failed (never had clocks fail on any bike ive owned before).

3. Back brakes squeal.

4. Front brakes squeal.

5. Flat spots in top gear that cant be solved.

6. Rust appearing everywhere despite keeping dry at night.

Ive had all repairs done under warranty free but still cost me to get public transport back and fro from dealers and time off work.

Wish id bought jap 125 instead but was twice price but would of been better option.

It simple buyers rule,you get what you pay for! It is as big a risk buying new chinese as buying secondhand in my opinion.

Will stick with it and get my money worth out of it but would think twice about buying chinese again.

I was originally a fan. Simple, seemingly reliable and even forgave the surface rust on exposed metal, especially screwheads.

However, this machine suffered a complete electrical failure that I have never experienced in almost 30 years of riding. A bike whose starter keeps trying to work, despite the engine running, then not running, then with the ignition off? Until it gave up.

with only 1100km on the clock.

I have yet to determine the cost, the original CAUSE of relay failure now seems bull having replaced the part.

There will be some good ones in there, but I would not trust this company to make a bike that would take me from A to anywhere. Something I need to live with. I will happily sell for spares. As something to ride, a wate of space.

I'm not going to start by saying the Lexmoto is a rubbish bike. Typically being Chinese it has the same issues of old. The fit and finish is just not good enough. The paint finish and the chrome is poor and before someone say's the secret is keep it clean? should understand one thing. We have several customers CG 125's still running with 30+k on their clocks and still look good and their owners rarely ever put a cloth to them.

A mate has a Lexmoto and garages it and keeps it clean, yet it still rusts. The lack of a kick starter is pain, and the kill switch operates in reverse and fills with water when it rains, corroding the switch. When we changed the battery after six weeks, we were dumbfounded to see the after thought metal battery strap made from a piece of bent steel with sharp edges.

This thing end's up in my garage nearly every month with issues. I run a successful motorcycle workshop and have seen many a good and equally bad bike in the past 36 years. Fitting a bike with composite wheels is a nice touch, but Lexmoto are going to have to do better than this, hence the single star.

I've had a full car and full motorcycle licence since 1976. My previous bike prior to the Street was a Suzuki GP 125cc single cylinder 2 stroke and prior to that, a Honda G5 250cc twin cylinder 4 stroke.I knew what I wanted from the moment I started viewing Lexmoto products.I purchased the Street brand new in September 2012 from Lexmoto dealer Jaccol Motorcycles of Rock Road, Torquay, Devon.

At the moment the Street is used for social, domestic and pleasure purposes and not commuting. I've done just over 800km (approx 500 miles) to complete the first stage of the running in procedure. So far so good and everything is bedding in just fine. I'm 5'10" and 12 stone and my feet sit square on the deck when positioned in the seat. The weight of the Street is heavier than I expected but handles well when filtering through stationary/slow moving traffic and is easy to lean into and out of bends. The performance and fuel economy is better than I expected while keeping the maximum engine revs around 5000rpm. There has been no loosening of nuts/bolts and it's in gleaming showroom condition with no sign of rust (wiping it down and keeping it clean with ACF-50 definitely helps).

In my opinion, the build quality, reliability and value for money aspects get the full 5 Stars.

Torquay

Devon

Owned bike for approximately 3 months now and all ok so far. Had its first service last month. Obviously time will tell how it holds out,heard some good and some bad reports.It has a 3 year warranty with it but basically only covers major electrical and mechanical faults.It is a cheap bike to buy and wont get quality of more established makes i agree but there really is little that can go wrong with these bikes and parts are cheap and easy to change. Must admit,probably age related (45) but love the look of these bikes! Will review again in 6 months,happy biking

Had this bike for just over a year now and I have never had so many things go wrong with one bike. As of 16th Jan 2013 the bike has had the following parts replaced: 4 solenoids, 2 petrol tanks(original one leaked), 2 sets of clocks(advised to replace by Lexmoto but replacement was just as bad), 1 speedo cable (original snapped) and 2 new fuel filters as well as the usual oil changes and chain replacements. If your looking for a cheap reliable motorbike then look elsewhere. Oh yes its cheap initially but it'll cost you a lot more in the long run getting it fixed even if you do all the labour yourself.

The list of current faults with my bike are: front disc warped, rear brakes hardly working and make very loud noise, swing arm is not straight (manufactured that way) so trying to align the rear wheel is horrendous, steering bearings need tightening yet again, fuel is leaking out of the carb if fuel tap is not switched off (fuel float valve spring knackered), mileage on the clocks is not right and miles are clocking up way too many miles too quickly. Constantly have to strip down the carb every 2 weeks to clean out all the gunk that has blocked the main jets. The amount of maintenance it requires is absolutely ridiculous and more than destroys the reason why you would buy it.

Horrendously bad build quality.

For god sake, do yourself a favour and buy an old Honda or Yamaha and steer clear of this bike. If you buy one you will regret it.

I've had this bike now for 2 months and it's spent more time in the garage where I bought it from than in my own garage. It's had 3 petrol tanks, two of which were the ones that leaked and then just the other day it broke down at the side of some dual carriage way where it just wouldn't start at all no matter how many times we tried and the carb was fine the fuel flow was fine we don't know what was wrong with it. Everything that's gone wrong with it seems to be related to fuel.

Don't get me wrong it's a good bike other than the problems mentioned above but in two months to have all of that go wrong, i just wouldn't recomend it to anyone