Lexmoto Arrow 125

Well,just took delivery and my new arrow 125 is rather splendid! Less than half the cost of an equivalent honda or yamaha,but a very similar feel i.e. bit gutless,very chuckable and quite likeable. Carved through the buffoons at kingsteignton with barely a twist of the wrist (traffic jam created by idiots blocking the road queueing at lidl),then did a flooded road fording and a bit of off roading to get around a big tractor in a lane,then finally scampered thru spring gardens footpath to arrive safe and sound at home. Looks good so far,updates to follow soon,be zeein'

Well I brought my Arrow exactly a year ago today to zip around the city. I was going to buy a Yamaha, or Honda, but chose to take a gamble and save several thousand pounds by getting the Lexmoto.

Firstly, I have done nearly 9000 kilometres on it already and I can honestly say the bike as been superb. I do all the servicing myself: tighten all the nuts and bolts, adjust chain, change oil, air filter, plug. I change the oil every 1000 kilometres ( I know over cautious , but for a tenner the engine loves it )

So for just under a grand, well worth the money. But like I say, it's not a fast bike. But I'm not a young man, so it is irrelevant.

I have boight my arrow back in april 2012 and it has never let me down. The sidestand switch has never gone wrong. It is perfoct beginner bike. It will cruise at 60mph all day long. Even tho the speedo reads 55mph but if you are on standard setup 9k rpm in 5th means you are doing 60mph. It averages about 80mpg. The parts are cheap on anything on a honda cg125 past 2002 will fit it with a bit of modding. The only thing I didnt like was the malage between services but this engine is so simple that anyone with decent tool kit and a heynes manual for chinese motorbikes(available from chinesemotorcyclepartsonline.co.uk) can do. I have services my bike on my own after first service. Tyres could do a bit better quality but they are good enough. As lond as you keep on top of chain ajusting once every 2 weeks you will be fine. Gearbox is good. Clutch is nice and light(for me) throttle responce is what you would expect from ohv ( over head valve) carb'd engine. Speedo is accurate enough. Revcounted is slow when the engine is cold but as soon as the engine warmes up the rev counter is accurate. I have got mine for £1100 OTR so to be honest anyone who is after a cheap bike for town kicking and abit of b and a roads cant beat this bike. All is very well. After 1 year of very heavy and thrashing use the bike has never let me down apart when the chain came off(it was my fault as I havent ajustated it) anyone who would like any more info email me or comment. Thank you for takng time to read this hopefully helping review

half decent bike but alot has gone wrong is the past 4 months of owning it top speed is poor most iv had is 59 going downhill and in the wet it dosent like it one bit short circited alot besides that the mpg is very good

Hi all , I have had my bike for 2 months now , I have had a few problems but nothing major , First problem was the Sidestand switch, It seems to shorten when ever it gets wet :/ but not a problem if you coat it with wd40. Seocond problem was another minor, My speedometer cable came loose and fell off lol but just screwed it back on, These are the only problems as of yet , Touch wood , Wat i must say about this bike before you buy 1 , Make sure u wash it every everyweek . Also lube the chain, My chain has started slacking and going rusty already :/ . But i have got my 1000km service soon so it will be sorted then , Now onto the good parts about the bike . So the Arrow is £885rrp , I got mine for £965 with 1 free year Road tax , Mot till 3 years , 1 years parts and fitting warrenty , And a Top box (lextek 32ltr) ok so the price is amazing for alot of bike , really nice style (naked,commuter) also the couler selection of black and blue , So for the speed of a 9.8bhp arrow , I get 65mph on a straight , Its quick for a little 125 and your be suprised by how nippy it is , Sounds great aswell , It has a Low drum sound to it , Sounds better than a YBR , so realibilty , ok so if you take care of it, They will last a long time , If your redlineing it in every gear then ur going to have a lot of problems , Overall i give this a 3/5 . The build quality seems to be okay , If you find any loose bults just give them a few queets , Parts :/ , I am still as of yet waiting for my new side stand switch , Its taken atleast 2weeks now :/ but its not a major problem as i turn the engine off by Key , If you have any questions about this Bike , Please feel free to Ask by Going onto Facebook and joining the Lexmoto Uk owners club , Im in there with plenty of others who own a arrow and other lexmoto's :D

I'd moved jobs where I didn't see a huge need to own a car so I wen't onto a bike and this was offered at the right price.

It's a cheap reproduction of a good 125 bike. I've taken this from woking to Cambridge and back through Essex in the wind and rain on motorways and country roads and aside from the 55MPH restriction (which slips now and again and lets you do 70MPH for 5 mins) it's ok and does what it should do.

The parts rust, the biuild quality dcould be better and you'll need to check the key components on a weekly basis. After only 4 weeks riding on this the chain was nearly falling off at under 1000KM riding it. The speedo is in MPH but the overall distance reads in KM. Things rust ... lots and quickly.

Though the positives - you can leave it anywhere with only a steering lock on, the insurance is peanuts and you really can get 80-100MPG. Just remember your spanner set and keep it maintained!

I brought one of these machines a few months ago and must say I'm more than delighted with my money's worth of metal amd rubber.

The engline is supurb, it purs like a cat! I understand it is basically a Honda CG125 engine and Chinese have done a very good job of copying it without question.

The only complaint, and it's not really a complaint as such, is the nuts and bolts seem to rust up easily; however, after having a discusssion with a man whom knows these machines, he simply informed me to replace them and grease them up.

The bike is nibble, excellent on petrol and 100% reliable. It is not a fast bike, but it is great for zipping around the city.

So for £900 quid on the road I feel like I've won the lottery!

I passed my test a few years ago but never had my own bike and with my relationship gone bang I needed cheap transport and was going to get myself a little Honda to get around as everybody told me not to touch chinese bikes with a barge pole LOL

After looking at a few in my price range with a kind and patient friend we both reckoned I could not afford what I wanted for the price. I went to look at a new Lexmoto Arrow because in the free ads paper they were under £1000 brand new and on the road.

OK even I could see that it was not a Honda and where it was cheap but it was brand new and had some warranty but the dealer threw in some waterproofs as I had the rest of my gear and after sorting some cheap insurance which was half what I would have paid on a Honda I was on the road.

I was advised to coat the bike in ACF50 but that stuff is so expensive and I was suffering a bit of post purchase penny pinching and bought some £1 cans of 151 damp start from the pound shop thinking they were a cheap wd40 substitute. My friend and I painted the exposed metal bits of the bike in this stuff and used paintbrushes to get it into all the little hidden cavities.

The first service came up ridiculously quickly and I think they just changed the oil and told me to bring it back in something like 1000 km. That was the last time it went back to the shop I bought it from. The service intervals to keep the warranty were really small so I just decided not to bother because it all seemed fine and my friend offered to teach me how to do the stuff that needed doing on it.

I bought a can of chain lube but it was so expensive I googled some alternatives and decided to use Automatic transmission fluid on a rag to do the chain and I made sure I did it every couple of days as opinion seemed to be that the chains on chinese bikes are made of soft metal and need adjusting regularly. Mine has only been adjusted about 10times in the last year though it is now needing adjustment for the second time in a week so it may need replacing now.

Mostly I just rode it cleaned it with soapy water and polished it with furniture polish. I did redo the 151 spray every few months and every month over Winter. I'm now pretty good at changing my own oil and I do that every 1000 km without fail even though it is not that black when it comes out. I bought an oil can on advice and oil the cables and tighten up bolts and nuts regularly with my tool kit donated by my Dad.

I did not renew my bus pass even for the Winter because the Arrow always started and never let me down. Riding in the cold and wet has been horrible at times but I do think I ride safer for doing it and the bike has made it easier because it is very light and easy to move around and ride. It kind of does about 80 mpg when I do measure it which is good.

Someone with the same bike came up to me in Worthing and said I might need my valves clearances adjusting but my friend says it is not noisy so leave it alone so I have.

This is not a brilliant review I know because all I have basically done is ridden the bike for a year but I have just clicked over 16000 km which is nearly 10 thousand miles in one year and some people told me the bike would not last that long.

Oh it had a new back tyre I can't remember when but it was split and may have been vandalised.

It is not as sexy as the Hornet of my boyfriend's that I used to ride nor is it as fast and it is not a Honda but my lovely little Lexmoto Arrow has never failed me despite my lack of experience and its cheap running costs have been welcome.

I cleaned it up properly in the last hot spell and it looked a bit less mint than when I bought it but not much. I did end up doing the 151 spray again and getting it filthy again soon after so it was short lived.

I am going to ride it another year and maybe even more miles this year as I want to do some proper bike rallies (eek!) but I will probably treat it to a proper service and a look over by a proper garage soon and get tat chain changed. I may even have a go at doing that myself.

Lilly x

lexmoto arrow is a nice cheep and easy to ride bike you get plenty of miles to the gallon and is great for a commutering back and forward to work, not to bad on long runs neither, but top speed is only around 62mph. bike is fitted with hazard lights and as a gear indicater ( shows what gear you are in ) great for if you have just passed your cbt so you can work out what gear to use on differt corners/bends, also this bike is fairly lite so if you are not very strong you can handle it.