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Where To Buy A Crotch Rocket / Power Bike
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Positive Realist



Joined: 11 Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere Damn Azz Cold
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:23 pm    Post subject: Where To Buy A Crotch Rocket / Power Bike Reply with quote
Hi everyone,

I live in Cheonan and am looking to buy a Yamuda EXIV (125cc) or something similar. I'd like a new one, so I'm looking for a store, not an individual seller. Looks like I'm going to have to buy it in Seoul, though I don't know where to look. Any info. would be great.

Thanks in advance!
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Listen to my podcast about it:

www.themidnightrunner.com
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP



Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chungmuro in Seoul is the district for bike shops. You'll find a pocket rocket around there...
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IlIlNine



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Where To Buy A Crotch Rocket / Power Bike Reply with quote
Positive Realist wrote:
Hi everyone,

I live in Cheonan and am looking to buy a Yamuda EXIV (125cc) or something similar. I'd like a new one, so I'm looking for a store, not an individual seller. Looks like I'm going to have to buy it in Seoul, though I don't know where to look. Any info. would be great.

Thanks in advance!


I hate to sound like a douche, but seriously - an Exiv/Yamuda is hardly a crotch rocket and is certainly not a power bike. It's an uncomfortable slow heavy bike which has the unfortunate distinction of being a Korean highschooler's ride of choice.

If you value your self-image at all, you'd avoid like the plague. Try for a Hyosung comet, the hyosung 125cc supermoto, the Daelim VJF-i, ... but for all that's holy, avoid the Yamuda.
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Positive Realist



Joined: 11 Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere Damn Azz Cold
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Knew I was going to get a response like the one seen above; and while I appreciate your opinion, I've done my homework and am buying one regardless. Know where I can get one?
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simIAN



Joined: 02 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can try www.passo.co.kr and search for 125cc bikes. I used that site to pick up my Madass, which is 125cc and heaps of fun to ride. It only weighs 90 KG and I have gotten it to go almost 130 km/h which is amazing for a 125cc.

Here is a photo of a bike like mine.

http://site.razorsedgemotorsports.com/Pierspeed/madass-500.jpg
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP



Joined: 28 May 2009
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm thinking fo buying one of those wierd 'madaxe' or is it 'madass' 125cc kinda hybrid bikes.

Anyone got any info on them..? Horsepower, max speed, durabiltiy etc...

I think they're about a mil Won brand new(ish)

Oh and another question if you don't mind. I'e heard I can ride a 125cc without a driving liscence from my home country or Korea. Is this true...? I never got a driver's liscence back home for a car or a bike....
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP



Joined: 28 May 2009
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
simIAN wrote:
You can try www.passo.co.kr and search for 125cc bikes. I used that site to pick up my Madass, which is 125cc and heaps of fun to ride. It only weighs 90 KG and I have gotten it to go almost 130 km/h which is amazing for a 125cc.

Here is a photo of a bike like mine.

http://site.razorsedgemotorsports.com/Pierspeed/madass-500.jpg


Wow you posted like a second before me...

How is the bike? how fast? What's the ride like? How much did it cost..? Fuel efficient...?

etc...?
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poeticjustice



Joined: 28 Feb 2009
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is it a good idea to *learn* how to drive a motorcycle in Korea? I've always wanted one and am thinking about it more seriously now. I don't have a motorcycle back home and have never so much as been on one before, nor do I know much about them but I'm going to do a lot of research before I get started.

I'd like to echo the guy's question about licensing here, and also ask whether or not there are any training programmes available for new riders offered at the DMV as there are back home?

Any information is great.
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simIAN



Joined: 02 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP


They are heaps of fun to ride. They do not come with a fuel gauge so I would watch your gas. Mine has a custom fuel gauge and oil cooler on it that happened to be on the bike when I got it off passo. The fuel economy is good on it. A full fill (I coasted down the hill to Anyang with no gas to the service station) costs 7200 won, and as a rule of thumb I would say you should fill up every 120 km or so. I have not really tested my mileage yet, as I was fortunate enough to have the custom gas gauge on it, so I just fill up when I think it is low. The frame doubles as a gas tank too which is nifty and cuts down on weight. You definately get lots of attetnion from random Agishi's with this beast, which is totally sweet! But seriously it turns heads as it is kinda rare. A week after I got mine my mate picked one up for himself. We are in a gang now. I carry a board with a spike driven through the end with me, he has a lead pipe.
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
simIAN -

How much did it cost...?

Do you need a liscence to ride one...?

I rode a Yamaha tzr 125cc with power valve, de reg exhaust etc on my 'provisional liscence back home which s legal in uk so I can handle one fine, but I wan to be legal in Korea so I need to know....
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