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In my opinion anything over 250cc (27bhp) is okay for long distance travel although anything under 350cc might prove a little gutless & tiring on the road.
To answer your question - YES it's entirely possible to use a 150cc bike for long distance travel. I believe there have been examples of people using MOPED's to travel round the world! If my memory serves me correctly, I believe that one elderly man did it on a Puch Maxi 50cc Moped and countless others have successfully circumnavigated the globe on HONDA 50/90cc Stepthrus! Now that is a feat!!!!!!
Honda CG125's are now manufactured in Brazil and their quality of build is often not up to Honda standards.
So Yes it is quite possible to use that method of transport but not to be recommended unless you are happy riding less than a hundred & Fifty miles a day.
Good luck, ride carefully & stay safe.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martynbiker
Please bear in mind, the quality is NOT honda, the bolts, nuts, fastners are made of something that LOOKS like metal but in all probability is not!
heaven only knows what the bearings are made of!
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You can't expect the same quality of a 700€ bike new as for 7000€ bike off course. As long as you stay in the countries where these bikes are the big ones everyone wants to have, you'll be fine, regardless what metal they're built off. In Mali the Chinese 125cc are considered the stronger/better one compared to the blue Yamaha 100cc 2 strokes... . Inspecting them closer, the honda copies actually don't look too bad. I never did more 150k on a day with one of those though.
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Mornin'
you could always consider the Yamaha XT225 & XT250 Serows. My 250 model's done over 60,000kms in a little over two years and the only fault has been a crack in the rear silencer, where the weld rotted from inside. Fabulous and tough bikes. Have a look at XT225 Home 2006 for further comments from like minded riders.
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