Stig: Congrats on your new Forza! I love the color (Red is my favorite) My Kymco dealer is also a Honda, Yamaha & Suzuki dealer & is about 12 miles away from our home. Couple of points I would like to make is that Honda parts are expensive vs. Kymco on average 25% Buy hey...It's a Honda so you won't need them often. Plus I don't like the fact that they charge a freight fee ($310.00 in your case) I sat in one & the scoot isn't for me, but then again I don't care for that style myself. I need to be upright with floorboard space for my feet (GT300i)
Our last boat & our current one are powered by the Honda BF150 outboard (both were purchased new) It's so crazy insane dependable! They simply make great product. In the "marine" world Honda sticks to proven engines & they don't push the development curve. Not to say they are behind, just that they won't sell an engine that hasn't been tested beyond the norm. When we had our newest boat being built (Seaway/Eastern) they offered us a Yamaha 150 for $1200.00 less. We declined. We wanted another Honda.
In the end, you have a fine scoot that will last for years to come! Enjoy it.
Thanks Mass,
My only real issue with this Honda is that I can't tinker with it.
Oil changes at 8,000 miles
Gear oil 2 yrs
Valves 16,000 miles
Belt 16,000 miles
But there's no way I can leave those oils in there that long!
(I already purchased 4 oil filters for this first year...and when the light comes on at 600 miles I get to do another oil/filter change!)
Doesn't seem like it will be too bad to service - looking through the very detailed service manual. There's even a little hatch to easily get at the plug every 8,000 miles. The PCX Honda clubs champion a switch to Iridium plugs...but I don't think I'm going to mess with anything but the oils and stock plug and filters on this Forza.
There is one weird thing - no one sells the rear tire size in the States - 140/70 13 !! (I think Fiat made a sporty car like that yrs ago - had a metric height!) They say we must go to the dealer for a tire....hopefully once there are enough of these on the streets that will change.
Yes, the shape of the thing is still growing on me...and I miss the flat floor...and don't know yet what to do about a top box since I'm mounting this thing like a motorcycle. At 6'3" and with a few extra years on my chassis - I need that space back there where a box would be fitted to get my size 14 feet over.
I was pretty happy with the OTR price I got.....might have obtained it any way - but thought I was clever getting the local Piaggio dealer bidding to unload one of the two beautiful new BV350's he had been sitting on - and the Honda dealer.
Honda tossed in a bunch of Bonus Bucks or something, and then some nice guy discounts - and some more - when my wife mentioned that "Tom and I both really like the Piaggio and the internet price we're getting...and he's waiting for us to call him back after we leave here." Which was true...he was offering to let me take it with my wife for the evening of test riding. Man that scoot was pretty! Those Italians....
This is my 4th Honda....Honda stuff fits my personality - or something.
It has been 4 decades since my last one .
Ride and boat safe up there -
Some of my very best memories are of my Honda rides in Mass. with a young gal on the back!
Geez, we never thought about riding gear - but those little white shorts were so darn cute when we got there.
Stig
