Real quick:
The PCX 150 handles so differently from the Typhoon 125. Not that the Typhoon is a bad bike, just the opposite. The Typhoon is a great scoot for what it's meant to do. For me the Typhoon was/is a gateway drug into scootering.
OK enough of the Piaggio Typhoon apologetics.
Onto the review.
The Honda PCX 150 handles almost intuitively. I just have to give her a hint of what I need her to do and I'm off. The fuel injection makes her start immediately and when you pull up to a stop she's aching to go. With the Typhoon when the light went green I'd have to rev her up and go, with the PCX it truly is twist and go. I shoot off the stop like a rocket. It's crazy responsive.
Cornering and turning is a bit different on the PCX than the Typhoon. With the PCX you LEAN into the turn. With the Typhoon I felt like I had to coax her into the turns. Yes the tires on the PCX are larger 14" they seem narrower to me, so that is probably why.
I don't have technical terms so I can only discuss the scoots by how they feel while I am riding. The typhoon started off sluggish and I would struggle to get her up to speed. My SO following me on his Yamaha would often ask me how fast I thought I was going. I'd say 45-50 ... and he's say no way I was right behind you and barely able to keep 40. So I wonder if something is up with the speedometer on the Typhoon.
When we went out the other day I was on the PCX and easily hit 45 and I was actually going 45 and up. It felt faster and my SO who rides behind me said he was consistently hitting 45 to 48 following me. Therefore I have to believe the speedometer on the PCX because it is digital is more on the money then say the Typhoon which does not have a digital speedometer.
Stopping on the PCX is akin to stopping on the Typhoon, let go of the throttle to bleed off speed and then use the breaks. But it's the starting off the a dead stop that is so incredibly different. The PCX is so intuitive and the fuel injection makes her jump off the stop like a sports car. The typhoon as a carbed engine would be very sluggish from a dead stop and I'd have to coax her off the line.
All in the PCX is a larger bike which is more nimble/agile and intuitive. The ride is completely different from the Typhoon. Both are sporty but the PCX is definitely a sportster type scoot while the Typhoon seems to be a poser.
more to come.
