Hello Riders.
I've ride my Modenas GT128 for almost 1 year 6 months. As there are many things that make me love this motorcycle so much, there are also few disadvantages. Here I list few things and lucky us, some of the problem I've already found its solution.
1. GT128 is hard to start the engines at morning.
This problem seems to bother many owners of GT128. I also finds it difficult to start the engines at the early morning or when you leave the motor for a few hours. We need to pull the choke each time to start the engine. After that you must let the motor warm-up for a few minutes before take off. This is kind of wasting time moreover when you are late for works.
If you read the manuals, Modenas has already states to use choke when to start cold engine. This seem to be that Modenas also knows about this problem and can only advise to use the choke every time we want to start cold engine.
Solution: This problem can be solved by using Diesel Engine Oil. I'm not sure why, but from discussion in online forum many user find this to solve their hard to start engines problem.
This Diesel Engine Oil is for vehicles with diesel engine. You can buy this engine oil at nearest gas station.
I prefer brand Rimula Rx3 which can be purchase at Shell Station.
2. Fuel Level indicator not precise
This feature is one of the advantage for GT128 But the problem with this digital indicator is its not show the correct level of fuel in tank. The indicator should show 5 bar if the fuel tank is full and the indicator will blipping if the fuel in the tank are empty.
But what happen is, if the fuel tank is full the indicator show only 4 bar.And the worst part is the indicator already blipping even I just fill the tank.This feature which should ease us to check the tank now has become a thing that make us worry if the fuel already empty.
Solution: Some owner suggest we replace the fuel tank float with Modenas Kris tank float. But I'm not doing it yet. Right now I just set the trip meter everytime I fill the tank. Once the trip meter reach around 165 km, it means the tank almost empty. So I will reset the trip meter again when fill the tank.
3. Short side stand
I notice that if we use the side stand, my GT128 will over tilt to the left side and it will look like its going to fall. This quite annoying especially when you need to park in between other motorcycles. It will consume to much space. Thats why you will see many owner of Modenas GT128 always use the double stand.
Solution: One of friend said that the side stand is normal size but because the GT128 body is quite high. So the side stand cannot reach the ground. So the suggestion is to replace the side stand with Yamaha RXZ side stand or any side stand with longer size.
4. Small space to for basket
The space between the handle and seat is quite small. As for my GT128 I put a medium size basket. Yes, the basket can fit in place but the problem is when you open your seat it will stuck by the basket. So your seat cannot lift up at full angle. This give me a problem whenever to fill the fuel tank. I need to hold the seat by one hand while fill the tank using another hand. If not, the seat will fall back.
Solution: Use a smaller basket but then you cant
put many things in your basket since the capacity is small. I'm thinking to place sort of seat stand but that will need to consult with expert mechanics. So for the time being, I'm just hold the seats by hand.
So thats the problem and the solution i found for my GT128 so far. But I believe every motorcycle has its own pro and cons. Did you has any problem with your motorcycles?
