Kymco Venox 250

5 years later still Love it – i did buy this great bike Kymo Venox 250cc 4 years ago still goes like the first day , nervous , fun , and great look , the only critics i will have is the cheap chrome get easily rusty and expensive to replace them at dealer shop .... but will recommand this bike over any 250cc .  Show details

Love this bike – Just bought a 2009 model, first bike, just love it, still getting use to it but so much fun, rides like a dreams, really happy look forward to more cruising around town and on the highway. Love the look the feel the power, look bigger than it is. First time I seen it I wanted it, really clad I went with my gut. Dealer in melb was excellent.  Show details

It's such a easy bike to ride .... and it doesn't look like a small 250 .. looks more like a 650 – Kymco bike is one of the best bike u can ride for a beginner... it's so easy to ride nice and smooth.. had my kymco for 2 years and don't want to get read of it .. still love riding it ... for a beginner on a bike this bike would be one of the best to ride  Show details

love it !!! – I have a kymo venox 250 2013 model. Bought it brand new last year and i love it. I had only just started learning to ride and seeing as im a girl and i only weigh 56 kg didnt want a huge, heavy bike. This is perfect and fits the bill. Likewise people are amazed wheni say it is only a 250. So far ive changed the headlight- wasnt bright enough for… Read more

me and i have removed the baffles.

Im looking at getting it customised a bit with a paintjob or custom wrapping.

Buying my Venox is the best thing I've done in ages! – Just clocked up my first 500 klms having bought a 2012 Venox with 6,500 klms on the clock. I’m 74 and have never ridden a geared bike before. I owned a 250 cc Kymco Bug Hawk fully automatic scooter for 2 years before buying the Venox. Needless to say I was pretty nervous to start with as I’m less reckless and more fearful than I used to be in… Read more

younger days. Now I love it doing highway rides cruising along at the speed limit.

I find it easy to ride and much more stable than the scooter with its comfortable low seat height. Because it doesn’t have a tacho being conscious of the revs helps to be in the right gear. I had a tendency to change up too soon to start with and now top gear doesn’t get used until 80+. In any event I found it very forgiving if I was in too high a gear for the speed I was travelling.

The Venox is a real head turner (mine’s Grey) and it attracts comment wherever I go and most bikers think it’s at least 600 cc and are dumb founded when I tell them it’s only 250 cc.

Love everything about this bike. Just starting it and listening to the exhaust tone is enough to get me excited. There’s one minor exception in as much as the indicator is silent and on sunny days the flashing indicator doesn’t attract attention so being aware of cancelling after turning is a must.

Friends and family thought I was crazy when I bought it but it’s the best thing I’ve done in ages.

Good LAMS bike for the tall rider! – As the first bike I've ever ridden, with minimal confidence and experience, I have to say it really has been a good introduction to riding on the road. This seating position is very comfortable, I'm 194cms tall and have never felt squashed or cramped on it, which isn't surprising given it's a light cruiser, the low seat height means if you… Read more

ever feel wobbly or unsteady, it's very easy to place both feet on the ground. Economy wise, a full tank can get me anywhere from 220kms to 300kms, depending on how I ride it and how much stop/start traffic I get stuck in from work. Not bad considering a full tank costs me around $17.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a speed demon and you will struggle to beat most standard 4cyl cars off the line. It also tops out pretty quickly at around 90km/h. I've heard of people riding this bike interstate and for hours on end on the freeway. Personally, I wouldn't do it as you would have to wail the tar out of it in 5th the whole time.

Looks wise, this is a head turner. I've had many people ask me what it is, and lots of guys on Harley's give it a second glance when I roll past them. Most people don't believe me when I say it's only a 250, so the folks at Kymco have done a good job in that department.

Now as far as defects and problems, I'm at around the 10,500km mark, and I really am surprised at how little this bike has played up. Only once has it stranded me, and that was because I wanted to see how far I could push it on low fuel and my luck ran out at 320km (there is no fuel gauge so you have to judge based on the kms ridden). There are some small rust spots coming up (again, due to my own fault for leaving it out in the open when I went overseas for 2 months).

All in all, 4 out of 5. It's a good bike to learn and get your confidence up on. Would definitely recommend!

Good, fun to ride, headturner definitely – Bought mine as a new bike, novice rider, still on learner plates. Needed something to commute to and from work. Decided to get motorcycle. And ended with Venox 250. Solid, well built, plenty of chrome, nice engine growl, feels very nice, pleasantly heavy on the road. (completed rider safety course on Honda CB150 and in comparison to Venox, much,… Read more ·  3

much lighter feel) This is not a racer, has nice power but not enough to beat comfortably competitive guys in newer sporty cars. Pleasant and comfy to ride on, use it every day. Brakes are solid, to my feel rear brake is a bit light tho. Front lights are adequate, but again to my taste could be a bit more luminous. Gearbox is solid, shifting of gears is smooth and neutral is easy to find. Rear suspension can be adjusted to suit your liking or loading weight requirement. There is no storage on this bike of any kind apart from little tool box compartment which is not easy to access, so if you looking for motorbike suitable for a bit of groceries shopping, this is not good choice, better look at SYM MAXSYM 400i (scooter on hybrids) or something similar. Feels solid on open road, but again, this is not a bike for highway use. In short, Kymco Venox 250 is inexpensive bike, stunner in appearance, cheap to run, nice bike to commute around city, easy to manoeuvre yet looks massive. At around 5 and half grand on the road for a new bike, it is no brainer. 2 years unlimited kms warranty, appearance, gearbox, comfy, Manual choke, minor technical faults from the start, tacho would be nice

Real head turner – This is my first bike but did a lot of research before buying. It's the biggest 250cc going round with plenty of grunt. Fuel tank is larger than most (14ltr) and I get close to 340km out of a full tank. I've had so many comments about the size with many thinking it's 650cc or bigger and get a shock when it tell them it's 250. Handling is fine.… Read more ·  1

Weighing almost 190kg means its very stable on the road but still easy enough to throw it around in traffic. Power is not a problem. I've had it on the freeway doing just over the limit and there's still plenty there. City riding is easy because of the great seat height and comfy riding position.

Overall this is a great first bike for any size rider. Parts & accessories are readily available in AUSTRALIA but found its more than half the price to get them from "Kymco online" in the USA. I've got a sissy bar coming over that cost $200 but to get one here I'd be paying close to $500. Looks great & handles easily Would love to see more instruments like tachometer & fuel gauge

Poor Quality and Lack of Power – This was my first bike so at it was hard for me to understand how good or bad it was after the test drive. It was brand new and looked great and so I took it home. Shortly after my first few rides the ignition part - where you stick your key has fallen off and was hanging on couple of wires. Later on and right before my riding exam the clutch… Read more

died and so I brought it to the shop where I bought it - Close Motorcycles that is. They looked at the clutch and found that few plates inside of the clutch have melted - the mechanic said that he has rarely seen anything like that. Since it was on the warranty they submitted a warranty claim with Kymco and apparently Kymco requested them to send them the clutch for inspection. Kymco got back to them and said that they won't cover it under warranty, as if I broken it on purpose. Wow, I couldn't quite believe that something which is under warranty can be refused such warranty until that time, but since it was only few hundred dollars to pay for a new clutch I decided not to bother arguing with them. Later on I found an interesting statement in their manual which said that you must not stall the bike in first gear. It's interesting, if not the first, then what other gear can you possibly stall the bike in? Isn't that amusing.

Later on I bought Yamaha Vstar and I tell you the difference was striking. Of course that bike costs more so that's not a fare comparison, but manoeuvrability and power were great compare to Venox. Now I must particularly state that Venox has great difficulty picking up speed from stand still position - there were several situations when I wanted to speed up from stand still position on traffic lights but it was never possible and I was always finding myself surrounded by other cars. I think the reason for little power is not just that it's only 250cc, but the fact that manufacturer clearly concentrated on only one thing and that is the looks of this bike. The bike has unnecessary v shaped engine and heavy corpus which is required to achieve that cool cruiser look.

Now one good thing about this bike is that it's relatively noisy which is a great thing on the road, particularly for a beginner, since other drives can hear you. But even with that great sound, you can tell they've done it on purpose to make it sound way more powerful than it really is.

One more thing, before buying it I did a research on the web and found quite a few good reviews about this bike particularly those long ones written by bike experts in online bike magazine type of sites. Now it makes me wonder whether there was any incentive given to those reviewers.

I know it's a cheap bike so I'm not going to give it 1 star. 2 stars rating is fare for the price I think (maybe even 2.5 out of 5 LOL) The looks, sound, price failed clutch, was refused warranty, ignition key-holding part fallen off

Excellent and happy – This Bike has proven itself to be amazing, Handles well in all conditions and have had no problems at all with any of the fittings. Great pick up and sounds the part. No hesitation in recomending this bike, If you treat it properly no issues at all. Pick up, relaible and sounds great could do with a speedometer anywhere but the tank. Show reply

Good performer, great looks – Awesome bike to look at...really like the styling, and it sounds great. Much bigger and bulkier than most of the 250 cruisers, which can look really small when parked next to anything even mid-range, not a problem with the venox. Had mine about 3 months, and no problems at all, build quality seems really good - nothing loose or cheap and flimsy,… Read more ·  1

but I guess only time will tell.

Power wise it's good, but it is a heavy bike (189kg dry), so the acceleration uphill can be an issue if you're trying to blitz it, but on level ground, I never had a problem getting away from traffic.

The only issues are that the front brake and clutch levers are non-adjustable and set quite wide - would be an issue if you had small hands, plus there's no tacho (although you can pick them up for about $100 + fitting).

To summarise, a great first bike with plenty of dealer support (Kymco, who make the bike are a massive Taiwanese company, with loads of dealers), I just wish they made a version with a bigger engine, as I think I'll outgrow the 250 pretty soon. Look, comfort, sound No tacho, long reach on the levers

Excellent first bike, Best 250 cruiser on the market – A really great cruiser learner bike. Makes all the other 250cc/learner cruisers look like a toy. Comfortable seating, cheap to run and very stylish. Comes in Black, Red or Silver - and easily customizable. As all bikes, if you treat it with respect and service it regularly then you have yourself a reliable bike. Use the best oil and the… Read more

best tyres you can afford and you have made it even more reliable.

Parts are easy to get - Kymco has warehouses of parts and they are still producing these nice bikes.

Wish they had a Tacho but that can be fitted between $100-$200 depending which store you go to. Reliable, inexpensive cruiser, fuel efficient, stylish, best 250CC cruiser in the market no tacho, no stand, headlight a little dimmer - need to buy a brighter bulb