California Cagiva Mito 125 - Hwy 9 - Metzler M7RR Scrub-In

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GREETINGS UNICORN CHASERS!
Here we have my extremely rare 2000 Cagiva Mito 125 two stroke sport bike.
Like an Aprilia RS125 except it's faster and prettier. Depending on who you ask; there were only 22-30 of these bikes ever imported into the US, and I think there's only 11 still on the road.
Let me start by saying that I LOVE this bike. It looks just like my Ducati 748, its quirky, its light, it handles incredibly well, gets a lot of attention from other bike nerds everywhere I go. I spent a very long time trying to find one of these, and was super excited when I finally got one.
The bike has low miles. Only around 5000 kilometers on the clock (about 3100 miles) I only fill it with premium fuel and race mix.
Just stuck a brand new set of tires on it on 5/4/2018. Metzler M7RR is my tire of choice because they have tons of grip, are fairly durable, abrasion resistant, heat up fast, and work well in the wet. Road racers look no further. But I still ride this bike occasionally, so expect those skins to be scrubbed in.
This cute little beastie may be an eye wateringly rare slice of two-stroke Italian exotica; but it has a few blemishes. I'm fairly confident that it's been dropped on its left side. There's a crack in the lower left fairing, a chunk missing from the top left tip of the upper fairing, some scratches on the tank, a missing indicator, and a wonky mirror (I've already installed brand new mirrors). Front brake feels a little squishy, but the bike seems to stop fine. I've been informed by other Mito owners that soft levers are pretty normal, and they all complain about lousy brake feedback. I was going to replace the master cylinder with an R6 unit, but never got around to it. I did replace the front and rear brake pads.
This Mito sat for a while with fuel in it, so I pulled the carb and cleaned it and flushed all of the old fuel and mix out of the tanks, and replaced the exhaust manifold gasket. It'll now cold start immediately without the choke, and will only smoke for about 45 seconds... which is wild for a two stroke. It's already been derestricted by a previous owner (you can see it on a blog called Bay Area Two Strokes) and he also replaced all of the coolant lines.
Is it fast? Not really.
Is it slow? No. Watch the video. It's not a fire breathing track weapon, but I wouldn't call it slow. It'll comfortably cruise at freeway speeds. You can get it up to 80 mph with very little effort, and I've had it just a hair over 100mph (it took a while to get there). But this bike is at it's best in the twisties. It's sssssooooooooooo nimble. It feels super rewarding when you nail those apexes at the base of the powerband and you feel that wave of momentum just catapult you into the next corner... I could gush about this all day. I. Love. This. Bike.

[@riccardogranato1274]

My favourite bike ever, in Italy is a cult bike, one of the best 125s out there.

[@deformemvita]

They're extremely rare in America, and I'm very lucky to have one. This is a bike I will probably keep forever.

[@classiccarfinder]

I am in the process of restoring another if you want one

[@riccardogranato1274]

@@classiccarfinder I've got one from '05 😉

[@hubertkam7647]

@@deformemvita there not very rare in Europe and are extremely cheap because of the reliability but are lovely looking bikes

[@blkcoupequattro]

Might of met you up at the wall Oakland/Berkeley couple year or so ago, I ride yellow 748 bioposto, full 45mm Arrow's, working on my second bike 748 mono....

[@stuffanthings]

You should derestrict it, go full spec rather than EU learner spec, super easy to do all you need is the larger jet for the carb, different sprockets for the final drive and remove the restricter from the exhaust. It's vastly different when its choking restriction is removed

[@deformemvita]

Already done... but I blew up the engine. Got a Polini 165cc kit with expansion chamber, and a bigger carb ready to install.

[@krisu8960]

@@deformemvita the polini 165cc kit is really bad unless you port it. Gives you more power at lower revs but you lose a lot higher up. Also you shouldnt engine brake too much with it unless you want to change the piston and rings more frequently, a 2 stroke doesnt get too much oil in when at high revs but no throttle.

[@fabio3392]

I have a Cagiva Supercity 125 a Supermoto with the mito motor. I live in Germany even here it is a rare Bike. Do you know the supercity in the USA ?

[@arturoperez2028]

currently hunting one in Mexico... SP 525 2008 what do you think? too many issues or could be a nice project?

[@Speed_7545]

When you brake, do you pull in clutch and close throttle, downshift, blip, release and repeat depending on distance?

[@deformemvita]

It depends on speed, not distance. I stay off the clutch until I'm ready to downshift. Off throttle, brake, clutch/blip/downshift, tip in, roll on throttle. I screwed that up with my double-down at 6:52 when I came up neutral and had to clutch down again and didn't have the presence of mind do blip a second time and just let the clutch grind under braking.

[@levgtz7814]

Really nice bike, cool road! trying to catch one at my country. Why looks like your tires had a lot of rocks? you did a lot of zigzags trying to clean them?

[@deformemvita]

They're brand new tires. Gotta scrub them in, otherwise they won't have grip in the corners.

[@ivanperezgarcia3990]

Hello dude, i don't know if you have the bike right know but i think its not carbured correctly at least on high revs. It seems to make a boooooooo when you are full throttle. I think the mix is very rich and you should downsize the jets. Greetings from spain and just have fun, you have a monster on your hands. I gonna buy one when the quearantine ends. See you dude.

[@stuffanthings]

pretty sure he's still got the factory restrictors on it, they had them so they could be sold as learner bikes in the EU.

[@Ignas2fly]

Yeah smth is wrong with fuelling 👍

[@halfsteak117]

Were Mitos sold in America or did you import it?

[@deformemvita]

Mitos were sold in America, but only 20 were officially imported. Mine is an American model.

[@Mosrite66]

Any chance this bike is for sale?

[@deformemvita]

Sorry man, this bike was WAY too hard to find. If I ever move out of CA, I might let it go, but only to another CA resident.

[@benkifle4291]

Teh_D3th_St4r gotcha. Maybe I’ll see you out on Hwy 9 sometime. 👍

[@deformemvita]

@@benkifle4291 Probably. I'm out there shredding 3-4 times a week.

[@shaverlocal]

The tank on that thing looks pregnant

[@deformemvita]

Yeah, and?

[@shaverlocal]

When is the due date?

[@deformemvita]

Kick rocks, homeslice.