Hello, I was also skeptical about the introduction of the new SH series. Why in the whole world is the performance reduced here (instead of rather raised)? But what is important is not what comes to the crankshaft but what comes to the rear. And that’s where the new one is really good, up to 60 km/h this one has his nose in front of the old original SH:http://www.motomobil.at/test-technik/125er/460-honda-sh125i-esp-test I myself drive the new SH150 and cannot complain about lack of performance And as a commuter you are happy if the consumption stays below 2.5l/100km as with me. And this with fast driving. Interestingly, the start/stop is usually fun, the way how fast the scooter starts again is simply great. There you can feel almost no delay. What bothers me so far is that I have to sit relatively far in the front. Maybe I have to go to the saddler so that the seat edge moves a bit to the back. Ciao Martinoo