XS Motolite brings grins to my WF
My small in stature wife has had many an XS Titus, 2 RacerXs, Loco, Quasi, and now a Moto-Lite. Her thoughts on them.
Racer X was a great short travel bike, 2nd generation (post 2002) was a significant upgrade, pedals great, climbs well, very good descending manors, but limited travel.
Loco, was around for a long time, know as Squishy, for it's pedaling behavior. With 4" up front and 4 1/2" in the rear she loved the added suspension, it made her a better rider, it enabled her to confidently tackle more technical terrain.
Quasi, was an absolute failure for her. Way bigger standover than we had thought, and a seat tower than interfered with her ability to pedal. She never could judge the suspension, riding it was just too difficult, for her. (One of her friends owns it and loves it, but it needed a Pushed shock to work correctly for her)
Moto-Lite, she viewed the change from Loco to be minor. She acknowledged the improved pedaling efficiency, ( so it's not called Squishy II), but did not see a big jump in other performance. She says it hasn't made her a better rider. I think she may be a little quicker.
Her set up with a 5" fork and 5" in rear, and still gives her plenty of standover. She is only 5' but has very short legs, so the TT works for her and she has enough standover. She has been on it a year with no upgradeites but there are not a lot of options in this size for a 5" travel bike.
At 5-3 with normal proportions the ML would fit her like a glove. Titus builds top notch bikes and has a very good customer service reputation. I personally know two folks who had out of warranty issues resolved with not complaints.
Hope this helps HoJo
