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[Rawwr]

Apparently designed to steal sales from Honda's CBR125. Going by looks alone, I think it might just do that:

Edited by Rawwr on Sunday 24th February 16:29

[randlemarcus]

I think thats actually quite pretty. And looking at the Yam website, it looks quite nicely put together for three grand RRP.

[macdeb]

I reckon it looks the 'dogs', gorgeous and probably the bike that stood out for me at the NEC.

[Rubin215]

Wow!

Is that really just a 125?

Looks fab!

Almost wish I was 17 again.

[Rawwr]

It really does look great

[Hooli]

that looks good for a 125, but £3k? i thought the cbr125 was only £2,500 or so?

[m3evo2]

Hooli said:

that looks good for a 125, but £3k? i thought the cbr125 was only £2,500 or so?

Yep, or 2K if bought at the right time

[Hooli]

m3evo2 said:

Hooli said:

that looks good for a 125, but £3k? i thought the cbr125 was only £2,500 or so?

Yep, or 2K if bought at the right time

or £1,195 for a look& ride-a-like chinese thing in my local shop. sorry but i dont see why people pay so much for a 125, unless your mad you'll do your test soon anyway so its a bit of a waste. at 17 you can do the test & get a restricted licence cant ya? then buy something thats quick enough to stay ahead of the traffic.

[m3evo2]

Hooli said:

m3evo2 said:

Hooli said:

that looks good for a 125, but £3k? i thought the cbr125 was only £2,500 or so?

Yep, or 2K if bought at the right time

or £1,195 for a look& ride-a-like chinese thing in my local shop. sorry but i dont see why people pay so much for a 125, unless your mad you'll do your test soon anyway so its a bit of a waste. at 17 you can do the test & get a restricted licence cant ya? then buy something thats quick enough to stay ahead of the traffic.

I got one for the wife for her short trip to work, she wont be doing her test for a while and I wanted to make sure it would be reliable for her. Plus should get a decent price when the time does come to chop it in for something bigger.

[Glade]

i'm sure I read somewhere that the bike is much larger than the other 125's so it feels more like a proper bike.

It certainly looks the business.

[FeatherZ]

Why bother with any thing other than a rs125, most others are 4 stroke and slow atleast a re-restricted bike will do a ton and is still quick to 60, can pick up a 2003 rs125 for no more than 2000, and will out handle most bikes, iv got a rs 50 (haha) with a 80cc stroker kit, and arrow exhaust and that does 80 on the clocks, silly for a 50,

[odyssey2200]

FeatherZ said:

Why bother with any thing other than a rs125, most others are 4 stroke and slow atleast a re-restricted bike will do a ton and is still quick to 60, can pick up a 2003 rs125 for no more than 2000, and will out handle most bikes, iv got a rs 50 (haha) with a 80cc stroker kit, and arrow exhaust and that does 80 on the clocks, silly for a 50,

A. because Aprilias aint the most reliable of bikes out there
B. when they go wrong bits ain't always easy to come by
C, derestriction and fitting bit bore kits could mean you are illegal and your insurance is viod.
D. as you pointed out you can but an rs cheap. depreciation!!!

[MaximumJed]

odyssey2200 said:

FeatherZ said:

Why bother with any thing other than a rs125, most others are 4 stroke and slow atleast a re-restricted bike will do a ton and is still quick to 60, can pick up a 2003 rs125 for no more than 2000, and will out handle most bikes, iv got a rs 50 (haha) with a 80cc stroker kit, and arrow exhaust and that does 80 on the clocks, silly for a 50,

A. because Aprilias aint the most reliable of bikes out there

Yup, bought my girlfriend as RS125 (new) with the idea of de-restricting it after she took her test but as it's an absolute bd to start, has had lots of warranty work to fix things like leaking petrol tanks, stalls at one traffic light, then idles at 4000rpm at the next one, it will be replaced with a nice fuel injected 4 stroke 600 as soon as she passes.

[odyssey2200]

MaximumJed said:

odyssey2200 said:

FeatherZ said:

Why bother with any thing other than a rs125, most others are 4 stroke and slow atleast a re-restricted bike will do a ton and is still quick to 60, can pick up a 2003 rs125 for no more than 2000, and will out handle most bikes, iv got a rs 50 (haha) with a 80cc stroker kit, and arrow exhaust and that does 80 on the clocks, silly for a 50,

A. because Aprilias aint the most reliable of bikes out there

Yup, bought my girlfriend as RS125 (new) with the idea of de-restricting it after she took her test but as it's an absolute bd to start, has had lots of warranty work to fix things like leaking petrol tanks, stalls at one traffic light, then idles at 4000rpm at the next one, it will be replaced with a nice fuel injected 4 stroke 600 as soon as she passes.

Guy I know bought a new RSV Mille.
Never even made it home from the shop without breaking down.
Call the dealer he had bought it from just 45 mins earlier who said " bring it back and we'll look at it"

How TF was he supposed to get it back?
after 6 months of continued problems and non starting he sold it and bought a Honda.
now.

[patmahe]

As someone this bike is targeted at, a beginner biker (albeit at 27 rather than 17) who wants something cool, but safe, to learn on this really interests me. I just wonder what it sounds like. Not a fan of the bee in a biscuit tin noise some 125s make.

[y2blade]

Rawwr said:

It really does look great

+1

it would be sooooo cool to be 17 again

[Twincam16]

patmahe said:

As someone this bike is targeted at, a beginner biker (albeit at 27 rather than 17) who wants something cool, but safe, to learn on this really interests me. I just wonder what it sounds like. Not a fan of the bee in a biscuit tin noise some 125s make.

I think we're in the same boat. I'm going to be buying my first 125 soon and this interests me a lot.

However, as a previous poster has pointed out, there are plenty of Chinese and Korean manufacturers out there using their own designs or licence-building old Japanese bikes (that were and still are just as good as they ever were) for significantly less than this.

I'm quite impressed by the fit and finish of Hyosung, especially the GT125. They do seem quite heavy for the engine though.

[randlemarcus]

I'm not going to sit here and pick that to bits, Twinners, but...

if you want to buy a badly executed 90's bike, why not save yourself some money, and buy it second hand.

Having poked around a couple of Chinese bikes, I can safely say I wont be touching them with a barge pole, both for the agricultural build (pig iron and lumpy welding), and the decidedly iffy quality control. Hyosung are the best I've seen, and they are woefully behind the pace.

This bike is not really aimed at people who ought to be doing their full test and moving forwards to proper bikes in a very short timeframe.

[odyssey2200]

randlemarcus said:

I'm not going to sit here and pick that to bits, Twinners, but...

if you want to buy a badly executed 90's bike, why not save yourself some money, and buy it second hand.

Having poked around a couple of Chinese bikes, I can safely say I wont be touching them with a barge pole, both for the agricultural build (pig iron and lumpy welding), and the decidedly iffy quality control. Hyosung are the best I've seen, and they are woefully behind the pace.

This bike is not really aimed at people who ought to be doing their full test and moving forwards to proper bikes in a very short timeframe.

Hoyosung are South Korean and are head and shoulders about the Chineses stuff.

[Carl-H]

The bike looks and feels lovely. I sat on one at the NEC last year and they feel like a big bike. If it was 2T I might be interested but I would never pay £3K for a bike that will never have over 14hp. At the moment I'm gonna keep my DT125 as a bike I need to rely on and then maybe an RS or MITO for abit of fun.