My first 'proper' bike

[Twincam16]

I have finally shaken off the CVT 50cc. I only bought it to get used to two powered wheels as I'd never ridden a motorcycle of any sort in my life and wanted to know whether biking was 'for me' or not.

Thankfully it is 'my thing', so on Saturday I traded in the old GTR and arranged to buy my first 125:



AJS CR3. Mine's in JPS-style black with gold pinstripes.

It may not be particularly fast or cutting-edge, and it is very cheap, but hell, it's mine. My introduction to 'real' biking starts here.

[Heskey]

That looks really snazzy, would never guess it was a 125 unless you knew bikes; or could get close enough to read

[NineOneSeven]

Better than a 50cc 'ped.

I'd like to see the JPS styled one in black and Gold.

[Twincam16]

Heskey said:

That looks really snazzy, would never guess it was a 125 unless you knew bikes; or could get close enough to read

Thanks

I thought obviously I've only got a trade-in and a few hundred quid to play with, so I can't afford any of the 15bhp machines in this bracket, so I thought I'd go for the lightest 12bhp bike on the power-to-weight ratio theory.

[Twincam16]

NineOneSeven said:

Better than a 50cc 'ped.

I'd like to see the JPS styled one in black and Gold.

Unfortunately I can't find a picture of it (the red one is at least the current livery, the AJS website doesn't have the black one pictured). The old black livery was dreadful - some Hayabusa-wannabe thing with Japanese characters on the fairing and a big silver flash on the side, but the latest one is black with the AJS badge in gold and a few gold lines. Beautiful.

[Chilli]

Heskey said:

That looks really snazzy, would never guess it was a 125 unless you knew bikes; or could get close enough to read

Agreed...Nice looking bike.

[lawrence567]

How much was cheap?

[catso]

Twincam16 said:

but the latest one is black with the AJS badge in gold and a few gold lines. Beautiful.

Like this?

[Twincam16]

lawrence567 said:

How much was cheap?

I got a deal for £770 plus my old bike as a trade-in. Discount price was £1299 OTR (plus CBT), usual price is £1499.

[Twincam16]

catso said:

Twincam16 said:

but the latest one is black with the AJS badge in gold and a few gold lines. Beautiful.

Like this?

That's the one. Mine apparently has a gold stripe and a little union flag next to the pillion seat though.

[Schmeeky]

Glad you've seen the light, TC! Good looking lil bike...

[Graham]

looks nice, fairings are for girls though

[Carbon-Me1]

What sort of speeds does it do?

[Hooli]

am i right in thinking thats one of those chinese copies of the cbr125? cant go wrong with them as a first bike it seems, appear to sell like hotcakes. enjoy it!

[Twincam16]

Hooli said:

am i right in thinking thats one of those chinese copies of the cbr125? cant go wrong with them as a first bike it seems, appear to sell like hotcakes. enjoy it!

It actually uses a Honda engine, and I think the frame was copied from the CBR. The fairing and finish is AJS's own design though