Would you in later life go back to a tiny 125 race replica?
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I definitely would, infact was looking for Mitos on ebay only the other day! Maybe its a nostalgia thing, but I had a great time on my TZR125 when I was younger, just something about a not massively fast 2 stroke sport replica that really put a smile on my face. Having just bought a speed triple (which is brilliant) a 125 mito or rs seems like a very sensible thing to buy for some contrast on the right day
hucumber said:
I definitely would, infact was looking for Mitos on ebay only the other day! Maybe its a nostalgia thing, but I had a great time on my TZR125 when I was younger, just something about a not massively fast 2 stroke sport replica that really put a smile on my face. Having just bought a speed triple (which is brilliant) a 125 mito or rs seems like a very sensible thing to buy for some contrast on the right day
Contrast it will! It will share garage space with the current model Gold Wing and soon a new 1200 Speed triple!I know the feeling. i for one cannot stop looking for 1999-2001 Aprilia RS125s to purchase. I almost bought one of these new and didn't. Still annoyed about it to this day.
"Only" weigh one stone more than I did when I was 19, so the speed experience wouldn't be massively different. The key stopper for me is my total lack of spannering-ability...
"Only" weigh one stone more than I did when I was 19, so the speed experience wouldn't be massively different. The key stopper for me is my total lack of spannering-ability...
A 2 stroke 125 is a fine thing to thrash!
I've ridden a fair few bikes and owned a few others too. My 125 of choice is the Honda CG125 and its the bike that will remain in my garage forever.
The 1000s come and go, track bikes and enduro too. The CG is here to stay though.
As mentioned before the fun can be thrashing a crap bike with no power with some mates all at legal speeds and it costs you less than the tax on a 1000cc.
Its bloody good fun and reminds me of being a teenager hanging out with my mates on our BMXs... Only it's less peddaling and hard work now
I've ridden a fair few bikes and owned a few others too. My 125 of choice is the Honda CG125 and its the bike that will remain in my garage forever.
The 1000s come and go, track bikes and enduro too. The CG is here to stay though.
As mentioned before the fun can be thrashing a crap bike with no power with some mates all at legal speeds and it costs you less than the tax on a 1000cc.
Its bloody good fun and reminds me of being a teenager hanging out with my mates on our BMXs... Only it's less peddaling and hard work now
As long as it's fast enough to keep up with general traffic i think it will be fine. With around the same P T W ratio as an RD250 LC or modern day KTM Duke 390 i don't see it falling back too far. Getting caught in the wrong gear will probably be the biggest issue so it will need to be ridden properly. Not lazily!
Personally could never see the appeal of a 125 once you passed your test, ex had a TZR125 (she was on L plates), took it tor a spin and was quite underwhelmed.
If I had to have a 125 would rather it be a 2 stroke trail bike.
But saying all this, the one to OP has been offered does sound nice.
If I had to have a 125 would rather it be a 2 stroke trail bike.
But saying all this, the one to OP has been offered does sound nice.
I had a car before I started on bikes so I wasn’t introduced at 16 to the rev it’s nuts off type of 50cc bike the rest of my mates were.
Even when I bought my first bike (KH250) I was always too mechanically sympathetic to red line it everywhere. It just didn’t feel right.
When I got to bigger bikes I tended to use the torque rather than the revs and to ride something like an RS125 would be completely alien to me.
I wouldn't have the 125 as an only bike (i have agreed to buy it btw). Just as an addition to the motorised family here!
Thinking aloud here, 35 bhp is bloody good from 124cc, when you consider that an RD400 had just 5 bhp more. Or that a Kawasaki KH400 triple had around 5 bhp extra. The owner did say that it literally takes off at 8,000 rpm with precious little below that figure.
Thinking aloud here, 35 bhp is bloody good from 124cc, when you consider that an RD400 had just 5 bhp more. Or that a Kawasaki KH400 triple had around 5 bhp extra. The owner did say that it literally takes off at 8,000 rpm with precious little below that figure.
I have this conversation with myself every time one of these comes up for sale.
I remember Performance bikes tested the NSR, shown below but with a 180 big bore kit fitted. It managed 103 mph IIRC.
At the moment, it looks like the only affordable way of getting two stroke kicks.
Actually had an '89 DT125R when I was a teenager. It was pretty nippy once you turned the Powervalve around and fitted a decent exhaust/jet. It was a genuinely capable green laner, too.
However, I can't get past the mental point of handing over in excess of £3000 for such a tiddler when I can by a minty 90s CBR600F3 for fifteen hundred quid.
I remember Performance bikes tested the NSR, shown below but with a 180 big bore kit fitted. It managed 103 mph IIRC.
At the moment, it looks like the only affordable way of getting two stroke kicks.
Actually had an '89 DT125R when I was a teenager. It was pretty nippy once you turned the Powervalve around and fitted a decent exhaust/jet. It was a genuinely capable green laner, too.
However, I can't get past the mental point of handing over in excess of £3000 for such a tiddler when I can by a minty 90s CBR600F3 for fifteen hundred quid.
For me approaching 39 my memories as a teenager was cagiva and Aprilia rs125
They were fast, smelt amazing and handled really good. Chances are one of ya mates slid one form the road
At the time and this is my analogy I'm about to say...I had a PlayStation 2. I was 17 in 1999 and thought it was the best thing ever
Now over 20 years on my memories of the game console, the bike and the biking I did with my mates back then are just that - great memories
I think the reality of getting back on that old PS2 when the latest consoles which my 18 year old son plays are so far ahead it would just ruin my great memory and the same would be said about the 125
Yes it would bring back old memories of noise, smell etc but I'm a fair bit heavier and wider now and used to modern tyres, power etc
I do also race 2 strokes so not lost that part of my buzz for them... But I think I'd enjoy it briefly and then realise I'm older, it was great in its day and that's about it
Could be wrong but that's my thoughts
They were fast, smelt amazing and handled really good. Chances are one of ya mates slid one form the road
At the time and this is my analogy I'm about to say...I had a PlayStation 2. I was 17 in 1999 and thought it was the best thing ever
Now over 20 years on my memories of the game console, the bike and the biking I did with my mates back then are just that - great memories
I think the reality of getting back on that old PS2 when the latest consoles which my 18 year old son plays are so far ahead it would just ruin my great memory and the same would be said about the 125
Yes it would bring back old memories of noise, smell etc but I'm a fair bit heavier and wider now and used to modern tyres, power etc
I do also race 2 strokes so not lost that part of my buzz for them... But I think I'd enjoy it briefly and then realise I'm older, it was great in its day and that's about it
Could be wrong but that's my thoughts
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