miles on a bike

[mattmells]

basically im getting my first bike and im thinking of getting a yamaha yzf r125, but every now and then im going to visit my family and friends in scotland which is 300 miles away from where i am, will this bike be able to handle a 300 mile trip in one day? or should i think of getting something else, please can somebody help me..

[CaNsA]

Yes it would, i easily done 400 in a day on a 125.

The real question is "will you be able to do 300 miles in one day on a 125"

[Rogerborg]

Standard answer: get any 125 commuter bike, pass your test, sell the commuter and get a bigger bike.

£121.50 to pass theory, mod 1 and mod 2. It's insignificant compared to the cost of the plastic trinket you're thinking of spunking on.
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[Paris2]

300 miles is a hell of a long ride/drive, and when you have to stick to A roads, and can only just do the speed limit, it makes it that much longer.
So I agree in saying that you should do the test route. If you were talking about a commuter 125, then sure, I would recommend any Honda 4 stroke. But seeing as your talking about a plastic fantastic R125, which fetch a lot more money, there's no reason why you can't spend the money on a test and a bigger (and cheaper) bike which will not only be more comfortable as high speeds but will be more fun.
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[Livefast123]

For your budget amount on the YZF you could pass your restricted licence and buy a bike that would overtake the YZF flat out, in first gear. You'd still have change to buy all your gear, insurance etc.

The YZF is a nice looking bike but that is all.
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[mattmells]

cheers for all the advice guys, ive not got the cash for the yamaha i was gonna get one on finance, and im going to sit my bike test as soon as i get a bit of experience on the road, i just want something reasonably fast untill that time comes

[Davo]

[Teflon-Mike]

[pits]

Have to agree, I went down the 125 route, mostly because I was given a 125, but if I had the choice the money spent on the 125 I could have done my DAS and bought something like an ER5, not the fastest thing in the world, but will do a decent 80-90 ish, enough grunt for moving around traffic, and a really good learner bike, plus they can be picked up for £500, and if you drop it, oh well bits are cheap.

[Livefast123]

I used to have a Hyosung 250 and travelled all over the country on it. It's fast enough to piss most cagers off and cruises easily on the motorway at 80 Mph. Top speed is around the 100 Mph mark but the beauty of it is that I was always getting 70 - 80 Mpg out of it.

As Mike says if you want finance then better off taking a bank loan out as generally it's not secured on the bike and you'll be able to pay for your tests and gear out of it.

Passing your tests will give you a massive sense of achievement and open the biking world up to you. Just because you have a full licence doesn't mean that you have to get a big bike......my last 2 bikes have been a 125 (admittedly a derestricted smoker) and a 250, before that I had a 600.

There was a couple of chavs around Weston on new YZF's who constantly tried to race me on my '93 NSR 125R (They always seemed to be leaving McChavs when i was leaving work). There was only one way that ended on numerous occasions and it wasn't with their shiny, sharp looking new bike passing my 93 NSR
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