YZF copy?

[Hokum]

I saw an odd colour YZF 125 earlier and while snooping for 2 smokes on the bay saw this,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/genata-Xrz-125cc-motorcycle-motorbike-sportsbike-gm-yzf-r125-cbr-/161182440625?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item258738dcb1

So a Chinese YZF copy?


Edit: Holy hell 5 year warranty!
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[SQL]

I like that looks nice

[fatjames]

inb4 '£2.5k should be enough for a licence and a real bike'

[Hokum]

[Shinigami]

quite a pretty bike, no idea what the build quality would be like though,

I'd still probably go the cheap used 125>full tests then spend the money on a proper bike route though
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[Notj7]

Have to say the warranty looks interesting...

[Itchy]

[Hokum]

Shame it'll probably have that tired old CD/CG 125 engine all chinese bikes have :/
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[Rogerborg]

[wr6133]

Look at the service intervals and schedules most of the Chinese bikes demand to keep the warranty valid...... if you actually have the will to keep to them you end up almost paying a fortune to keep the warranty good.

I am a believer in some Chinese bikes but a YZF lookalike for almost £2400? No bloody way unless maybe it is at the learner legal 14.6Bhp limit

[MC]

The argument with Chinese bikes was that they were cheap, this one isn't, therefore there's no argument...
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[SQL]

[Hokum]

[_Iain_]

You diddn't maintain the Daelim, and whenever you went near it with tools you fucked stuff up that wasn't broken and bodged everything in sight. Scince you have sold it, you've gone on to weld a sprocket onto a Varadero...you have the mechanical talent of a vegtable & an attitude problem. You refused constantly to listen to advice and that's why stuff went wrong.

I genuinely thought you were a troll account till Raffles brought a piece of your fine engineering to the BBQ last year

With regards to the chinese service intervals - YBR125 is oil change every 4k, filter every other oil change and clearances every filter change from memory. I can't belive a chinese bike would be much worse than anything else small bore if looked after to the book - by all means correct me mind!
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[NooBish-AbbZ]

I have have seen one today in red and white, thought it was a YZF until I heard it. Musta been one of these, looks nice
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[Rogerborg]

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[evoboy]

The YZF125 is made by MBK anyway. As are most small capacity Yamaha's.

CBF125's will burn their oil if ridden for extended periods at high rpms. Sometimes even before 1k miles is reached.

YZF's also do it. I've rebuilt enough with seized top ends and blown cranks to know this.
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[Hetzer]

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[Teflon-Mike]

Always rather worrying, when private e-bay adds use more words, telling you they dont want time wasters, or offers or swaps, and cash only, and how the last bidder pissed them around, than they do telling you what they actually have for sale...

This rings very similar alarm bells.... "Ohh, it does look like an R125, doesn't it? Is it water cooled then? Or does it have a generic CG or Pit-Bike motor I wonder.....
- Warranty, yes, nice... dealer registered, useful... pre-deliver valeting, fan-fucking tastic! What fucking ENGINE is in it?!"
It's not there. They tell you the sum total of fuck all about the actual bike!

Quick google later:-
Genata XRZ 125
Engine: 1 Cylinder 4 stroke engine
Dispclament: 124cc
Speed: 90 km/h
Cooling: Air force

So ACTUALLY, after all that, its an air-cooled engine, NOT a water-cooled YZF-R125 engine, and it has a book speed of just 55mph like any other generic Chink-bike.... And costs as much as a brand new YBR125.....

I'd advice people to look elsewhere... this just screams disappointment in waiting, and a lot of money for not a lot of bike. If you have to have that 'style' buy a 2nd hand YZF-R125, for the same money, and hold it's value a LOT better, whilst you get the full performance, and genuine Yamaha spares support, and no hassle being told "Sorry it's not in our listings, what d'y'say its based on again?" and finding that a YZF-R125 igniter box, or spark plug or gear-lever DOESN'T actually fit that bike, if ANYTHING is actually interchangeable with the YZF, even the body panels! Or, buy a brand new YBR. Depreciation will still be less when you come to sell, you'll still have genuine Yamaha after market support, more speed, and less hassle, and new-bike reliability for the duration.

But bet a fair few eager newbies nagging mummy to under-sign the credit agreement will be duped into it.
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[TheSmiler]

[moonzoomer]

This bike uses the old chinese CG 125 copy air cooled 156 FMI-2 engine according to this gumtree advert, having said that they could not be any worse than the YZF125 engine which is a pile of self destructing oil burning junk.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2014-genata-xrz-125cc-brand-new-yamaha-yzf-r-style-motorbike/1072131290

[Itchy]

I've actually seen a considerable number of people selling 500-1000cc bikes. I've met a few and they want swaps for a 125cc because they can't be bothered going through all the hoops to get a full licence.
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