long-ish distance on a 125

[eddclarke]

Im hoping to go exploring for a few days in the summer, My bike is a air cooled 125 4T, would this pose a problem for a few hundred miles a day? would it over heat? is there anything i need to do to the bike?
thanks
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[-Ali-]

should be fine, they're bomb proof engines.

[eddclarke]

good to hear, im only planning a few 2-300 mile trips, nothing excessive
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[Al]

I said in a post the other day about a trip I did round NZ on an air cooled, 2 stroke 50cc scooter with no problems, did about 200 miles some days aswell.

Some guys did 26,000km round on OZ on 200cc Vespas aswell and they came though ok here- https://www.rightaroundaustralia.com/index2.htm

So 200-300 miles will be no problem for a XR125
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[Nath]

125cc single shouldn't get too hot. It's large aircooled engines that you've got to worry about. When I thrash my 550/4 at lower speeds smoke comes off it due to all the oil stuck the engine starting to burn off due to the massive heat generated. That said, Klause off this forum never had any problems running his aircooled 750cc Ducati Monster in Spain/Portugal during the middle of summer.

Make sure you keep the oil topped up to maximum though, as the oil is key to keeping the engine running at the correct temperature.

[JonB]

Nath, does that mean I could have problems with a Bandit? It's a 600cc inline 4 oil/air cooled engine.
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[The Tot]

Your bike is bombproof and runs on neglect, trust me. 2-300 is nothing on an XR125, i remember doing that in a day then had to do another 200 the next day. You should be fine, as long as you stay of the motorway, the bike really doesn't like it. On A roads, you should be fine. If you want to head up the motorways, adopt the superman pose, feet on pillion pegs and sit as flat on the bike as possible, you'll gain a few more em pee aitch that way

Overheating is not an issue for the bike and there is NOTHING you should need to do with your XR, just keep the chain lubed and you'll be fine
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[gavin]

i once did enfield in north london to newquay in cornwall on a tzr125, over 300 miles in about 5 hours. made it back home the following week as well
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[eddclarke]

awesome, thanks guys, now i got to plan where to go.... i get 3 days off a week and live in the north east. so i think lake district and back and maybe a trip to scotland would be good.
any recommendations?
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