Looking to buy 125cc motorcycle

[ko5i]

Hi all, i am looking to buy 125 cc motorcycle but idk which one, Honda cbr125 is not so good in looking especially the rear tire so thin, yamaha are expensive so no.
Any opinions about hyosung gt 125 or Hyosung gtr 125 ?
I heard they are really slow, have bad acceleration.
What would you recommend me, and what are your opinions on Hyosung gt/r 125 what are the good and bad points ?
Any owners of aprilia rs125 ? opinions short reviews? and is it possible to make aprilia rs125 sound a bit better cuz sound is worst than scooter
My budget £1200 and i want something to ride around everyday, i want something reliable not anything chinesse or so ever. I want nice looking, sounding, and reliable 125cc anyone ?
Which 125cc bike you had and what are your opinions on it

Thanks,

[rideslikean00...]

I had the YBR-125 and can't fault it... other than the fact it was a 125 and therefore slow, obviously. Good quality used ones have got to be worth considering, why buy a new one you might end up dropping anyway. You'd probably get something five to ten years old in good condition in your budget if you looked around closely.
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[Rogerborg]

[ko5i]

I dont now, but this hyosung was a mistake previous owner didnt took care or anything so i just want some of the owners of hyosung opitions about it

[Rogerborg]

You want someone to tell you that they're brilliant and you should get another one, right?
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[DRZ4Hunned]

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[Snop Doog]

A CBF125 can be picked up with your budget.

From my experience with my 09 one I can confirm that it's reliable, I have never had any issues with it and it's 96% rust free.

Acceleration? Beats any car off the lights I assume most other bikes would.

I ride mine more or less everyday, handles the London roads just fine in 3rd/4th.

Seeing as you're fussed about the rear tyre. A 120/80-17 will get on the back of it and it looks thicker than the stock.

Sounds deep & throaty with a Danmoto Carbon GP system if you're fussed with the sound. Gets a LOT of attention too. It's a bit loud to say the last. You'll get used to it though.

[Flatbadger]

I'm still with my good old DR125 from 2009 - it might be a sluggish abomination according to a certain admin on this thread (naming no names of course). It's reliable and gets me to work, although it's all 30/40 roads which I use so well within the limits of the bike.
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[Marcg868]

[Northern Monkey]

[Rogerborg]

[josh95]

get a ybr or a modern cg,
u dont need a race replica bike, they use the same engine as the ybr and cg but cost x2 as much?
having plastic fairings doesn't make u faster on a 125

[ko5i]

[Rogerborg]

[ko5i]

Hmm so looks like i wont decide for CBF, so i need to decide for different now.
The only thing in Hyosung gt 125 i had was that the swing arm was getting corroded and that it was slow and hard to get parts in reasonable price [or overall get parts] but other than that i think i liked all in that bike
cg 125 looks bad so i wont decide for this one im sure
YBR looks like mix of cross bike and sport bike and its too small

[Northern Monkey]

So all you are interested in is how your bike looks.

Have you ridden a bike before?
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[ko5i]

Yes i rode GTR 125 hyosung, it looked good i liked everything in that bike [except speedo it wasnt showing true speed quickly like you accelerate and it shows with delay] and it was slow too and hard to get parts
I want the bike to look nice [sporty look] and sounds nice, and to have faster acceleration [obviously i dont expect from 125cc to be super fast [except aprilia but it sounds bad expensive parts and lot of maintenance] but it should have nice acceleration to easily catch up with traffic
From what i can tell Hyosung is bad at acceleration but it catches up easily after 20 to 45mph but first 0-20 [without revving engine so much is bad]

[NJD]

[Northern Monkey]

[ko5i]

Lexmoto is okay i think idk adrenaline look good from all of them and other sporty looks i dont know how to describe like 'empty' thin tires and they are a bit slow




What do you guys think about cagiva ? i think its similar to aprilia rs125

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cagiva-motorbikes/cagiva-mito-2007-full-power-33bhp/1118263523

[Northern Monkey]

All learner legal 125s are slow. Even the expensive ones covered in plastic.
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[Teflon-Mike]

https://images.cmsnl.com/img/models/yamaha-tz125_big00016822_2846.jpg
That is a 1980 Yamaha TZ125 'Over-The-Counter' Grand-Prix bike.
You couldn't get more 'sporty'.
As 125's go, its also genuinely 'fast'.
Actually, as ANY bikes go, its actually genuinely 'fast'
Its a genuine 130mph motorcycle, and ISTR in a shoot-out Performance Bikes did many many years ago, about the time the Fire-Blade was Launched; set faster lap-times than the gaggle of hot-snot, big displacement street-bikes they took along.

Oh, shit, what am I talking about.. hopws can that possible be 'fast'? LOOK at those tyres! Seen fatter rubber on a push-bike!

ACTUALLY, kid, those 'skinny' tyres are one of the reasons that bike CAN go 130mph. Power = Force x Speed... force in question is drag; drag is wind resistance and road resistance; narrower the tyre, less rolling resistance, so for the same power you get more speed.

Also help in the wet, especially on a super-lightweight bike. Less tyre on the road, the less distance water has to be shifted from under it to find the road to grip; smaller area of tyre also means that the weight spread over that smaller area gives a higher gripping pressure...

So, narrow tyre, = more speed, less fuel consumption, better grip, better wet weather grip...

So why do they fit fat tyres to modern bikes?

'cos otherwise fashion victims like you wont buy the fucking things!

However, its all utterly accademic. What we think are good Learner-Bikes, what the mags say are good learner bikes; what is listed in the Used Buyers Guides, means fuck-all, unless there is actually a real one FOR SALE... and THEN whatever we, the mags or the guides say about that model, mean even LESS compared to what state the actual individual example sat in front of you is actually in!

Every-one raves about Veradaros... and tends to slate Generic chinky Bikes.... BUT, if you had Bunny-Guards clapped out, sprocket welded 'heap' of a Vera, in front of you.. and a brand new Lexmoto.. shouldn't take a brain surgeon to figure out which is the 'better' bike!

GET OFF THE NET - GET ON Y'BIKE!

Go find one. A REAL one. In the REAL world! Make your own mind up whether its any good or not!
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[RedPanda]

Aprilia 2-strokes sounding bad And now you're thinking about a Cagiva 2-stroke

Also, you want a sporty bike but think CBR125s look crap? At the end of the day they're all 125s. They all do pretty much the same, Japanese ones may go a bit quicker than Chinese and they'll always be cooler.

Have you checked insurance costs for any of these bikes?
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