Recommend me a 125c bike with great mpg

[woo]

Thinking of getting a 125cc bike to help cut costs mainly want the best reliability and highest mpg and can do a decent 60 mph on motorways

been researching on the bikes below but its hard making that choice as theres so much choice

Just curious on which is the best to go for out of the following

Yamaha YBR 125
Honda CB125F
Honda CBF125
Yamaha SR125
Honda CG 125
Yamaha R125
Honda CBR 125

The Honda CBF125 valve clearance check every 2.5k miles is kinda off putting

honda varadero 125 is too big for me as im only 5"3 and ill never be able to get my feet on the ground
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[KnightsFall]

If fuel efficiency is one of your main criteria, I'd suggest having a look here for some real world figures:

https://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle

Most 125s should be pretty solid in terms of MPG though. A YBR will likely do 110+.

[Beehive Bedlam]

5'3? Midget.

[bamt]

At 5'3, you may want to try sitting on some to see how they feel. Mrs bamt is a similar perfect size, she loved her YBR125 Custom which has quite a low seat height.

Be aware that depending upon what your situation is, biking may not actually save much money; there is the bike, insurance, all the kit, regular maintenance etc. But it is a lot more fun than the car!

[TheSmiler]

[KnightsFall]

Oh and regarding valve clearance, I believe the Yamaha 125s tend to need them every service as well, though they are around 3.5k instead of 2.5 so there is that. If you don't feel that you can service yourself, have a word with dealers about their costs. I'd be surprised if it varies much for the usual suspect commuters at least. The higher end ones might cost you a bit more in some areas such as tyres though.

[Beehive Bedlam]

[KnightsFall]

[stevo as b4]

I'd go for a Honda PCX125 instead personally. There's no reason if MPG is important to have a YBR125 over a PCX, and even a thrashed PCX125 should do over 130mpg, and the stop/start system can be turned off if it gets too annoying.

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[woo]

forgot to mention i currently have a GSXR 1000 K6 so putting that away for a while and the 125 is for journeys to a new job which is a 50 mile round trip every day and i happy with a 55mph top speed as i have a 15 min stint on the motorway
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[Irezumi aka Reuben]

I'd look in to scooters if I were you woo. Are you heading through London or straight out south?

Youre also restricting yourself to over inflated prices by getting a 125. I'd be looking at 250/300/400 capacity bikes myself to avoid this and still get good MPG. Honda CB250RS does about 80mph and meant to be around 70MPG with about 25bhp.

Low seat height and weight. Might be worth a look.
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[andyscooter]

Honda vision and Suzuki address both say 145 mpg
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[arry]

The difference between real world cost at mpg level at that sort of mpg is so small unless you did a million miles you'd be hard pushed to notice it. You'd lose what you gain if the tyres were 20 quid dearer.

Spreadsheet time.

[Beehive Bedlam]

Ringing a 125's neck for 25 mile each way everyday isn't going to be fun. Unless your commute is through the daily cluster fuck traffic.

[bamt]

[ADSrox0r]

I seriously wouldn't have any desire to do a 50 mile round trip every day on a 125. A 250 will still give you healthy mpg returns and have enough poke to at least cope with the odd squirt.
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[G]

Have you tried riding the GSXR at 125cc 4 stroke speeds?

Might find that at those speeds the difference in economy is a bit closer, to the point you'd actually be losing money buying the 125cc.

Normally for two-bike solutions, but doesn't always make sense.

A bit closer, but someone on here rode a GPZ500s at c90 speeds... and got c90 fuel economy.

[Wonko The Sane]

[Shaft]

[andyscooter]

[Sable]

How much motorway speed do you intend to do on a 125? I go through periods of doing 80 mile a day around the m25 on a 125 4 stroke, mostly sitting at 50-60mph and I definitely do not get the same fuel economy as I do when I sit at 40 mph on London major A roads. Depends on how fast the non motorway roads are.

I will agree with G if you intend to do a lot of 55mph riding.

[Fidge]

[smegballs]

[C1REX]