Sanya SY125-11 125

well i have 1 of these bikes and havent had any problem they keep on going .once u look after it. i have 31,500 miles on my bike right now bought her in 2009 . great little bike.From Ireland.

Been driving the bike for a few weeks and now it seams to not run right. The bike drives but keeps jumping around feels like it's running out of fuel not sure what this could be any ideas people.

Guys - never buy this rubbish. You won't find spare parts in UK.

I had to change entire engine 3 times in 1 year !!!

I have had the Sanya for 3 1/2 years and now done over 20,000 miles (or 32,000 kms).

The bike is used every day and has never failed to start.

Good points

Reliable

Does 120 MPG

Cheap parts

Quiet

Never burns any oil

Good lighting and indicators

Bad points

Chrome is just OK

Rack is very weak, keeps breaking

Gear lever very sloppy

Very slow. 55 on a good day but not happy

Brakes dontt work in the wet

In conclusion, the bike cost me £720 on the road and has been REALLY reliable and gets me to work every day.

I think if you keep the bike clean and do oil changes every 1000 miles, the engines goes on forever.

does any 1 know how much it takes to fill the tank from empty at all

For its price I cant fault this little bike, Sanya SY125-11 125. Two year old and 7500 miles on the clock its got me where I wanted to go with little fuss but there are a few pointers I would like to mention. Be careful on wet roads with original tyres on bike it does get a little twitchy until they wear a bit and the front wheel seems a little light accelarating out slow corners. I had early problems with brakelight blowing early on which I replaced and a issue with a loose wire underneath ignition socket breaking (was soon resoldered and resin encased worked great ever since). Recently my flasher unit packed in, a quick search on ebay and a 12v univerasl 2 pin sorted that and apack of 12v23w for the indicators total cost about £7. I never been shy on changing oil and I change it every 1200miles with a 10w40 air cooled mineral oil I get from Halfords, costs me about £5 to change. I run the engine methodically and as it said in the handbook it was boring as hell but I reckon am reaping the benefits of it now. On a good day it does 70 on the clock at 8750 and I know theres a little bit more there cause I`ve had to throttle back I dont want to redline it too far! I havent replaced the chain and sprockets yet but am gonna put the 17tooth front sprocket on and stretch out that 1st gear a bit its a just a little bit slow pulling out at junctions and find myself hitting 2nd gear a bit too quick just to try and get some speed up. I paid £700 for mine new and the obligatory £70 reg fee....100mpg, cheap to insure through Rampdale and for short journeys way cheaper than public transport. This little bike tries its best and if you just spend a just a few hours a week checking everything on the bike you soon pick up on the little niggles and problems.I didnt expect a superbike or cutting edge technology for the low price but I`ve been pleasantly surprised and chuffed with this bike mine definately does what it says on the tin.

At first sceptical about the sanya Sy 125-11 but its turned out rather well so far other than having to replace the tail light bulb and tighten rear drum brake. Got some great power behind it for a 125cc of this price range and great acceleration. Other than its hard to get parts for its a good little bike and mindless fun steering could be lighter though. If your looking for a cheap affordable bike to get around on this is it go buy one, they are really easy on the fuel and cheap to keep on the road. The hayes manual for Chinese bikes can be helpful if you are not too good at mechanics and this bike is not complicated.

Ok, i had my Sanya for 2 months. But already since passing my CBT i came off the bike twice. first time car cutting me off and second a oil patch on the road.

But twice, the bike a slid along the road and only came with damage to the mirrors and headlight.

BUILT LIKE A TANK! and nice and cheap to buy a simple 7 inch universal light that transforms the look of the bike. And some long stem mirrors, so my shoulders isn't taking up the view.

This was my first road bike having done my CBT. I bought it from another chap at work who bought it new to learn on, for £250. It had various areas of surface rust, and some of the chromeing is about as thick as tissue paper. However for the price i paid and the new price of thses bikes you really cannot complain. If i had it from new i think it would not have suffered as much as the previous owner never cleaned it by his own admission.I have now spent a grand total of 3 hours cleaning it and it looks alot better,not very long but worth the little investment of time. It looks okay and i'm only embarassed by my L plates.

I use it for work quite often, a round trip of 38miles, it goes along the Cornish roads both A and B really quite well, and i can pass stationary cars costing lots of money easily as they queue for St ives (he he).

The only negative thing i can say about my bike, is that i dont really trust the Chinese tyres. This will be sorted with new ones soon so happy days. Very good on fuel too.

I was looking for a bike to get me to and fro' work, after looking at the market place and seeing the high price of Japanese 125s new and secondhand I was a bit disconcerted as new, the price was too high and secondhand the price still seemed high relative to the risk you take in buying a used 125 learner legal bike. Sanya to the rescue.... I bought the bike from the guys in Plymouth for £599 or there abouts, value for money it appeared and as you will see in this report it really is...

I thought I'd be clever and save the £99 delivery charge and with my brother and his van off we went. When the bike is in it's packing crate it weighs a ton and off loading it when we got home was a real mission (take note my brother and I are big fellows but it proved really awkward), take my advise, let them deliver it....

Assembly was quite easy but my brother and I are used to tinkering with mechanical things, my advice is follow the instructions (not the best) as best you can and take your time, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Once I'd filled the battery (a pain), checked the oil and put in petrol with the choke on it fired up straight away. The DVLA is easy to deal with, just make sure that you've got all the necessary paperwork including insurance when you go to them. It took a week for my registration number letter and tax disc to arrive through my letter box.

I've now covered nearly 1000km's (over 600 miles) and yes I've had some issues but all minor and very easily sorted.

1: Change the Chinese sparkplug for a NGK, it makes a world of difference.

2: Replace the front sprocket with one 2 teeth bigger, you notice no loss in low end pulling power and it's a lot smoother at speed.

3: The Chinese oil is like syrup, use up to 300km and then change with a good quality semi-synthetic oil. I intend to change oil every 1000km, for £10 it has got to be good insurance against premature wear.

4: My gear lever fell off.. I have a good routine of going around the bike checking all the bolts are tight, I missed that one, it was easy to slide back on and tighten when I got home. Moral, Always check your nuts...

She fires up first time every time, now the weather is a bit warmer often with little or no choke. I'm averaging 90mpg and that is screwing the thing (my route to work is along open country roads, so I'm not going to potter along at 30 mph am I?).

To close, look after it and I think you'll has many years of service...