Yamaha SR125

if you like to cruise, this is the bike for you

Comfy positioning

you can throw this bike in to the corners

it was one of the best bikes ive ever owned and i would love to own another one

very easy to work on

Sprockets may need changing every now and then but no the less

AMAZING BIKE!!!

Very good for a 1st time 125cc Rider

Would recommend!!

Bought a 2001 Custom with 31900 mls on clock two weeks ago, did CBT one week ago, got it MoT'd, insured and taxed and haven't stopped smiling since! It starts like a dream( as long as you don't touch the throttle!) and has enough guts for any first-time learner, going nicely through the 5-speed box up to 50 mph. Ok, headwinds and hills will slow it to 40, but, for a learner driver it is in my opinion a great choice especially if you want to be able to exceed 30 mph. As for comments about being blown about by winds, I have been out today in very gusty, strong winds in Falmouth and managed fine; maybe my light weight makes it easier, or not, I don't know. I just know I agree with the reviewers who say " don't think about it - just GO FOR IT!!

P.s. I am 68 years old and have never had a motorbike before( but have driven cars for 50 years, so hopefully will survive)

la madre de las custom modernas´robusta y resultona

I have owed this bike for around a year and had a few problems like the ignition took a few trys to start and i blew a valve driving to fast for too long but i fixed these easy and quickly got parts at my local motorbike shop in two days and cost me less than £50 to buy the parts and fit them myself. The bike is faster now but i dont drive it that fast all the time i getabout 50/55 and mine is 1992. The bike is one of those ones that go on forever if you treat it right and will hold its value if you keep it in good nick. I bought mine for 700 and i put in on gumtree just to see what i would get back i was offered more but i love it too much to sell it. I keep mine outside during work and it does not rust in the rain unlike Chinese sh**.If your thinking of buying one buy it they are so smooth riders and cheap to run and repair.

I have had mine about a 6 months ago now; despite falling off her, and breaking my thumb; she doesn't hate me too much.

Steph is a 1991 J reg SR 125 (the 2MW version) I got her with 12k miles on the clock; now she is sitting at 20k miles; needs a fair amount of TLC to keep her happy at me; but I guess a 125 is not designed for 100 miles a day of commuting up and down between Bath and Gloucester;

She lives outside, with no cover so does not love early mornings; and I try to change her oil every 2000 miles, and speak nicely too her, however I have some problems I am still trying to fix; (perhaps caused by her being stolen from me once, or my dropping her) Photos and Story are here - http://skippy.org.uk/tag/steph

Great little bike. My mate got one first. I got a aprilia rs 125 in the end I sold it to buy a Yamaha Sr 125. For £475 with 26.000 miles on the clock. Mines a cafe racer custom. Great bike the petrol last for ever in these things love the fact you have a reserve. I clocked my friend doing 75-80mph on the bypass! And his Sr is 18 years old. Insurance for new learners is around £200 for third party. After you have one years no claims like me it goes to 150ish. They are built like a tank and very few things can go wrong with them. Parts are easy to get hold of on the internet and are very cheap.

right i absoultey love the bike purely because its my first bike and ive grown very fond of it. I bought it in feb 2011 got my cbt a week later , ridden the same day i passed the poor thing had been sitting in some girls back garden for over a year because she had a low speed crash with it ( she came off going over a wet drain cover ) only damage to the bike was bent crash bars and a hole in her pride. anyway the bike had 6,375 miles when i bought it, its now november and ive clocked it up to 11,234 miles.

since owing this bike ive had a new exhuast, brake pads & disc and rear shoes, oil change ,oil filter new chain. so i was expecting it to be dead reliable, but no it wasnt,

Yamaha sr 125's dont get enough oil to the top end of the cylinder head.!

why would yamaha sell such a faulty machine. twice ive had to have my piston, valves rocker arm etc replaced because it likes to drop valves im onto my 2nd lot! .

dont get me wrong i love this bike its fast, easily manvouerable, looks and sounds great untill its awful tappets become loose again afer 250 miles since the last reset, real head turner.

i just wish i could justify to keep spending money on it, every time its dropped a valve , its cost me shy or just over £200 i only paid £500 for it! not to mention all the new parts ive put on it for example the exhaust is £100 !!! i do love it its great ive been all the way down to york and back from newcastle on it but it needs to sort its life out its going tap tap to the bin .

pros. easy bike to learn on

fast

economical

dependable

negatives.

needs to be lubed every interval on the top end

costing me to much to fix! lol

i will keep this bike regardless of its faults, just because its mine. ha

i give this bike 6 out of 10 purely because of its dogy valve dropping.

After a while of searching for bikes, I bought the SR125 for £995.

Although it had already covered quite a substantial distance (27.2K!), the bike reliably starts every time, although in the cold, use of the choke is recommended.

As for the performance of the bike, I'll bullet-point the pros and cons.

Pros:

- Clutch is brilliant, bite point has quite a large area, so BRILLIANT for learners.

- Gear changing is easy to do, and doesn't require a heavy-footed approach. As well as this, it makes an AUDIBLE click, which can be heard up to about 45mph before the wind noise gets too loud.

- Acceleration is brilliant. 0-30, so to join traffic from a junction, is brilliant. Maybe 2-3 seconds with a nifty racing gear change.

- Top speed is about 65 without much of a wind, so reasonable for a 125.

- Controls are simple and easy to use.

- Handling is very agile, great for a learner!

Cons:

- With a headwind, you're not gonna get much more than 50 out of it, but that's just me, and the bike only weighs 8kg more than i do, so that's the most probable reason.

- Every so often, you get false neutrals (Light comes on, you're not in neutral. = STALL!)

- No fuel meter, although you do get a reset-able mile counter.

- No rev counter. Not a bad point, but above 45 it's nice to have a reference of when to change gear, as you can't hear much.

So after that, I'd say the bike is BRILLIANT. No other word for it.

And as another point, it makes the classic cruiser rumble noise, which is just fantastic, especially since most 125s sound like over-powered mopeds.

Well recommended for a learner!

No mechanical problems so far.

I bought a 2002 Yamaha sr125 for £550 to pass my CBT on. The reason I bought it was that it was the same type of bike the riding school used, and I figured that if it was good enough for a riding school, it would be able to stand up to a first time rider doing 30 miles a day, every day.

Good points

Astonishing fuel economy. I average 106mpg, but I'm a boring rider - I rarely go faster than 40mph, and the ride itself is one open long road with a few roundabouts.

Reliability & build quality. Apart from the exhaust which has a tendency to rust as soon as you look at it, the bike demands very little maintenance, over the obvious oil changes, and regular checks.

The bike has a comforable riding position, and although standard, the controls are all easy to use and reach. (Actually, the choke is quite awkward to use.)

I'd hardly call it a custom bike, but I have fitted Oxford Hot Grips, a PDOiler and a 32l top box to mine - all of which combine to make it a great little bike that has never complained about being out in the depths of winter (and thanks to the hot grips - neither have I,)

Bad points:

It's hardly a performance bike. Mine will struggle to get to 60mph, and neutral will occasionally play hide & seek, disappearing from it's usual haunt between 1st & 2nd comipletely.

The instrument binnacle is fairly sparse: Speedo, turn indicators, high-beam & neutral - and that's your lot.

I originally bought this bike to pass my CBT, then sell it when I progressed to the A1 licence, but I've never got round to it. This bike is fine for my needs, and I'm quite happy with it.

ive had my yamaha sr 125 2 months now she is a grate bike to ride :)

ive had 90 mph and i think its standard, the only problem ive had with it is some 1 as stole my left hand side panel :@ if u know where 1 is for sale plz let me no [email protected] thanx