Great handling,Voted best 125cc machine of all time.Still looks good today.especially m2 or 3 with its lower looking front end.comfort ,reliability and great build quility.Tough engines and reliable power valve(pv was patented and was simple and bullet proof ,unlike suzukis which were made from chocolate.A very good engine to tune so many were thrashed and moded in a year or two.I have a mk2 ypvs and looks 6months old if that. Yamaha RD 125 LC great for turning heads.

had a few Yamaha RD 125 LCs 22 yrs ago ,how time flies , found 1 white lc 125 on ebay uk and won the bidding 26000 kms on it mint original bike , then bid on another what were the chances of getting another 1 , it,s 7000 miles black rd125lc original chain and sprockets and tyres what a bike , so i was on a roll ,these bikes are so rare i found a white with red and blue stripes very clean rd125lc and the guy also had a black rd125ypvs so i took it aswell as it,s mint so all and all i have 4 of them , i open the garage door and it brings a smile to my face , so thats my collection also have a rd350 lc white with blue stripes ...all true and in ireland yeah ,

I bought a 1984 mk1 model Yamaha RD 125 LC and have still got it to this day. if i had a pound for every time i've heard "i used to have one of those". I've always found the handling to be be good but with a fork brace added to the mark 1 its a much better machine. The bike is designed well but everywhere you look it has those awful cross head bolts, i changed mine for stainless hex bolts, i suggest you do the same. I would recommend anyone whos thinking of buying one to get either the mk2 or mk3 as they are much more forgiveing, not to mention the powervalve on the mk3. Good looks, Handles well, reliable, quick. Only bad point is build quality.

i bought my Yamaha RD 125 LC fully restored, completely original. i have had nothing but trouble with it frame wise the bike is very good. the main trouble i've had is engine problems. what started as a tiny little noise turned into a catastrophic failure of the gearbox . Bear in mind that nearly all of these bike have been thrashed to death, as strong as they are they are not indestructible. i suggest if you are looking for one i would factor in an extra 159 quid to cover an engine rebuild, purely for piece of mind. be before i had these problems it was a very nippy bike i never took mine over 8000rpm because of the noise but its definitely no slouch.

I had one of these in 1982, THE learner bike to have in those days! 3 months ago I found a completely renovated white one like new (even had the original exhaust!), took it down the local bike meet and got mobbed! (I wish I had a pound for every "I used to have one of those!" and "don ' t see many of them in that condition anymore!". Parked it next to a Ducati 1098 which was then completely blanked by everyone. Great laugh! From a practical point of view, Yamaha build quality, classic bike insurance and if you look hard enough you can get a good one for less than the price of a nasty Chinese 125. and don ' t forget, look after it and you wont have any depreciation either! 2 strokes forever!

has a nasty habit of chewing sprockets and chains when giving a fist full.

I got this Yamaha RD 125 LC bike in a box and I spent a few weeks getting the parts with the longest bits being the side panels. I had a Pepsi bike. The performance of the non YPVS is pretty good, I beat my mate's YPVS all the way up to 70mph and then he got the upper hand with a few more MPH and pull at the top end.
The bikes are light and well balanced.
The older bikes came unrestricted and were pretty fast(in the day).

I never had an issue starting and never blew a piston but it vibrates right through you, just like most 2T's.
I lost mine, so if anyone sees it, please report in...UTH was the last letters.

My mate has one of these Yamaha RD 125 LC motorcycles and i'm writing this review on his behalf.

I can't believe how indestructable his bike is he has had 7 Crashes, 6 his fault but only minor, and 1 Serious but not his fault (He was published in fast bikes for that one!)
The serious crash was where a ford escort clipped the back end of my mates bike while he was doing 60. Both my mate and his bike walked away vertually untouched!
Buy one of these bikes they arn't the best looking but unbelieveably reliable!!!