Yamaha TZR 125 Review

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Yamaha TZR 125
4.5 stars
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XxDayWalkerxX's Review of Yamaha TZR 125

21st Nov 2005

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    6 Months
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    1988
  • Build quality
    4 stars
Good Points

A quick bike. Pretty good looking, but not as good looking as most of the other racing 125's. The bike also looks good as a Streetfighter. The bike is fast enough to rival other 125's because of the YPVS, giving it a better top speed and acceleration.


Bad Points

Not the best looking of the 125's sports range.


General Comments

The Yamaha TZR 125 is a good bike. It is reliable, quick, and is easy to customise. It has a horrible rear light that looks like a brick at the front, but newer models have changed that and look better.

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  • Luke 85 Rank: Lance Corporal on 22nd Oct 2006

    Hello. I've just bought a Yamaha TZR 125, and I was wondering what your top speed is? I've bought mine secondhand, and it has been tuned, but i don't know what it did originally, if you get what I am saying.
    Cheers. Luke.

  • technotamed on 23rd May 2007

    I bought mine from eBay in Feb 2007 and I had to have the engine rebuilt and it has had various other problems. Finally got it all sorted and just finished running the engine in, no power valve so had the valve pushed back in to restrict it to 12BHP. In a head wind it was showing 82 - 85MPH with still more throttle left and the revs were around 8,500. Looking for a power valve kit but this is proving difficult. A really fun bike, quick, would recommend to any learner but be careful buying from Ebay. People use it to get shot of ropey bikes, your cheap £400 bike could cost you much much more. Also the bike shops seem to like ripping off inexperienced bikers.

  • psycochef2007 on 23rd Mar 2009

    I bought a TZR last year for 800 quid. Its a wicked little bike, I'm 16 stone and it will still perform well. Parts are easily available and decent bike shops will still get what you need if you wanna tune it a bit. I was gonna get rid of mine as I also bought an ajs dd125 eos but can't bring myself to sell. My advice to anyone that gets one is keep it, spend some cash on it and youve got one hell of a 125 for not a lot of wedge.

  • bert wheelz on 26th Apr 2009

    hi,wife wants a tzr, does anyone know the seat height?, shes only 5ft 1#2 tall! bert