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!!

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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.

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

hi i bought my we sr 125 2001 for 160 pound with 30000 miles on the clock have had 2 wee probs with it and that was bulbs and fuses going nothing too big i have had too replace the speedo cable aswell but all round with the millage thats on the bike its still going very strong ..........

have had the bike to 83mph going down hill but on a flat got 70 ish out of it

i would say to any1 to buy 1 off these bike as there bullet proof and always starts what ever the weather

i had too bridgestone tyre put on and you can throw the bike about without worring of falling off lol

As described before, great bike for beginners, very easy to drive, it's quite light and agile through all kind of turns. Consumption of fuel is incredibly low ( appr. 3l/100km). The only weakness I find about this motorcycle is lack of power on longer up-slopes, because it has no water cooling so it's quite easy to see the difference in performance when the engine is very heated. But this is reasanoble since it has 12 HP. Overall, great bike, no failures, max. speed up to 115 kph downward, else about 95 kph.

hi i have had my trusty sr 125 for three years and apart from the norm oil
tyres etc its been a godsend cheap to run and insure only 15quid a year for
tax speed wise its not the fastest thing in the world but i have had 70mph on a number of occations all in all i would recomend one to anyone.

I intended to do my CBT then go stright in for the Direct Access Course. However with no prior experience of biking I decided to get a cheap run around to gain experience before doing my DAS. The Yamaha SR 125 was what I did my CBT on so was the bike I looked out for. With so many on the market there easy to find at a decent price. Mine for its age is in very good condition, all for £400.

No problems with its engine yet and its running costs are cheap. Not sure what the stats are for its fuel consumption but it just goes and goes. Very cheap to run and has saved me a fortune in just one month. No word of a lie but if it carrys on like this it would have paid for itself in no time.

The only downside to this bike is it can be sluggish, especially on the hills but with plenty of throttle and a bit of pre planning it will make it easy enough. Other then that it is as you expect a 125cc to be.

The Yamaha SR 125 is an excellent bike not just for the learner but also for somebody just looking for a cheap alternative to the car.

at first the shape of the Yamaha SR125 didnt apeal to me but as that grew on me now i love the bike. very reliable bike standing still for 7 months and all it took to start was some carb cleaner and a battary charger ! very comfortable to ride and ok on handaling.

The Yamaha sr125 is a perfect learner bike, it is comfortable to ride and handles perfectly. it is also light which is great if you drop it. it will be easy to pick back up. parts are cheap if you break anything and need to replace it. you can fill it up from empty for around £8 (subject to current fuel prices). the bikes max speed is between 55 and 60mph so is only really good for on a provisional license.