Is a 125 any good?

[davestar_delux]

I wrote my car off today so figured it's a good time to try and fulfil my ambition to get a bike.

But I need it for work everyday now and I do a 50 mile wind-y, hilly commute from the South coast of Devon to the North coast of Cornwall. Will I be able to do my CBT and batter on this commute on a 125 every day? That would give me the time to crack on with further training and maybe move up to a larger bike after the Summer/Autumn time maybe.

 

[davestar_delux]

Decent 125's nowadays will do 70-75mph (e.g. Yamaha R125, CBR125, XL-125)
It'll just take a while to get from 60mph to 75, that's all Plus in wind or uphill you'd lose 5-15mph.

But for 50 mile-a-day trips I would recommend DAS and getting a 250 or bigger.

You can do DAS for around £500-£600 which will enable you to ride any cc bike upto 33bhp.

What sort of budget are you on?

I'm not really sure what is a good budget in terms of motorbikes? How much is one of the better 125s? Although I'm using this as a short-term solution and want to get up and running as quick as possible so probably quite cheap for now. Once I am ready for the bigger tests I can get a £3000 loan from work for training and bike purchase etc.

Is that 50 miles each way or 25 miles ?

It is 50 miles each way. But I only have to do this until mid-September when I am moving to the Midlands and will be walking to work.

 

[davestar_delux]

Thanks 4T5 that is a good post and given me some stuff to look at.

In terms of speed, I'm not sure I need to hit 70 much, it usually took me about an hour or longer in the car and there's plenty of tractors, trucks and buses on the roads with not a lot of overtaking opportunities for much of it.

As for rebuilding... what does that involve? I have no idea if I would be capable of anything like that I am going to google 2 stroke and 4 strokes.