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Latest update from BIKE on the Yamasaki, still going ok, but had to strip and clean the carb following a fuel leak.
I am toying with the idea of buying a 125 myself to keep Zippy company on her 50, but can’t decide wether to go for new Chinese or secondhand Japanese. I am curious about these Chinese bikes
Our 125hundreds race series should show how much abuse each bike can take, we have twist and gos, Chinese copies, old 2stroke enduros, 100cc beasts
and possibly even a road legal pit bike all taking part. Should be a good shake down! Our 125hundreds race series should show how much abuse each bike can take, we have twist and gos,
if you want to see abuse, try and get upto the BMF show at Peterborough in May. We are taking part in the moped enduro again!
https://bikemeet.net/forums/topic/bmf-tailend-2011/.msg6443#msg6443
I will try and come and support in May, it is VERY close to my wedding anniversary though!
On the Chinese 125 front, I might be buying one now…
if you do I suggest after Matt’s experience with his chinese bike to go round all the lube points with a grase gun and grab some locktight and check all the major nuts/bolts/screws for being tight. He has only so far had issues with bits not being lubed and bits falling off from not being torqued up properly and locktighted in place
if you do I suggest after Matt’s experience with his chinese bike to go round all the lube points with a grase gun and grab some locktight and check all the major nuts/bolts/screws for being tight. He has only so far had issues with bits not being lubed and bits falling off from not being torqued up properly and locktighted in place
Cheers for the tip. Which one is Matt running?
if you do I suggest after Matt’s experience with his chinese bike to go round all the lube points with a grase gun and grab some locktight and check all the major nuts/bolts/screws for being tight. He has only so far had issues with bits not being lubed and bits falling off from not being torqued up properly and locktighted in place
Cheers for the tip. Which one is Matt running?
Huoniao AF125-F4 Runner
Bought the Suzuki, good little bike so far.
I also had the opportunity to try a Chinese 125 first hand when Thumper lent me hisrecently acquired Pulse 125:
https://bikemeet.net/forums/topic/pulse-adrenaline-125-review-and-pictures/
Apparently the Yamaha YBR125 has been built in China for several years now and all European and UK examples are sourced from there. This is often the best selling bike here…
One of the 4 carers that come into visit my mother in law daily is using a new Chinese 125 four stroke. He does 500 miles a week on it and sometimes does over 100 miles a day as he does his multitude of calls.He had a European 125 before that, an Aprillia, which ws constantly breaking down…
Hi Guys,
so having read all of your comments, i would like to offer my input. I am 16 years old, and an apprentice at a British car/SUV manufacturer. For my job, i go to college in warwick, but over the college holidays, i have to get to coventry, to the plant i am based at. There are no transport links there, as i need to be there at 7am to start. So i figured, my best option would be to get a moped. I applied for my provisional and did my CBT, then started the bike hunt. I really didn’t want to get a twist and go scooter just because the world hates them, so i wanted a geared bike that looks the part too. I looked at Aprillias, Riejus, kymco etc. but the ones i looked at had either done 20,000 miles at 9,000rpm or were miles away, so i gave up and bought a Yamasaki YM50-3D. After 8KM, i crashed it on a roundabout and bent both fork legs and the bottom yoke, but getting parts was no trouble. (although it did cost me £250). All was well until last week i covered my 130th KM and the electronics in the ignition barrel gave up, due to poor lubrication. After lubrication and reassembly, everything is working well; although it definitely lacks power!! (probably more of a 50cc problem than a chinese one though). I’ll let you know how i get on with it in the coming months, although i plan to sell it in 3 months for a 125 (don’t worry; i’m going Yamaha all the way!)Few things i forgot to mention just now; The bike itself looks stunning in red metallic with a huge chrome exhaust. Very cofmortable, large seat and good riding position with minimal wind noise, however the ergonomics of the foot pegs is horrible. Holding your foot over the rear brake pedal will seriously strain your foot over any length of time, and if you plan to downshift, it’s a very uncomfortable contortion you have to make. If anyone has any ideas about rectifying this i’d love to hear them.
and possibly even a road legal pit bike all taking part. Should be a good shake down! 
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