06-09-2015, 09:19 PM
Here's my current ride, I'd arranged to borrow it off a mate from the middle of last month so I could get some more riding experience before doing my full bike licence. Good thing too considering I have no cars at the moment. He's happy as it keeps his bike looked after till his sister wants it and he now has a Phazer 600.
Anyway it's a 1997 Yamaha SR125 with just 22,000 miles on the clock, a whopping 11bhp and an official top speed of 56mph!!!!
It's cheap as chips, If I wasn't a named rider on my mates policy (£30 extra) it would cost me £115 for the year insurance fully comp, £17 road tax and I'm averaging nearly 90mpg(!) even in hooligan mode, managed to get it leant low enough the other day to catch my foot.
Within the next couple of months she'll need a new front tyre, clutch cable, speedo cable, carb rubber as it's perishing and one of the side panels replacing with the correct colour. Also the headlight is like a candle in a jam jar, it looks like a 306 brake light bulb that's in for the headlamp. The brakes are shocking and I cant stand his taste in number plates. She's also getting a small screen as at 60mph the wind is a beast and my commute sits for 20 miles at that sort of speed so I get a beating with no fairing to hide behind.
Here she is at ace next to my mates bike
After my second commute to work
And after a wash today with her new luggage rack fitted.
Anyway it's a 1997 Yamaha SR125 with just 22,000 miles on the clock, a whopping 11bhp and an official top speed of 56mph!!!!
It's cheap as chips, If I wasn't a named rider on my mates policy (£30 extra) it would cost me £115 for the year insurance fully comp, £17 road tax and I'm averaging nearly 90mpg(!) even in hooligan mode, managed to get it leant low enough the other day to catch my foot.
Within the next couple of months she'll need a new front tyre, clutch cable, speedo cable, carb rubber as it's perishing and one of the side panels replacing with the correct colour. Also the headlight is like a candle in a jam jar, it looks like a 306 brake light bulb that's in for the headlamp. The brakes are shocking and I cant stand his taste in number plates. She's also getting a small screen as at 60mph the wind is a beast and my commute sits for 20 miles at that sort of speed so I get a beating with no fairing to hide behind.
Here she is at ace next to my mates bike
After my second commute to work
And after a wash today with her new luggage rack fitted.