AndyB365
Wannabie Member
Well, I'm taller than most at 6'3" and I'm looking to get on a 125 on my 17th birthday, however, I have been told that most taller people have difficulty riding a 125 as the frames are usually a lot smaller to fit a wider range of people in this younger age group (whether there's any truth to this I don't really know). So I'm asking if anyone who is above 6ft tall if they have had any experience on 125s and how they found them with regards to long journeys (back pain, knee pain etc.) and how they felt to ride.
With regards to what bikes I have been looking at, I have had a very long look at the Honda Varadero, however it isn't the best looking of the bikes I have in consideration and it is bloody expensive, second hand ones over a decade old still command an asking price of over £1300 and I would rather not take the chance of buying a 125 that's that old when I could get a different one such as a Yamaha CBR for example, for just a couple of hundred pounds more that is only 2 or 3 years old.
Other suggestions of bikes I could get would of course be supermotos (which I don't particularly like) or slightly sportier bikes such as the Derbi Mulhacen, which has a BIG question mark over it's reliability and the GT125R, made by Hyosung, the sister company of suzuki, so it's pretty reliable, but as it's still a largely unknown marque, I have suspicions that finding spare parts or a dealer will be a pretty difficult thing to do.
So, thoughts? Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance guys, AJB.
With regards to what bikes I have been looking at, I have had a very long look at the Honda Varadero, however it isn't the best looking of the bikes I have in consideration and it is bloody expensive, second hand ones over a decade old still command an asking price of over £1300 and I would rather not take the chance of buying a 125 that's that old when I could get a different one such as a Yamaha CBR for example, for just a couple of hundred pounds more that is only 2 or 3 years old.
Other suggestions of bikes I could get would of course be supermotos (which I don't particularly like) or slightly sportier bikes such as the Derbi Mulhacen, which has a BIG question mark over it's reliability and the GT125R, made by Hyosung, the sister company of suzuki, so it's pretty reliable, but as it's still a largely unknown marque, I have suspicions that finding spare parts or a dealer will be a pretty difficult thing to do.
So, thoughts? Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance guys, AJB.
I have had my eyes opened recently to the variation of bikes and what different people seem to find suits them so I guess I won't know which one is big enough or is comfortable enough for me until I can actually get on them.
