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I don't think I've ever seen an SR125 with crash bars before, probably wouldn't have been my choice, but I've got to say its starting to look quite smart. I had the chance to sit on a SR125 of Christmas and the thing that got me most about it was just how small it felt. I seem to remember them being bigger in my youth! cheers bud, yeah there aren't many with crash bars around! sat on? Not tempted to buy one?  ha they aren't that big for sure, I like it though, more fun to ride I think. It's next to a Chinese copy of a ybr at work sometimes and that dwarfs the yama. Hey, the crash bars make the yama a bit more chunky! I do like the look  although added more weight to a not-the-fastest 125cc an interesting plan! Fortunately the Speedo doesn't work so no idea how fast I'm actually going anyway! |
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Last Edit: Jan 10, 2019 10:53:46 GMT by s1105117
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No I wasn't tempted, the fella also had a TW, and I used to won one of these, in fact I've owned two I think. I am tempted by that I must admit, basically the same mechanicals, just a slightly bigger bike
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Well the rear panel replaced turned into a tad more of a rigamorol than I expected! I finished work at 5, misus not home til 7, so decided that rather than go home and sit on my backside, should work on the bike. Planned in advance so had taken plenty of tools and the replacement panel to the office and hidden them in my locker. Set to work just after 5. First problem, people getting their bicycles out! Otherwise though, strip down of the rear went Ok.  However... rear panel on the Yama is plastic, with an inner metal panel sitting inside. The metal inside the old rear panel was totally rotten, amd the new panel didnt come with a replacement. However after looking at it i decided that I could make do just as well without it, although i had to source some large washers to tighten up the rear panel and secure the indicators. Rather rotten.  This all done the new rear panel fitted on nicely.  So all fitted up, and back to the rotten old panel to retrieve the number plate bracket. Both bolts very rounded and very rotten.. and upon turning, snapped. B_gger. Also to add to this when the bolt snapped the panel moved and cracked the number plate. At this point I was a bit irked. And number plate less. Looking at my watch showed nearly 6pm, there is a Halfords 5 minutes walk from my house open until 8 which sells numberplates.. So, none the wiser about what I will do for a bracket i packed up the tools, taped the remnants of the old plate to my rucksack and shot off home. Parked the Yama at my house and took a stroll up to Halfords. Walking up the road, I'm just passing some traffic lights when something in a hedge catches my eye. I take a second glance and it's a motorcycle number plate. Attached to the remains of a rear panel.. Attached with a bracket. And being a 2015 plate, the bolts weren't rotten!  Whilst I waited for my new number plate (and despaired at a bloke who said it was too much effort to change a brake light on a Yaris!?) I asked for some tools, which were duly provided so that I could remove the bracket.  Didn't care much for the end reflectors, and they don't suit Yami, so back home and a few minutes with the world's bluntest hacksaw gave me this  The missus came home with a headache at this point, whilst I'm hacksawing away in the living room. Decided I best leave the rest for the morning! Come morning, and the missus back at work, I drilled some holes f9r the bracket based on my night time measurements. R@ts, forgot the reflector that lives under the rear light. So four holes then! Plugged the two extra holes with yellow bolts, and fitted it all up. Looks pretty good really!  Little bit more rigamorol than I had envisaged, and clearly it pays to look out of the corner of your eye into hedges, but still! |
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Last Edit: Jan 10, 2019 10:57:04 GMT by s1105117
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Jan 18, 2019 21:53:50 GMT
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So last weekend the i had a whole of Saturday to myslelf, unocupied in the flat. So I decided to give the new tank the once over, surface corrosion underneath so treated with currust, and painted with a good does of hammerite. Top has a few bubbles here and there, bit of a touch up done, not a concours job but thats not the idea!   Waited for it to dry, gave the flat the delightful aroma of hammerite then put it away in anticipation of fitting to the bike.. However, this week I ran up my local motorcycle garage for a bit of advice re the centre stand replacement, and the brake light wiring. That dome the tank came up in conversation.. now with this weather I won't be fitting it until the summer, as work wouldn't let me play with petrol in the underground car park, and I am feeling wimpish with the cold. So they offered to fit it. So today I rode her round on the way to work. Great guys, I'm sure I have sung their praises before but a proper old school garage that we need more of in the whole of the motoring sphere. Honest, do the job for a fair price and give great advice and chat. Picked her up on my lunch, noticed a leaking aged fuel line as I was about to leave so quickly replaced that too, and we adjusted the lever travel on the front brake for good measure. Rode Yami back to work, parked her up and had a gander. I'm pretty pleased with her!   Gonna take the side panels off and spray them next, not looking bad though! Oh yeah, will need to fix the Speedo... and replace the brake lever.. and renew the clutch cable and return spring.. and fix that centre stand... Looking pretty cool though and still rid8ng really well, although bit of oil is leaking out lads said she sounds and runs well, which she does, top end rebuild on the cards at some point tho. Just for the fun meanwhile, I need some more thermals for the weather! |
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Last Edit: Jan 18, 2019 23:42:12 GMT by s1105117
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Jan 21, 2019 20:44:43 GMT
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I saw this the other day...  My feeling is that this started out as a SR125. I thought it looked pretty cool... Sort of sent me off on an ebay hunt! lol |
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I saw this the other day... My feeling is that this started out as a SR125. I thought it looked pretty cool... Sort of sent me off on an ebay hunt! lol does look pretty cool, I was eyeballing a triumph street scrambler in the showroom the otherday. (I had a whole day to myself, so went for lunch at the cafe in the bike showroom!) Looks like it might have been a SR250? Engine looks a tad bigger and I think the side panels are different.. looks tasty tho! Dangerous thing looking at cool stuff then heading to ebay, I have the ebay app on my mobile which is very dangerous.. |
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Last Edit: Jan 22, 2019 10:49:48 GMT by s1105117
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Bit of an update on the little yamaha, and quite simply it is still going ok! Slight issue in the the rear brake lever hasn't been operating the brake light. Took the side panels off, and the seats to have a look at the wiring. Traced all the wiring from the light back towards the switch, couldn't see anything. The switch itself being kind of like a sturmy archer gear hub, in that a spring attached to the brake arm pulls out a pin when depressed which activates the switch, and you can screw it on or out to adjust it. All seemed to be ok but not working, then I looked just above the switch...  Yep that'll do it! Connected the wires and hey presto, the light works when I apply the brake. So atm it's been reconnected by pinching it in and taping the connector. However will have to trim it back and reconnect it for a permanent solution. Still haven't got round to making the speedometer work, which it never has.. I am fairly certain it's just the cable, I just need to get around to replacing it! neutral and indicator dial lights works, the highbeam one did but now doesn't, although I'm not too bothered about that. Thing with fixing the speedo though is I will then know how slow I am... 65mph top speed, allegedly Suspicious bit of oil around the spark plug appears to have been stopped by changing the plug, which was knackered.(oil encrusted and tiny metal filings....) I think some oil is getting past, presumably worn piston rings and or valve seals but probably not to be unexpected given she has done 32k miles according to the milometer (which doesn't work!) and I've done a fair thousand more than that. and aving looked at her when I got her, I think I've done more work/maintenance on her than she had for a while! new spark plug has cerainly improved staring and running at any rate. New chain and sprocket has been a nice improvement too. Centre stand is a bit of a pain, as it's getting a bit shorter on the end that sheared off! So when checking oil need a handy rock to make her level! At some point I will get a replacement stand i think! All in all, bike is doing well!  |
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Last Edit: May 6, 2019 13:18:01 GMT by s1105117
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May 24, 2019 21:44:06 GMT
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well bit of an update, in tat i think I might actually have finished all my jobs on the Yamaha! I sprayed the side panels gloss black, then left my mum unatended with some Ford cream spray paint, a stanly knife and a sheet of A4 paper, and so the side panels look like this!  Its unique, a bit quirky and I like it the otherside has a tad more overspray, but thats cool in its own way too imo, in keeping with the scruffy style of the mighty little machine I also finally got the speedo working. Got the old cable off, came out of the speedo dial easy enough, but the drive gear? nope! turns out that the the cable was shredded in there and the gear itself was ruined. £10 got me a replacement speedo gear on ebay (was a nice find, especially as I think bargains on ebay are getting more scarce) plus a new cable was sourced from the local parts shop (actually on the shelf which was fairly handy) with the bike on its centre stand ( and with some convenient rocks under the frame) brake caliper pivoted away of the disc and, with assistance from a friendly neighbour, wheel spindle persuaded out, old speedo drive out and new speedo drive in, wheel reattached and brake back on, all in about 15 mins. Nice little job! problem is, I now know how slow i'm going! 0-40 is actually quite brisk, but 40-50 that takes a while! 50- well, 52 has been achieved! think i might need a run up for a speed test run! anyway, still a very good little bike! I will admit the engine will probably need a rebuild soon enough, as the blue smoke is fairly noticeable but for now, we're alright! oh hang on, what about that stand.... fudge. |
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May 27, 2019 13:50:48 GMT
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Bit of yamaha posing. Took the little machine out for an evening run, still a fun little thing, although I must admit now that the speedo works she certainly doesnt feel so fast!   |
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Jul 22, 2019 20:33:54 GMT
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So after a happy year of ownership my little yamaha is sold!
Realistically speaking there are 2 main reasons for this. Number one, I'm 6'3" tall and my back was not happy on the little yamaha. I was in agony and wearing a lumbar support belt daily. After 3 weeks the back is much happier, and really I was far to big for the little bike.
Reason number 2, is that I passed my full bike test! My motorbike is my daily as well as fun, and has to be capable of doing the short runs and long runs if needed. The little yamaha couldn't do the long ones, and if I'm honest I didn't like to be restricted to what I can ride.
The little yamaha was a great project and the new owner seems very pleased with her. She was always a very scruffy example but I think I improved her somewhat, and Yami will be remembered fondly.
However, my first bigger bike shall arrive shortly... exciting times! In the meanwhile, I guess it's foot power for me!
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Jul 22, 2019 22:57:00 GMT
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Congratulations on passing your bike test. So where do you go from here? The SR250 is nice! I've got to say that as much as I like the SR125 I have always felt that they're a little bit too small for me too. Looking forward to your next installement when you tell of your new purchase! |
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Aug 16, 2019 20:13:25 GMT
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I really fancy a motorbike and the sr125 is a great looking starter for not much money
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Dec 12, 2019 22:57:35 GMT
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I did not expect to comment on this thread again... however Yami the Yamaha and her new owner made a somewhat close reappearance last week, in that they nearly crashed into the back of the wife's car! Message from the wife after said event wasn't complimentary of his riding! Though was of my work on the brakes lol
I then By no into the new owner and said bike outside the local asda, he seems pleased still, although bike wouldn't idle so I do wonder how long left she has...
Odd to see a former steed!
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Apr 22, 2020 19:54:11 GMT
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Alas it appears the little yamaha has met it's end.. Turns out the bloke I sold it too in fact had the mental capacity of a lower order vegetable. Not only did he ride like a spanner (see above) he ignored my express instructions to check and top up the oil. My concerns above clearly justified, I saw her on FB marketplace for sale with a blown engine. Was solely tempted to buy her back but the beans were needed elsewhere... I've now seen bits of her turning up  Off to the scrapheap in the sky yami |
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ha they aren't that big for sure, I like it though, more fun to ride I think. It's next to a Chinese copy of a ybr at work sometimes and that dwarfs the yama. Hey, the crash bars make the yama a bit more chunky! I do like the look 
although added more weight to a not-the-fastest 125cc an interesting plan! Fortunately the Speedo doesn't work so no idea how fast I'm actually going anyway! 
