I've Bought a Motorbike!

Last Updated 7th January 2019 by Tim Trott

No less than two hours after passing my CBT I was in Fowler's showroom picking out a new motorbike for myself. Having sat on quite a few bikes in showrooms and events I already knew which one I wanted to start with so I pretty much went in and said: "I want that one".

So now I am the owner of a brand new Yamaha YZF R125 in 2010 Power Black. Unfortunately, the bike isn't released until later on in the month so I am going to have to wait until June for it.

This bike is a 125cc learner legal sports bike in the same family as the R6 and R1 and styled the same. It has a Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, 4-valve, single cylinder, SOHC engine which is tuned to 11kW (14.7 bhp) the legal limit for learner bikes. Like the R1, the R125 features a lightweight Deltabox frame linked to a cast aluminium swinging arm.

Yamaha UK website

Update 18th May: Just had a call from Fowlers to say that my bike is in and should be ready for collection on May 26th Way ahead of schedule, so now I'm going to have to go out and get all my riding gear this weekend. I was hoping to get another pay slip before then.