Buying a 125.

[Henrik]

Gaah... I want to buy a 125:er but I don't know which. So, I have cash for a'02 or '03. What do I get and why? I concider my self to be a newbie-de-luxe but basically I suck.

[earthvssoup26]

henrik, hur e det?

[Aus_Rider_22]

Just pick a colour and go!

I would recommend looking at the YZ or KTM or RM.

They were the standouts in the years you mentioned.

[Henrik]

... buy any color is not really what I'm after. I have a big ol' thumper now (YZ400). I'd say I'm KTM-biased but I'd buy a Yammie because it's a Yammie. Thing is, I'm not sure if a KTM is anything for me. I read somewhere that they were "not for beginners" and that kinda freaks me out - but hey, if the thumper takes me round tha track a 125 of any breed would. Thing is, I want a agile bike with lots of suspension. Yammie's are fine but the KTMs feel narrower and actually cooler. So, I'm leaning towards KTM - am I way off here?

[Henrik]

I'm fine, thanx. You know, it's concidered to be pretty inpolite to speak any language but the forum-prefferd. In this case - let's keep it english. I'm not trying to be an a$$ here, I'm trying to keep us both from being banned. Oh, btw, I PM:d you....

[mxerncolo]

If you can ride the 400 you would do fine on the KTM even.

[mattdcs]

ya you would and getting the KTM 125 would be a great idea because its a ready to race bike no need really to upgrade anything like the other bikes but if you want good suspension and control i would go wit the yammaie because i have the 03 125 and that thing is so smooth in control and suspension so smooth the engine 2 is great maybe you can find one that already has a pipe on it and your basically set

[Z mann R2]

i second what mattdcs was saying in that, the YZ has pretty much everything you need, they have won every shootout since 96 and i see no reason for it to stop now, my '04 is SWEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTT!!!! i love it!