best 125 for distances

hi just a quick question

thinking of getting a 125 for the odd trip to the coast or camp site
somewhere with the gear strapped on the back with a cargo net

just wondered what bikes would be best, i'd like a combination of good
looks, good mpg and comfortable and reliable, dont mind travelling
along at 60/70

would like to stick to 125 as its cheap and want to pay up to 600/700
really

any suggestions? if a bigger engine bike would work out just as cheap
on longer journeys then id consider it but think im happy with a small
engine

thanks

 

Less than 70 miles, at a guess.
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hi

i am about 40 miles from the coast so would be that kind of distance
or possibly more

would you advise a 4 stroke over a 2 stroke?

 

Rebel 125 is quite nice and fairly comfortable. With a lightweight
bloke like me in the saddle it could go at 60 fairly comfortably and
occasionally hit 70 on the level. Got 80 miles to the gallon or so,
and it was rather cheap to insure.

 

I did Brighton to Leeds on a CG125. It was fine.

Maybe I should get some pushrods for my scooter[1].

[1] Sounds like a fair swap.

 

The first time I did Land's End to John O'Groats in one go, I was
carrying all my camping gear and I wasn't in a hurry. I stopped for a
few comfort breaks, lunch, dinner, coffees, bolting my mate Bob's 250LC
back together a couple of times, that sort of thing.

It took about 23 hours.

What's that got to do with 125s you ask?

Well, as I left Land's End, there was an "old chap" (probably not that
old really) on a Kawasaki AR125. He had a 2-stop strategy, and was
similarly laden down with a tent, sleeping bag etc.

Thing is, he couldn't find the campsite at Gretna, so decided to carry
on going. As I finished putting up the tent at John O'Groats, the bloke
on the AR125 arrived.

So a 125 will do longer journeys with camping gear to the coast.

Whatever you buy, make sure it's not a shed, and make sure there's room
on it for your luggage.

 

On a 125? You'll be lucky. 70 is pretty much flat out. 55-60 is more
like it, and 50-55 probably even more realistic.

Honda CG125

<Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods>

 

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Not on a proper, old school, not-learner-legal stroker. My GFR will
reach well beyond 70. In fact it surprised a few folk at the Morini
Cadwell track days I took it to. Get right down behind the screen and it
will do 90+

Not exactly a commuter machine though.
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It takes a special kind of personality to ride a 125 for anything longer
than the time it takes you to get to the dealer to buy a bigger bike.
Unless there is the prospect of sex AND beer at the end of the journey.

Petrol will be a bit cheaper, if you do your own maintenance and
servicing they too will be a bit cheaper but even when added together
the differences will amount to nothing compared to the costs of
security, armour, luggage, insurance, louder cans and other essentials
for happy motorcycling.

Of course everyone knows that the maximum pleasure from motorcycling
comes from full employment of forward observation. Focus, almost to the
point of tunnel vision being the rightly proper way to ride. Watching
the countryside drift slowly by out of the corner of your eye is boring
and thus dangerous which is not the point of a bike at all, avoid it at
all costs.