Ruts and potholes are dispatched in comfort – aided by the supportive rolled bench seat that manages to provide both style and substance. Firm but forgiving, there’s 130mm of travel up front and minimal dive under hard braking. The Yamaha XSR125’s non-adjustable 37mm forks and rear shock are nothing short of excellent. For £4450, I’d also want a little less plastic trim. Suspended by quality non-adjustable springs that don’t fold at the first sign of a corner, it’s only let down by weak brakes, which lack any real bite at the front end. Weighing just 140kg wet (2kg less than the MT-125) and equipped with wide bars and proper motorcycle dimensions, it feels roomy without being intimidating to a shorter rider and offers comparatively more midrange than much of its inner-city competition, thanks to the inclusion of Variable Valve Actuation (VVA) on the Euro5-friendly engine. Slotting in as the smallest and cheapest model in Yamaha’s heritage family, it joins the middleweight XSR700 and larger XSR900 – themselves based on the über-popular MT-07 and MT-09 modern nakeds.Īlthough much smaller and less powerful than its older siblings, the newbie 125 is a brilliant introduction to motorcycling and would make a decent, on-trend commuter for an experienced rider trundling in an out of the city. New for 2021, it shares much of its underpinnings with the firm’s pre-existing YZF-R125 sportsbike and MT-125 naked and is draped in smooth, minimalist bodywork oozing ‘70s charm with more than a hint of RD250 about it. Yamaha have spotted this and introduced the XSR125.
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