Dude thats a serious contender right there and hes in colchester ! Will be getting a few questions written down and pull comparisons like seat height for different bikes etc and shooting a few phone calls out.
No its an independed company that will buy a new bike and rebuild the suspension and do engine work, think its a 5week turnaround on one.
YZ125X is coming. It would be cool, if we got a YZ144X too! http://www.enduro21.com/index.php/40-general/750-yamaha-to-launch-yz125x
Not really that expencive a new yz125 is £5649 the new xc is £6499 so adds less than a grand. The ktm n huskys start at £6k. But if they have the £500 power parts deal that drops them too the same as jap bike. It's alot of coin but if i can ride it for a few years n punt it out for £4 k i can do the same again.. Or just hold on to it for 40 years and have a classic.
The 144 is a little spendy, but that would be my choice. Looks like that shop could lower the suspension for ya too. Nice find
If I were you I'd get an 06 and up yz125, they have the best forks out there and every imaginable option in aftermarket parts. I personally prefer the 125 left a 125 but might consider this option which requires no case mod and has a lighter piston than OEM. http://www.maxrpms.com/yz134-big-bore/ The 144s I've ridden do have more in the middle but less over-rev which to me is losing the funnest thing about having a 125. I have an 08 yz125 with about every mod available. I had about $2,200 in it used and added another $500. I'm going to put the 134 kit in it the next time it's due for a re-plate unless someone buys it off of me before then. It's really not for sale but everyone that rides it claims it's the sweetest 125 they've ever ridden and tells me how bad they want to buy it. Maybe I'll get caught on the right day and sell it.
It will be a 125 and stay a 125 as the lady only has provisional, also will be road reged and more than likly new. If the right bike shows up i will be on it like a rash.
I thought even my worn out 144 was much easier to ride than a stock 125. It pulled better off the bottom and would lug around all day which made it really fun to explore and poke around in the woods. And, the 165 does all that and then rips when the PV opens My 1st 125 was a Kawasaki Greenstreak! then Elsinores and my ex racing bud had a stable of YZ 2t. The 144 was better than all of them and the 165 is in a class of it's own.
