How fast should a 125 go

In article <46e9937c$0$21086$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
glenn.clark.TakeThisOut@NOSPAM.btinternet.com says...
> Hi all
>
> My wife has a Yamaha Sr125 which seems to do about 55 on the flat and 60
> down hill. Now I am from the old school of 2 stroke where a standard 125
> would do about 80/85. I spoke to some one with a cbr125 which he says does
> 85. How can I get more out of her bike so she can keep up with the traffic
> on a dual carriage way.
>

Depends on how optimistic the speedometer is, I bet most 125s over read.
I didn't think cbr125s were that quick.

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> "Glenn Clark" <glenn.clark.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.btinternet.com> wrote in
> news:46e9937c$0$21086$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk:
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> > Hi all
> >
> > My wife has a Yamaha Sr125 which seems to do about 55 on the flat and
> > 60 down hill. Now I am from the old school of 2 stroke where a
> > standard 125 would do about 80/85. I spoke to some one with a cbr125
> > which he says does 85. How can I get more out of her bike so she can
> > keep up with the traffic on a dual carriage way.
> >
>
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>

The best tune up for a 125cc 4 stroke is for the rider. Like it.

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Glenn Clark <glenn.clark DeleteThis @NOSPAM.btinternet.com> wrote:

> My wife has a Yamaha Sr125 which seems to do about 55 on the flat and 60
> down hill.

Sounds about right.

>Now I am from the old school of 2 stroke where a standard 125
> would do about 80/85.

With a tuned speedo, maybe.

>I sp oke to some one with a cbr125 which he says does
> 85.

He is taking some strong drugs.

> How can I get more out of her bike so she can keep up with the traffic
> on a dual carriage way.

Get her to pass the test and chop it in for a 250.


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"Glenn Clark" <glenn.clark RemoveThis @NOSPAM.btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> My wife has a Yamaha Sr125 which seems to do about 55 on the flat and 60
> down hill.

Possibly a little slow , but only by a few mph.

> Now I am from the old school of 2 stroke where a standard 125 would do
> about 80/85.

A restricted 125 wouldn't do much more than a true 70.
Derestricted and tuned ones would be quite a bit more lively.

> I spoke to some one with a cbr125 which he says does 85.

Optimistic speedo , and a downhill slope.

I had an indicated 65mph out of my derestricted 50cc scooter , but this was
down a reasonably steep hill , slipstreaming along behind a lorry.

> How can I get more out of her bike so she can keep up with the traffic on
> a dual carriage way.
>
Get her to pass the test


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>>I sp oke to some one with a cbr125 which he says does
>> 85.
>
>He is taking some strong drugs.
>

85 from 13 BHP? Not even on a "very light, stripped machine" according
to St Phil.

>> How can I get more out of her bike so she can keep up with the traffic
>> on a dual carriage way.
>
>Get her to pass the test and chop it in for a 250.
>
>

He didn't say she was on 'L' plates, but a reasonable assumption.
Sporty 125s are fun, but I wouldn't want to ride one all the time.

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Muck sed:

>I didn't think cbr125s were that quick.

They're not. Not in standard trim on the flat. Even with our Jemma on
(and she weighs about as much as a damp rat) it struggles to clock 80.
Big hill and tucked right in you might see the needle pointing at 85 but I
reckon it'll still be a bit on the optimistic side.

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"Nidge" <n.j.murray.TakeThisOut@cranfield.withoutspicedporkandhamac.uk> wrote in message
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> Muck sed:
>
>>I didn't think cbr125s were that quick.
>
> They're not. Not in standard trim on the flat. Even with our Jemma on
> (and she weighs about as much as a damp rat) it struggles to clock 80.
> Big hill and tucked right in you might see the needle pointing at 85 but I
> reckon it'll still be a bit on the optimistic side.

.... unless it's in kph's, in which case it's about right ;-0


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Dave_dot_Emerson.DeleteThis@LineOne.net says...
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> "Nidge" <n.j.murray.DeleteThis@cranfield.withoutspicedporkandhamac.uk> wrote in message
> news:38ef64377a85fee13deaa4f28f282794@localhost.talkaboutmotorcycles.com...
> > Muck sed:
> >
> >>I didn't think cbr125s were that quick.
> >
> > They're not. Not in standard trim on the flat. Even with our Jemma on
> > (and she weighs about as much as a damp rat) it struggles to clock 80.
> > Big hill and tucked right in you might see the needle pointing at 85 but I
> > reckon it'll still be a bit on the optimistic side.
>
> ... unless it's in kph's, in which case it's about right ;-0
>

All the CBR125s I've heard sound the same as a thrashed CG125. 125s of
that look should sound something like a TZR, NSR, RD... not a CG125. It
just isn't right.

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Glenn Clark wrote:

> Hi all
>
> My wife has a Yamaha Sr125 which seems to do about 55 on the flat and
> 60 down hill. Now I am from the old school of 2 stroke where a
> standard 125 would do about 80/85. I spoke to some one with a cbr125
> which he says does 85. How can I get more out of her bike so she can
> keep up with the traffic on a dual carriage way.
>
My lad's NSR125 was fairly quick in semi-derestricted form.
Never quite managed the ton, but got pretty bloody close.



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"Glenn Clark" <glenn.clark.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> My wife has a Yamaha Sr125 which seems to do about 55 on the flat and 60
> down hill. Now I am from the old school of 2 stroke where a standard 125
> would do about 80/85. I spoke to some one with a cbr125 which he says does
> 85. How can I get more out of her bike so she can keep up with the traffic
> on a dual carriage way.

They should do about 62.5 for the A2 test.
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