4 decades old, but being a 2-stroke is still as good as anything made today.

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  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
  • Videography by Meghan McCabe: megmccabephotography
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  • @nikitis13
    @nikitis13 3 роки тому +5

    Two stroke simplicity and brilliance. KTM manages to still make plenty with "cleaner" burns. If we buy them they'll make them.

  • @paulfogg806
    @paulfogg806 3 роки тому +4

    I had a YAS3 back in the day ,this brings back happy memories of being 17 again !

    • @lh5943
      @lh5943 3 місяці тому

      I had the scrambler

  • @jobyEN
    @jobyEN 3 роки тому +3

    Wow, what a beautiful engine sound!

  • @TheJWC56RSA
    @TheJWC56RSA 3 роки тому +2

    Great memories! Bring back the 2-stroke!!

  • @jonnycando
    @jonnycando 3 роки тому +2

    Almost any old bike running well and super clean is quite desirable.

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 3 роки тому +2

    Gotta love small capacity twins,double the fun when polishing/fixing 😃

  • @RDEnduro
    @RDEnduro 3 місяці тому

    Awesome video sorry i missed it when it came out!

  • @SteeeveO
    @SteeeveO 3 роки тому +2

    Exactly the same as mine which I bought from Chattertons in Grimsby. UK bikes had chrome mudguards though. After running in, Allspeed pipes fitted, flat bars, a bel-ray sticker & I was Barry Sheene (once he'd moved to Yamaha). PJV 329S where are you?
    ps the front right side fork is leaking........

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome bike

  • @gary1477
    @gary1477 3 місяці тому

    In 1975, I rode a hired AS1 Yamaha twin 2 stroke from Kuta to Padang Bai in Bali and back with Susan from San Francisco on the back. The bike handled the 110 km round trip two up without any problems.

  • @martinhurley3446
    @martinhurley3446 3 роки тому +1

    First bikes Suzuki T350J and GT500 strokers, brilliant bikes, easy to work on and more importantly great fun to ride due to engine power bands!

  • @alainsyon2045
    @alainsyon2045 4 місяці тому

    Excellente vidéo

  • @woooster71
    @woooster71 3 роки тому

    2T bikes are brilliant.. my first bike aged 17 was a Honda NS125F.. I also owned an NS125R (bought new), Kawasaki KR-1, Suzuki RGV250P (new again), and an RD350LC in KR colours. Bring back 250 2 strokes!

  • @squigmcguigan8965
    @squigmcguigan8965 3 місяці тому

    If I may be so bold to point out.
    The TZ125 was a single cylinder.
    The 125 twin racers were TA125,s
    Based on the AS twins. A As1 based racer is the only street bike based racer. Ever to win a World championship. In the hands of Kent Anderson.

  • @microfly2008
    @microfly2008 3 роки тому +1

    I have an RD250 E 1978 in need of some love...chrome allspeeds as well.
    I may delve into the black arts of the restorer.
    Great classic the RD

  • @ianstewartbrown5308
    @ianstewartbrown5308 3 місяці тому

    I had the RD 200 DX in orange

  • @kbarnbrook4993
    @kbarnbrook4993 3 місяці тому

    It was actually 17bhp, i had an rd125dx back in the early 80's, the bike was unrestricted back in the 80's when the restrictions were brought in.

  • @jewelrycasa
    @jewelrycasa 11 місяців тому

    This is so awesome to see a video of an RD125. Not too many on the Tube. I am building an RD125 Cafe racer currently. The 125 has an impressive power feel. When you ride one you won't expect how really powerful the 125 is. I can't wait to get mine on the road in full cafe form factor and a total weight of 180lbs.

    • @torsteinpenne9078
      @torsteinpenne9078 4 місяці тому +1

      Hey, I own a RD 125 from 1981. Recently the stator assembly has gotten some issues and I have to get a new one. Do you have any tips on where I can get this, seen as you are in the process of builing a cafe racer? Thanks!

    • @jewelrycasa
      @jewelrycasa 4 місяці тому +1

      @@torsteinpenne9078 I just saw one in eBay from muffs Motorsports, a stator assembly for the RD125. It's $199 if that might be of interest. 👍

    • @andrewallen9993
      @andrewallen9993 3 місяці тому

      @@torsteinpenne9078 Take it to a motor rewinder. They have done my Z1000j stator for me as they are now unobtainable.

    • @torsteinpenne9078
      @torsteinpenne9078 3 місяці тому

      @@jewelrycasa Hey! Thanks for the tip. I looked at the one you mention and I saw that the engraved number "on top of" the stator-plate was "K109-12504", instead of "K108-...". Do you know what these numbers mean? And is there a difference between K109 and K108? Thanks!

  • @kiethpickthall8514
    @kiethpickthall8514 3 місяці тому

    I have one of these yamaha rd 125 dx 1980 model

  • @MrTrek164
    @MrTrek164 3 роки тому

    Definitely had some refurb in the last as the y originally had chrome bodyguards front and rear .

    • @SteeeveO
      @SteeeveO 3 роки тому

      perhaps not in South Africa?

  • @marcoalessandro2034
    @marcoalessandro2034 6 місяців тому

    Sorry..now after a bottle of Pinotage ( not really...it's Chilean) i really have come to appreciate the depth of comedy, if ya will, in this video...as he rides away....i am greatly amused...thank you ( ya...it is the wine...to a certain extent...hahahah...sorry can't resist) 3:31

  • @marcoalessandro2034
    @marcoalessandro2034 6 місяців тому

    Is this little gem of a moto ever worth as much as.........wait for it.....3 grand U.S. bucks?? Please let me know There is one nearby...perhaps

  • @Lyingleyen
    @Lyingleyen 3 роки тому

    Back in the day we used to feel a little sorry for those on RD200s or GT185s - but an RD125??? LMAO.

  • @JETJOOBOY
    @JETJOOBOY 3 роки тому

    Ooooof, those forks though...

  • @marcoalessandro2034
    @marcoalessandro2034 6 місяців тому

    SA?

  • @felixbergfors
    @felixbergfors 3 роки тому

    Yamaha still make 2 stroke dirtbikes whit a regular carburator 👍🏻 😀

  • @BlackMamba-lt8oe
    @BlackMamba-lt8oe 3 роки тому

    Rx 135

  • @ONEFAITHofJESUS
    @ONEFAITHofJESUS 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the history lesson 👍 made me think of Jeremiah 6:16...ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

    • @Bow-to-the-absurd
      @Bow-to-the-absurd 3 роки тому

      Belief in a deity is a mental illness.

    • @ONEFAITHofJESUS
      @ONEFAITHofJESUS 3 роки тому

      @@Bow-to-the-absurd knew a woman from Russia who said government fed citizens the same propaganda. You’ll change your tune. It’s only a matter of time. “From that time JESUS began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” ✋ 🛑 ⚠️ 🔥 👑 🕊

    • @richardmorton5650
      @richardmorton5650 3 роки тому

      Read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

    • @ONEFAITHofJESUS
      @ONEFAITHofJESUS 3 роки тому

      @@richardmorton5650 why would one do that when today, Holy Writ, thousands of years old, original writings of the greatest men who ever lived, is accessible to the entire world? Scripture tells us why. It is because the devil deceives the Whole World! I LOVE the scriptures which are the only words of LIFE! There is such a wonderful peace of mind in the Gospel, especially as a rider... 🏍

  • @nkhalmizahar
    @nkhalmizahar Місяць тому

    125cc but could do 100 mph. Been there done that way back in the early 80s.

  • @andrewallen9993
    @andrewallen9993 3 місяці тому

    You are lucky the cops didn't catch you for the Randburg numberplate.

  • @Bow-to-the-absurd
    @Bow-to-the-absurd 3 роки тому +1

    Well yeah
    My 1995 aprilia rs125 absolutely embarrasses modern equivalents.

    • @peterdutton4083
      @peterdutton4083 3 роки тому +1

      Would be an absolute weapon, those 125s weigh nothing

  • @TINGVELL
    @TINGVELL 3 місяці тому

    i had the same bike hated it,it was unreilable guzzled fuel always burning out spark plugs,never touch one again

  • @Nekminute
    @Nekminute 3 роки тому +1

    nope screw the past

    • @SteeeveO
      @SteeeveO 3 роки тому +3

      You're young - give it time - eventually we all yearn for what we had because the future is not better, despite what you're told. Believe me, all of us oldies by definition were young once, but you've never been old! We know stuff.