First Impressions

Yesterday I screwed my license plate on and did my first 50 km on the WR125 R. My initial impressions:
Awesome!! This is the first time, I was driving a 125 ccm bike and really didn't know, what to expect. It feels very light and extremely well controllable on the road, compared to what I was accustomed to (XT660R, MZ Baghira, which are also not the heaviest out there). And although the bike is still in the run-in phase and I can not drive it with the throttle full open yet, it has an adequate acceleration up until about 70 km/h. So when the run in phase is over, I guess, accelleration to 100 will be on par with most small cars, which is enough for my applications and the roads, I will primarily use it for. Thanks Yamaha - great job.

Finally!

On Wednesday morning the WR125 got delivered right to my doorstep. Today I'm gonna license the bike and if the weather is good and if I have time, I'll do my first little tour and make some photos. So till later...

Why I did not buy a "big" bike

The main reason for the purchase of a WR125 instead of a bigger motorcicle for me was money. Of cause I would have prefered something "bigger", like a Yamaha WR 250 R, or a Husqvarna TE 630. But the WR250 would cost 2500,- EUR more and the TE630 even 4000,- more than the WR125 and I can not afford that much at the moment.
Also I didn't want to go with a used bike again since I needed something that was 99,9 % dependable for my dayly way to work.

The WR125 is just what I needed. Affordable, reliable, capable enough for light off road use, cheap in taxes and assurance fee. At least I hope it will be. But we'll see soon enough. The dealer said, it will be shipped to me on monday, so I hope it will be delivered till next friday... Can't wait to be mobile again!