RD125 Feedback

[38special]

There's a nice '75 RD125 for sale locally that I can't get out of my head.  How practical is this bike for a regular rider for putting around town and backroad cruising at 55-60 mph.  Can it keep up with traffic?

[sav0r (CL MotoTech)]

I have one. It's been apart for some time. I did get a summer out of it.

I'd say no it's not practical in that context. I don't think it's good for 50-60 mph average speeds. The brakes aren't great and it's high strung.

It's a cool little motor. My smallest hone just barely fits. A lot of fun and great around town. Not sure I'd want to daily it in any context.

[2 Smoker]

My CS5 200 will do 65 comfortably and will go another 15 mph but I do not like to keep in those higher RPMs for very long.Yes and it still suffers a bit on the roads power wise but the RD 250 makes up for it just fine, I can even put my wife on the back with a combined weight of 300 lbs. me being 185