All right folks, so I’m going to do a review of my XTZ 125 before I get rid of it. Today is the last day I’m going to own this bike and I’ve had it for about a month here in Colombia. I’ve really enjoyed this bike and I’m happy I got it even though I’m trading it in.

I’m going to tell you a little bit about the whole process of buying this bike and trading it and
everything. The bike I’m replacing this with is a HONDA XRE300. It just fits me way better. I’m about 5 feet 11 inches and this bike is definitely too small and there’s not enough power in certain situations.

I bought this bike for eight million eight hundred pesos with the insurance I think for two years and the registration card and also techno mechanics, which is like basically your window sticker that you have in the United States. The wheels are good, the tires aren’t bald. That’s techno mechanical. So you need those three: you need to register the bike and run, you need the techno-mechanical and you need to be good on the road. Obviously has to be your bike but that kind of goes without saying.

Now let’s talk about this bike a little bit. It’s an XTZ125, it’s 125 ccs, the engine makes about 10 horsepower at sea level. Now if you’re riding in the mountains that distinction at sea level is really really important especially with a carbureted bike. It’s carbureted, it’s five-speed, tops out at 60-62 miles an hour, 63 miles an hour, and you can get it up there plenty because there are downhills, there are uphills. It’s really the uphills that get you, you know, if you’re up at elevation say like right now I’m at 7000 feet. If I go up to 8,000 or maybe 8,500 there’s just already not a ton of power, there’s less power at that elevation. You’re going uphill so you spend a whole lot of time at wide-open throttle. That’s to me that that just doesn’t feel great, you know, I don’t like that. I know that there’s not a ton of difficulty on the motorcycle because it’s underpowered and it’s overbuilt.

This little 125s will last literally forever but I just don’t like that feeling of pinning the bike. The bike itself is the biggest 125 I think you can get; at least one of the biggest. We got a 21-inch wheel on the back and an 18 or 21-inch wheel on the front 18 on the back. 80 90 21 is like the smaller version I would say of the 21s that come on bikes of this size 90 90 21. You’re gonna see that more often. The rear I think it’s a 110, yeah it’s a 110 80 18. So there’s a little bit of rubber on there but this bike doesn’t have a lot of suspension travel. To be totally honest with you, I thought it would and you can adjust that shock to be softer but there are some situations where you use every bit of that shock, so if you make it softer you’re going to be probably bottoming out. I think the same goes for the front shocks. I think these are adjustable as well. If not, obviously you can adjust them, and you can put new springs in there, re-valve them whatever you want to do like these are all basic parts.

Front disc brake is not honestly not adequate in my opinion. Not for my weight, I’m 165 pounds. You put a passenger on there and your hand’s gonna be sore. At the end of the day, it is really not adequate and then you’ve got a drum in the rear. I mean you’re pushing the limits of grip you can walk up the rear tire anytime. I guess you could call it adequate but, you know, there’s just not a ton of grip in the back.

This little pipe sounds kind of nice. This protector. You have a couple of layers of protection it’s good, this is good. Exhaust setup I like it a lot. Kickstarter and your idle adjustment screw right here. Sigle cylinder up. Servicing this bike is 60 000 pesos for a full service that’s like under 20 bucks for the full thing: adjust the chain, adjust the brakes, lube the chain, clean the bike, change the oil with semi-synthetic. The whole thing is under 20 bucks, super cheap to run. I get over 100 miles a gallon on this bike, no joke, 100 mpg, very easy.

The light – great first-class light, very bright, and also has a very clear line. It’s a great headlight for a bike this size. I’m into that transmission shifts buttery smooth. Okay, it feels good, the engine and transmission on this bike, it’s old-school stuff. Just not a lot to go wrong. Carburated fine, it has a tiny little (i don’t know if you can see it down here) there’s your oil bolt and then you have an undertray which is nice, keeps the rocks from chipping away. As you roll, the wheels are nice and sturdy, no issue with the wheels, they’re light.

This luggage rack, I use it every day. I really do use it quite often. The lights are bright, brake light works. Seats are not removable, that’s a kicker that sucks. However, you can take this side panel off and access about. I would call it like a 40 ounce, maybe less, like a 32. Or 20 ounces is what is the amount of storage. That’s under there I don’t even want to get into it because it’s not fun to take off because the seat, you have to take off with bolts that’s that sucks.

Look at these mirrors. If I were keeping this bike I would replace these mirrors because they are wider. You cut between traffic a lot here and the mirrors are a bit wider, you don’t need mirrors this far out. You can have them here with a concave mirror and you’re good.

Again shock – no tachometer. Boy, that sucks. you don’t really know when you’re redlining it and if you wanna like I know that. The powerband for this bike is right around four to six. You don’t even wanna rev it out too high because you want to be able to shift the gear and get back into the power band. So not having a tachometer that’s not the best.

I’m not happy about that horn. Works automatic, starts great, the throttle feels very good, lights, high beam, low beams. This is my little phone holder. This is a knockoff, I bought it here in Santa Rosa Colombia. It’s great if you want extra security if you’re going for a long trip. You add this little rubber thing on there, it’s fantastic, I love this thing. I had another one but I traded it in for this one.

Exhaust pipe freaking tiny. I just turned this bike off and it’s cold, it’s air-cooled it’s fine to the touch. Bikes get dirty fast here in Colombia. I washed this yesterday. It’s already a little bit dirty. I guess one little trip in the rain will do that.

That’s it, that’s my XTZ 125 that I got herein. I bought it here in South America and I plan to ride it to a number of different countries. Or not ride this one, I’m going to ride the bike that I
trade this one in for.

For me, 5 11 and 165 pounds, this is not enough. It’s not enough to feel secure in all situations. Because there are times when you might grab the wrong gear and when you grab the wrong gear bro… There is only one right gear here. And it’s the gear where you’re close to redlining it and if you don’t grab that gear you might have a freaking bus two inches behind you ripping on the gas and they get close dude and it’s just not enough power. You need at least 15 to 16 horsepower for your body weight, one horsepower for every 10 pounds.

That’s what I’m going with and at a minimum two to be able to take a bike up to elevation into the mountains one horsepower for every 10 pounds of your body plus whatever cargo you’re carrying. I think that’s a fair number to be secure. Fuel injection, don’t skimp dude, carbureted is not what you want at elevation. Let me tell you, I thought I’d be able to, I thought it would be fun, but it got old real quick.

We’re in my little neighborhood here, off to the side, but the paint scheme though, the paint scheme is beautiful. This bike gets more attention than big bikes, people love it and I think this is the classic design. I’m going to be a little sad that I don’t have this classic design anymore because it looks kind of cool. But I just look like a clown riding, it’s not big enough, this bike is just totally not big enough.

You know, you might see people riding these sorts of bikes and the bikes look big but the thing is you don’t know how big those people are, right, that’s the problem, you don’t know how big the person is that’s riding the bike and it’s all about contrast so the bike might be might look big but it might be being ridden by a person that’s five foot two.

I don’t know what it does a thousand kilometers on this bike and we’re done so thanks a lot for watching my video on YT.

No real complaints, it’s really my personal opinion on why I’m getting rid of it as my personal needs but if you’re riding in flat land if you’re not high in elevation, not high in the mountains then this is awesome bike.

I’d put new tires on it, I’m not super happy with these tires. That’s for Sahara.

Thanks for watching folks.

See you at the next one.