SOLE SURVIVOR 2012 – 2015 YAMAHA YZ125

Tech Ed Mat Boyd

THE YZ125 IS THE last surviving Japanese-manufactured 125cc two-stroke motocross bike. I know this might sound like ancient history for some of you young punks but some of us grew up in a time when Japanese bikes dominated the class. We had every colour on the grid. There was blue, red, green and even yellow bikes. Fast forward a few decades and they have all dropped out of the scene, all but the mighty bLU bike. Now the competition comes just from TM, Husqvarna, KTM and, more recently, GASGAS, and, as most would know, the latter three are all Katos at heart. The YZ125 is a strong package, coming standard with what many believe is the best production suspension package fitted to any bike in the way of the KYB closed-cartridge fork…

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