Kawasaki AR125-B2 Reviews

I have owned 2 AR125's, and thoroughly enjoyed my time with both.

I found them to be fast, economical and very reliable, traveling for hours at a time.

The handling was not quite up to Rg's or Tzr's, but the reliability and low maintenance costs made up for this.

I can remember losing in a race to a heavily tuned Tzr125. The owner then pulled over for a chat and we had a go on each others bikes. He was impressed with the power of my Ar, especially mid range. I was not impressed with the Tzr as it needed to be revved to hell to even get it to pull off. It had absolutely no bottom or mid range power, drank fuel, and as the owner told me, was regularly in the garage for repairs.

I also owned a Honda Ns125f, which was attractive and handled well. Problem was, restricted it was pitifully slow, and de-restricted it drank more fuel in a couple of days than my ar did in a week. That's why I bought a 2nd Ar.

Well, there are plenty of things that have gone wrong with my AR125.

I have been through 3 sets of barrel and pistons.

I have to strip the carburetor at least once a month.

The fuel tap never stops leaking.

The bike AR125 is an OK bike, however I have bought a dud, but when it isn't being brought home in a van, it is OK.

The acceleration is good for a little 125, especially when it hits about 8000rpm and it really picks up, even more now I have fitted a chrome micron race pipe. I can't really fault ARs in general, it is just mine.

The handling is pretty bad and everything flexes when you hit a bend, especially under braking, it feels like the forks are going to snap.

But for a 20 year old bike, I can't complain.