Fake wheels? No thanks. But this little Yamaha 125 really caught my eye, largely because it’s the polar opposite, in so many ways. Unlike all the faired-in scooters and bikes, this bike really celebrates what it is, rather than hiding it. A genuine internal combustion engine on full display! How un-pc, given that just about every other bike or trike was electric, or even with a fuel cell, like Suzuki’s oddly-named Burgman. Nothing wrong with that; EV bikes make lots of sense within their range limitations.
Anyway, the 125 Moegi speaks to me on many levels. It’s retro, yet contemporary too; that’s not easy to pull off. And just well designed. And it reminds me off the small bikes I cut my teeth on. There’s even a cute little video (after the jump) that very effectively conveys the youthful freedom a little bike like this enables. Sniff, sniff; reminds me of my youth indeed.
Of course, the Moegi harkens back to Yamaha’s first modern bike, also a 125, which was a copy of the pioneering 1939 DKW 125 we wrote about recently.
Anyway, here’s the video. And more images of the Miego are here.
Well a 125 is pretty small to haul my fat body around. I would like to see another DT250 but the feds have pretty well rendered the 2 stroke obsolete. I’m guessing it could be affordable.
Oh well. Youth was fleeting. Back to today.
Takes me back to the days when real (young) men rode 125’s and 250’s, and didn’t think they were small. My first motorcycle was a brand new 1975 Kawasaki G3-SS. 100cc two stroke street. After a few months I graduated to a BIG motorcycle: A ’72 Honda CB350.
Didn’t have my first 750cc bike until 1980: A brand new ’79 Bonneville, blue and silver.
Very cool bike… reminds me of the hand-made, art/old school “motorized bikes” made by Derringer: http://derringercycles.com/
You could TOTALLY freak out the local scooter punks with that bad mamajama!
Well, I tried to load an image, but it was the wrong file type. Here is a link, for what it’s worth… http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35ejgy/
I’m sick to death of windsheilds, tires, and fat-ass seats; this is refreshing.