Honda NSR125 > Reviews > I love this bike.

Author's product rating:   

Comfort	Good
Handling	Excellent
Looks	Good
Features	Satisfactory
Fuel consumption	Excellent

Advantages:	excelent handling, easy to ride
Disadvantages:	weight, handlebar position .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

ever since the NSR first came on the market, I wanted one.

I was immediately drawn to it. It looks sharp. a great bike to stand next at boxhill on a sunny sunday afternoon and say 'this one's mine'.

the ride position is definitely very sporty. you can just feel yourself moulding to the tank as you reduce air drag.

The throttle talks to you, saying quietly in your ear,'open me up, come on, you can do more, that's it, keep going'.

It seems to tell you what it is capable of. The handling is wonderful for such a small but heavy bike.
There seems to be a feel of comfort when riding it. It takes care of you and seems to know what to do.

a bit sluggish in low rpm, but just pull on the throttle and it's 'lift off'. Great on corners and even better on the straight.

Servicing and parts are not a problem for this machine as it has been around for many a year now. So, from new parts to second hand, you should not have much trouble with keeping it on the road.

Alas, I never owned one. I was helping a friend who was looking at bikes as he just got his cbt done and he wanted my help, so after looking at some rather sorry machines, he found this nsr in the paper.

Would i go with him, check it over and test ride it?
haha, does the sun shine?
At first sight the bike looked as though it had been through a tough time, resprayed green (why?) and a few panel fixings missing but nothing to terrible.

I took it for a test run and i did not want to get off of it. At the time, i was riding a Z750 and i was ready to swap it for the NSR.

After the test ride, my friend saw the smile on my face and just handed the money over to the owner and i had the pleasure of riding the NSR all the way back to my friends house... oh what a day.

great bike for any age and any experience of rider.

get one, even if it just spends the next twenty years sitting in the garage.