I owned and learned to ride on a 1988 TZR125 brand new, loved it. Looks like they’ve hit the mark again for new riders and younger riders to get them out of their chav boxes.
i wish they'd update the r3 with this styling, i loved my r15's seating position and feel in comparison.. but jeez, the price of these has spiked in just the last year or two
I'm curious what your opinion of the Kawasaki Z125 would be, I'm currently riding one as my very first bike in driving school ("Code 196" here in Germany, i.e. an A1 "addon" for the "B" car license) and apart from the mirror stalks being way too short to be able to see around my shoulders it seems quite nice although I haven't got a real basis for comparison. Once i've got my license I'm dead set on at least trying the CB125R as the first candidate for purchase and your video on the bike certainly helped inform that decision.