2023 YZ125 Race Build - Best Bike Ever?! 

Ping, I love that you are doing these budget builds... 90% of the public doesn't need a full blown race spec bike. I'm digging the content! Thanks for all that you do...

That's so excellent that you run the stock pipe

I miss my YZ 125. That bike was so much fun to rip on.

Love the yz125 builds. Great to see you didn’t change too much!

Still Ripping Ping!!! Keep doing these garage builds👍👍👍

I raced behind you at Lorettas in 91'. Ive always respected your skill, Ping. Still rippin. I see you've added the stand up game in the corners. You can teach an old dog a new trick. Great stuff.

Love seeing you on the 125s, Ping. That bike sounds absolutely NASTY!

Love❤ those Yamaha smokers !

My God, does that sound GREAT! An absolutely fantastic build.

I like these “real guy builds”. Us weekend dudes just like a sweet bike that’s fun and don’t need 10k dollar suspension

Looks like you have perfect track conditions for the day... I have the 2019 version.. As a veteran rider the bike is wonderful in stock trim we blinged it out with carbon fiber stuff and some custom graphics pro circuit pipe silencer also just the hinson cover not the full basket.. All the controls remain stock They are really solid stuff and work well kind of overkill to change them The seat also remains stock don't care for a hump or ribs for a 125 I think it's important to have a smooth transition from tank to rear Fender transition as you will be moving forward and back quite frequently ribs and humps will hinder that movement... Bars are Renthal with full dimond grips don't care for any waffles unless it's breakfast time, like the thin feel.. The bar pad spinner strap was removed from the front number plate because I personally think it's the dumbest thing I've ever seen on a dirt bike....As a Texas resident most of what I ride is pretty soft so we finished it off with a set of MX33 sneakers... Over the years I've come to the conclusion that I have more fun on a 125 than any machine I've ever thrown a leg over... Even for a spectator theres nothing more exciting than seeing a pack of 125 hammer around the track.... Lastly Thanks for the posting Ping let's keep the 125 dream alive....

Ping you ride that like a factory pro 💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥amazing

You gotta show us how to do that to the pipe

I did 3 laps on your bike when you wandered away from your truck to talk to somebody 😎

I remember in 2010-2013 in yamahas dog days when 2 strokes were dead and the 250 and 450 were not that well liked. They are on it right now and it's cool to see. I have never owned a yamaha dirt bike. The 2024 yz250f is going to be SICK, but I'm done chasing the newest bikes every year. Seeing all the new stuff makes it difficult.

I could listen to Ping talk dirt bikes all day long. Lots of great information in these build videos

I loved my YZ 125. I went from that to a YZ 250F, and what a pig compared to that YZ 125.

Thats a propper nice bike 😊

Very good looking bike, your kit looks amazing, and you still look like that young guy I remember seeing in MXA when your clean shavin! Thank you for the awesome content!

Interesting to see ETS fuel in this one, would you say what you used on the day from ETS is their equivalent to lets say VP c12? The bike looks solid, i am team since well my youth in the 90s, but i am on the verge to agree that the Yamaha yz 125 platform might be the best 125 package through the last 3 decades, and it it was nice that Yamaha Japan revamped that engine package.

Ping you still got it buddy. Bombay Beach Tom buddy

0:50 Man, I'd kill to be able to cut a turn on-throttle like that on my '05 YZ125. Every time I add even a little throttle mid-turn, it just washes the front or the rear steps out, so I end up pussyfooting it around every turn until the exit of the turn, where I can safely get on the gas.

Ping, you should be doing the dream race on one of these builds next year! Washougal on a 125 is a special thing! See you there in 2024?

Love the simple builds! It's what most of us would do anyway. Really enjoyed this one!

Ping I love the Yamaha 2 strokes.wheres the 250 at?

Hell yeah ping

I used to love my bills pipe and silencer but no doubt pro circuit is the business to 🤙

Makes me want to go grab a yz 125 to sit next to my 250f

For two strokes I would go HGS exhaust all the way. Nothing against PC but HGS are the bees knees

best bike 2023!!

Damn the 03 kx,

What jetting did you end up with? Im running the pro circuit spec, and its doing very well!

Ping, a bit confused because the '22 engine revamp actually has a horse or two less (peak) than the previous one. I believe (please correct me) that they improved the upper midrange at the expense of peak hp.

What did you set your jetting at. Got my son the same bike and the jetting is way off. I’m close but still have a little flat spot off the bottom.

At 240lbs and 6'3", I just need to lose about 35 lbs to ride this bike heh. 250 is in order for me

how do you "Blue" an existing weld

What tire ya run on that ping?

I do not understand why people install the short silencers, I have better luck running the longest silencers available- found this out years ago on my 92-96 CR250 model years, I run the stock silencer with a pc pipe on my new YZ250

What’s a new 125 costing these days?

I’m from San Diego. Where can I buy this fuel. I seen it on line but not trying to pay 70 for shipping.

ive heard the 23 is slower then the last gen 125 doesnt seem like youre saying this..... what is the actual truth?

Lmao just roosted the shit out of a pw rider!!!

You stop lying