Honda's huge success with its CBR125 has obviously got the
other manufacturers thinking, none more so than Yamaha.
The tuning fork company has a ready-made competitor already
on sale in other markets; the YZF-R125 mates a fuel-injected
125 cc engine to a steel R6-style Deltabox frame and aluminum
swingarm, with styling right out of the R1/R6 mould.
But ... apparently it would be too expensive to bring into
Canada. Next step. What are all those CBR125 owners going
to do when they decide to step up a bit? Unless they want
a Kawasaki 250, there's nothing much else out there.
Enter the rumoured YZF-R250. While we haven't found any photos
of the bike yet, one of our friendly "usual reliable
sources" indicates that Yamaha Canada is looking hard
at bringing the bike to Canada as a 2009 model — expect
something that looks nearly identical to the YZF-R125 but
using a 250 cc four-stroke single instead of the 125 lunger.
This is the all-new 2008
Yamaha YZF-R125 motorcycle which will go head to head
with the top-selling Honda CBR125R in Europe. Sorry
but this bike isn't scheduled to come to North America.
