Entering the learner/young rider motorcycle market in Europe is the 2022 Yamaha XSR125 Legacy, expected in dealer showrooms this June. Based on the retro-styled XSXR125, the XSR125 Legacy gives the base bike a scrambler style with Metzeler Karoo rubber and spoked wheels with rims painted gold.
The gold wheels are offset by the tank,
sidepanels and fenders finished in Historic Black – the only colour option –
with gold and silver pinstripes on the fuel tank. Overall design for the XSR125
Legacy draws on the larger retro bikes in Yamaha’s catalogue, the XSR700 and
XSR900, with hints of motorcycles from Iwata firm’s legendary machines of the
past, notably the Yamaha RD-series and Seca bikes of the 70s and 80s.
Power for the XSR125 Legacy is identical
to its XSR125 sibling, using a SOHC 124 cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled mill
with Variable Valve Actuation (VVA). Power output from the Euro 5 emissions
compliant thumper is 14.75 hp at 10,000 rpm and 11.5 Nm at 8,000 rpm. A black
Deltabox frame ties everything together and the XSR125 Legacy gets 37 mm
diameter upside-down forks, non-adjustable, with a preload-adjustable monoshock
at the back, with 17-inch wheels shod with 110/70 and 140/70 tyres. Braking is
done with single hydraulic brakes front and rear, with the front getting a 267
mm diameter disc and the rear with a 220 mm diameter unit, while two-channel
ABS is standard.
The XSR125 Legacy gets a six-speed gearbox
with chain final drive and 11-litres of fuel is carried in the tank. Wet weight
is claimed to be 140 kg with a full tank and seat height on the XSR125 is set
at 815 mm. Equipment fit out on the XSR125 Legacy follows a similar retro
style, with single round LED headlight lighting the way along with LED tail
light and conventional bulb turn signals. In the cockpit, a minimalist round
instrument binnacle houses a circular LCD screen with all the necessary
information displayed, including a tachometer, gear indicator and fuel
consumption readout.
