Motorcycle 125

If you ever choose to get into the wonderful world of motorbiking, then you might want to start small. At Direct Bikes, we recommend that if you wish to buy a motorbike then you buy a motorcycle 125. At 125cc, you’ll have more than enough speed to get around!

Many people make the mistake of buying something like a 250cc bike and end up spending most of their time injured. Buying something that is too fast and ferocious for you to handle isn’t a good idea, you might be shocked to know!

That’s why we recommend that anyone who is just starting out should begin with a motorcycle 125. With our prices starting at just £1,099, it’s never been more affordable to buy a top quality motorbike. The reason why is quite simple: at 125cc, you are limited to driving at around 60mph to 70mph. That is still more than fast enough to give you a great driving experience. It is, though, crucially also slow enough to make sure you can drive with total confidence. You will have more control and confidence over everything from handling to controlling your speed.

So, if you are looking to get a simple and happy introduction to biking, you should buy a 125cc model. What, though, is the long-term history of the bike? What are you going to be buying into?

Let’s take a look at the interesting history of the motorcycle since they first became a realistic idea. It might just give you all the encouragement that you need to go ahead and buy a motorcycle for yourself!

The humblest of beginnings

Motorized bikes were the first kind of introduction of this kind and have been around since the 19^th Century. They became really popular as the mixture of bikes and steam engines became a realistic experience. By combining together bikes with steam engines, it was found that we could start moving across the streets and cities that we lived in with far greater ease and accuracy.

That’s a big reason why the first wave of motorized bikes that came to be arrived during the 1800s. They were put together not long after the famous development by Pierre Michaux, who created the pedal bike in the same decade. Within a few years, his son, Ernest, was the founder of the first ever motorized bike. He did so from their factory in Paris, France, and worked by using small steam engines. They combined this with one of their classic “boneshaker” bike designs and the result was something very interesting.

So, in a short space of time we went from having nothing like the bike to having both pedal bikes and motorised bikes. That rapid development inspired many others to get involved in the biking world and started a revolution.

A competitive marketplace

After the work managed by the Michaux family, many others came up with similar ideas to try and compete. Many other inventors started looking into how they could be capable of using similar steam engines to try and power their hardware. For example, in 1868 Sylvester H. Roper was powering his bikes with a coal furnace. Meanwhile, others were using alcohol burning chambers to produce the facilities needed to get the vehicle on the road and moving forward.

The Farthing Penny high wheeled bikes of the UK were around in 1881, and Lucius Copeland added a steam engine to one of these. This began to see many others across Europe catch wind of the idea and try to join in. Two particularly popular people in the industry were the German invention duo of Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. As two of the brightest minds of their generation, they worked together to build a gasoline combustion engine instead.

Their development came to be in 1885, and it was known as the Daimler Reitwagen. It was a very popular example of what would become the motorcycle that we now know of and love today. They were developed and had by far and away the most unique appearance of all the bikes around during that era. As you might imagine, most of the big name investors and inventors of the era decided to try and use their wildly popular designs for themselves.

This led to the expansion of the industry.

The production era

With the Daimler Reitwagen proving to be such a success, many others got involved in the industry. Hildebrand and Wolfmuller are seen as the original mass production experts in motorcycling. Despite a flagging start and their first developments being failure, changes to safety features and an increase in demand meant they would succeed. This meant that the 20^th century seen many people getting involved in buying into the biking industry.

Major companies began to appear all across the world. From the likes of the English Royal Enfield and the Triumph brands to popular major names today like the Harley-Davidson brand meant that competition was fierce. However, it was DKW who was the largest developer of motorcycles. They held this title right up to the outbreak of World War II. They had the largest motorcycle production factory in the world prior to the war starting.

After the war, though, things changed quite dramatically for motorcycling.

The Post-War Era

After a period where engineering improvements went through the roof, improved road networking also became a thing. This insured that the motorcycle industry exploded. Most people could not afford to buy a car, so they would buy a motorbike instead. This was especially true in Asia, where many of the big cities became full of bike riders.

America, too, seen the rise of the bike become commonplace with their massive bike clubs forming all across the country. By the 1950s and 1960s, motorcycles were among the most popular vehicles in the world. Major Japanese brands, such as Suzuki and Kawasaki, had got involved. They were producing small but efficient motorcycles, helping them to capture the market.

At the time of writing, the Honda Super Club is the most popular bike of all-time, with over 60m units sold globally. Today, motorcycles are driven regularly, with well in excess of 200 million bikes on the road on any given day in the world. In China alone, over 30m mopeds or motorcycles drive around the roads.

Make no mistake: motorcycles changed the world when it came to how we drive. They were the single largest innovative move in personal civilian transport in the 19^th and 20^th Century. Who knows what the future holds for the humble motorcycle 125 and above?

Get a top quality bike today

At Direct Bikes, we sell a whole host of high quality motorbikes that you can pick up. With our motorcycle 125 range, you can easily buy into bikes that you will not find elsewhere. All of our bikes are exclusive to Direct Bikes, making sure that you buy a model that’s different. With affordable bikes that can pass the test of time, we can give you access to modern biking hardware.

Now that you can see that bikes have a long history of success on the road, can you see why so many choose to drive them?

With our bikes starting at just £1,099 and with rapid delivery right to your door, we make buying a bike easy. It’s all about making sure you can buy a brand new bike without having to spend so much. With our tremendous prices, you can buy a bike that’s going to be perfectly suitable to your needs. Why not take a look, then, at our quality bikes you can start driving upon delivery?

You know the history – so join the present and become one of the many UK riders enjoying freedom on the roads!