bikesales.com.au came to us with an idea we couldn’t say no too. They wanted to give us a $7,000 budget to buy any bike we wanted to on their site, as long as we raced it…. How good.

With the 125 2-stroke scene really kicking into gear once more and the topic of entry level bikes being harder and harder to afford, buying a little dinger was the only logical move. Originally this was going to be a small scale build. We spent almost the entire bag on the bike because our 2019 TC125 base was in awesome condition and gave us a brilliant base to work with. Just throw on some odi bars and grips, a fresh set of tyres and a bills pipe; we were off to the races.

If you have been racing in motorsports for long enough though, you will know that whatever can happen, will happen; and on day one of testing we manage to destroy this engine completely! 

With this little 2-stroke engine now cactus, it leaves the door wide open for a full scale 125 dream build… And from here forth, to hell with the budget!

Oh, and at the end of it all, I am going to give my dream 125 away to a member of the gypsy gang!