What is a Puch 125?

The first thing that strikes you about the Puch is the fact that it isn’t actually that small, well, not in the way an early Japanese 125 was. It’s actually a relatively substantial motorcycle and one that’s been designed with neither a British or Japanese mind set.

What kind of engine does a Puch motorcycle have?

The engine is a simple piston-ported two-stroke single, yet everything about it shouts high quality. There’s deep, multiple finning on the barrel and a seriously effective, heat-dispersing, radially-finned cylinder head, which strongly suggests Puch didn’t want their high-class tiddler seizing whatever the terrain or weather.

Is this a genuine Austrian Puch?

Other than that the bike is genuine Austrian Puch as it left the factory. The most obvious stand-out feature of the bike is that red chassis which, when set against the metallic silver of the panel work, gives the bike a unique look given the period in which it was sold.

Would you consider the Puch M125 a second look?

Stacked up against the likes of BSA’s 175 Bantam, few blue-collar workers of the period would have given the M125 a second look, given that it was 50ccs smaller yet cost more. The first thing that strikes you about the Puch is the fact that it isn’t actually that small, well, not in the way an early Japanese 125 was.