MXA VIDEO: 2024 FANTIC 125XX ISN’T SOLD IN THE USA, BUT WE TRACKED ONE DOWN

The 2024 Fantic 125XX is not available in the American market, but, as you would expect from 125 two-stroke impresario Pasha Afshar and his partner in crime Nick Mairose, they pulled some Italian strings to secretly import this bike to the United States, where it is “banned.” Well, not exactly banned, but Yamaha USA is not a part of the European partnership that gave Fantic all four Yamaha motocross models (YZ125, YZ250, YZ25F and YZ450F) to modify and sell as Fantics.

However, they aren’t just red-and-white Yamahas, because they have lots of European hop-up mods. Including an Arrow pipe and silencer, GET ECU with two map options, a completely different airbox (that uses the older-style KTM Twin Air filter), a different cylinder head and an all-new gas tank and Fantic plastic. In this video, MXA’s Josh Mosiman compares the XX125 Fantic to the Yamaha YZ125 at a dry and slick mid-week Glen Helen Raceway. As an added bonus, this bike will be raced at the 2024 Wiseco World Two-Stroke Championship on April 20, 2024 (along with another surprise).