Normally I say: Go for the one with the best engine in it. If the 125 has a good sound non-smoking engine in it, it is probably the better deal. Everything else will fix cheap enough.
But here we're looking at a 20+ year difference in age, that has to account for something.
I think I would try to lean on the guy a little, and see if you can get $50.00 or $100.00 out of him. If not, trade anyway...
If you don't want/need the gearbox on the back of the 125, you can get pretty good money out of it, see if he has the long belt for it, that will make selling the gear box a little sweeter for the buyer.
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