Suzuki GP125 Motorbike

...bike which was made by Suzuki during the late 70s through the late 80s and puts out around 12bhp. It’s pretty basic mechanically speaking, consisting of a kick-start only motor with a single piston and shabby 6 volt electrics. My GP is great. Admittedly through rose-tinted specs as it’s my first bike, but for what it is – a hack, I doubt I could have bought better at the time. It’s definitely given me some problems; partly down to my own daftness ...
...mechanics. Overall, then, the Suzuki GP125 is a great first time bike that will do everything you need as a learner, and give you plenty of grins and fun besides. There’s a lot to be said for small bikes – even my Triumph Sprint ST-owning fiancé loves to ride it when I let him. Due to the age of even the newest examples, and the dodgy electrics though, I would caution those who aren’t confident enough to have a go at their own maintenance, or don’t ...

jargonwd 05.06.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Suzuki GP125 Motorbike

Suzuki GP125's make great junior gp racers F4 here in New Zealand. We race F4 and F5 (50's) on go-kart tracks and longer GP tracks. My own GP125 runs on 17" rims and is shod with Honda RS125 GP slicks. Frame is braced, racing seat and clipons. The barrel is skimmed 1.75mm and "O" ringed. Port timing is Ex opens 86 (short track) and 83 degrees (long track) ATDC Transfers 114 degrees ATDC and inlet timing is opens 145 BTDC and closes 55 (short track) ...
...on the 84 RM125 spec's and because of the rough and tumble (close racing and many crashes) of racing to the limit on go-cart tracks the pipe is made out of 1.25mm material and rigidly mounted so it does not get munched easily in a crash. F4 125 two strokes are limited to air cooling and a single 24mm carb. It is putting out about 20hp at the wheel and can easily run with the FXR150's. The most common (and bigest) mistake I have seen made by other ...

Bucketracer 04.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Suzuki GP125 Motorbike

Been riding the GP125 for 5 years now, and as its actually 6 months older than I am I can't really complain. I've had a few problems over the years mainly due to the oil pump not working properly, but now that's been capped and i've started pre-mixing it works better than it ever has. As 125's go it really is a great bike for it's age. It's economical at about 80 mpg, fast - reaching speeds of nearly 70mph at a push tho apparently it could do 80 ...

Maverik85 02.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Suzuki GP125 Motorbike