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Suzuki GS125ES motorcycle review - Side view

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Suzuki GS125ES (1982-2000)

Detail	Value
Engine size	124cc
Power	12bhp
Top speed	65mph
Insurance group	3

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Ride & Handling
Equipment
Quality & Reliability
Value

MCN overall verdict

If you want to get to work, carry a butty box and do it all on about 69p per day, then the Suzuki GS125ES is for you. It's about as exciting as cold porridge, but like the Honda C90, or Kawasaki KH125, the Suzuki GS125ES simply provides basic two wheeled transport and costs peanuts to run.

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Owners' rating

The Suzuki GS125ES's four stroke single cylinder motor is virtually bulletproof, but makes a claimed 12bhp... eventually. A five speed gearbox lets what power there is get you to a cruising speed of about 55mph, although the Suzuki GS125ES will buzz its merry way to about 65mph on a good day.

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Basic suspension and skinny wheels, with later Suzuki GS125ES models featuring cast alloy items, offer a slightly bouncy but competent ride. Probably more rebound in the beefy dualseat than the Suzuki GS125ES's twin rear shocks to be honest...

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Relatively roomy seat, tiny nose fairing and a digital gear indicator on later model Suzuki GS125ESs are the main highlights, on what is otherwise a basic, no-frills mode of transport. The Suzuki GS125ES does have a centrestand however, which some 125cc custom/commuters lack.

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Owners' rating

Change the oil once a year, adjust the chain occasionally and put petrol in it. That's about all you'll need to do to a Suzuki GS125ES in a typical decade of ownership. The mid 1990s Suzuki GS125ESs had a black painted exhaust which tended to look tatty in winter, but otherwise a durable little bike.

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Owners' rating

If you can pick up a Suzuki GS125ES from a bloke called Derek, who has burbled to work on it for the last eight years, you will find you have a virtually indescructible commuter for as little as 500 quid secondhand. Bargain. Find a Suzuki GS125ES for sale.

Insurance group: 3

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1982: Suzuki GS125 launched. Costs £899 new.
1988: Suzuki GS125ES with cast wheels and electric starter appears.
1994: Suzuki GS125ES styling updates see black paint on engine cylinder & exhaust.
1998: Suzuki GS125ES loses fork gaiters and gets chrome exhaust again.
2000: Suzuki GS125ES deleted.

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Specifications

Top speed	65mph
1/4-mile acceleration	secs
Power	12bhp
Torque	7.2ftlb
Weight	103kg
Seat height	745mm
Fuel capacity	11 litres
Average fuel consumption	80mpg
Tank range	180 miles
Insurance group	3

Engine size	124cc
Engine specification	4 stroke, single, 5 gears
Frame	Steel tubular type
Front suspension adjustment	None
Rear suspension adjustment	Preload
Front brakes	220mm disc
Rear brake	Drum
Front tyre size	2.75 x 18 in
Rear tyre size	3.00 x 18 in