Handling and braking on the Suzuki GN 125 are Good. All those things are if you service it in the right time. For the Disk brake problem, I fixed a new grooved disk and the problem vanished! Suzuki should thank me for" Tweaking" this issue which is a common problem among GN and GS 125 Series. Oh and another thing, please put in a fuel indicator, because I keep on riding until the Bike stops (and then I end up walking)
If you are short of money and need a reliable bike, this is the one.

I have owned this Suzuki GN 125 bike for about a year and a half and have done about 9000kms. In general it is a good bike - good ride and handling, it's nice and light with a low centre of gravity, light controls, good lights, clear instrumentation and yes, it even sounds good too.

However I have had a few problems. At about 7000kms the oil pump driveshaft, which is plastic, broke, and the engine seized; this has scored the bearings, which is particularly a problem as the camshaft bearings do not have shells and are milled directly into engine head and rocker cover. This issue still hasn't been resolved! Fortunately it actually runs quite well even with the bearings like this!

The front brake is weak and I recall after each ride for the first few months I had this bike, I would get off and my right hand would be aching from pulling the lever so hard. The rear drum brake however is strong and of good weighting.

The carb also seems to change mixture as the engine gets hot. If you travel at anything over 80km/h for more than 5 minutes or so, power will gradually decrease and when you come to a stop, the engine will have trouble idling.

The tyres are a hard compound and have excellent wear (in almost 10000kms the front tyre has worn almost imperceptably!) which causes problems with grip in cool weather or wet roads; front braking has to be very progressive to prevent lock up in these conditions. This could probably be solved by upgrading the rubber.

Generally though for fine weather commuting the bike is excellent fun, light and flickable and gives spritely acceleration at around town speeds, with very low fuel consumption - you should get around 300kms (200 miles) to a tank. The chromework can take some looking after though.