New Suzuki Farmbike - GN125 Farm

[pzkpfw]

Not really new, but posting as it gave me a laugh when I stumbled on this.

https://www.suzuki.co.nz/farm-atv/model/gn125/farm-bikes

Says it can't be registered for road use, I presume something like exhaust regulations have killed it and they have stock to get rid of. (Maybe? Dunno?)

Reminds me of when they were selling the two-models-ago Jimny's for farm-only use.

[F5 Dave]

That's so fucking sad.
Imagine the kids;
Dad says he's going to buy us a new bike we can ride on the Farm!
Then :blink::blink:

[neels]

I remember seeing them a while back when Suzuki was at Avon City in Christchurch.

Basically a set of knobblies, extra brackets to raise the front guard away from the tyre, and change of sprockets to lower the gearing.

Apparently quite popular being well suited to the migrant workers of smaller stature on diary farms, because of the lower seat height than the DR or AG.

I guess if you see a gap in the market, why not fill it...

https://www.bikeforce.co.nz/cdn/shop/products/BikeForceGN125FarmBike_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=16794413 13

[release_the_bees]

Part of me wants to throw it around on some local gravel roads just for a laugh. The other part of me remembers the GN250 that I had back in the day, which was already underpowered and wonders just how underpowered a GN125 must be compared to that.

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[pzkpfw]

A friend of my ex broke her wrist falling off one, turning - while doing a rider training course.

So I got called on to move it from her place to her friend's for storage.

Hated it. The rake made the steering feel very vague at first, then it would suddenly feel like it wanted to fall over.

Dunno how that would work on a farm.

(I suppose you'd get used to it ...)

[Laava]

If you have been watching itchy boots on some of the roads she has been riding in Liberia and Cameroon, you would realise that the mighty GN would be fine with 3adults and luggage in just about any conditions. On std tires.

[F5 Dave]

Or just buy a dirt bike and revel in the continued development when they diverted path from roadbikes in the 70s (After some lame hybrids of the 60s).

[jellywrestler]

Says it can't be registered for road use, I presume something like exhaust regulations have killed it and they have stock to get rid of. (Maybe? Dunno?)

.

no ABS, theses have been offered for a while now, I rememeber a few 250'sbeing converted in wanganui as some older riders liked the low seat height. Of course there are many farms in nz on the flat that don't need a versatiltiy of many dirt bike features.