Suzuki GN125

[riffer]

You'd get a decent set of hoops for a couple hundy too.

I wonder what are a good set of tyres for a GN? Sport Demons?

[Drew]

I wonder what are a good set of tyres for a GN? Sport Demons?

Anything radial will be fine. I wouldn't go as good as sport demons if I didn't have to. The bikes weigh nothing, and don't have super brakes.

[Kickaha]

Anything radial will be fine. I wouldn't go as good as sport demons if I didn't have to. The bikes weigh nothing, and don't have super brakes.

You wont get radials in the sizes those bikes run, but Bridgestone, Pirelli, Dunlop etc should have something far better quality than what they come out with

[avgas]

I test rode a GN125 (new) for a mate a few year ago and fell in love with them. Even didn't mind the stock bars. Preferred it to the GN250 seemed more flickable for some reason (newer?).
Easily enough grunt - got to 120 on motorway relatively easily.

Was a shock for me to see the MILLIONS of them in use in China. They are the equivalent to a hilux over there.

[Oakie]

Shock! Two pages into a GN125 thread and there are no haters!
I'm not about to hate either. I've only ridden one a couple of times and that was a test ride and ride the bike home for my son-in-law. Loved it! So easy to ride and a great bike for him or anyone under 6 foot 4 to learn on. Get decent tyres as others have said but if it's not going to be used in the wet just wait until the budget allows. Handlebars ... I found them OK. Infact they probably made the bike feel a little bigger physically which made it OK for my 6 foot frame.

[GrayWolf]

Shock! Two pages into a GN125 thread and there are no haters!
I'm not about to hate either. I've only ridden one a couple of times and that was a test ride and ride the bike home for my son-in-law. Loved it! So easy to ride and a great bike for him or anyone under 6 foot 4 to learn on. Get decent tyres as others have said but if it's not going to be used in the wet just wait until the budget allows. Handlebars ... I found them OK. Infact they probably made the bike feel a little bigger physically which made it OK for my 6 foot frame.

Mate I wont hear a bad thing said about the wee ginny. Got my partners one in the garage de 'rego'd now as she decided to go can am. They are an excellent learner bike, for at least 6 months to learn the basic skills.
Every so often they make a bike that is almost perfect for a task, and the Ginny is one of those. The only other ideal learner bike IMO was the old CB175 Honda, sadly they are few n far between now, but another excellent choice for a newbie.

[akkadian]

Thanks for all the positive feedback. Mrs is really excited about her new purchase now. After watching the monos on You Tube she's banned me from using it until she can legally ride though Even so, it all sounds like a done deal to me.

[Zadkiel]

So to hijack this a litte, I have been looking at one of these to commute on since they are so damn cheap. I learnt to ride on a GN250 and it had manageable power (it wasn't so slow it hurt), will this be much worse? I mean it's half the CCs right and only 6 years newer. So is it close enough to be ok, or will it just be so slow I might as well have bought a scooter?

Have you had a ride yet? What do you think?