Suzuki GT 125 (twin) - SV650.org

12-07-09, 10:24 PM

My neighbour just built a new garage and he had this in the back, its complete. Under a sheet for the last 20 years and he used it a fair few years previously. Said I can have it if I wanted it free!!! Just wondered if they were any good if anybody knows. It needs a fair overhaul as its been sitting in there for two decades. But its reasonable, do we think its a worthy project?

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yorkie_chris · 12-07-09, 10:29 PM

Always worth a shot, will smell nice if nothing else!

rictus01 · 12-07-09, 10:29 PM

Funnily enough my neice's boyfriend just done the same thing, his has just got it's first MOT in a very long time, good little rin..tin..tin bike.

Cheers Mark.

12-07-09, 10:43 PM

Yeah I might just do it for the fun of an old bike project in the garage.

13-07-09, 06:49 AM

They're a bit fragile, but they go well for a 125. If it's an early one it may still be L plate legal despite being 16HP. grab it quick before I come looking for it.

Stingo · 13-07-09, 07:48 AM

I had a CG125 yonks ago. Was a good little commuter...if it's a freebie, you can't lose...

Sid Squid · 13-07-09, 07:49 AM

This is a coincidence, there's a thread about a two stroke elsewhere on this forum recently, (Grinch maybe?), anyway someone mentioned about crank seals perhaps drying out and thus a loss of primary compression.
Anyway, GT125s were good at doing crank seals without needing 20 years of waiting around.
On the upside a piston ported two stroke is an easy motor to get apart, but being a twin you'll need the crank split and pressed up to replace the centre seals if that's needed.

13-07-09, 08:50 AM

I didnt realise it was a 2-stroke until squid said so. Definatly then, it'll want an engine strip. Its definatly worth it if its free

My dad was given his VFR400 for free, and its cost him £500 to get it back on the road...which is about as much as it was worth in its crash damaged form.

Have a go, its a freebie and if you try and do some / most / all the work yourself, then thats a good learning experiance

if you get it, pics of rebuild please

13-07-09, 03:24 PM

is it worth it???? YESSSSSSSSSS.
my first bike were a gt125, in pieces. i loved it. damn fast too, i could accellerate and just cling on to the bars.lol.

Speedy · 13-07-09, 10:28 PM

Any photos????

12-07-09, 10:24 PM	#1
SV-net Guest Posts: n/a	Suzuki GT 125 (twin) My neighbour just built a new garage and he had this in the back, its complete. Under a sheet for the last 20 years and he used it a fair few years previously. Said I can have it if I wanted it free!!! Just wondered if they were any good if anybody knows. It needs a fair overhaul as its been sitting in there for two decades. But its reasonable, do we think its a worthy project? Mod Edit - Moved from Idle Banter to Bike talk Fizz Last edited by fizzwheel; 13-07-09 at 09:31 AM.

12-07-09, 10:29 PM	#2
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) Always worth a shot, will smell nice if nothing else! __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

12-07-09, 10:29 PM	#3
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) Funnily enough my neice's boyfriend just done the same thing, his has just got it's first MOT in a very long time, good little rin..tin..tin bike. Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

12-07-09, 10:43 PM	#4
SV-net Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) Yeah I might just do it for the fun of an old bike project in the garage.

13-07-09, 06:49 AM	#5
skidmarx Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) They're a bit fragile, but they go well for a 125. If it's an early one it may still be L plate legal despite being 16HP. grab it quick before I come looking for it.

13-07-09, 07:48 AM	#6
Stingo Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Plymouth, Devon - mostly. Posts: 527	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) I had a CG125 yonks ago. Was a good little commuter...if it's a freebie, you can't lose... __________________ Twitter: @poseidon_ashore

13-07-09, 07:49 AM	#7
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) This is a coincidence, there's a thread about a two stroke elsewhere on this forum recently, (Grinch maybe?), anyway someone mentioned about crank seals perhaps drying out and thus a loss of primary compression. Anyway, GT125s were good at doing crank seals without needing 20 years of waiting around. On the upside a piston ported two stroke is an easy motor to get apart, but being a twin you'll need the crank split and pressed up to replace the centre seals if that's needed. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

13-07-09, 08:50 AM	#8
Alpinestarhero Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) I didnt realise it was a 2-stroke until squid said so. Definatly then, it'll want an engine strip. Its definatly worth it if its free My dad was given his VFR400 for free, and its cost him £500 to get it back on the road...which is about as much as it was worth in its crash damaged form. Have a go, its a freebie and if you try and do some / most / all the work yourself, then thats a good learning experiance if you get it, pics of rebuild please

13-07-09, 03:24 PM	#9
Gene genie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) is it worth it???? YESSSSSSSSSS. my first bike were a gt125, in pieces. i loved it. damn fast too, i could accellerate and just cling on to the bars.lol.

13-07-09, 10:28 PM	#10
Speedy Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Biggin Hill,Kent Posts: 1,074	Re: Suzuki GT 125 (twin) Any photos????

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