First Impressions: Suzuki Burgman Road 125EX

We’ve spent the day bombing round on Suzuki’s newest learner authorized Burgman.

Revealed at EICMA in November as a part of a trio of latest 125s, the Road 125EX is the premium providing within the Suzuki scoot vary. 

With a tried and examined 124cc air cooled 4 stroke single motor, that’s fitted with all new begin/cease and silent begin features – there’s little doubt the brand new Burgman might be bulletproof. However how does it carry out on the street? In brief, fairly effectively. There’s loads of punch to get the bounce on city site visitors and sufficient to carry its personal on greater, sooner A-roads. You’re not going to be profitable any races, nevertheless it greater than stands up towards the competitors. 

Dealing with is sweet too. Mild and nimble sufficient to weave by means of congested metropolis streets, with sufficient presence to carry its personal on the sooner (and bumpier) stuff out of city – even with its 12inch wheels.

It’s stops effectively. The compact entrance disc and rear drum brake won’t look gentle a lot, however they’re a lot able to hauling the 112kg Burgman up in a rush. It’s a mixed system, which primarily signifies that you’re much less prone to be caught out if you happen to seize a handful of degree. Nice for much less skilled riders.

Suzuki declare it’ll handle a formidable 148.6mpg. Which means you’re a whopping 180 miles from its 5.5 litre gas tank. That’s possibly a bit of optimistic, until you had been actually easy with the throttle – however I believe even probably the most throttle pleased of riders would clock 150 miles earlier than needing to make a journey to the petrol station.

The Burgman Road 125EX is a good choice if you happen to’re on the hunt for a learner authorized scooter. It neatly balances dealing with and luxury, is kitted out with all the pieces you’d want (together with 21.5 litres of underseat storage, a USB slot, a few pockets and hooks) – and better of all, it undercuts the opposite Japanese competitors (specifically the Honda PCX 125 and Yamaha NMAX 125 by £500 and a few). That’s to not be sniffed at. It’s additionally a superb chunk cheaper than the earlier technology Burgman – which is a transparent indication of Suzuki’s intentions to snag a complete load extra gross sales within the ever aggressive and all the time buoyant 125cc auto market.

That is only a transient first impressions, written straight after leaping off it – so If you would like the total lowdown on the trendy scoot (and a complete load extra good things) decide up the upcoming situation of MoreBikes.