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Suzuki A100 100cc 94/95 (M)
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An odd engine size these days, but when Suzuki was selling Suzuki A100s in the early seventies Yamaha and Kawasaki had their equivalents and Honda joined them later. It does though fall into a lower insurance bracket than 125s, which can help even now if you're being clobbered by your insurer.

What you get is a simple 2-stroke single cylinder motorcycle with a frame made of pressed steel. Strip the frame off of all things attached to it and it looks like a flat "T". It's rigid enough to cope with the power, just under 10bhp when working well, with four gears controlled by a heel-and-toe gear lever of the sort thought not to damage the non-motorcycling shoes the typical rider was imagined to want to wear.

Brakes are simple drums which are OK for the speeds you'll get to - just under 60mph crouched on the tank. (Suzuki claimed much more - don't believe them!) There is one instrument, a speedometer with no trip counter.

Maintenance is simple. Cleaning the baffle is the mucky job. Oil to the engine is fed by a metered pump. (Just keep an eye on the sight-glass.)The carburettor is buried in the engine casing neatly so doesn't get wet.

Economy: not good - 60mpg unless you rarely go above half throttle when you might get 80mpg. Riding position OK with quite a generous saddle for a pillion. But the rear footpegs are mounted on the swinging arm which can make two-up handling odd although it gives good leg room.

If you want fun in this engine size look at the Yamaha instead; or go up to 125cc where you start to get a proper small motorcycle. But for shorter journeys where the speed limit is seldom over 50mph you might just find one of these from its long production run that you can kick into life and get 40-50,000 trouble-free cheap miles from.
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Magnette in London on 31/07/2008
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