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1973 Suzuki TS125K - 4-Page Vintage Motorcycle Road Test ArticleOriginal, Vintage Magazine Advertisement / ArticlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm)Condition: Good
Suzuki’s TS-125 Duster is that maker’s versionof the compromised street-legal dirt bike. Almostevery manufacturer makes an equivalent, but thebalance of the street/dirt compromise ranges wild-ly among the competitors.The theory is that the beginning dirt rider needsand/or wants a bike that he can ride to, in, andfrom the off-road areas. With such areas becomingincreasingly scarce, that premise is getting morevalid. If a guy is buying a bike like the Duster inorder to find out whether off-roading really is hisfuture form of physical fitness, he would be out ofhis mind to buy a van or pickup before getting ayear’s experience. With a compromise bike yourbillfold doesn’t become a 97-gram weakling.oOn urban streets and rural roads, the TS-125 is amarvel. With its trail-patterned semi-dirt tires(both Bridgestone Trail Wing: 2.75-19 front, 3.25-18 rear) inflated to 20 psi in the front and 28 psi inthe rear, the little bike darts about with quiet, sure-footed precision. Over the blacktop mountainroads you may ride flat out continually; when thethrottle is not full on, the brakes are. All the Su-zuki’s systems survived and it was great fun.Then we took our Duster out for a couple ofdays in the dirt at Muntz Cycle Park, in Simi Val-ley, California. Muntz is a delightful place to ride.It has deep sand, both wet and dry, rock-strewnmountain climbs, gentle rolling grassy hills, flatbarren plains, and two motocross courses. There...17326
