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Suzuki B120 : IMMACULATE MOTORCYCLE
MOTORCYCLE NOW IN SHOWROOM AND
AVAILABLE FOR SALE
FULLY UK LICENSED
FULLY SERVICED
NEW MOT
Probably the best in the world
Suzuki B120 Student. Model history
Motorcycling today is mainly a leisure activity, there are still riders out there commuting to work, or ram-raiding stores on stolen scooters, but increasingly its mainly middle-aged blokes honing around on high performance motorcycles. Back in the 1970’s it was however a different story. Cars were very much luxury items, I didn’t own one until I was 21, transportation in your teens was either achieved by two feet or two wheels. The manufactures realised this, and they all offered small capacity relatively cheap motorcycles, aimed at students and commuters. Honda mainly went for four stoke single cylinder machines such as the CB 125, Suzuki two stoke motorcycles such as the B120. The model had been introduced as early as 1967 and had been regularly updated over the next few years but the changes were mainly cosmetic, the 1976 Suzuki B120 being (I believe) pretty much the last of the line. It was a bike built at minimal cost, with practicality rather than style the key driver. The integrated headlight instrument single unit harked back to an earlier time, the enclosed chain whilst eminently practical did nothing for its sporty appeal. It was however a relatively low-cost bike to buy.
This machine.
One of the joys of having a small bike business is being able to relive your youth. I purchased a Suzuki B120 new in 1975, traded it in for a 400/ 4 18 months later but remember this machine as my first real motorcycle. Over the past few years I’ve been looking for good B120, many have been trashed, bits missing, rusted up, the bike was never considered as desirable as some other far more sporty two stokes on the 70’s and has, until recently been largely ignored. This machine was advertised on car and classic and seemed far too good to miss. I pretty much jumped in the van and went to see it immediately and upon seeing it knew that it would simply have to join the stable. It has been restored by a delightful gentleman who had done a frankly incredible job. Every part had been either cleaned, restored or replaced with new old stock. It looked perfect, it wasn’t. Well it was perfect and indeed is still perfect, but it wasn’t and still isn’t, red. The B120 was available in a number of colours, red (fastest of course), black, light blue and a sort of pink colour, this bike is the latter. I wanted and still want a red one, but this motorcycle is simply fabulous, you will not find a better one. It comes with a couple of boxes of spares, you won’t need them, but they are nice to have. The is not just a show pony however (although I won’t be taking it out in the rain) it runs beautifully. Give it a little choke and one or two prods on the kick starter and it bursts into life producing copious amounts of blue smoke which smells to anyone over 45 like victory. The bike soon settles down and its cloaking device (smoke) dissipates and your ready for the off, four speeds, all down can have you reaching the dizzy heights of around 60 mph, but better still you will feel 17 again.
