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1983 SUZUKI DR125

In 1984 I decided I would commute to work by motorcycle. While everyone was getting two-stroke 125 trail bikes I decided to get a Suzuki DR125 four-stroke (a Lambretta had put me off two-strokes). It was a great bike. Recently I bought one, 1983, bit of a bitsa and in very poor nick, and have brought it up to rideable (not restored), but happily usable.

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