CONVENIENCE AT IT'S PEAK. Review on Suzuki Access 125

Happened to purchase this little wonder 25 days back. I am a avid car lover & never thought n planned to purchase a two-wheeler ever after my LML Vespa Scooter & Bajaj Chetak Scooter.

The Bajaj purchased 10 yrs before was with me till I purchased this access & the odo reading was only 13, 000 km. From this you can imagine my two-wheeler usage.

Got transfer from Kolkata to a Dist. hd. qrs town in Orissa few months back. Reported duty & stayed with my younger sister for a month( before I was settled) who has a scooty. Used her scooty several times & was very happy over the convenience this class of vehicle offers. Thought of buying one, but not so seriously. till such time I was not even aware that Suzuki-Access is available in the market.

Once got a glance of Access while passing through Suzuki Sub-dealership in the town. Entered into the show room & took a test drive. Simply floored........., never thought scooter driving can so much of fun. The pick up was mind blowing & the smothness was something to be envied. That moment decided to buy one scooter from this segment & real research started after that. Took test ride of Honda Aviator- Smooth, pick up not awsome as Access ; Flyte- Pick up not good as access, smooth, ground clearance was pathetic- grazed less than normal height bumpers with a pillion rider regularly ; pleasure- girlish look, too small storage space , lack of telescopic front suspension ; New Honda Activa- did not get chance to test drive as the model was out of stock, but probably may not have considered due to not so encouraging review on MS , lack of telescopic front suspension.

Though I was keen to purchase a new scooter from this class, I pretended as if I have no interest & made my family convinced for buying one on the pretext of the new one can be used by my wife for school/bazar duty etc . Chose a sky blue colour among the avaliable ones ( black, greyish black). Delivery was made within two days. The entire process was very smooth.

I now prefer the scooter more than my car for moving out due to the sheer pleasure derived by driving this & of course for the convenience n economy it offers. My wife is still learning & hopefully will do her duty alone after a couple of weeks.

My experience so far: Pick up as expected is super. Milage is 38 km/lit- very less may be because of my wife's learning & newness of the scooter. I think this should improve after first service. While crusing at constant speed engine sound is hardly audible. Handling of the scooter is very good. breaking OK.

Negatives: Engine sound not at acceptable level while the scooter is accelarting, rear suspension should have been softer, head light is weak, seat is too hard to be comfortable for long drives.

Once out of craze, I had been to my relatives place 30 km away with my family with the scooter . We were four ( daughter- 11 yrs old- wt 45 kg., son- 5 yrs old-16kg, myself- 70 kg, wife-52 kg). The journey was not comfortable. While coming back, my daughter refused to return with us. But still with rest three of us ( son standing in front) , the journey was not as comfortable as expected by me , though the level of comfort improved as compared to our out -ward journey.

Problems encountered so far: When engine is switched off , it produces a krik sound just before going off , front suspension produces an undesirable sound on rough roads, some times a peculiar sound is produced from rear wheel that increases with speed- the mechanic says it is due to gravels entering into tyre's grip, which I do not believe. All these problems are from day one. Before two days anathor problem has cropped up- while accelarating from slow speed, peculiar sound is produced some where from rear for a moment & vanishes afterwards. I belive, these are all minor problems & will be taken care of in first service.

I am satisfied with my purchase decesion. In this town Access is approx- 5000/- dearer than Flyte & 3000/- than New Activa. Fit & finish, plastic quality is way above Flyte's. Could not compare with New Activa.

Any body having any clue regarding problems experinced by me, please do revert so that I can be better equipped when my scooter is due for first service.

Best regards,

Chittaranjan Pradhan

Baripada( Orissa)