Suzuki Slingshot 125 Road Test Review

Sheep in wolf’s clothing

We take the Suzuki Slingshot on a ride through the urban jungle to find out if people really go ‘O!’ looking at it like the commercials claim…

2010 Suzuki Slingshot 125 road test review by Rohit Paradkar for Motoroids.com. Photography by Eshan Shetty

Every once a while, we automotive journalists tend to find appreciable virtues in even a bad product. And in most cases it happens if the maker of that particular machine is of an international repute and has given the world some great automobiles. Suzuki, for me in one such manufacturer – it has given the world some absolutely wonderful motorcycles such as the GSX-R1000 and the ‘Busa. And it’s solely for that reason, that I am somewhat feeling bad after having ridden this machine. Quite clearly, the Slingshot has not impressed us at Motoroids much, but I still somehow don’t feel like lambasting this product. Suzuki as a two wheeler brand has been rather unlucky with most of their products. Though the bottom end of its portfolio – the Access, and the Hayabusa at the top are doing fairly well, the rest of their motorcycles have enjoyed little success. Blame it to better competition, optimistic pricing or a bad product itself – the Suzuki Heat, Zeus and GS150R often come across as a bunch of destitute children sadly sitting in the corner of the field. So here I am, trying to overcome the overwhelming feeling to talk about the negatives of this optimistically christened bike and write a review which doesn’t turn out to be deriding for the brand or the new motorcycle. Here goes…

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