suzuki VanVan RV125 tickle it up a bit ?

[clivecoo]

Hi all, this my first post on this forum.
I have allways had large (ish) cc bikes, the last being a Harley 1200 sporty which I sold last year and was bikeless for a few months. I could not stand it any longer and in a mid life crisis moment I thought I would just get a nipping around bike to tide me over for a while so I bought a very low mileage 2005 Suzuki RV125 vanvan on ebay.
I know I cannot compare the perfomance with my sporty but being one who likes to fiddle in the garage, does anyone have any ideas on how I can easily get a little more performance out of the little motor.
Thanks
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[hazza]

there isnt really anything you can do to it, there will be some clever person who will say throw it off a cliff with a clever picture etc like its never been posted before but no there isnt anything you can do to a 125 fourstroke to make it faster
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[clivecoo]

Thanks hazza, I know these little bikes take a bit of stick but they make people stop and look, there are not too many small bikes that do that !
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[hazza]

yeah i would actually love one myself, ive only seen a few but everytime i see one i do stop what im doing until it passes, the ponly real improvement you could make would be changing the sprokets and up gearing giving you a higher top end speed but by compromising acceleration...im not sure if any additional sizes are available but it might be worth a look
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Unlikely you will get more speed without more power. May even lose top speed.

They are what they are; and I suspect for the price of getting a bit more poke you could buy a second, faster bike .

[clivecoo]

Yes Dont think the gearing thing is an option as the 6 speed box is tall in 5th and 6th.
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i spoke to a bloke next lives next to me about getting a bit more power outta my 125 4 stroke bike,and he says if i change the jet and put in an iridium plug.then bore out the intake and exhaust bore slightly,i should get a little more pull out of it...dont know if this would work at all with your bike just a suggestion.
dave...

[eddclarke]

[hazza]

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[hazza]

off topic but what bike do you have justmetoo125? out of interest
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a very crap one.my first road bike..
take the pi$$ as much as you like,everyone else does...
hongdou gy125

[Paddy Blake]

only thing is a bigger bike,no point messing around.

[Sephiroth]

[hmmmnz]

think they have a slight exhaust and intake restriction. so you could make the exhaust slightly free'r flowing and stick a larger main jet 1 size up. and you may get an extra 1/2 hp.
no point really. sorry im not much help. have fun cool little bikes
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[MarJay]

Iridium plugs. They last longer.

They don't improve performance.

They don't make your bike faster.

THEY JUST LAST LONGER THAN NORMAL PLUGS.

Thanks.
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""DENSO IRIDIUM POWER Spark Plugs will improve all aspects of your engines performance from acceleration and throttle response to idle stability and mileage thanks to the worlds smallest 0.4mm Iridium centre electrode, providing high-level ignition and low jump spark voltage. You can count on this plug to come through for you on the race circuit as well, virtually guaranteeing you victory after victory. Private touring enthusiasts will also be happy with its comfortable long drive and low fuel-consumption."
"DENSO IRIDIUM POWER Spark Plugs will improve all aspects of your engines performance from acceleration and throttle response to idle stability and mileage thanks to the worlds smallest 0.4mm Iridium centre electrode, providing high-level ignition and low jump spark voltage. You can count on this plug to come through for you on the race circuit as well, virtually guaranteeing you victory after victory. Private touring enthusiasts will also be happy with its comfortable long drive and low fuel-consumption."

[Blau Zedong]

[Rookie]

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well the point is every site i have looked on say that although they dont give extra power,they can get it back to the maximum power that was there allready...so that would make that part of the engine run at its maximum potential.so if the original plug wasnt up to 100% then using a better type of plug can help.so could slightly up the power delivery if there was a power los from that area in the first place...
anyway lets not get snotty about it.all iwas trying to do is offer some help/advice.everytime i get advice off someone i find it helpfull although i allways go and get a second opinion on it,or search the net to see if that advice would help or not.i wasnt saying GO GET A NEW PLUG AND WATCH ALL THE EXTRA POWER U GET was i ,i was just saying this is what i have been told to do so maybe it would help for you....take my advice or dont i dont care but dont go mad at the fact that im trying to help someone...
jeez

surely thats not the kind of site this is is it

[feef]

[clivecoo]

Thanks Guys for the Ideas on getting a little more out of my VanVan.I have been out on it again today, and I think I am starting to get the idea of not bothering to get a couple of extra horses and just let my mind get used to a slower and possibly less stressed way of getting from A to B,
All the lads at work think it looks the dogs Bs and I dont think they were laughing behind my back, in fact I think a couple of the bikers could see Suzukis logic behind it.
As for the the spark plug thing do they use them on the star ship Enterprise ? if so they will be good enough for me.
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[clivecoo]

Thanks G,
I know the lads at work also liked the look of my HD because they asked me if they could get their white sticks customized at the same paint shop!
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