at all!  In 1983 the 125 law, restricting riders on provisional licenses to 125cc machines, had already been introduced, as had the two-part test, but there was a glaring loophole in these new regulations that me and most of my mates jumped straight

(dear God!) to a time I’d done the same thing. It was 1986. In March of that year me and a couple of mates drove down to Vallelunga in a Merc van to contest the first round of that season’s 125cc European championship aboard my twin cylinder MBA. How

MBA and a 1973 Suzuki GT 750. The MBA is a little jewel of an Italian 125cc twin cylinder racing bike. I raced one exactly the same when I was 17 and have always had a bit of a soft spot for ’em. It’s taken me 6 years to gather the bits to start

! . . . I love my one, and I couldn’t tell you why.A model that didn’t sell so well when they first came out was the Suzuki T125 “Stinger” . . . A quirky little 125cc twin with laid forward cylinders and high-level pipes that were produced between 1969

this little thing rode like a new machine. The best thing about 125cc MX bikes is that you have to work to make ’em go. They don’t have the grunt for you to be lazy. Even before you’ve got into a turn you have the gas fully open and your index finger hovering