Small Cafe Racers - Suzuki GN 125 by Duong Doan's Design 

I totally agree. Small bikes can be beautiful and are loads of fun. The Suzuki SP125 I owned still holds special place in my memory, not only because I had to take it apart and clean every bit of it, then repaint and add new parts here and there but because it was just happy fun to ride. I never expected it to go 100 kph, so when I did hit that speed now and again, I was surprise. I never expected it to climb certain hills, so when I did, I was surprised. All those surprises just made it more fun and it brought out the kid in me over and over.

Great video with a perfect approach! Thanks!

hehe muito top essas motos apesar de serem baixas cilindros, ficaram show, ótimo vídeo.

Essas motos são incríveis. Adoro essas pequenas. Ótimo vídeo

OMG . Thank racer TV now everyone knows to Vietnam , known cafe race viet nam , thanks thanks a lot

I love my bike so much, very suit on my city with tons of traffic jam, it's small and light and i upgraded from 100cc to 150cc. Never complain about the speed, it's awesome to ride. Honda GL100.

I'm riding a Yamaha rdx 125 1978, That little two-stroke twin cylinder performs great for a 125cc bike. Love my bike!

Awesome job small bikes for city commuting is really fun small light bikes just make good sense God-bless and stay safe 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

Sweet bikes and video....everyone needs to start somewhere.....can't go wrong w/a clean custom cafe'....nice job to all involved!

So true about the realisation! Small is fun and needed!

Que inspirador vídeo.....música, imágenes y un excelente contenido. Gran trabajo amigo realmente..... Muchas gracias desde Argentina!!

Duong is a true craftsman.

What a beautifully clean and uncluttered motorcycle this is, RACER TV. It looks like the details have not been forgotten on this little gem at all. :-)

Just amazing! Thanks for this inspirations, café racer TV is the very best chanel of youtube. Hugs from Brasil!

Thank u so much Racer TV from my heart for this video😭.. my most inspired, favorite video till now in RU-vid. i couldn't find any videos of 125 n 250 cc's cafe racer motorcycle videos. I have also asked u earlier for 125 cc's videos n u did it.. thanks for keeping interest in smaller bikes.. I also own 125 cc Honda cm.. n waiting for like this videos. Thank u Racer TV. so much...

I had seen several projects from Vietnam and Indonesia in the Internet based on small displacement motorcycles, all very interesting. I loved them all. I myself having gone from 650 cc motorcycle the Kawasaki KLR to the small 200cc Pulsar NS I can appreciete how much fun these little machines are. However to me was a great discovering this Duong Doan manufacturer who had not heard a thing until today and his wonderful works with small and utilitarian bikes. Especially the Suzukis GNs that are in abundance here in Mexico and in other countries where this type of motorcycle were used as working horse in several task such as pizza delivery. Great video my friend and last but not least the kind of project that I loved so much, being myself an average working man, means "on budget" kind of project. Un fuerte abrazo.

Tenho seguido com vívido interesse os vídeos colocados, no entanto, creio que este vídeo foi o empurrão final para dar uma nova vida à minha CB 250, apesar de ser fã incondicional de motos desportivas. Realmente, divertia-me muito mais com a CB, por isso obrigado por partilhar com os demais seguidores excelentes ideias para sermos os próprios a fazer e ainda por divulgar o que (de bom!) se faz em Portugal! Continue o bom trabalho, e mais uma vez, obrigado.

Brilliant video, brilliant builder, brilliant narrating!

Your Video show, how cool 125 cc BIkes can be. And how they can be changed to look unique and cool. Thanks Racer TV

Quoted from small engine bike builder Janus Motorcycles: "The spirit of motorcycling is best understood on a small, lightweight machine" - probably some truth to that. Enjoyed seeing these fine examples of small displacement cafe racers.

This channel is really crazy, very good, I'm addicted to the way it is, mainly because subtitles are in Portuguese and beautiful narrative, RacerTV purposely subtitles in Portuguese or RU-vid does. Hugs from Brazil.

I have a soft spot for 125cc, it's the playfulness and the carelessness of these machines combined with beauty and design, it doesn't surprise me he's from Vietnam, i know a guy from China building 125cc Cafe Racers and doing quite well (Churchill customs) . Thumb's up on this video 👍😆 now i'm going to watch the video again hahaha .

Muchas gracias por este video!! Me convenció que una moto de motor pequeño puede ser una hermosa cafe racer!! Abrazo desde Argentina!!!

All those bikes are nice projects. I couldn't decide which one was the most beautiful among them.

always Watching Sir from 🇵🇭Pilliphines 🙋❤️

thanks for this upload. I am really inspired. Got some good ideas. love watching your videos.

Super i like it. The bike with the blue frame is my favorit. BRAVO BRAVO i like low Budget Projekts.

Yes, indeed I like riding my small Kawa Estrella. Everytime I think about getting a bigger one, I go for a ride and come to the conclusion: "Naaah, it`s still enough!" Change the handlebars and the Estrella looks like a BSA Goldstar. Beautiful and such a joy to ride. Ride safe everyone!

very nice to see that you made a (beautiful as usual) video about these little cafe racers. I'm a (not so proud) owner of a gn125 that is turning into somewhere between (pocket) cafe racer and street tracker. I'm desperate of having a bigger bike (personal and local economics, and a growing family are distracting me from that), but in the meantime, I'm enjoying this one, riding and (little)transforming it. The real and obvious drawback of mine is the top speed, especially because I have to do some little speedway between home and main city (Caracas). Thank you again for making this beautiful video and for not being something like "racist" about little one cafe (hehe). another veeeery important and fun thing to do with your videos is to read comments of people from around the world. cheers.

That's my country ! thanks Racer TV !

Very nice - these have much of the look of speedway bikes. Lot's of nice bikes from low-cost, easily available material. Plus, you can really ride the snot out of the bike without worrying about getting arrested for speeding! Tudo bem!

Love this Cannel ! Danke für die tolle Arbeit !

My first bike was a Honda CB600, and for my Cafe Racer survey I focus in bikes between 400-500, but something keeps making me look to smaller ones... and this video is a great example why. I just love this low vintage design. A must have. PS-Que saudades das ruas de aldeia por entre campos de milho :).

Stunning goodlookin bikes. I'd rather have one of these before a harley...

Thanks so much for this! especially in Germandy you can get a 125ccm Driving license in the age of 16 - I also heard about other countries in the EU but they have a few other rules... looking forwards to other small cafe racers on yur channel. Best wishes from Germany!

Boa tarde sr RACER TV minhas ultimas motos eram de cilindrada alta porem hoje em dia voltei a andar em motos de cilindrada menor porque apos anos tentando fazer uma viagem ao USHUAIA-Argentina ou ATACAMA-Chile nao consegui devido a agenda...e eu tambem pensava que para uma grande viagem precisaria de uma grande moto,entao porque ter uma moto grande ja que nao vou viajar , outro motivo e que hoje em dia temos excelentes motos ate 300cc com ABS e sao confiaveis,seguras,confortavel de pilotar ,economicas em relacao a consumo de combustivel,imposto,manutencao, obrigado por fazer os excelentes videos e inspirar-me a diminuir de cilindrada.

Thank you for providing another entertaining video. To my taste, it is the best one for a while. The designs have a more classic and elegant form especially the first GN 125. With small bikes, they do not have to contort the design around a motor which, in essence, is (unfortunately and usually) designed for engineering rather than aesthetic purposes. The bikes look great and you are absolutely correct in that they are more fun to ride. The bigger the bike, the more serious the fun becomes. Well done mate. The only criticism I have is that the tyres are overdone, both in function and in how they blend into the style but some people like this style at the moment. I prefer the original tyres.

Your motorcycle, Racer TV's owner, is still one of the most beautiful ones I've seen, by far!!!! Cheers from Argentina!!!! Love how your channel keeps growing and growing. And don't be afraid of your accent, nor your voice dude, let us know you a bit more :P !!

Parabens, Estava esperando esse video, muito obrigado.! atè semana que vem Abracos...

Nice!!!!!My names is Paulo,from Brazil!!!lover this bike!!!!

I never went to a big bike always had 125s and find them great fun, very cheap to run and cheap to insure.

Great vid and great bikes. Thank You. :-)

Great Job!!

Duong Doan´s bikes are very nice, motorcycle frame base is from gs 125, I have similar base, it has flat back side. Didn´t too much work on it, such as on gn 125. Thanks for inspiration block, small bike for life. :)

Is it just me, or does anyone else end up feeling good, calm and inspired after watching Racer TV's videos?

Você mostrou que é possível realizar grandes sonhos com pouco dinheiro. Obrigado por sempre nos espirar.

Great projects, thanks.

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Mais um ótimo vídeo e com ótimos projetos parabéns. Também tou a construir algo parecido mas com uma cb dos anos 70 Vai ficar linda pelo menos eu espero que sim abraço.

boa abordagem amigo , aqui no brasil e o que condiz nossa realidade motos de baixa cilindrada , as motocicletas maiores acima de 500 cc ainda nao cabe no bolso de muitos , exelente programa como de costume desejo a todos que partilham desse programa que vc desenvolve uma otima semana , abraço caro amigo!

It's really cool. I also want to look cool with EN125.

The first one is so impressive man,cool!

Sou fã dessa última moto!!! Foi inspiração para minha cg 125 1979. está quase pronta...Na realidade eu terminei ela,porém fui refazendo ajustes que resultaram na necessidade de uma nova pintura...Ex: Marcador de combustível embutido no tanque. A pintura se assemelha com a primeira moto!

my god, these are brilliant...

Olá! Há já mais de um ano, que sou um seguidor assíduo destes excelentes videos. Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho. Ainda por cima feito por alguém da Maia que inclui boas passagens por ruas maiatas e de Silva Escura, embora eu sendo tripeiro tenho muitas recordações dessas paragens. A propósito eu sou também paciente da mesma doença, possuo uma BMW grande cc com 130cv mas também com alguns projectos de menor capacidade em cm3 para converter em cafés ou scramblers, pelo que o canal Racer TV é um dos subscritos e de visualização obrigatório. Cumpts Licínio

beautiful bikes

I have seen this video several times, it's just great. beside my BMW I'm a proud owner of a CB250, it's a fun bike. Small bikes are great for driving around in Copenhagen. Just build a SR250 for my Niece.(It's the best thing ever happent to her) Small bikes are great fun.

u need check out the brand Kreidler and there "free and wild" tour!

en mi país hay unos chicos que se hacen llamar "vitium" tienes buenos modelos...deberías echarles un vistazo. excelente video

awesome presentation, sir.

Well done. Thank you.

i like your project guyz

Espetacular! Servirá de inspiração para a minha GN 250. Abraços.

Tks for ur video, Racer TV

I can't wait to show you my bikes

good video friend

Wow,i have a suzuki 100cc café racer,and it is great,dont need too much power for be awesome xD Hi from argentina your videos are awesomes!

WOW, COMO SIEMPRE UN EXCELENTE VIDEO Y DUONG DOAN ES UN AR TIS TA

Nifty little things,& a huge improvement over standard- would've loved one of these as a youngster! Cheers :-)

Beautiful bike thanks . I have a Honda cgl 2010 125 and it's almost done few small details to go... Weren't the original cafe small bikes ?

I love small capacity bikes! Mutt motorcycle build custom looking bikes based on the GN 125 and 250 engines. Take a look. I love your videos!

Great video. Much respect to Duong Doan and his design. It was a Yamaha YBR 125 that got me back into bikes again. You are so right that happiness and small bikes goes together. Best regards

I agree.. even before you said that this look amazing... i know already this(the GN 125) is the look i'm looking for.... not only the combination of size to make it look big... but also the color scheme which I really like.... its modest and looks classy... as compared to most of the custom small cafe racer bikes here in malaysia they usually try really hard to look "radical" and bratty.. they usually make flat seats , it looks unfinished to me... when i look at this GN 125 cafe by Duong Doan it just gives out the calm look,maybe its the use of white...while not being funky by using light sky blue colors... its not inline with my real motivation to ride a cafe which is "stroll" around places and i dont intend to look like im coming from a biker gang

Aqui a 125 precisa de carteira. Gostei das 3, mas a primeira me conquistou! Até Semana que vem.

Awesome !

love it, in indonesia we call them suzuki thunder 125, best ride but poor build material

very lovely my dream this bikes

For best fun. Small bike fast beats big bike slow. Always. Thank you

Like little jewels!!!

From Philippines. We have that kind of bikes like mini cafe racers.😁😁

Only an artist can build such a beautiful bike out of an ugly model. Gracias amigo por el excelente video!

Fantastic

Thank you for the awesome videos ! I got a yamaha bolt 2014, is it possible to turn into a cafe racer ?

I wish we could deliver this message to people who are wanting to start riding and think they need a more substantial machine. My first motorcycle was a Honda trail 90. To this day when I see one it sends my mind back to a special place, kind of like of that kiss with your first girlfriend.

Me encanta , estoy haciendome una con mi GN 125

Great video but on the first bike that exhaust do my head in why you could catch the ground when cornering you could come off but still a great bike but it spoils a great bike

Please tell me about music. But you know how much i like your channel sir

tuyệt vời :D

Admiro profundamente tu canal RacerTV, como te lo he comentado en otras oportunidades. Un pedido: ¿podrias subtitular en español? o ¿hacer algunos videos en en castellano? Debemos ser muchos los que estamos maravillados con las cafe racer de habla hispana. Abrazo!

200 lIke with no dislike/// great vis every week

muito bom eu também tenho uma Honda cg cargo 125 isso me dá umas ideias no momento ainda não posso mas futuramente quem sabe posso transformá-la em uma café reaver gostei das motos e do vídeo estão como sempre de parabens um abraco

hey, saludos from mexico, keep it up, -hobosaw.

I've got a GN125 and as much as I like cafe racers, I wouldn't change a thing about it (though I did have it painted)

I like much of your work, a pity I still can not mount a me!

In India most of the bikes are 100cc and above 150cc are big engines for us. Most of the bikes even 150 cc makes around 12 HP. compared to bike you have shown which are 15 hp are pretty good.

Agile, cheap, bullet proof and beautiful. What more do we need?

Este tipo de mota tem ainda uma enorme vantagem, a isenção de inspeção que só vai ser obrigatória para motociclos acima dos 250 cm3. Este tema vai ser, infelizmente, a morte de muitos projetos e de casas de transformação. Para teres uma ideia, o escape tem de ser o original com a devida homologação estampada, as rodas têm de ter as mediadas originais, os piscas têm de estar na posição original e um sem-fim de mariquices.

I have a question for you Racer. I noticed the handle bars on your friends cb125. The black and brown that being(not the spark). It had a nice subtle curve but not full clubman. Where could I find a set like that.

The brown seat on this Gn 250 is so much prettier than the brat design don't you think so at RacerTV ?

Yep, smaller bikes are more fun (atleast in the city and small roads)....... My yamaha was a ton of fun last year but my kawasaki 250z -81 is the most fun bike i have EVER own...... I wud love to make something out of it but sad story is that i may have to sell it so i can ride my yamaha this year :/ kawasaki 250z 81 is cinda rare here in finland so i REALLY wud not want to get rid of it but i just cant handle the idea that i wouldnt ride this summer.......summer is not summer whitout bike to ride, right ? ...... Oh well, anyway good video yet again :D