Suzuki Access 125

The Suzuki Access 125 has been a top choice for family scooters in India for almost two decades. The 2025 update doesn't change that — it just makes the scooter even better. Here's what we found after riding and testing it for several days in the city.

Design & Build

The new LED headlamp with a chrome ring is the biggest change for 2025. It sits on an updated front part and gives the scooter a slightly more premium look, without changing the shape everyone already knows.
Metal panels are now used on the sides of the front apron and on the mudguard. The rest of the body is still plastic, but the scooter feels more solid to touch.
The panel gaps are even all around, and nothing rattled even after riding on Pune's bad roads many times.
This scooter isn't trying to look flashy. It's built to still look good even after 5 years and 30,000km of riding.

There's one fixed hook in front and one foldable hook under the seat for carrying grocery bags. There are also two small pegs inside the boot where you can hang bags and close the seat over them.
The digital screen shows speed, fuel level, trip time and real-time mileage. The app also remembers where you last parked and has a digital wallet. These are nice extras, but not must-haves.
Choose the Ride Connect Edition and you also get Bluetooth. This adds turn-by-turn navigation, call and message alerts, and rain alerts on the screen. Useful if you check your phone often.
Four of the six variants get CBS brakes, while the top two Ride Connect variants get full ABS instead. ABS works better when you brake hard on a wet or loose road.

The under-seat storage is 24.4 litres on paper, but its shape means a full-face helmet still doesn't fit inside — the same problem the older model had.

There are two open pockets on the front, good for a water bottle or gloves. They don't have covers, so we wouldn't keep a phone or wallet there.

The seat height is 773 mm and it's wide enough for both the rider and the person sitting behind to be comfortable.
The handlebar is set high, so you sit up straight and relaxed. This is good for daily riding. If you're taller than 6 feet, sit on one before buying, just to check the legroom.
The suspension handles broken roads well in the city, but on rides longer than 30–40km, the seat starts to feel harder. If you ride long distances often, take a longer test ride first. 

The floorboard is quite big, so your feet have enough room even with bigger shoes on.

The 124cc air-cooled engine makes 8.42PS and 10.2Nm. These numbers may not sound big, but the engine is tuned well, so it never feels weak when you start moving.
In our tests, it went 0–40kmph in 3.39 seconds and 0–60kmph in 7.44 seconds — faster than the Activa 125, Jupiter 125, and Destini 125 in our tests. Numbers like these are the core of the Suzuki Access 125 specifications, and they explain why the scooter never feels underpowered.
There are very few vibrations, even at higher speeds. It also has enough power left after 80kmph to overtake easily.
Suzuki claims a mileage of 45kmpl (ARAI). In our city riding, we got 44–50kmpl. This means you can ride close to 250km on one full tank of 5.3 litres. Access 125 mileage like this holds up well against most rivals in the segment.

The front has telescopic forks and the rear has a normal swingarm suspension. Together, they make the ride smooth — you barely feel potholes and road joints in the city.
It has tubeless tyres, with a 12-inch wheel in front and a 10-inch wheel at the back. This same 10-inch rear wheel size has been used since this scooter first came to India in 2007.

At 106kg, it's light enough to push around easily at a signal or in a tight parking spot.

This smaller rear wheel makes the scooter easy to handle in tight lanes, but on the open road or in fast turns, it doesn't feel as stable as rivals like the Jupiter 125 or Destini 125, which have 12-inch wheels on both ends.

The Access 125 comes in six variants and six colours. Prices start at around ₹81,000 for the base Standard variant and go up to a little over ₹1 lakh for the fully-loaded Ride Connect TFT ABS Edition (ex-showroom). Please check the latest on-road price in your city, as this can change.

We recommend the Special Edition. It gives you the front disc brake without paying extra for features you may not use.

If you can spend a bit more, go for the Ride Connect ABS Edition. The extra safety from ABS is worth the higher price.

The TFT variants have a colour screen that looks nice in the showroom, but it doesn't do enough extra to be worth the higher price.

What's Good

• Smooth engine with very little vibration, even at high speed
• Quick for this segment — 0–60kmph in 7.44 seconds in our tests
• Handles broken roads better than most 125cc scooters
• Useful hooks, pegs and pockets for daily use
• ABS is now available — still rare in this segment

What Could Be Better

• 10-inch rear wheel feels less stable at high speed
• Underseat storage shape wastes space — a full-face helmet doesn't fit
• Open pockets aren't safe for keeping valuables

This family scooter is not trying to have the best spec sheet. It has one simple goal — to make everyday riding easy. The smooth engine, comfortable ride, and useful features mean it still does this better than most 125cc scooters today. If you want a reliable family scooter and don't mind the smaller rear wheel at high speed, this is still one of the easiest scooters to recommend.

Suzuki Access vs TVS Jupiter 125

The Jupiter 125 offers a much larger 33-litre underseat storage space, and a larger floorboard as well. It also has a larger fuel tank with an apron-mounted fuel filler cap which makes it more convenient while refuelling. The Jupiter’s ride quality is slightly better over bad roads too. But the Access has a significantly smoother engine than the Jupiter, and offers peppier performance, which makes riding on faster roads much better. Here is how the detailed specifications between these two scooters look like.

Suzuki Access vs Honda Activa 125

While Honda’s scooters are known for their high reliability, personally, I believe that the Access is just as well-built and reliable as the Activa. But because of this general impression, the Activa 125 will have better resale value. The Activa 125 has a more traditional design, which along with its strong brand recall might make it the obvious choice for some. But the Access offers much more smoothness from its engine, feels more light and agile and offers better performance as well. Here is how a features comparison looks like, between these two 125cc family scooters. 

Also if you are curious about how the Activa 110 fairs in a features comparison, we have done that as well.