All You Need To Know About The Avenis

Suzuki launched a sporty 125cc scooter in the country yesterday. Called the Suzuki Avenis, it is the Japanese bikemaker’s attempt to steal the TVS NTorq 125’s thunder and make a name for itself in the sporty spectrum of the 125cc segment. From pricing to features, here’s everything you need to know:

Sporty Yet Familiar Design:

A quick glance of the Suzuki Avenis could make a layman mistake it for the TVS NTorq 125. Its sharp apron is complemented by a full-LED headlight. The handlebar cowl is aerodynamically designed, complete with a flyscreen. The bulb indicators are mounted on the handlebar cowl.

Suzuki has also ensured the side panels look sporty, thanks to the numerous cuts and creases, and flush-fit pillion footpegs. The tail section also reminds us of the NTorq but unlike the Hosur-based scooter, this one gets split LED tail lamps. Interestingly, the stubby exhaust design looks similar to the one on the Suzuki Burgman Street.

Loaded With Practical Features:

Even though the Avenis is meant to be Suzuki’s sporty offering in the 125cc space, the Japanese company has ensured it’s every bit as practical as the rest of its siblings. The scooter comes with a full-LCD instrument cluster with smartphone connectivity. This allows the user to access features such as call/SMS alerts, overspeed alerts, turn-by-turn navigation with estimated time of arrival, remaining distance, and phone battery level, among others. 

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The scooter also comes with an engine kill switch, a silent starter, and a side-stand engine kill feature. Apart from these, you get a 1-litre cubby hole on the left side of the apron with integrated USB charging port. The cubby hole on the right is open, and has a larger 1.6-litre capacity and a 0.5kg weight limit. You also get utility hooks (one on the apron and one below the seat), a large 21.8-litre underseat storage, and a hinged external fuel filler cap for extra practicality.

Same Old Mechanicals:

While the Avenis is a new scooter, Suzuki has given it the same set of mechanicals as the Burgman Street/ Access 125. The scooter carries over the same 124.3cc single-cylinder air-cooled, fuel-injected heart making the same output as its siblings: 8.7PS at 6750rpm and 10Nm at 5500rpm. 

It also gets the sale telescopic front fork, single rear shock absorber, 12-inch front and 10-inch rear alloys wrapped with 90-section tubeless tyres as its siblings. But at 106kg kerb, the Avenis weighs 3kg more than the Access 125 and 4kg less than the Burgman Street. The 780mm seat height is also the same as the one in Burgman Street. The fuel tank capacity stands at 5.2 litres, 0.3 litres more than the Burgman Street’s unit.  

Pretty Penny For A Premium 125:

The Suzuki Avenis is available in a base variant with smartphone connectivity, priced at Rs 86,700. Suzuki also offers the Avenis in a Race Edition, draped in a unique blue Suzuki MotoGP-inspired livery for just Rs 300 over the base variant. That said, a more affordable variant without the smartphone connectivity will be launched soon. 

Competition Check:

The Suzuki Avenis has the TVS NTorq 125, Honda Grazia 125, and the Yamaha RayZR 125 in its crosshairs. That said, the TVS NTorq 125 Race XP is not only the most powerful of the lot but also costs Rs 1,675 less than the Avenis. The Race XP also gets segment-first ride modes. Even the Yamaha RayZR 125 has an advantage, as it is both the most affordable scooter among these (Rs 79,830) and also gets a segment-first mild-hybrid technology. The Honda Grazia is pegged at Rs 85,714, and is slightly less feature-packed than the Avenis. And at Rs 1.08 lakh, the 2021 Aprilia SR 125 is the most expensive scooter and frankly, isn’t really a worthwhile deal considering how little it actually offers.