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Best bets on tomorrow’s classics: 1980-1982 Honda CB900C.
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Long and low, the 2-stroke Suzuki Titan was built for putting on the miles.
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A 1979 Suzuki GS1000S Wes Cooley Replica on display with other classic motorcycles at Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Ala.
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A Vintage Motorcycle Days swap meet find, this Suzuki Stinger was restored and is now back on the road.
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Motorcycle Classics reader and friend of the magazine Bill Hawley is donating his custom 1975 Suzuki GT750M to be raffled off at the Kruzin 4 Kids Car & Bike Celebration Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. All proceeds from the raffle go to benefit Melina’s White Light, a charity to help research a cure for Neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer most commonly associated with infants and children under the age of 5.
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Parting shots: Suzuki rider Mitsuo Itoh wins at the Isle of Man races, circa 1963
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Learn how Ernst Degner sold Suzuki Motorcycles the secret that would make them World Champions during the height of the Cold War in “Stealing Speed: The Biggest Spy Scandal in Motorsport History.”
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1972 Suzuki T500 at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds, Ala.
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Suzuki took their relationship with Wes Cooley to the bank with the limited-edition Suzuki GS1000S.
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American vintage motorcycle racers invade Europe’s Spa Classic.
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The second edition of Ray Battersby's classic book "Team Suzuki" proves its still a definitive analysis of the Suzuki roadracing motorcycles.
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Although the Suzuki GT550 was plain, it was one of the most reliable and soundest two strokes around.
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Lane Pipkin discusses owning and riding his Suzuki GT750 LeMans.
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The Suzuki GS1100 E can truly be called the first “modern superbike.”
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Suzuki bet the farm — and almost lost it — on its revolutionary rotary motorcycle.
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Bernie Rugg discusses owning and riding a 1982 Suzuki Katana GS1000SZ.
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Imagine the weight and handling of a classic British twin. Then update the suspension with a rear hydraulic swing arm style mono-shock and adjustable front air forks. Make the bike look good with chromed exhaust and fenders, contrasted by black cylinders and frame, pay homage to the classic Triumph twins with a teardrop tank and clean lines, and oh yeah, keep it affordable – very affordable. That’s what you have with the 1983 Suzuki Tempter GR650-X. Dave Reiss reviews his 1983 Suzuki Tempter GR650-X, a British-inspired twin that never quite caught on in the U.S.
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Cynics said there was no future in big 2-stroke motorcycles; the Suzuki Titan T500 proved them wrong, and it is still one of the most popular classic Japanese motorcycles.
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After the radical Suzuki RE5 Rotary almost sank the company, the conservative yet thoroughly modern 1977 Suzuki GS750 saved the day and has become a classic Suzuki motorcycle.
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7,943 miles through 21 states and Canada in 22 days aboard a 1974 Suzuki GT750 "Water Buffalo."
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Classic meets extreme in a wild Kawasaki-Suzuki hybrid motorcycle.
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In the world of motorcycles, the Suzuki AC50 Maverick is a relative unknown.
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The Suzuki GS1000 traces its history back to 1976 when Suzuki launched its GS line of 4-cylinder, 4-stroke bikes.
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When Suzuki first hit the U.S. market in 1963, it was just another link in a growing chain of new — and often forgettable — companies from the Land of the Rising Sun. Three years later we got the Suzuki X6 Hustler, and Suzuki got remembered.
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As the last of Japan’s Big Four to introduce 4-stroke engine technology to its lineup, Suzuki clearly appreciated that when it finally went up to bat against the other 4-strokes with the Suzuki GS550, it needed a home run.
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The Suzuki GT750 was a smokin' liquid-cooled 2-stroke triple "Superbike"
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The 1968-1975 Suzuki T500 is a solid two-stroke parallel twin that is a reliable, rideable classic.
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Although two-stroke engines are rare in new motorcycles today, back in 1972 the GT380 was one of a handful of two-strokes sitting on the sales floor at your local Suzuki dealership.
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Suzuki's T250 Hustler was the 250cc two-stroke twin that enjoyed a fearsome reputation in the early 1970s, and today it's a fun and rideable classic.
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The 1982 Suzuki Katana GS1000SZ looks as futuristic today as it did more than 20 years ago.
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