Suzuki motorcycles Archives

Suzuki GN: The Cariblanco

Every now and then, I’ll be catching up with a friend who’s just returned from a vacation in a developing country. And…

I remember being dumbstruck when the Suzuki Katana was launched back in 1980. And after a period of distaste, I now find…

Motorcycles can be capricious creatures. But there are a handful that are essentially bulletproof—simple machines that are simple to fix, and cheap…

Japanese motorcycle culture is full of little side streets and half-hidden diversions: it probably has more depth than anywhere else in the…

Suzuki’s T500 was a rare beast: a large-capacity two-stroke road bike that sold in big numbers in the US. And it’s not…

For every hit cafe racer build, there are ten misses. As most amateur builders know, it’s not easy to get the stance…

The best custom motorcycles have a coherent look—a visual balance and flow that literally stops the traffic. And the modifications should perform…

For most of the bikes we feature here, performance is relative. (There’s even the odd replica Grimeca drum brake.) There’s no true…

We don’t see many Suzukis here. Of the Japanese big four, Suzuki is probably the least represented in the custom motorcycle world.…

This is not the sort of bike you’d normally find here. But we’ve never featured a Hayabusa before, and this one is…

By Richard Fowler of Motorsport Retro. This amazing piece of machinery was the last of the purebred 50cc Suzuki racebikes built in…

A couple of weeks ago, there was a Suzuki Katana in my local motorcycle workshop. And it was a magnet for everyone…