Articles by Mike Ryan

Last year Suzuki added a new model to its extensive range of sports motorcycles with the fully faired GSX650FK8. A modern incarnation of the classic middleweight motorcycle, the GSX650F strikes a balance of sports bike excitement and all-around versatile performance. Combining style and value, Suzuki's sporty, all rounder, the GSX650F delivers crisp handling, broad power and comfortable design for easy all day riding, matched with the dynamic look of a fully faired sportsbike create a winning package.

Suzuki recently introduced this special edition version of the popular GSX1400 big-bore naked bike. With an air/oil-cooled engine representing Suzuki's factory racing heritage, the GSX1400Z features a special edition blue and white livery including the manufacturer's legendary three stripes.

Featuring the latest in race bred technology, the new generation GSX-R600 has received significant upgrades across the board. "The Suzuki GSX-R600 has always been a class leader, thanks to its potent combination of race proven technology and world class engineering," Perry Morison, General Manager, Motorcycles, Suzuki Australia said.

The all-new GSX-R750 continues a legacy dating back to the model's ground breaking launch in 1985. The 2008 GSX-R750 is powered by Suzuki's most powerful 750cc four-stroke production engine, and features a new cast aluminium frame, exciting new styling, and further developments to deliver open-class performance in a compact middle- weight sized package.

Offering the latest in race bred sports bike technology, engineering and design, the latest GSX-R1000 delivers a potent combination of power, technology and agility, and incorporates a unique rider adjustable engine management system with three performance settings. Employing an advanced 999cc, 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine generating phenomenal power, torque and acceleration, the GSX-R1000 is the most powerful, most responsive and cleanest running open class motorcycle Suzuki has ever built.

1909 Michio Suzuki founds the Suzuki Loom Company in Hamamatsu, Japan. He builds industrial looms for the Japanese silk industry. 1937 To diversify activities, the company experiments with several interesting small car prototypes, but none go into production because the Japanese government declares civilian automobiles "non-essential commodities" at the onset of WWII.

Suzuki will shortly release a special edition, MotoGP replica of the GSX-R1000 sportsbike. Featuring a sensational Suzuki MotoGP blue livery, as used by Chris Vermeulen and team mate Loris Capirossi on the world stage, just 50 of the hotly anticipated motorcycles will be available in Australia.

Quadsport Z400 - The all new, 2009 model of Suzuki's QuadSport Z400 all-round sports ATV is now available in Australia. With a new fuel-injected engine, the QuadSport Z400 features a range of major developments, including aggressive new styling, a re-designed frame and improved suspension to deliver an unmatched combination of trail riding fun and high performance attitude.

Suzuki's 2009 model of the RM85 has arrived in Australia with bold new graphics and is available now from local Suzuki dealers. Proof that good things come in small packages, the RM85 packs Suzuki's race-proven technology into a junior motocross racer.

Suzuki's 2008 RM250 is powered by an impressive 249cc, two-stroke, liquid-cooled, reed valve-intake engine with a bore and stroke of 66.4mm x 72.0mm. A 38mm Keihin carburetor ensures precise fuel/air mixing for smooth, strong throttle response, while the digital CDI matches ignition timing to throttle opening and enhances low-end power output.

The Suzuki RM-Z450K8 is the world's first mass produced fuel-injected motocross machine. Drawing on the expertise gained with racing fuel-injection systems for the Suzuki GSX-R road race machines and the QuadRacer 450 ATV, Suzuki has now applied leading edge engineering technology to the new RM-Z450.

Suzuki's definitive, V-Twin, SV1000 sports tourer is a great touring option. Synonymous with raw muscle, the naked SV1000 is powered by a 996cc, big bore, short stroke V-Twin engine, producing a broad powerband with impressive power, torque and throttle response.