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Australia's number one selling big bore trail bike, Suzuki's latest no-fuss DR650SE now has a brand new look. Reliable, big on value and street legal, the 2009 DR650SE is available in a distinctive all new White colour scheme.

The street legal DR-Z250 is a stalwart of Suzuki's dirt bike range. Developed to offer the best of both worlds, the Suzuki DR-Z250 is a serious off-road performer with the added convenience of being 100% street legal. Powering the DR-Z250 is a 4-stroke engine that features a wide, flat torque curve, providing excellent pulling power right across the rev range.

Suzuki's 2009 road-trail DR-Z400S will arrive shortly featuring a new Special White livery.

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.

Free WR250F 'White Lightning' kits. Yamaha's WR250F is lightning quick - just ask Team Ballards rider Chris Hollis who won his class and finished an incredible second outright on a quarter litre WRF in the gruelling 2007 Australian Four Day Event held at Coffs Harbour recently. In order to celebrate this latest of many achievements in the winning history of the WR250F, for a limited time, customers can receive free unique 'White Lightning' kits when they purchase selected WR250Fs.

Get ready to get to the Island! With the Phillip Island MotoGP coming up, NOW is the time to starting locking in some plans, tickets and travel arrangements for what's set to be a sensational three days of high-paced action!

Tens of thousands of man hours will go into constructing a breathtaking multi-million dollar showcase of motorcycles to be entered in the 2008/09 Australian Custom Bike Championships (ACBC). A popular feature of the Australian Motorcycle Expos and Sydney Motorcycle Show, the ACBC attracts bike builders from across the nation, all vying to take out the overall title.

With Gold Coast Bike Week kicking off just before this issue hit the stands, it was timely to run a hot gold chopper on the golden cover of JUST BIKES, and they don't get much hotter - or much golder -than 'Flashpoint', the creation of Melbourne custom bike builder, Danny Pellegrino, of Custom Valley Choppers (CVC). Victorian chopper fans, or those of you who were in Sydney for the Orange County Choppers tour last year, will likely be familiar with Flashpoint already, but if you're not, feast your eyes on this golden machine!

Keeping up with the Johnsons! Many of you enthusiasts out there in motorcycle land would have had dealings with Murray Johnson at some stage. During the last 28 years or so, he has built K&M Motorcycles from the ground up and in doing so, played a major role in the imported Classic Bike market, as well as servicing the Harley Davidson scene.

It has been six years since Honda's flagship naked bike - the Hornet 900 - first hit the scene, thus the time was right to wipe the slate and start anew for the next generation. The result is the astounding CB1000R, and Honda has confirmed it will arrive shortly. The new CB1000R features a dynamic, hard edged design that immediately grabs attention with its unmistakeable look of muscular performance and wild 'Bar Star' image.

The 2008 CBR1000RR Fireblade range has a new additional colour - an eyecatching Black/Silver combination. Debuting earlier this year, the new Fireblade has innovative developments such as a new underslung exhaust system and "Honda Assist Slipper Clutch" for smoother and quicker cornering control.

Another in the classic Honda super sports line-up is the CBR1100XX. The biggest styling change to come to the Super Blackbird is in the design of its instrument panel. It features a wide LCD instrument panel with multi-segment tachometer display and large digital speedometer.

Thanks to its modest size and weight, the CRF230L is able to fulfill an amazing variety of roles for beginning motorcyclists through to seasoned riding veterans. With a 223cc air-cooled engine including a two-valve head and a compression ratio of 9.0:1, the net result is a wide power band that offers plenty of grunt while remaining user friendly.