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Retrospective: 1978-1979 Suzuki GS1000

There is horsepower, and there is handling. Beginning in 1969, the Japanese were quickly winning the horsepower wars, but the Europeans had a far...

2017 Suzuki SV650 | First Ride Review

Sixteen years ago I walked into a dealership ready to buy my first brand-new bike: a 2000 Suzuki SV650 in Candy Grand Blue. I’d...

Retrospective: Suzuki SP500: 1981-1983

Here was an extremely enjoyable dual-purpose big single, a trail bike, with reasonable suspension and good manners. And a honkin’ great 500cc engine, knocking...

2016 Suzuki Bandit 1250S ABS | Road Test Review

Sometimes, going back to the well turns out to be the smartest move you can make. For 2016, Suzuki returns to a trusted source...

Comparison Review: 2016 Kawasaki Z800 ABS vs Suzuki GSX-S750 vs Yamaha FZ-09

The question comes up all of the time: Where have all of the good ol’ motorcycles gone? Forget about nosebleed adventure bikes, cruisers that...

2017 Suzuki SV650 – First Look Review

The original Suzuki SV650, introduced for 1999, was an unexpected hit. It was an affordable, lightweight standard powered by a liquid-cooled, 645cc, 90-degree V-twin...

2016 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Commemorative Edition – First Look Review

The original 1985 Suzuki GSX-R750 brought an unparalleled level of racing technology and performance to the street and helped create the modern sportbike category....

2015 Suzuki Boulevard M109R | Road Test Review

Despite the rapid rise of new favorites—adventure bikes, crossovers, naked roadsters and more—cruisers remain popular. Variations also abound within the cruiser continuum, with baggers...

Retrospective: Suzuki RG500 Gamma: 1985-1986

Sportbikes are one thing, street-legal repli-racers patterned on GP bikes are quite another. Both are intended for public roads, and while both are extremely...

Rider Magazine’s 2015 Motorcycle of the Year

In the April 2015 issue we listed 60 all-new or significantly changed 2015 model-year motorcycles eligible for consideration as Rider’s 2015 Motorcycle of the...

2016 Suzuki GSX-S1000/F ABS – First Ride Review

Photography by Enrico Pavia Sportbikes fall into one of two categories. Track-focused sportbikes are engineered for all-out performance and make few concessions to rider comfort,...

Suzuki Announces First 2016 Models

Suzuki is kicking off the 2016 model year with the launch of the GSX-S1000 family of motorcycles, along with return of the Bandit 1250S...

2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS | Road Test Review

(This is a sidebar for a comparison test with the Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and Yamaha FJ-09. To read the full article and see...

Comparison Review: 2015 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT, 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS, 2015 Yamaha FJ-09

Adventure-styled motorcycles have proliferated in recent years, with many new or extensively updated models introduced by European and Japanese manufacturers. Some are true all-terrain...

2015 Suzuki V-Strom 650XT ABS | First Ride Review

The Suzuki V-Strom 650 occupies the middleweight niche between lighter dual-sports and larger adventure tourers, and its sheer versatility and low buy-in are hard...

2015 Suzuki GSX-S750 – First Ride Review

For years, sportbikes powered by 750cc in-line fours were considered the ideal compromise, with lightness approaching that of middleweights and power approaching that of...

Hercules W2000 and Suzuki RE5 | A Short History of Wankel-Powered Motorcycles

In March 1972, Cycle Guide suggested it was “inevitable that the Wankel rotary engine will shortly invade the 2-wheel domain…and they just might take...

New for 2015: Big Bangs for the Buck

The 2015 crop of new bikes is a big one, with lots of all-new or significantly updated models. We’ve covered the new stuff from...

Middleweight Touring Cruisers: Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic LT, Star V Star 950 Tourer, Suzuki Boulevard C50T, Triumph America LT

Baggers, with their broad fairings and hard saddlebags, are popular these days, but classically styled cruisers with windshields and leather saddlebags have been mainstays...

2014 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Review

CRUISER COMFORT Suzuki’s Boulevard cruisers, which have model names that identify engine displacement in cubic inches rather than cubic centimeters, range in size from the...

Intermot First Look: 2015 Motorcycles from BMW, Ducati, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Zero

Held in Cologne, Germany, the International Motorcycle, Scooter and E-Bike Fair, known as Intermot, is the first big international motorcycle show of the fall...

2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS | First Ride Review

When Suzuki introduced the V-Strom DL1000 for 2002, the adventure touring landscape was much more barren than it is today. BMW’s big GS had...

Four Ferries on Two Wheels—Tour Testing the 2013 Suzuki Burgman 650 ABS

“Wow, that’s a big scooter you’re on. I ride a Honda 1800 Goldwing, myself,” said Captain Rick Turner, pilot of the Ohio River ferry...

Scooter Shootout: 2014 BMW C 650 GT / 2013 Honda Silver Wing / 2013 Suzuki Burgman 650

Scooters are often seen as something less, something that one learns and practices upon until he or she is ready for a real machine....

Retrospective: Suzuki GSX1100G: 1991-1993

It was big at 1,100cc, good for 130-plus mph, and comfortable. You could spend all day on this bike, easily racking up a few...

2013 Suzuki SFV650 – First Ride Review

When it was introduced for 2009, the Suzuki Gladius was a sharp little handler powered by a 645cc, 90-degree V-twin engine. It was named...

New-for-2014 Suzuki | First Look Review

Suzuki Motor of America held its annual dealer meeting in Orlando, Florida, in October during the inaugural American International Motorcycle (AIM) Expo, where it...

2013 Suzuki GW250 – First Ride Review

After years of bigger-is-better expansion drove displacement, weight and price to new heights, we’re in the midst of a small bike renaissance. For 2014,...

2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 | First Look Review

Although word leaked out weeks ago when Suzuki Japan went live with a website for the all-new 2014 V-Strom 1000 ABS, Suzuki Motor of...

2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 Website Up

As of a few days ago Suzuki Japan finalized the specs for the all-new 2014 V-Strom 1000 on the special website for the bike...

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