Suzuki Motorcycle Reviews
Suzuki motorcycle reviews and comparisons from Rider magazine. Suzuki produced its first motorcycle, the Diamond Free, in March 1953. With a 60cc displacement, two-speed transmission and output of a mere 2ps at 4,000rpm, Suzuki has come a long way in the last 58 years!
2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS Road Test
Greg Drevenstedt
January 13, 2012
[This 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS Road Test was originally published in the February 2012 issue of Rider magazine] Remember the SV650? When it debuted in 1999, Suzuki’s small-fry naked bike wowed the press and public alike despite having modest power, budget components and no wind protection. Why?... Read more »
2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS First Ride
Rider Magazine
November 9, 2011
photography by John Howell & Enrico Pavia Western North Carolina, home to all-consuming kudzu vines, fertile fields full of King Cotton and roads that wind their way through Appalachian hollows, coves and gaps, is a picture-perfect place to test the 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS, especially in late... Read more »
2012 Suzukis – First Look
Rider Magazine
November 7, 2011
2012 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Suzuki’s 2012 lineup of street motorcycles includes 19 models, some new, some updated and some returning after being absent from the lineup since 2009. In the sportbike category, the GSX-R750 and GSX-R600, both heavily revised for 2011, return along with the GSX-1300R Hayabusa... Read more »
2011 Suzuki Burgman 650 Executive Road Test
Rider Magazine
October 6, 2011
[This 2011 Suzuki Burgman 650 Executive Road Test was originally published in the October 2011 issue of Rider magazine] photography by Kevin Wing Helmet: Bell Revolver / Jacket & Pants: Firstgear / Boots: TCX Over the past few years we’ve tested quite a few machines with “automatic” transmissions:... Read more »
First Look: 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS
Rider Magazine
July 8, 2011
In addition to the end of the Mayan calendar (and perhaps the end of the world?), 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the Suzuki V-Strom 1000, a V-twin adventure tourer that was Rider‘s 2002 Motorcycle of the Year. Two years later, Suzuki released the V-Strom 650, essentially the same motorcycle... Read more »
2011 Triumph Tiger 800 vs. Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS Road Test
Rider Magazine
June 21, 2011
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2011 Triumph Tiger 800 vs. Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS Road Test Comparison was originally published in the June 2011 issue of Rider magazine] When we first tested the V-Strom 650 in 2004, and for several years thereafter, Suzuki had the middleweight, multicylinder adventure... Read more »
2011 Suzuki GSX1250FA Road Test
Rider Magazine
June 14, 2011
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2011 Suzuki GSX1250FA Road Test was originally published in the June 2011 issue of Rider magazine] 2011 Suzuki GSX1250FA Many new bikes are awash in technical innovations. Today you can buy a motorcycle with keyless ignition that—by pressing a button—will reveal its... Read more »
2009 Suzuki TU250X Road Test
Arden Kysely
June 22, 2009
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2009 Suzuki TU250X Road Test was originally published in the August 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2009 Suzuki TU250X A whirring sound from beneath the gas tank as you switch on the Suzuki TU250X tells you this is no ordinary 250-class runabout. Poltergeists, perhaps?... Read more »
2009 Suzuki Gladius 650 Road Test
Bill Stermer
April 28, 2009
[This 2009 Suzuki Gladius Road Test originally appeared in the June 2009 issue of Rider magazine] If you’ve been around motorcycling for a few years, you no doubt recall the heyday of the Suzuki Katanas. Introduced in the early ’80s these bikes (in various displacement sizes) were named for... Read more »
2009 Suzuki Boulevard M90 Road Test
Gabe Ets-Hokin
February 4, 2009
[This 2009 Suzuki Boulevard M90 Road Test originally appeared in the March 2009 issue of Rider magazine] The other day I looked at my bike’s tires after a long and briskly paced street ride and was surprised at how narrow the bands of virgin rubber, sometimes called “chicken strips,”... Read more »
