Rockstar Makita Suzuki Sweeps Second Auto Club Speedway Superbike Race -Again! Sunday, April 27, 2008 Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing dominated the Suzuki-sponsored double-header AMA Superbike weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, by sweeping the AMA Superbike podium on Saturday’s and Sunday’s races. Just like in Saturday’s race, defending AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies took the win on Sunday and was followed home by Rockstar Makita Suzuki teammates Mat Mladin in second and Tommy Hayden in third. Six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mladin actually led most of the laps in Sunday’s race but Spies passed him on the last lap as the two crossed the start-finish line to get the win. Hayden got a better start in Sunday’s race, and worked his way into third position to take the final spot on the podium. This is the third-consecutive AMA Superbike podium sweep for the Rockstar Makita Suzuki squad. Ben Spies: “This is one of the toughest races I’ve ever been in. I just couldn’t make any headway. It’s a little easier when you have someone in front of you because you can chase. But certainly the race didn’t go the way I would have planned. I was about to be content with second place when I saw Mat run wide. So I put my head down and kept pushing and pushing. I almost gave up with about 15 laps to go but I knew I needed to get as many points as possible. I think for the last 10 laps or so, I was just out of control. Mat definitely made me work for it. I can’t believe how fast we were going – we had nothing left at the end of the race,we were pushing the whole time. These two AMA Superbike podium sweeps speak for how good the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team is.” Mat Mladin: “We had a completely different Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 today than we did yesterday and it was a good race for us. We pretty much led all of it but at the end, we just didn’t have it. I made a few small mistakes and gave back a little time that proved costly at the end. I did what I could but just couldn’t hang on.” Tommy Hayden: “I got a much better start on my Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000 today than on Saturday. And thanks to my crew for making some changes to the bike that made my race easier and helped me keep a better pace. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki crew gave ma a great motorcycle for the weekend overall and an even better bike for today. Now we have some momentum on our side, and we’ll keep plugging away and hopefully get a little closer to my teammates. I’m just happy to do my part in the Rockstar Makita Suzuki one-two-three sweep -- the way it should be.” AMA Superbike Top 10 Finishers: 1. Ben Spies, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing 2. Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing 3. Tommy Hayden, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing 4. Neil Hodgson, Honda 5. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha 6. Eric Bostrom, Yamaha 7. Jamie Hacking, Kawasaki 8. Scott Jensen, Suzuki 9. Matt Lynn, Honda 10. Dean Mizdal, Suzuki AMA Superbike Points Standings: 1. Mat Mladin, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing 2. Ben Spies, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing 3. Tommy Hayden, Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing 4. Jason DiSalvo, Yamaha 5. Neil Hodgson, Honda 6. Jamie Hacking, Kawasaki 7. Eric Bostrom Yamaha 8. Matt Lynn, Honda 9. Miguel Duhamel, Honda 10. Scott Jensen, Suzuki

RAMON PODIUMS IN GERMAN MASTERS MX DEBUT 14/4/2008 Team Suzuki Press Office - April 14. Team Teka Suzuki's Steve Ramon raced to a podium position in his debut appearance in the German ADAC MX Masters at Furstlich Drehna at the weekend on his factory Suzuki RM-Z450. Due to race in selected rounds of the German international series throughout the 2008 season, the reigning World and Belgian MX1 champion gated well in moto one and led the race until Hungarian rider Kornel Nemeth charged into the lead for a couple of laps during the middle section of the 35-minute plus two lap moto. Able to regroup and refocus, Ramon then re-passed Nemeth and continued to hold him at bay, finally winning the race by 0.86 of a second. Moto two didn't start so well for Ramon as a crash left him at the back of the pack with plenty of work to do if he were to repeat moto one's result. Able to charge to third place by the race's end, he set some of his fastest laps during the latter half of the race as he closed in on Nemeth, who once more finished second, this time behind Max Nagl who took the race win. Finishing second overall with a 1-3 scorecard after losing out on a tie-breaker with Nagl, Ramon was satisfied with his performance even though the end result wasn't quite as good as it could have been. "I've never raced in a round of the ADAC series before so I wasn't sure what to expect before the weekend," he said. "The first race went well and I was pleased to win even though it was very close at the finish. I crashed straight after the start in moto two which cost me a lot of time. I put in a lot of effort and found some good lines to come through the pack well and although I didn't win, I'm satisfied with my performance."

Suzuki Wins Suzuka 8 hour after a 30 year dry-spell!! July 29, 2007 Team Suzuki Press Office - July 29, 2007. Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Yukio Kagayama and Kousuke Akiyoshi raced their GSX-R1000 to victory in the Suzuka 8 Hour World Endurance third round in Japan - the team's first Suzuka endurance win for almost 30 years. It was back in 1978 at the inaugural Suzuka 8 Hour race that the team tasted victory aboard their GS1000R. Kagayama led from the start from Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari, Norick Abe (Yamaha) and Tady Okada (Honda), opening up a 15-second advantage by the one hour mark when Akiyoshi took over. The duo continued to increase their advantage lap by lap to take victory with 216 laps. World Championship leaders SERT with riders Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien Da Costa were the second best of the permanent teams finishing in seventh position with Yoshimura's second team of Atsushi Watanabe and Daisaku Sakai finishing just off the rostrum in fourth. Yukio Kagayama: "My strategy for my first stint was to pull away and I achieved this. My partner Akiyoshi is my long time friend and I know his potential very well. The Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 is awesome and the Bridgestone tyres were excellent. I would like to thank my staff and team, Yoshimura and Suzuki." Yohei Kato - Yoshimura Suzuki Team Manager: "We believed Kagayama and Akiyoshi could win! They made very good lap times all through the 216 laps. I told Yukio before start that I wanted him to holeshot and the top position in a first lap - and he achieved it. I'm very happy and thanks to my staff and Suzuki plus all our sponsors. We finally beat a very strong HRC team. I want to dedicate this victory to my late grandfather, Pops Yoshimura.” Dominique Meliand - SERT Team Manager: "We ran a very consistent pace and kept strong top10 spot all through the race. The most important thing is we got strong points and finished second fastest in the permanent teams." Vincent Philippe: "We only had two hours test at Suzuka before race but the track and temperature was quite different from today. Our pace was slower than we expected but we finished the race with only a small crash by Julian Da Costa without serious damage. Suzuka is very strange and difficult track but I love it - and I love the Suzuka 8 Hours.” Race Result: 1 Kagayama/Akiyoshi (YOSHIMURA SUZUKI) 216 Laps 2 Okada/ Checa (HRC) 216 Laps 3 Ito/ Teshima (TSR-HONDA) 215 Laps 4 Watanabe/ Sakai (YOSHIMURA SUZUKI) 215 Laps 5 Yamaguchi/ Camier (MORIWAKI HONDA) 212 Laps 6 Tokudome/ Kamata (MASKED RIDER HONDA DREAM) 211 Laps 7 Philippe/ Lagrive/ Da Costa (SERT SUZUKI) 210 Laps 8 Iwata/ Sugai/ Platacis (F.C.C.TSR HONDA) 210 Laps 9 Stauffer/ Abe (YAMAHA) 210 Laps 10 Takeda/ Tsuda (SAKURIA HONDA) 209 Laps

Save $$, Buy two-wheels !! Suzuki has the right idea with this ad. Did you know we sell over a dozen 2 wheel vehicles that get over 50 + mpg!! Did you know we have several vehicles that get over 100+ mpg!! That's right, if you ever thought of getting into two-wheels, now is the time. Not only are they incredibly practical in this high gas priced time, but they are a whole lot of fun too! You can go from simple and cute like the Honda Metropolitan, Ruckus, or Elite which are scooters, meaning they are fully automatic gas and go vehicles that get over 100+ mpg! Or if a freeway legal vehicle to take the miles off your gas guzzling car or truck is the idea, take a look at the cool Honda Big Ruckus with rear rack and backrest built into it, or the sleek sporty larger models like the Suzuki Burgman 400 and 650, and the Honda SilverWing. Anti-lock brakes are even a option of the larger style scooters to make you even safer! In the motorcycle world, Honda's stylish Rebel 250, or Suzuki's GZ250 get over 80 mpg and have all the cool cruiser style looks of their bigger brothers. If more power is wanted but you still want great gas mileage, look at the Suzuki SV650/S or V-Strom 650 who get over 50+ mpg. What about a rugged on and off road vehicle like the cool DR200SE, DRZ400S, or DR650SE, all of these streetbikes and scooter listed are 4-stroke, electric-start, low mainteniance vehicles! Bottom line, we sell fun, practical vehicles and can help you also get your license with information on local schools which provide the vehicles (which we supply) for you to practice on! Contact sales for details.

Suzuki Endurance Team Wins the 2007 World Endurance Championship! September 16, 2007 Team Suzuki Press Office - September 16, 2007. Suzuki has won the 2007 World Endurance Championship after finishing second at the Bol d'Or 24 Hour race at Magny Cours in France. Defending Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team - Vincent Philippe, Matthieu Lagrive and Julien da Costa - recovered from a crash five hours into the penultimate and fifth round, which put them down in 40th position, to fight back into second place behind race winners Yamaha GMT 94 as the GSX-R1000 riders' closest championship rivals Kawasaki France retired during the night. SERT's second team of William Costes, Guillame Dietrich, Max Neukirchner and Stephane Duterne - winners of the opening round at Le Mans in April - raced to third position after recovering from a crash during the final quarter of the race. The World Champions led from the start from SERT 2 until just before the five-hour mark when da Costa crashed. SERT 2 led throughout the night and battled with Yamaha GMT 94 on the same lap and just 2.4 seconds adrift. The Yamaha team took the lead when Suzuki pitted and then crashed shortly afterwards. By this time the GSX-R1000 of Philippe, Lagrive and da Costa was back into a championship-winning position of second, where they remained until the flag at 1500 hrs local time. Provisional Results: 1 Yamaha GMT 94 (Yamaha) 801 laps, 2 SERT 1 (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 794, 3 SERT 2 (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 791, 4 Phase One Endurance (Yamaha) 789, 5 Acropolis Moto Expert (Yamaha) 782, 6 National Motos (Honda) 779, 7 Endurance Moto 38 Yamaha (Yamaha) 772, 8 Junior Team Suzuki LMS (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 771, 9 Igol Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 769, 10 Igol AM Moto Racing Competition (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 768.

Japan sources say Concept "Stratosphere" Six Cylinder Katana to be built! Wow, is all we can say. Who out there wouldn't want a 180 hp, six cylinder, comfortable sportbike? [See photo gallery under Tokyo Motor Show for more pictures] Here is the first picture of the awesome new Suzuki just being introduced at the Toyko Motor Show right now!! The Stratosphere is powered by an 1100cc in-line, six-cylinder engine that uses a space saving design to achieve compactness on par with four-cylinder engines of similar displacement. The riding feel that results is said by Suzuki to be extraordinarily smooth yet brisk revving that is a world apart from four-cylinder engines. The front cowling and fuel tank are made from hammered aluminum while the radiator covers are made from Damascus steel to provide a unique texture to the Stratosphere’s unique design. Let's hope it gets a green light from management to turn it from exhibition concept model to full fledged production model![news just in from Asia which says Suzuki has confirmed that the Stratosphere will go in production as a 2009 model?]

All-New GSX650F from Suzuki wins big from Motorcycle Consumer News United Kingdom From MCN April, 2008... MCN overall verdict Suzuki's new budget and novice-friendly GSXF650F all-rounder proves that sometimes, brilliance is found in the most unlikely places. Although on face value merely a Bandit with a fairing the GSX650F's blend of real world performance, practicality, fun factor and value is pretty much unmatched anywhere. Engine MCN rating Owners' rating The Suzuki GSX650F's 16-valve, dohc four was all-new in the 2007 650 Bandit, is Euro3 clean, slick and responsive and, most pertinently, tuned for real-world versatility but with an exhilarating top end rush. Fuelling mods means it revs a little higher than the Bandit, although performance is unchanged. Peak power of 85bhp spread progressively over the rev range and decent enough grunt low down means this is a powerplant that's sufficiently willing and able whatever the gear or your ham-fistedness, yet still rewards with three-figure thrills. Ride and Handling MCN rating Owners' rating The Suzuki GSX650F's chassis is, for the most part, Bandit 650, too, being centred around the same, no frills, cost-conscious steel tube cradle and conventional forks. Yet in GSX-F guise it gets a more sophisticated shock for added sporting ability and subtly adjusted poise thanks to the fairing, new one-piece, rubber-mounted, lower bars plus new one-piece seat that all adds up to a riding position and balance that is both textbook sports-tourer and somehow impressively pure, too. Equipment MCN rating Owners' rating The key distinguishing feature of the Suzuki GSX650F is, of course, the fairing which at once manages to evoke and mimic GSX-R sportsbike style, provide decent protection from the elements and blend into the whole motorcycle as if the whole design was a clean sheet affair. But there are plenty of other goodies rare on a sub-£5K machine: span-adjustable brake and clutch levers; effective, widely-spaced mirrors; swanky GSX-R style sports instruments (a large analogue tacho flanked by the now usual LCD digital speedo, useful fuel gauge, plus assorted warning lights). Quality and Reliability MCN rating Owners' rating Usual Suzuki standard, which is no bad thing on a sub-5K bike. Everything gleams and is crisply assembled and from 20 yards you could easily mistake the GSX650F for a much more expensive machine. Mechanicals and cycle parts are all proven Bandit fare so there should be no reliability issues. Job done. Value MCN rating Owners' rating There's not other way of putting it: Suzuki's new GSX650F is astonishingly good value. Where Bandits and the like, though hugely worthy, are still conspicuously ˜budget bikes, the GSX650F somehow seems entirely classier and more valuable. Its no GSX-R, of course, but for under five big ones it's a steal!