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1970 Suzuki T500 race-prepared by Eddie Crooks, winning machine in the 1970 500 cc Production Class TT race ridden by Frank Whiteway, on display at the Manx Museum [11] [12] The T500 became popular in production racing, [6] with Frank Whiteway winning the 500 cc Production IOM TT in 1970 [13] and Stan Woods winning in the 1972 race. [14]
The Suzuki LT500R, also known as the QuadRacer 500, and nicknamed Quadzilla, is a two-stroke 500 cc (31 cu in) ATV, designed, developed and built by Suzuki, and produced between 1987 and 1990. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Suzuki TS series is a family of two-stroke, dual-sport motorcycles made by Suzuki since 1969. The series was the first Suzuki trail bikes sold on the mass market. Most of the TS line had an air-cooled engine and most models were introduced alongside the closely related TM (Motocross) or TC (trail) models, TF (farm) and also the DS (for Dirt Sport, which had no turn signals, and simplified ...
The "Cobra" model name was dropped at the end of the first year of production, apparently after Suzuki received a letter from the Ford Motor Company's legal department. Ford at that time had an agreement to market the Shelby Mustang "Cobra" automobile so they took offense at Suzuki's use of the name. From that time on, the T500 was known as the ...
A carburetor (also spelled carburettor or carburetter) [1] [2] [3] is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. [4]
The 380 and 550 engines were air-cooled with a system marketed by Suzuki as Ram Air. [1] This system consisted of a cast aluminum shroud covering a modified cylinder head to direct the cooling air. The GT750 was liquid-cooled. Suzuki thus led the motorcycle world by being the first company to mass-produce a liquid-cooled, large-bore two-stroke ...
The Suzuki RG500 "Gamma", a sport bike with a two-stroke engine, was produced by Suzuki for just two years between 1985 and 1987.. The RG "Gamma" 500 was directly based on the series of Suzuki RG Γ 500 Grand Prix motorcycles with almost identical features to the official two-stroke machines used by Italian world champion Franco Uncini during the 1984 season with the Gallina team.
The Suzuki Quadsport LT230S (commonly referred to as the LT230 and also the "little brother" to the LT250R) was the first sport variety all-terrain vehicle sold in 1985. It is powered by an overhead cam 2-valve 229 cc ("230") 4-stroke single-cylinder engine. It has a 5-speed manual clutch / manual shift drive train with reverse. The final drive ...