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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...

Retrospective: Suzuki GS750E/ES: 1983

The alphanumeric system that defines many Japanese motorcycles has never been very instructive, and the bike we are writing about here was only a...

2013 Suzuki Burgman 650 ABS – First Ride Review

Introduced to the world in 2002 and brought to the U.S. for 2003, the Suzuki Burgman 650 maxi-scooter has been a consistent bestseller, with...

2013 Middleweight Metric Cruiser Comparison Review

My favorite comfort foods, heart-warming and artery-clogging classics like mac-and-cheese, buttermilk biscuits and pulled-pork barbecue, are straightforward and uncomplicated, each prepared with a short...

2013 Suzuki Boulevard C50 SE – Review

Japan’s Big Four have been fierce competitors for decades, and they’ve all been making cruisers geared toward the American market since the Reagan era....

2013 Suzuki Boulevard C90T B.O.S.S. – Road Test Review

Long and low, black as night and trimmed with just enough chrome to entertain the eye, Suzuki’s 2013 Boulevard C90T B.O.S.S. (Blacked Out Suzuki...

Suzuki Adds Three to 2014 B.O.S.S. Family

Suzuki has unveiled three additional blacked-out Suzuki Boulevard cruisers—the Boulevard C90 B.O.S.S., the Boulevard M109R B.O.S.S., and Boulevard C50 B.O.S.S. Suzuki stripped away the C90T...

Want to see the 2014 Suzuki Boulevard B.O.S.S.?

Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. will be unveiling new 2014 motorcycles on Friday, May 24. Until then, the manufacturer has provided a tease of...

2013 Suzuki Preview: Three Dandy Dozen

American Suzuki recently took the tough step of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ceasing auto sales in the U.S., which will allow it...

Rider Comparo: Honda NC700X vs. Kawasaki Versys vs. Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS

Mid-size bikes make a lot of sense. Not only because they tend to be less expensive and lighter, but also because they have become...

Suzuki Releases Third Wave of 2013 Models

Suzuki is pleased to announce the third wave of models to join the 2013 lineup, following the Champion-Approved RM-Z450 and RM-Z250 motorcycles and class-leading...

Retrospective: Suzuki GS1000SZ Katana: 1982

In the 1950s and ’60s motorcycle styling was of little concern to either the OEMs or consumers. Two wheels with an engine in between...

2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS | Road Test Review

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...

2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS First Ride

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...

2012 Suzukis – First Look

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...

2011 Suzuki Burgman 650 Executive Road Test

Over the past few years we’ve tested quite a few machines with “automatic” transmissions: the SE5-equipped Can-Am Spyder, the electric-shift Yamaha FJR1300AE, the dual-clutch...

First Look: 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS

In addition to the end of the Mayan calendar (and perhaps the end of the world?), 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the Suzuki...

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