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Suzuki GS500E (1989-1997) [5/221] Suzuki

Suzuki GS500E (1989-1997) [5/221] Suzuki
Introduction
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Suzuki
Every Which Way
by Julian Ryder
From Textile Machinery to
Motorcycles
S uzuki were the second of Japan's Big
FOlK motorcycle manufacturers to enter
the business, and like Honda they
started by bolting small two-stroke motors to
bicycles. Unlike Honda, they had
manufactured other products before tumlng to
transportation In the aftennath of Worid War".
In fact Suzuki has been in business since the
first decade of the 2Oth-CentulY when Mlchlo
Suzuki manufactured textile machinery.
The desperate need for transport in post-
war Japan saw Suzuki make their first
motorised bicycle in 1952, and the fact that by
1954 the company had changed Its name to
1990s. Suzuki's ability to prolong the life of
their products this way means that they are
often thought of as a conservative company.
This is hardly fair if you look at some of their
landmark designs, most of which have been
comIT*ClaJ as well as critical successes.
Two-stroke Success
E arty racing efforts were bolstered by the
arrival of Ernst Degner who defected
from the East German MZ team at the
Swedish GP of 1961, bringing with him the
rotary-valve secrets of design genius Walter
Kaaden. The new Suzuki 50 cc racer won its
first GP on the Isle of Man the fo/lowing year
and winning the title easily. Only Honda and
Ralph Bryans interrupted Suzuki's run of 50
cc titles from 1962 to 1968.
The arrival of the twin-cyllnder 125 racer in
1963 enabled Hugh Anderson to win both 50
and 125 world titles. You may not think 50 cc
racing would be exciting - until you learn that
the final incarnation of the thing had 14 gears
and could do well over 100 mph on fast
circuits. Before pulling oLit of GPs in 1967 the
50 cc racer won six of the eight world titles
chalked up by Suzuki during the 1960s as well
as providing Mltsuo Itoh with the distinction of
being the only Japanese rider to win an Isle of
Man TT. Mr Itoh still works for Suzuki, he's in
charge of their racing program.
Suzuki Motor Company shows how quickly
the sideline took over the whole company's
activities. In their first full manufacturing year,
Suzuki made nearly 4500 bikes and rapidly
expanded into the world markets with a range
of two-strokes.
Suzuki didn't make a four-stroke until 1977
when the GS750 double-ovemead-cam
across-the-frame four arrived. This was
several years after Honda and Kawasaki had
established the air-cooled four as the industry
standard. but no motorcycle epitomlses the
era of what came to be known as the Universal
Japanese motorcycle better than the GS. So
well engineered were the original fours that
you can clearly see their genes in the GS5OO
twins that are still going strong in the mid-
The T500 two-stroke twin

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