" Just the looks of this new thing are enough to scare the
squ ids right off the course.
" The seat's chopped off. The rear fender 's a mile up
in the air. And the shocks are gas-filled, laid -down , and
so far forward they' re almost out of sight.
"What it feels like is a spring , all wound up tight,
ready to exp lode if you so much as jiggle it.
"So I jiggled it.
' 'WAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEE !
" Oh sure, Suzuki told me that their new port ing
would give it a lot of snap . But this was rid iculous. We
came out of the hole so fast, I just barely hung on.
"And then we hit the whoops.
" At least, they looked like whoops . The only thing was,
the wheels didn't seem to know i( They clung to the little ones
like a snake go ing over rocks . No matter how high the frame
went. the wheels hung right in there , spitting out power .
" And over the big ones, they didn 't fishta il once . We
went through those whoops on a line so straight you
could hang clothes on it.
" Man, that's handling !
" Up came the fi rst turn. A big hairy sweeper with a
super-high berm .
" I tapped the gears, and sla mmed into it hard. Magic .
Right away, it seemed to seek out and lock into the right
line all by itself.
" Coming out. I cranked it on, and WAAAAAAEEEEEE,
again . We shot out of that thing [ike a sling shot ,
heading for the first jump .
"Surprise.
" We didn 't stay in the air nearly as long as
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I thought we would , seeing how fast we
-were gOing.
" And all day long , I found the same thing .
The wheels on the RM like to stay in the dirt where they can
push . . . not in the air where they can spin .
" So if you 're after a bike for show, this isn't it. This
one's for win .'
,
" And my lap time proved it.
" What' s its secret?
" Handling. It handles like a dream . You don 't
have to fight it or muscle it or make corrections
all the time for goofs .
" YO" lust flow 0"" that course Uk. syrup
flow s over pancakes.
" Competition, you 're in big trouble."
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S U Z UKI®
" This is one bike you won 't have
to port . Suzuki 's already done it
for you. In fact , they 're so big,
they're bridged-twice-so the
rings won 't get hung up. That
means you've got 6 holes sucking up the gas/air mixture out of
the crankcase into the combus tion chamber. This new porting
-plus a big , 28mm carb--gives
the RM its snap and power."
U. S. Suzuki Motor Corporation, Dept. 80 12 Santa Fe Spr ings, Calif. 90670
SUZUKI'S RM-125 IS HERE.
Ride safely: wear a helmet, eye protection and appropriate riding apparel.
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