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Cycle News 1975 08 12

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; III • ~ t LC') r-Ol ,....., ~ C'J ,....., ..... "" eo :::l :::l < • • "Just the looks of this new thing are enough to scare the squids right off the cour se. " The seat's chopped off. The rear fender's a mile up in the air. And the shoc ks 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 expl ode if you so much as jiggle it. " So I jiggled it. " WAAAAAAAAAA EEEEEEEEEE! " Oh sure, Suzuki told me that their new port ing would give it a lot of snap. But this was ridiculous. 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 it. They clung to the littl e 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 fishtail once . We went through those whoops on a line so straight you could hang clothes on it. "Man , that's handl ing! "Up came the first turn. A big hairy sweepe r with a super-high berm. . " I tapped the gears, and slammed into it hard. Magic. 40 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 like a sling shot , heading for the first jump. " Surprise. " We didn 't stay in the air nearly as long as -~-.. I thought we woul d, seeing how fast we - " ,- ..-= were go ing. " 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 haveto fight it or muscle it or make corrections allithe time for goofs . "You just flow over that course like syrup flows over panca kes. " Competition, you're in big trouble." KI'5 "The transfer ports are~~,~put two bridges in 'em:' ~ I SUZUKI @ " 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 suc king up the gas/ai r mixture out of the crankcase into the combu stion chamb er. This new porting - plus a big, 28mm carb--g ives the AM its snap and power." U. S. Suzuki Motor Corporation, Dept. 8012 Santa Fe Springs, Calif. 90670 -12515 Aide safely: wear a helmet . eye protection and appropr iate rid ing appa rel. ERE.

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