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By improving the RM, Suzuki took everything you thought about racing, power-delivery and suspension and turned it upside down. T the RM 250. W an engine already butqmq ake ith at the seams with raw muscle, Suzuki still found ways to wring out more horsepower. Like an improved exhaust valve system, revised porting and timing, reduced crankshaft inertia and an innovative, Black f1uoro-compound surface treated piston that increases surface hardness and reduces friction. Put all this together and you get unbelievably efficient delivery of power in the mid-to-nlqn range. Right where you need it. And to help tame this power, Suzuki worked night and day and came up with the ultimate suspension solution. It's a new, inverted, twin-chamber fork that gives you all the rigid ity of an inverted fork, plus the plushness found in the best conventional forks. fina lly, a fork that gives you the best of both worlds. The RMalso has a new rear shock with more progressive . darnpinq for more control in big hits and small. An ·d;.after- improving the ~raking and . . cooling systems and making some key frame mOdification~, all that was left to do was ." .. . ' . . '. warn the competition. But it' s not just the RM25 0 that got the once-over. . ' ' • s" ., . 1 . -·. '. ". . '. :?£{. ....... ." - ~. : \J1' . . '" ~ \" _' , ' . . , .'. :. ~' . ' . ;-.: _ ~'. '. .:.f'~~ r, :.,_ I " • •- : ':"I~ ':' . .• '~ ',_, ..i '.~ ,.... . . ~,"''' . " :. - CONTINGENCY: W over $3.7 m ith illion'posted in ~ 9 9, ridingaSuzuki is like mon.ey irdh~ banf ~nd..~Z~ki .~ ives yilu track-side . . . . techsupport at tons of events. So le see, if you have an RM under yOu; you/II h~ve SU~i betlfnd you:an'q s cold, hard 'ca ".. t's offit! Sh in front of you. looks pretty good, eh? s., • • '" ':'. . : ' . ,:; ._< ,. ' .~ . ::.. ;,~~:~ , ., .~ -:\. • ,. ,":--" . . . ;, ;- ' • "'- . • ' . ". " • 0". • . '~"~#::'.. :.~ ~., .;'_::':~~' . . ..~~.;,.:...... ... . . • " '::.t:. ~ : . . . , '\ :. SUZUKI GOOD SCHOLAR PROGRAM: The Suzuki Good Scholar Program i~ simple, r~ally.;Stu~(a.s '.hard as:iiltr'ride ~ndy~~ co·ulf ...· , be eligible for asavings bond. See, learning can be hin'. ,'" -~ : ., :.:?:,' ;;_ . ,', ' :.~.~:: . • • : ~ . ',.,...,~ .~:'~ _ . ,, : ' ' ."\ :. ; . ~ ~: .. . _ ~:~: 4: ' .. ' : , . ' • • : . . . :' . ' \~. RIC CUP CHALLENGE: At the end of the year, we inviteth~ best RM .-ri~ers together for:o.li.e big,: tooth-aJld:-!laii battle of.~h~mpion L. i· , " . ... . ... ..:....... ';. " , \;' :' ~":l :':'> t . ~ ~.t,. ; ~ ::: :." ' '''''~.-''):': TONY D MOTOCROSS SCHOOL: When you pick up anew RM, you ~!1 ge~ free admi~sicin to·tlll!':"fonv. D . ,'Motocr9ss ~hOol ;where '~ . ''-:'':; you'll learn how to humiliate the competition from the best.'.':: .: ~': .' :,' :'.', ... i,·,·; ." ..... ~<.).' i' , - " ~ ; '. ' • ' ". - ' .... . , ,': . ' ; ",' ~. "" •• ~ . ~ ,tl .': . ;' :.'; " / J ":" ", BOTTOM lIltE: The new Suzuki RMs delivermor.e of the heart-pumping horsep w r-you wa~t "and yo~ the ul~imate suspension . ., oe 'give. to manage it. All this adds up to more power, more control and more room in your 'ga efor things like big,:gleaming trophies.' . , raq . .- . , ''',,' .' SUZ..O KI®