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By improving the RM, Suzuki took everything you thought about racing, power-deliverv and suspension and turned it upside down. Take the RM250. With an engine already bulqinq 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 fluoro-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-high 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 rigidity of an inverted fork, plus the plushness found in the best conventional forks. finally, a fork that gives you the best of both worlds. The RM also has a new rear shock with more progressive , dampi~~ for more control in big hits and small. An'(a~ter improving the ~rak lnq and .. cooling systems and making some key frame modifications, atlthat.was left to do was .... . . . . ' , " warn the competition. But it' s not just the RM250 that got the o~~e-over. , . ~ ~ . ~- ~ ' v . ••~:. , . • <. . .~ .• :":, : ,<'\,, '. ~ :\~. '}:·C'.:/ <.:;~ >.:.\::: . ,,' . CONTIN GEN CY: With over $3. 7 m illion'posted in:99, riding aSuzuki·islike monn in:th~ banf And.. SjJz~ki.~iYesYQu track~sid~: __: ..'. , tech support at tons of events. So let's see, if you have anRM under you, 'you'll haveSuzuki beh{n YI..:a~'4 somecold, hard 'ca -. / ,. d O .: ' ' / Sh . . -,' ; - , in front of you. Looks p retty good, eh? " .... . ' " .. :: ',,-'; " ;:'::, .. ' ' .,' :.;: ""~.' ,'~ : : .:: .~ ~ . ~~'- . "" . ." ..... . ~~. :~.~':... :~/~~. :.~~t~ - .~ -..;.. ', ~.:~ :.. ~ .~e. . ~~ t, l , ' :- ~ . ' : ' :' ~ ._~ .~' " ';,,, SUlU KI GOOD SCHOLAR PROGRAM : The Suzuki Good Scholar Program issimple, ~~al ly.;Studfas ,hard a·s.'iillr·Tide)nd:,Y~u ,coUld:.,', , be eligible for asavings ~ond. See, learning can be f~n·. , -': ':. '; "~'.:, ',-:'" .'} :: ,:'~' . •. : . ,~ "~ < " . - ':~' " ,; ~ " Jo~ • . • . ,,:~ ' ; -: • , ..: •• ' , '. · ~,. l \' •.•.. . ,. •. • : ... , " ' .. RN CUP CHALLENGE: At the end of the year, we invite.thebesf RM .ride~·fog~ther f6folie biq;'- tooth-a.n d.:!iai·lbattl~o f.ch~nipioris ~._. ,'/" , .... . . ' ~:i' . " ~. ".....:"'~"~·t.:< .:,, ·r, '" - :, ':" . -j ~.:~ ~ ' :::t:" .. ; .,." ~" _~:: TONY O MOTOCROSS SCHOOL: W you pick up anew RM, you~)1 get free ad.mi~ion to ·th~":rony' D (Motl!'~r9ss ~'!Ool ,where /,:~.;-:-'J . hen you'll learn how to humiliate the competition from the best.' .'.: :. · ··' ·~· . , .. ' :. ; . ' i~ ' f: .. ': " ',:" ," "., ,,~·::"::·>t • .... • . ~' ., : '. • . ' ' , #' ... . ,} ~, ~. ''' ' . :.::': ," ·. .... . . ~:.' ~: ;, ,: .. ' J • •• ':: • BOTTOM LINE: The new Suzuki RMs deliver mor.e of the heart-pumping horsepower you wa ~t ,andgive.yo~ the ultimateslispimsjoo .~ , to manage it. All this adds up to more power, more control and more room in your 'g g things likebig,. gleaming troptJies...' :. '.~~ ara efof . ' . ' . '!.\. .' 'I-~' e. '. '.. ".. ..; SUZ·OI(·I® , . . - ',,' .