year was significant in that Su-
zuki entered the championship
and made a serious bid to match
the more established European
makers. It had finished third with
Swede Olle Petterson.
Suzuki came after Robert in
the off-season. It figured he was
the missing piece in trying to
solve the world championship
puzzle.
"Suzuki offered me more mon-
ey, but even more important to
me was that I could see that they
were very well organized," Rob-
ert recalled of the Suzuki factory
effort. "The bike was also very
good. I only had them adjust the
footpegs and handlebars. It was
very light, very manageable and
very solid."
Robert won the 1970 250cc
Motocross World Champion-
ship on the specially built Suzuki
RN250, purported to be worth
$20,000. It not only marked Su-
zuki's first world motocross title,
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