Featured In the May 2020 Issue of Roadracing World: 

     Suzuki Plaza, a three-story museum located across the street from Suzuki Motor Corporation headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan, tells the story of the company’s history and transformation from what began as Suzuki Loom Works in 1909. By 1939 the company was making its first try at diversifying and had built prototype mini-cars powered by 750cc liquid-cooled four-cylinder engines making 13 horsepower. Bombed in World War II, Suzuki went back to concentrating on loom building in 1945.

     But in 1952, Suzuki was back in the motor vehicle business, building the Power Free bicycle with a clip-on 36cc two-stroke engine. By 1953, Suzuki had discovered the power of using racing to promote its products, winning the first Mt. Fuji Hill Climb with the new 58cc two-stroke Diamond Free DF, and the rest is history…

—Collections: Suzuki Plaza Museum, Part 2, By John Ulrich

Part One (April 2020 Issue) of Editor John Ulrich’s most recent visit to the museum covered motorcycles he had ridden or had a personal connection to. Part Two is a pictorial tour of the company’s most significant earlier products. Details in the May issue of Roadracing World! Available at Cycle Gear and other motorcycle retailers.

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