Ram Raider
Suzuki’s relationship with two-stroke twins is a long one, beginning circa 1956 with machines such as the Colleda TT and culminating with the sporty RGV250s of the 80s and 90s.
In amongst that sub-division of decades, the company produced a raft of stroker twins the equal of and sometimes better than those of their rivals. This month’s Classic Ride features a bike from Suzuki’s back catalogue that rarely gets little, if any exposure.
The T305, aka The Raider, is often glossed over simply because it apparently falls between two chairs, or is that three? It’s neither a 250 nor a 350, nor is it even a ‘faux 350’ like the later 315cc T350 Rebel. With just a nominal 65cc of additional capacity over the T20/Super Six/X-6 upon which it’s based, you might quite reasonably ask why Suzuki bothered with such an odd engine capacity. And yet if you look at the early to mid-1960s Japanese motorcycle history you’ll see a consistent theme within the post 250cc category. Both Honda’s
