100 YEARS OF SUZUKI

March 15, 1920, the Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company was founded by Michio Suzuki, who surely had no idea his dream to sell cloth weaving machines would eventually lead to a sponsorship deal with the greatest motocross rider of all time. There’s just no way Michio-san could have. And yet here we are now, 100 years on, and there is a lot of history to look back on. Admittedly, there were no RM125s 100 years ago; the motoring division started life in 1937 but was needed for the pre-war and war-time efforts. It re-entered motoring immediately after the war, producing ‘clip-on’ engines for bicycles to meet the need for cheap transport.