Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Modern Vintage

Suzuki’s Vintage Parts programme was launched in 2013 to highlight just how many new/old parts the manufacturer still has available for sale – over 10,000 of them, as it happens.

Suzuki’s plan was to make it easier for us modern classic restorers to get our hands on original parts for their ever-growing ‘classic’ models. “We launched the programme to highlight just how many new, genuine parts for older Suzukis were still available, and competitively priced,” explains Tim Davies, Suzuki GB’s aftersales coordinator. “We wanted to help owners restoring bikes do it properly. So we’ve taken new photographs of every part on the programme, created

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