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1975 Suzuki RM-125 - 3-Page Vintage Motorcycle Ad
Original, vintage magazine advertisementPage Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: Good
"Their competition is inbig trouble”“Well, to begin with, just the looks of the thingare enough to scare the squids right offthe course.“The seat’s chopped off. The rearfender's a mile up in the air. And theshocks are gas-filled, laid-down, and sofar forward they’re almost out ofsight.“What it feels like is a spring,all wound up tight, ready to explode ifyou so much as jiggle it.“So I jiggled it.“WAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEE!“Oh sure, Suzuki told me that their new port-ing would give it a lot of snap. But this wasridiculous. We came out of the hole so fast, I justbarely hung on.“And then we hit the whoops.“At least, they looked likewhoops. The only thing was, thewheels didn’t seem to know it. Theyclung to the little ones like a snakegoing over rocks. No matter howhigh the frame went, the wheels hungright in there, spitting out power.“And over the big ones, theydidn’t fishtail once. We went throughthose whoops on a line so straightyou could hang clothes on it.“Man, that’s handling!"The transfer portsare so big, they puttwo bridges in ’em!’"This is one bike you won't have to port.Suzuki's already done it for you. In fact,they're so big, they're bridged - twice -so the rings won't get hung up.Thatmeans you've got 6 holes sucking upthe gas/air mixture out of the crankcaseinto the combustion chamber. This newporting - plus a big, 28mm carb - givesthe RM its snap and power'.'“Up came the first turn. A big hairy sweeperwith a super-high berm.“I tapped the gears, and slammed into it hard.Magic. Right away, it seemed to seek out andlock into the right line all by itself.“Coming out, I cranked it on, andWAAAAAAEEEEEE, again. We shot out ofthat thing like a sling shot, heading forthe first jump.“Surprise.“We didn’t stay in the air nearlyas long as I thought we would,seeing how fast we were going.“And all day long, I found the same thing. Thewheels on the RM like to stay in the dirt wherethey can push ... not in the air where theycan spin.“So if you’re after a bike forshow, this isn’t it. This one’sfor win.“And my lap time proved it.“What’s its secret?“Handling. It handles like adream. You don’t have to fight it ormuscle it or make corrections allthe time for goofs.“You just flow over that courselike syrup flows over pancakes.“Competition, you’re in bigtrouble.’’SUZUKI’S RM-125 IS HERE.
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