Team Suzuki 1986-2012

aFACEdismembered wrote:

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back...

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back to conventional forks in the mid 90's and then finally back to upside down again in the late 90's??

aFACEdismembered wrote:

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back...

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back to conventional forks in the mid 90's and then finally back to upside down again in the late 90's??

Crisp BRAAAP! wrote:

The jump from 92 to 93 is gigantic, aesthetically speaking. The 92 is so incredibly hideous and the 93 still looks good to me. It's night...

The jump from 92 to 93 is gigantic, aesthetically speaking. The 92 is so incredibly hideous and the 93 still looks good to me. It's night and day.

Crisp BRAAAP! wrote:

The jump from 92 to 93 is gigantic, aesthetically speaking. The 92 is so incredibly hideous and the 93 still looks good to me. It's night...

The jump from 92 to 93 is gigantic, aesthetically speaking. The 92 is so incredibly hideous and the 93 still looks good to me. It's night and day.

aFACEdismembered wrote:

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back...

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back to conventional forks in the mid 90's and then finally back to upside down again in the late 90's??

look out below wrote:

I think they switched back to inverted due to flex, don't quote me though.

aFACEdismembered wrote:

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back...

I'm to young to remember. Anyone know the reason for Suzuki switching from conventional forks to upside down in the late 80's only to switch back to conventional forks in the mid 90's and then finally back to upside down again in the late 90's??

look out below wrote:

I think they switched back to inverted due to flex, don't quote me though.

rmpilot wrote:

almost all pros with that from what i know. real riders they work better

tblazier wrote:

The short answer is that everyone switched to USD forks in the late 90's to provide more rigidity for supercross. The only problem was that these...

The short answer is that everyone switched to USD forks in the late 90's to provide more rigidity for supercross. The only problem was that these early forks were too harsh and many people thought they were actually worse than the conventional forks they replaced. As a result Suzuki came out with 49mm conventional forks in 96. The new Zook forks were 49mm instead of the old 43mm ones and tried to give you the best of both worlds by being stiffer than the old 43's but less harsh than the USD's. They actually worked awesome for everyone but pros who needed the stiffness of the USD's. KTM also tried the same thing in the mid 90's with Marzocchi. In the end, bad PR from the factory team (MC and the factory guys did not like them) and development costs torpedoed the Conventional experiment and everyone went back to USD's.