| Started in a small warehouse by Michio Suzuki back in | | | | Championship.By the late 60s, the company had |
| 1909, Suzuki aimed at making better looms for the | | | | become known and respected in the American and |
| Japanese silk industry. It was only thirty years after | | | | European motorbike world. One of their best-selling |
| its existence that the company started thinking of | | | | machines during this time period was the Suzuki X-6 |
| diversifying into cars, motorcycles and related | | | | Hustler, which was the fastest Japanese 250cc for |
| machinery. In fact, it was only after the collapse of | | | | that time.Suzuki Motorcycles also gained fame in the |
| the cotton market in 1951, that Suzuki seriously got | | | | motocross world. In the 60s and 70s, motocross |
| into the motorcycle and car industry.One of the first | | | | racing was largely dominated by European motorcycle |
| two-wheeled innovations by Suzuki was a motorized | | | | manufacturers. Japanese motorcycles did not have |
| bicycle called the "Power Free". This bicycle was so | | | | much of a presence or respect in this arena, but |
| ingeniously designed that the government of Japan | | | | during this time, Suzuki Motorcycles won the World |
| gave Suzuki a subsidy in order to continue their | | | | Championship several times between 1971 and 1976 |
| research in motorcycle and car innovation. As time | | | | in the 500cc MX race. In addition to this, the |
| progressed, the company started to build better and | | | | company also won every 125cc world championship |
| better motorcycles. And by 1962, Suzuki Motorcycles | | | | from 1975 to 1984. |
| had won their first 50cc Grand Prix World | | | | |