Suzuki K11 (Sport 80) magazine adverts

I have put some Suzuki K11/Sport 80 magazine ad scans on this page. I would be grateful of any contributions — sales brochures, magazine ads, magazine articles, pictures, specs, facts, corrections etc. Please scan the material in JPEG format (large enough that all the details are visible) and send them to me. Please tell me the source and the publication date if possible. If you send me pictures of your own bike, please follow these instructions.

1962 Suzuki T10 El Camino ”250”, M12 Classic ”50”, 150SGB Magnum ”150”, S31 Collegian ”125” and K11 Trojan ”80” magazine ad from USA (2 pages). Click to enlarge. This 2-page advertisement was published in Cycle World magazine, September 1962. It shows some very early versions of Suzuki models launched in America. Here the ”150” Suzuki is called Magnum, a bit confusing but I think it's the 150 SGB. The nickname ”Magnum” was later used for the Suzuki B100 in the US.

1962 Suzuki T10 El Camino ”250”, M12 Classic ”50”, 150SGB Magnum ”150”, S31 Collegian ”125” and K11 Trojan ”80” magazine ad from USA (2 pages). Click to enlarge. The 2-page advertisement was published in Cycle World magazine, October 1962. It's almost the same as the one above, published in September issue of the same bike magazine.

1962 Suzuki K11 Trojan ”80” and 150SGB Magnum ”150” magazine ad from USA. Click to enlarge. ”Ride a Suzuki Motorcycle Just For Fun”, ”The Ideal Ride For Everyone”. This much smaller (2 columns wide) ad was published in Cycle World magazine, November issue. Ken Kay Distributing Co.

1963 Suzuki K11 Trojan ”80” magazine ad from USA. Click to enlarge. ”Now it can be told! The Trojan 80 is the world's most powerful compact motorcycle.” This much smaller (2 columns wide) ad was published in Cycle World magazine, February issue. Ken Kay Distributing Co.

1963 Suzuki K11 Trojan ”80” magazine ad from USA. Click to enlarge. This 2-colum ad was published in Cycle World magazine, March issue. Pay attention to the different Suzuki logo, it's now a simple ”S”. The same advertisement was also published in the following three issues of the magazine.

1963 Suzuki K11 Trojan ”80” Super Sport magazine ad from USA (2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”Announcing the totally new 1964 Suzuki Trojan 80 Super Sport”. This 2-page ad was published in Cycle World magazine in October 1963. Full color ads were still to come, but the available colors were mentioned in the ad: Sparkling Red/Chrome, Brilliant Blue/Chrome and Jet Black/Chrome.

1963 Suzuki K11 Trojan ”80”, M12 Classic ”50” and T10 El Camino ”250” magazine ad from USA. Click to enlarge. ”Go Suzuki in 1964!” ”Ken Kay Distributing Co. Smashes all Sales Records!” ”Suzuki Zooms to Unprecedented Sales Volume in 1963”. This 2-page advertisement was published in Cycle magazine, November issue. After that, I could find any more Suzuki ads in Cycle World before July 1964, and it was the U.S. Suzuki Motor Corporation that called for motorcycle dealers.

1964 Suzuki Sport 80 magazine ad (2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”Purr... Whoosh... Zzzz...”  ”Listen to the smooth heartbeat of the Suzuki Sport's 2-stroke engine as it comes toward you, wooshes by, and buzzes off. (Compare to the putt-putt-putt of a 4-stroker.)” I don't know where and exactly when this 2-page ad was published, I found the image on a Japanese auction site. Suzuki's victories in the 1963 Grand Prix races were mentioned so I assume that it was published in 1964 – or perhaps in late 1963.

1964 Suzuki Sport 50/80 magazine ads from Japan. The M12/K11 ad was published in June '64. The K11 ad on the right was published in May '64. I found these scans at a Japanese website Bean's Motocycle CM.

1964 Suzuki 80 magazine ad from Finland. Click to enlarge. This may be the first Suzuki ad ever published in Finland. ”Suzuki, the World Champion brand even for You! Suzuki 80 came to the Finnish roads with speed. The first delivery was bought immediately. Thousands of kilometres on the road tells only well. A new Suzuki 80 shipment arrives early next year.” This K11 ad was published in in Tekniikan Maailma 18/1964.

1965 Suzuki Sports 80 K 11 magazine ad from Finland. Click to enlarge. ”Suzuki comes again! Suzuki took the World Championship again in the small class. The reliability both on the racing track and on the roads has made Suzuki to Worlds largest manufacturor of two-stroke bikes. The technical constructions tested and approved at hard races have been used on the Suzuki Sports 80 K 11. Reliabel Solifer service. Garanteed access to spare parts.” This K11 ad was published in Tekniikan Maailma 5/1965.

1965 Suzuki K 11 Challenger magazine ad from USA (single page). Click to enlarge. ”Always check specs (even when the print is very fine).” Suzuki wants you to compare its 80cc bike with competition's 90cc bike, and notice that the Suzuki engine delivers as much power as the competition's larger motor, but as being lighter, the Suzuki is faster. Also, the advertisement says that the Suzuki 2-stroke engine only has 7 moving parts while the ”Competition's 90cc Super” has 18 moving parts. The advertisement was published in Cycle Wortld magazine, in both March and April issues. Notice the obvious differences from the model that was sold in Finland (above).

1966 Suzuki Sport 80 K 11 and Suzuki Super Sport 250 magazine ad from Finland. Click to enlarge. ”The World Champion Suzuki comes again! Last year Suzuki took the real hard 125cc class World Championship. The reliability both on the racing track and on the roads has made Suzuki to Worlds biggest two-stroke bike.” This ad was published in Tekniikan Maailma 1/1966. The same ad was published in several issues of the Tekniikan Maailma magazine during the spring of 1966.

1967 Suzuki Sport 80 K 11 and Suzuki Super Sport 250 magazine ad from Finland. Click to enlarge. ”How this hard machine... ...can be that cheap” Suzuki 80 K 11-2: More power and acceleration, Suzuki Super Sport 250 (T20): Speed machine with six gears. This ad was published in Tekniikan Maailma double issue 6-7/1966.

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