Suzuki 250TA, 250TB and 250TC
magazine adverts

I have put some Suzuki 250 TA, 250 TB and 250 TC 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.

The Colleda/Suzuki 250TA, 250TB and 250TC 2-stroke twins grew from the Colleda TT model and came T10. The models were similar but not identical. Later models, T20, T250 and GT250, they all share the same ancestors. The Colleda brand name was dropped around 1963 when Suzuki started exporting bikes in USA, the TB being the last model saying ”Colleda” on the side panel while only the ”S” logo on the tankand the side of the engine telling the bike was manufactured by SJK (Suzuki Jidusa Kogio). The timeline looks something like this:

1960–1961	250TA with advanced dual coupled hydraulic braking system
1961–1962	250TB came in late 1961. Hydraulic brakes only on rear wheel
1962–1963	250TC ”El Camino”
1963–1965	T10, Suzuki's first commercially successful bike in US, they say
1965–1967	T20 ”Super Six”

1961 Suzuki 250 TB magazine ad from USA (single page). Click to enlarge. ”You'll marvel at the thrilling easy ride!” says the headline of this magazine advert published in Motorcycle Mechanics, September 1961 issue.

1961 Suzuki 250TB magazine advert from Singapore (single page). Click to enlarge. I found this single page magazine ad on the Internet. It's an early 60's Suzuki Singapore brochure showing the 50MD/MC, 50MA/MAC, 250TB and 125SG/150SGB models, thanks to Paul Knight for sharing this rare old Suzuki history!

1962 Suzuki 250 TB magazine ad from USA (2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”Here is the Suzuki 250TB”. I found this photo on Ebay, it's a magazine advert published in Motorcyclist, January 1962 issue.

1962 Suzuki magazine ad from USA (2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”Ride a Suzuki just for fun!” Motorcycles shown in ad: El Camino 250, Classic 50, Magnum 150, Collegian 125, Trojan 80

1962 Suzuki 250TB and Suzuki 50MA magazine ad from USA (single page). Click to enlarge. ”Daily progress to lead the field”.”The same careful fabrication of each component that went into racing cycles goes into each and every Suzuki motorcycle” says the this magazine advert. Source unknown.

1962 Suzuki 250 TC magazine ad from USA (single page). Click to enlarge. ”Here is the Suzuki 250TC, the new motorcycle with the sports-car look”. This magazine advert published in Motorcycle Mechanics magazine in July 1962.

1963 Suzuki magazine ad from USA (2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”Go Suzuki in 1964!” Motorcycles shown in ad: Trojan 80 Super Sport, Classic 50, El Camino 250. Copyright: 1963 Ken Kay Duistributing Co.

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Sources: Bean's Motocycle CM (Japan), Tekniikan Maailma (Finland), The 520 Chain Cafe


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