1963 Suzuki 50cc M12 Sports and 80cc K11 Sports magazine articles from USA. Click to enlarge. Under the headline ”Report from Japan”, Cycle World magazine wrote about the ”new models” that were on the market in Japan and were being exported to the United States. I'm showing here the parts of the articles where the M12 and K11 are mentioned. Am I totally wrong if I claim that both of them were already being sold in USA, under the names ”Classic” and ”Trojan”? The new ”Sports” versions of the models seem to have received a facelift with lighter and modern looking front fork and fenders. The Trojan 80 had now a high mounted exhaust pipe. I'm not sure if there were any other changes made. Published in Cycle World, April and May issues. |
