SUZUKI SP Models/Series Timeline, Specifications & Photos

The new SP 200 its a qiuck four-stroke enginewith squish dome combustion chamber, side branch exhaust and flat-slide Mikuni Carburetor produces excellent power and throttle response.

The Suzuki SP 600 is a model of its own, it's only slightly different from the DR600S, aimed for different markets. Comparing the Suzuki SP 600 and DR 600S workshop manuals page for page reveals that the models are identical except for the SP has a vacuum type caburetor and the DR a slide type. The SP manual has also has a four page emissions section, other than that they are identical.

The spirited SP 125 delivers big grins on road and off. Its reliable, four stroke, single features a Twin Dome Combustion Chamber and innovative side branch exhaust system for great performance.

For 1981 there was an entirely new engine, the single remnant of the old being the bore staying at 88mm, with the stroke now growing to 82mm for a grand total of 498cc. According to Suzuki’s official Identification Guide 1970-1990, the SP 500 and DR 500 both ended in 1983, and then the SP 600 appeared in 1985 as a one-year model, after which the SP designation vanished.

The 1978 Suzuki SP 370 was the first motorcycle with a single cylinder, four stroke engine, after the short lived Colleda CO and COX models from the fifties. In 1988 SP 370 was replaced by the SP 400, a similar bike but with more powerful engine.