SKY’S OFFROAD DESIGN – Sky builds an effective and agile Samurai using his latest offerings

SKY’S OFFROAD DESIGN Sky build an effective and agile Samurai using his latest offerings. Editor: Eric Bewley SPRINGFIELD, OR -Sky from Sky’s Offroad Design has created a smokin’ functional Samurai featuring all of his new products available for the Samurai. The following photos are from a recent shoot we did after returning from a successfull week at EJS in Moab, …

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Installing a Ford 9″ rear end into the Suzuki Sidekick / Geo Tracker

Installing a Ford 9″ rear end into the Sidekick. Editor: Eric Bewley Photo/Story: Mike Hagen Cottage Grove, MN -Why do you need a nine-inch? There’s a good chance you don’t. I wanted to do this because of a few problems I was having. First were the twisted axles. After smoking several rear axles and experiencing a rash of twisted splines, …

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Installation of CALMINI’s Rockcrawler DL – Step by Step instructions

Installation of CALMINI’s Rockcrawler DL Step by Step instructions Editor: Eric Bewley Photo: Steve Kramer Here are the CALMINI RockCrawler DL, a kit which contains 4 completely new gears machined from high quality SAE 8620 alloy billet material. The new ratio for this gear set is 5.8:1. in low and a true 18.2 percent reduction in high which is said …

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ZUKIWORLD Reviews: installs and tests CALMINI’s RockCrawler DL

  How Low Can You Go? ZUKIWORLD installs and tests CALMINI’s RockCrawler DL -Eric Bewley CORVALLIS, OR. -What do low gears mean to an offroad enthusiast? To many, low gears mean control and torque multiplication which ads to the ability of their vehicle to tackle tougher terrain with more finesse and ease. With low gears, the trail seems to ease …

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Pure Sport in Mike Hagen’s Tricked Out Sidekick

Pure Sport in Mike Hagen’s Tricked Out Sidekick. Editor: Eric Bewley Photo: Mike Hagen Mike Hagen is no stranger to hard core wheeling with Suzuki Vehicles. He has owned and operated, or shall we say thrashed on, several Samurai and Sidekicks over the years. His last creation, however, is a mobile work of art. It is the best culmination of …

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Overlanding The West – You meet the nicest people in a Suzuki

You meet the nicest people in a Suzuki ZUKIWORLD’s Adventure Series Tackles Central Oregon. Editor: Eric Bewley Photo: Eric Bewley, Jason Hutchison BEND, OR. -The Adventure Series is a group of social/adventure outings for Suzuki 4×4 owners from around North America. This means SJ410, SJ413, Samurai, Sidekick, X-90, Tracker, Vitara, Grand Vitara, XL-7. If it’s a Suzuki 4WD vehicle you …

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Suzuki vs. Consumers Union – Another Chapter in the Samurai Saga

Suzuki vs. Consumers Union Another Chapter in the Samurai Saga -Eric Bewley BREA, CA  -Suzuki Motor Corporation today (June 25, 2002)announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals in California has issued an important ruling in favor of the company in its product-disparagement lawsuit against Consumers Union (“CU”) and its magazine, Consumer Reports. Reversing an earlier ruling by a federal district …

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Tricker Kicker gets skid plates – Suzuki Sidekick skid plates

  Tricker Kicker gets skid plates An absolute must on Sidekick/Tracker models. -Junior RENTON, WA. -Thirty-two and thirty-three inch tires aren’t what they used to be. Four-wheeled enthusiasts, like you and me, are pushing the limits expecting favorable results from these little boxes of joy, the Sidekick. The obstacles are getting larger and so is our desire to keep up …

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Pavement Pounding Suzuki Swift GT

Pavement Pounding Suzuki Swift GT 4B Motorsports Suzuki Swift takes to the track.-Eric Bewley Pocatello, ID -June 14th witnessed the unveiling of a powerful new-comer to the world of paved circle-track racing. The mini-stock class had long been ruled by mid-seventies Ford Mustangs and Pintos running 2.3 liter four cylinders. It’s time for a change. With it’s four wheel disc brakes, …

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ZUKIWORLD hosts the annual Suzuki PowerFest in Tillimook Oregon

  North West Suzuki PowerFest IV ZUKIWORLD hosts the annual Suzuki PowerFest in Tillimook Oregon. -Eric Bewley Tillimook State Forest, OR -This year’s Suzuki PowerFest drew avid Suzuki enthusiasts from as far away as Canada for what promised to be one of the largest Suzuki gatherings in the North West. This year’s format was changed to a poker run where …

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