Eric Bewley

Suzuki Equator – Rough and Ready Performer.

2009 SUZUKI EQUATOR Rough and Ready Performer. Editor / Photo: Eric Bewley SAN ANTONIO, TX – If you’re going to launch a new pickup truck, what better a place to do it from than the self-proclaimed home of the pickup truck, Texas. We joined American Suzuki Motor Corporation at an impressive ranch just outside of San Antonio. The Knibbe ranch …

Project Mr. Mutt Building a Samurai with VINTAGE SUZUKI. -Ted Holman We Join Ted at the point where he had placed the body on the frame and reconnected the steering. At this point, he is attempting to hook everything together and make a running machine to make it to the CALMINI customer appreciation run. Never, ever attempt building a rig …

Getting some kicks in Calmini Project Sidekick! -Junior When Steve Kramer from Calmini Products contacted me with an offer to give me a week at Moab in their Project Sidekick, I couldnt pass up the opportunity. With a five inch lift, 32″ Super Swampers, and some serious body armor to boot, I was sure to get into some serious offroading …

CALMINI Customer Appreciation Run 2002 An Annual Event; Not To Be Missed. Editor: Eric Bewley Story/Photo: Ted Holman LAKE TAHOE, CA -The X90 was Rubicon ready, or so I thought. I was running BF Goodrich All Terrains, 235/75/15s, as they had been highly recommended for my street/trail buildup. I keep losing air in two tires and returned to my selling …

Tillimook State Forest, BONE CRUSHER ZUKIWORLD Travels To The TSF OHV Park To Tackle a New Extreme Trail. Story/Editor: Eric Bewley Photo: Sara Bewley TSF, OR. ZUKIWORLD travels to the Tillimook State Forest OHV park to tackle the newest, latest, and greatest trail to be built by the state and some local volunteers. The trail is called ‘Bone Crusher’ and …

What Up? Dave p.2 Ted Holman Puts The Finishing Touches on His X-90 Editor: Eric Bewley Story/Photo: Ted Holman BAKERSFIELD, CA. -Steve Kramer at Calmini was on the phone with me every day from the end of January on, telling me to get off my ass and get going again. Nice thing about Steve is that he is used to …

VITARA EXTREME CALMINI Creates a Fire Breathing Vitara. Story/Editor: Eric Bewley Photo: Steve Kramer BAKERSFIELD, CA. CALMINI manufacturing has just put the finishing touches on a 2.5 liter V6 powered Suzuki Vitara that is as at home conquering the trails of the high country or whoopin’ butt on street and strip. This Vitara really is a marriage of all of …

Sidekick Tech: Strengthening the Sidekick Idler Arm Editor: Eric Bewley Story/Photo: Bill Lane INDIANA. As the Sidekick is used more offroad, it is natural that the size of the tires used will increase and the terrain tackled will become tougher. One of the earlier things to bend or break when building a Sidekick is the Idler arm. With a thin …

ADVENTURE SERIES ZUKIWORLD Travels To Silver City Idaho, Rome and Fields, Oregon Story/Editor: Eric Bewley Photo: Sara Bewley, Heather Galvin SILVER CITY, ID. ZUKIWORLD traveled to Silver City Idaho a mining town founded on the promises of gold and occupied today by a close nit group of towns people that have found the simpler life to their liking. Our adventure …

Building Spyderman. Mechanical Adventures With Vintage Suzuki’s Ted Holman. -Story and pictures by: Ted Holman GRANTS PASS, OR. -Mr. Mutt was a finished project and I was left wondering what was offered in my next mechanical adventure. The Samurai had been everything that I had expected it to be, but it was lacking in daily driver refinement. It rode …