RENO AND FORENZA WAGON JOIN SUZUKI’s 2005 LINEUP Expanding Product Choices Increase Suzuki’s Value in 2005. Editor: Eric Bewley BREA, CA. – Suzuki is on the move with new products and growing sales that underscore the company’s position as America’s best value.  For 2005, Suzuki’s product line of cars and SUVs is joined by two new additions, the stylish five-door …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, 235/75/15’s, as they had been highly recommended for my street/trail buildup. I keep losing air in two tires and returned to my selling …

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 …

Lost Places -Chesterfield, Idaho ZUKIWORLD visits Chesterfield, Idaho -Story and pictures by: Eric Bewley SODA SPRINGS, ID. -Sara and I started our journey by heading west through familiar territory towards Chesterfield. During our youth, the miles and miles of mountain ridge trails, farmers’ access roads, and fire roads gave hours of entertainment. Today, we were going to visit the old …

2001 Calmini Customer Appreciation Run On The Trail With Calmini Story and Pictures: Ted Holman LAKE TAHOE, CA. -I just had time to unload my grocery getter off the trailer after the 1200 mile round trip to Bakersfield and Calmini when it was time to put it back on for the trip to South Shore Tahoe, California, our starting point …