Suzuki Snapshots William Hardin William (Willie) Hardin worked for U.S. Suzuki Motor Corp. from 1969-74 and has shared the following photos with us. Above photo is from the early 70’s. It was taken at Orange County Raceway in Sth’n California.
The 1967 Suzuki RK67 (14 speeds). It’s one of the few Suzuki factory 50cc racers still running. Its twin cylinder (32.5mm x 30mm bore and stroke) produced 17.5bhp @ 17,300 rpm. Riders were Hans-Georg Anscheidt, Yoshimi Katayama and Stuart Graham,