World Championship Motocross Racing/All Japan Road Race & Motocross History
2008

In the 2008 season, Steve Ramon, 2007 world champion and Ken De Dycker, this year's team entrant who won 2005 German and 2006 British championships, raced on the aluminum-alloy-framed and electronic-control fuel injected RM-Z450WS.

Steve Ramon showed outstanding performances, winning 2 heats and gained the podium eleven times to finish the season ranked second by a narrow margin. Ken De Dycker made a brilliant debut by dominating 2 heats in the opening round. He gained the podium 13 times overall including victory in 5 heats and ended the season placed third. With excellent performances of both riders, Suzuki won the 2-year consecutive Manufacturer's Title.

In Suzuka 8-hour endurance race, two teams participated from Yoshimura Suzuki in pursuit of its 2-year consecutive championship. Atsushi Watanabe/Daisaku Sakai team placed second and Yukio Kagayama/Kousuke Akiyoshi team placed fourth.

In All Japan Road Race Championship, Kousuke Akiyoshi and Daisaku Sakai from Yoshimura Suzuki raced in the JSB1000 class, finishing fifth and sixth respectively.

In All Japan Motocross Championship, participated 3 riders from the Team Suzuki, piloting RM-Z450WS. Yohei Kojima ranked second and Yoshiki Kitai ranked sixth in the IA1 class.

In the Ladies class, Saya Suzuki placed second overall in the ranking.
2007

Same as last year, Kevin Strijbos and Steve Ramon raced on their RM-Z450 in the MX1 class of the World Motocross Championship in pursuit of the World's No.1 title for the first time since 2002. Steve Ramon steadily piled up the points standing on the podium from the early stage of the season and won the championship of the series bringing Suzuki the title for the first time in 5 years since 2002. Kevin Strijbos was awarded on the podium 14 times including a complete victory of 2 heats at the Czech GP and placed second in the overall ranking of the series. With top 2 positions monopolized by RM-Z450, Suzuki captured the manufacturer’s title of the season as well.

In the Suzuka 8-hour endurance race (the third race of the 2007 World Motorcycle Endurance Racing), participated Yukio Kagayama and Kosuke Akiyoshi from Yoshimura Suzuki and won the championship first time since in 24 years. The team of Atsushi Watanabe and Daisaku Sakai finished in the fourth position overall.

In the JSB1000 class of All Japan Road Race Championship, raced Atsushi Watanabe and Daisaku Sakai from Yoshimura Suzuki. Watanabe was awarded on the podium in 4 races out of 7 and became the series champion, while Sakai was ranked third.


In the IA1 class of All Japan Motocross Championship, competed Yohei Kojima, Yoshiki Kitai and Kuraudo Toda on their RM-Z450WS. Kojima stood on the podium 10 times in the 20 heats out of 10 races and finished the season in third and Kitai in fifth respectively. In the ladyﾕs class, Saya Suzuki won the championship for eight consecutive years.
2006

In the World Motocross Championship, Steve Ramon, 125cc champion in 2003, and Kevin Strijbos raced on their RM-Z450s. Kevin stood on the victory podium in the 12 heats (out of 30) of the 15 rounds finishing in the second place overall of the season, while Steve stood on the podium 11 times ending in the third place overall in the rankings.

In All Japan Superbike Championship, Atshushi Watanabe and Kosuke Akiyoshi of Yoshimura Suzuki made entries to the series. Watanabe put himself on the podium  five times in the 7 rounds and captured the second place in the final rankings, while Akiyoshi placed the fourth.

In All Japan Motocross Championship, Shinichi Kaga and Kuraudo Toda participated in the IA1 class on their RM-Z450s, and Yohei Kojima in the IA2 class on his RM-Z250.

In the IA1 class, Kaga and Toda placed ninth and eleventh overall respectively. While, in the IA2 class, Yohei Kojima was awarded 17 times on the podium in the 20 heats of the 10 rounds including 5 victories and captured the championship of the series.
2005

Ricky Carmichael rides his RM250 to AMA Supercross Championship title, and his RM-Z450 to U.S. National Motocross title. As in year before, Joel Smets and Kevin Strijbos, now on their RM-Z450WS, enter the Motocross World Championship. Joel Smets maintains fine form, including wins in the first two rounds but is injured in round 14, misses the final rounds, and completes the season ranked 6th. Kevin Strijbos misses several early rounds due to injury, comes back to win round 13, and finishes the season in 16th place.
Yoshimura Suzuki rider Kosuke Akiyoshi, coming back into racing competition for the first time in eight years after last entry in 1997, wins the final Motegi round of All Japan Road Race JSB1000 class.

Saya Suzuki becomes a 6-year consecutive All Japan Motocross Ladies class reigning champion.
2004

4-stroke machine RM-Z450 entered in the main 250cc class category which changed its name from MXGP to MX1 class and altered to a 1 round 2 heat format. Newly joined five-time champion title winner Joel Smets teams up with Kevin Strijbos. Smets has a knee injury preseason then again in the British round 7 crash, misses out the rest of the season. However, young rider Strijbos makes strong showing, taking six podium finishes including two heat victories and comes in 5th for the season.

Saya Suzuki is 5-year consecutive champion rider in the All Japan Motocross Ladies class.
2003 World Championship Motocross MXGP class (formerly 250cc class) 2-time champion Mickael Pichon while in the hunt for the title until the closing stages encounters unfortunate accident, misses out three races towards the season end, and finishes in 3rd place. Newly joined rider Kevin Strijbos aged 17 comes in at 9th place for the season. All Japan Motocross IA250 class riders Ryo Narita and Kazumasa Masuda take the top two positions for the season. A 2-year consecutive title for Narita. Saya Narita is 4-year consecutive Ladies class champion. Furthermore, Kenz rider Keiichi Kitagawa becomes the champion of All Japan Road Raceﾕs new JSB1000 class with a dramatic performance, winning five out of the total seven rounds.
2002 Team Suzuki World Motocross GP rider Mickael Pichon takes 2-year consecutive FIM World Championship Motocross 250cc class title while setting a world record of nine consecutive-round victories. Team Suzuki rider Atsushi Watanabe becomes All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike class champion, making it a 2-year consecutive series championship for Suzuki following 2001. Ryo Narita in the 250cc class, Shinichi Kaga in the 125cc class, and Saya Suzuki in the Ladies class all win their third All Japan Motocross Championship series titles.
2001 Akira Ryo becomes All Japan Road Race Superbike class champion. Keiichi Kitagawa pilots GSX-R1000 to SNK class championship title. Saya Suzuki becomes All Japan Motocross Ladies class champion rider. Mickael Pichon becomes World Championship Motocross 250cc class champion with overwhelming performance, winning 10 out of the total 14 rounds.
2000 Akira Ryo comes in 2nd for the season in All Japan Road Race Superbike class.