RM250
The Suzuki Motor Corporation may be one of the most successful and trustworthy names in the auto industry today, but the brand's story has the humblest of beginnings. It all started in 1909 after an ambitious young man named Michio Suzuki set up his weaving loom manufacturing workshop in a small Japanese village. The Suzuki Loom Works, as it was known back then, specialized in building high-quality and reliable weaving looms for Japan's growing silk industry.
Indeed, Suzuki focused exclusively on developing new looms for domestic and export markets for the first 30 odd years in business. Michio then aimed to diversify his business activities and decided building passenger cars was the right way to move forward. Suzuki built several compact car prototypes, but his plans were shattered due to the Second World War, leading to the Japanese government declaring passenger cars as a non-essential commodity.
After the war, he shifted his focus back to loom manufacturing, only to face another massive blow as the cotton market collapsed in 1951. A disgruntled yet still highly motivated Michio decided to focus on the auto industry instead and started analyzing the market to determine the type of vehicles he should produce. Unsurprisingly, he quickly came to the conclusion that to recover from the horrors of war, Japan's booming economy would need inexpensive, ergonomic transportation that can reliably get people to where they need to be.
In 1952, Suzuki came up with an innovative concept— a 36 cc two-stroke single-cylinder engine fitter onto a conventional bicycle. It was an affordable and convenient mode of transportation, just what the Japanese market needed at the time. Interestingly, the name Suzuki Motor Company wasn't officially adopted until 1954, and by then, the company was already producing more than 5,000 motorcycles each month.
Suzuki presented its RM series of two-stroke motorcycles in 1975. The "RM" stood for "Racing Model," and the series included different motorcycles classified based on the engine's displacement. RM 125M was the first model introduced, while the RM 250 came a year later. Before being discontinued from the 2008 model year onwards, Suzuki updated the RM 250 several times. The 250 cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine was also improved throughout its life as the Japanese marque tried its best to fix its many minor issues. But even then, the RM series is notorious for developing frequent problems due to the two-stroke configuration.
Luckily, all those issues aren’t really drawbacks when you know your way around tools. Thanks to our Suzuki RM 250 manuals, you will never need to pay an expert mechanic again. Repair manuals come with detailed troubleshooting procedures and step-by-step replacement instructions to diagnose and fix virtually any issue. Simply browse through our extensive collection and select your specific RM 250 model to access the right manual in digital format. We will never say it again: using Suzuki RM 250 manuals to work on your motorcycle is by far the easiest way to avoid hefty labor costs—and since they cost less than most visits at the repair shop, there’s really no good reason to go without one here!
