Suzuki ZR50SL brochures & adverts

I have tried to find some Suzuki ZR 50 L info to put on this page. I would be grateful of any contributions — sales brochures, magazine ads, magazine articles, pictures, specs, facts, corrections etc. Please scan the material in JPEG format (large enough that all the details are visible) and send them to me. Please tell me the source and the publication date if possible. If you send me pictures of your own bike, please follow these instructions.

Model history... I don't know much about time custom styled Suzuki ZR50SL. Roy Bacon wrote in his book of Suzuki that the model was introduced in 1981, as a more conventional custom styled version of the OR50. Both models based on the ZR50/X1/GT50/RG50 (different names on different markets) Suzuki moped site Suzuki Bromfietsen told me that on there was a manufacturing date 08-78 printed on his ZR wheels. He sent the brochure below to me but he can't be sure of the model year. All the records of the ZR50SL at Suzuki Holland were destroyed in a big fire. Anyhow, when OR50 (released in 1979) was a chopper styled small custom bike with high bars and turned-up seat, the ZR50L had larger wheels and looked more like the GS450L.

1981 Suzuki year code: X

1981 ZR50SL sales brochure from Holland (2 pages). Click to enlarge. This brochure scan was sent to me by Johan, courtesy of Suzuki Bromfietsen. I'm not sure of the year, it may even be a couple of years earlier — if the model was actually released before 1981, see the Model history above. The ”P” in the model name stands for ”pedals”. Pedals were required on all mopeds in the Netherlands.

1981 ZR50SLP specification (the Netherlands)

Ground clearance: 175 mm (6.9 in)
Dry weight 89 kg (196 lbs)
Engine: Air-cooled two-stroke, single cylinder
Cylinder volume: 49,9 cc
Bore x stroke: 41,0 x 37,8 mm (1.614 x 1.488 in)
Lubrication: separate oil injection
Carburetor: Mikuni VM12SH
Head light: 15 W
Rear light: 5 W
Stop light: 15W
Battery: 6V 4Ah
Starter system: Kick starter
Clutch type: Wet multi-plate
Transmission type: 4-speed constant mesh
Primary drive: gear
Frame type: steel pipe
Front suspension: Telescopic, oil dampened
Rear suspension: Swinging arm, oil dampened
Front brake: Single disc, diameter 220 mm (7.7 in.)
Rear brake: Internal expanding drum brake, 63 cm2 drum shoe areal
Front Tyre: 2.75-18
Rear Tyre: 3.00-18
Fuel tank capacity: 8,7 liter
Oil tank capacity: 1,2 liter




1983 Suzuki year code: D

1983 ZR50SL SLAP automatique brochure from France (single page). Click to enlarge. I found these images on Ebay. They looked terrible, I tried to make them to look a bit better in Photoshop. I believe the TS50 XAP automatique brochure was on the other side of the leaflet, that's why I show them both here.

1987 Suzuki year code: H

1987 ZR50 SLA brochure from France (2 pages). Click to enlarge. ”Au cours des années, son succés ne sést jamais démenti” (Over the years, its success has never been denied). I found these images on Ebay. There's no date on the leaflet, the seller claimed it was from 1987. Printed in Belgium.

1987 Suzuki ZR 50 SLA (France) Overall Length: 1 940 mm (76.4 in) Overall Width: 735 mm (28.9 in) Overall Height: 1 125 mm (44.3 in) Wheelbase: 1 250 mm (49.2 in) Ground Clearance: 225 mm (8.9 in) Dry Weight: 91 kg (201 lbs) Engine: Air-cooled 49 cc 2-stroke. 2.08 hp (1.53 kW) @ 5 000 rpm, 3.33 Nm (0.34 kg-m) @ 3 500 rpm. 3-speed automatic. Click on the image for larger format.

More Dutch Suzuki mopeds:
Suzuki A50P and A50PD
Suzuki GT50P (RG50 in Japan)
Suzuki GT50P Special (RG50E in Japan)
Suzuki TS50ERP
Suzuki TS50XK
Suzuki ZR50SLP

More: All Suzuki models

Sources: Suzuki Bromfietsen, Roy Bacon's book of Suzuki

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