In 1982, Suzuki was the first ATV manufactures to build a four wheeled ATV… QuadRunner LT125!

The QuadRunner LT125 was designed purely as a recreational machine for beginners.

Later in 1985, Suzuki became the first to make a high-performance quad bike called the Suzuki LT250R QuadRacer. It had a liquid-cooled two-stroke motor and a sophisticated long-travel suspension. Early models came with a fully manual 5-speed transmission, whilst later models had a 6-speed transmission. The Suzuki LT250R QuadRacer was specially created to be raced by highly skilled riders.

Both Honda and Kawasaki responded to the Suzuki vehicle by producing the Honda FourTrax TRX250R and the Kawasaki Tecate-4 250.

In 1987, Yamaha produced the Banshee 350, it was a high-performance vehicle with a twin-cylinder liquid-cooled two-stroke motor from the RD350LC street motorcycle.

Later, Suzuki released the extremely fast LT500R QuadRacer, also referred to as “Quadzilla”. It had a 500 cc liquid cooled two stroke engine with a 5-speed transmission and is believed to be the quickest production ATV ever produced.