GODSPEED! STIG PETTERSSON (DEC. 21, 2022)
A major player in the early 1970 Swedish motocross connection, Stig had a long career working on race team suspension for Ohlins
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A major player in the early 1970 Swedish motocross connection, Stig had a long career working on race team suspension for Ohlins
Suzuki used every bit of ingenuity gleaned from backyard mechanics with the latest information and lessons learned from previous failures
Olle Petterssson jump-started the motocross fortunes of upstart Japanese brands Suzuki and Kawasaki
The first real Japanese motocross effort borrowed a few ideas from the Euro brands
For the 1973 season, the factory built a limited-production run of 200 units, dubbed the F11M 250‚ it wasn’t until 1974 that Kawasaki introduced the KX nomenclature for its motocross bikes
The highest quality old race footage ever
Olle Pettersson on the prototype Suzuki RH250. Although his name is just a footnote in motocross today, Swedish Grand Prix rider Olle Pettersson has the distinction of being one the greatest development test riders of all-time. In 1968 Olle Pettersson, an established GP rider, got a call asking if he?d help Suzuki develop their first GP motocross bike. Olle was waiting for a contract from Husqvarna for the 1968 season and didn?t want to sign to race a totally unproven Japanese motocross bike. Then, the …
STIG PETTERSSON SERVICE TECHNICIAN, OHLINS NORTH AMERICA STARTING POINT: “I was doing Ohlins for the Yamaha motocross team in the 1980s. I traveled with Team Yamaha when they had Ricky Johnson, Broc Glover and Mike Bell. After that, I helped the Ohlins distributor, Noleen Racing, with their setup. In 1990, I opened up my own suspension business, Pettersson Pro Suspension (PPS). I worked in everything from road racing to Supercross. Then, last year I felt that I wanted to go back to working for Oh…