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[[Image:Suzuki-XF5.jpg|right|thumb|Suzuki XF5]] | [[Image:Suzuki-XF5.jpg|right|thumb|Suzuki XF5]] | ||
Throughout motorcycling history, two-wheel drive | Throughout motorcycling history, two-wheel drive [[motorcycle]]s have been few and far between. However, in recent years various constructors have followed in the wake of the Savard brothers by revealing their work in this field. [[Suzuki]] alone presented three machines of this type at the 1991 Tokyo Salon. | ||
==Conventional Appearance== | ==Conventional Appearance== | ||
The most interesting of them was the XF5, since its appearance was still fairly conventional and therefore ran little risk of frightening off potential customers. That's a continuing concern with constructors nowadays when advanced technology seems taken for granted but bizarre styling can spoil a machine's chances of commercial success . | The most interesting of them was the XF5, since its appearance was still fairly conventional and therefore ran little risk of frightening off potential customers. That's a continuing concern with constructors nowadays when advanced technology seems taken for granted but bizarre styling can spoil a machine's chances of commercial success . | ||