Certification documents may not be the most exciting things to think about, but they can be extremely useful if you want real, substantive insight into future bikes. Take, for example, an executive order issued by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to Suzuki Motor Corporation regarding four 2024 model year bikes.
Since CARB is primarily concerned with emissions, these documents tend to revolve around all members of a specific engine family for a given year. In other words, if a bunch of bikes all use the same engine, they will typically be grouped together in the same document. In this specific case, it’s the 776cc parallel twin engine that Suzuki first introduced for the 2023 model year in both the GSX-8S and the V-Strom 800DE.
