This youth ATV was introduced for the 2002 model year as Suzuki’s small-entry four-wheeler for younger riders, using the QuadMaster nameplate applied to the 50cc class. It sat near the bottom of Suzuki’s ATV lineup and was positioned as an approachable, easy-to-handle machine for children rather than as a competition or utility model. The design followed the early-2000s trend toward compact automatic youth ATVs, with the branding and bodywork emphasizing the QuadMaster identity that Suzuki also used on larger utility models in North America.
The nameplate appears to have had a single continuous production run in this form, beginning with the 2002 model year and ending after the 2005 model year. During that period, Suzuki offered the model in a relatively stable youth-ATV role, and it is best remembered as one of the company’s small-displacement beginner quads from the early 2000s. Because it was aimed at a young audience, the model also became associated with Suzuki’s age-appropriate safety and usage guidance, which was a major part of how youth ATVs were marketed and regulated in the U.S. at the time.
For collectors and ATV enthusiasts, this machine matters less as a performance icon and more as a representative example of Suzuki’s early-2000s youth ATV strategy: compact, automatic, and intended to introduce new riders to the brand. The result is a modest but historically useful nameplate in Suzuki’s off-road lineup, marking the period when manufacturers were refining entry-level quads for recreational family use.