Suzuki GSX-R series

Suzuki GSX-R is a series of sports motorcycles made by the Japanese automotive manufacturer Suzuki since 1984. The first GSX-R was the GSX-R400 of 1984, sold only in Japan to take advantage of licensing laws that were prohibitive for bikes over 400 cc. A 750 cc GSX-R followed in 1985 and an 1100 cc version in 1986. The 1984 bike was a breakthrough model and the closest any Japanese manufacturer had yet come to building a race bike with lights, in a decade when the universal Japanese motorcycles of the 1970s had proved heavy and flexible-framed for racing. If the 750 was a fast and capable race bike for the street, the 1100, with a stock 130 hp, was an exercise in raw power.