Keeping the Dream Alive: Jacko’s All-Motor Magnum… In the history of motorcycling, the United Kingdom is famed not just for its legendary marques but its small-batch chassis builders as well. Certain names are spoken […]
Tag: Suzuki GSX1100
Magnum Force: Harris GSX1100 Katana “Goldie”
“It’s like taking a ride in Rod Stewart’s underpants!” More than 40 years ago, brothers Steve and Lester Harris, along with Stephen Bayford, founded Harris Performance to design, develop, and produce motorcycle frames and components […]
Explosive Cocktail: Bandit-Powered Suzuki GSX1100
Loïs Ambiehl’s Bandit 1200-powered GSX Street Monster… In 1980, Suzuki introduced the 16-valve GSX1100E, boasting a 1075cc four with the company’s highly-vaunted TSCC (Twin Swirl Combustion Chamber). The result was an even 100 bhp at […]
Sinister Restomod: 1216cc Suzuki Katana
Blacked-out Super Kat from dB Customs… When the Suzuki GSX1100 Katana appeared on the scene in 1981, it looked like nothing else on two wheels. Suzuki had enlisted German designer Hans Muth to design […]
Euro Katana: GSX1100S-Powered Moto Martin
Cafe Racer SSpirit restores a rare French-Japanese kit bike… From 1972 to 1986, France’s Moto Martin (pronounced Marteen) produced full chassis / body kits for an array of 1970-80s superbike engines, effectively marrying Japanese multi-cylinder […]
Race Kat: Suzuki GSX1100 Katana Race Bike
Team Classic Suzuki builds an 1170cc Katana for Endurance Legends… In 1980, Suzuki unveiled the original GSX1100S Katana — a 110-hp machine that would give the world a radical new vision of what a sports […]
Suzuki GSX1100S Katana Restomod by ACP Customs
It’s tough to beat the big air-cooled fours of the 80s — especially when they get the restomod treatment from a skilled builder such as ACP Customs of Ontario, Canada, who built the Suzuki GSX1100S […]
