7-Time TT Winner Mick Grant’s Heron Suzuki GS1000R XR41 is going up for auction… Some race bikes are important because of what they won. Others are important because of who rode them, who built them, […]
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“Is Pepsi Okay?” Suzuki RGV250 Kevin Schwantz Tribute
Nabspeed Moto’s Kevin Schwantz Pepsi RGV Replica… The legendary Kevin Schwantz earned the title of “Wheelie King” at the 1988 Macau Grand Prix, where he shaved an incredible 7 seconds off the outright lap record […]
Project Cobra: ’72 Suzuki T500 Street Tracker
Vic Shield helps a good mate ride again… The Suzuki T500 — known as the Cobra, Titan, or Charger — appeared in 1968, marketed as the “the sports cycle that couldn’t be made.” At the […]
Suzuka Style: Suzuki GSX-R1216 “Yoshimura”
Slabside Spendor: 1987 Suzuki GSX-R1100 from KOS’THOR… Hideo “Pops” Yoshimura is one of the most revered names in motorcycle racing history. Born in 1922 in the Fukuoka prefecture of Kyushu Island, he developed an early […]
La Numéro 24: Suzuki GSX1100 Café Racer
Big-Bore Café Racer from Xavier Uhl… When the Suzuki GSX1100 (aka GS1100E) hit the market in 1979, it was the world’s quickest production motorcycle with a quarter-mile time of 11.1 seconds at 120 mph — […]
A Real Catapult: 1300cc Suzuki GSX-R Slingshot Turbo
Pro Street 51: KOS’THOR’s Turbocharged, NOS-injected “GSX-R1300” Slingshot… When Suzuki introduced the original GSX-R1100 in 1986, it sent a shockwave through the motorcycling world. The boys from Hamamatsu had put an absolute unit of a […]
All The RAGE: Suzuki GS750 “Elemento”
GT Super-inspired 750 GS from RAGE / Cus’Tom Motorcycles… In 1977, Cycle World declared the Suzuki GS750 “the best handling big production bike on the road.” At the time, the boys in Hamamatsu had been […]
Dusty Lizard Runner: Suzuki DR125 Restomod
Small Displacement, Big Adventure: Suzuki DR125SE from BCK Motorcycles… Built from 1985 to 2001, the Suzuki DR125 was a simple air-cooled dual-sport popular as a learner’s machine in the UK and Continental Europe. The DR125S […]
40th Anniversary Artbike: 1985 Suzuki GSX-R750 Slabside
Mother of the Modern Sportbike: 40th Anniversary GSX-R from NCC x Fuzzy Racing x Woefie-Art… When the Suzuki GSX-R750 appeared in 1985, it was nothing short of revolutionary. Suzuki had created the first real race […]
Gravel Express: Suzuki XF650 Freewind Adventure Rally
Hessler Motorsport’s Suzuki Freewind ADV Rally… Available from 1997 to 2002, the Suzuki XF650 Freewind was a European-style all-rounder built around the proven air-cooled lump from the DR650 dual-sport. Though a single cylinder, the Freewind […]
