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The 1980 Suzuki GS450 is a 448cc engine street racer bike that was first created by the Japanese manufacturer Suzuki in direct competition with Honda's CM series.It was put into production after its predecessor, the GS 400, which was manufactured from 1976 to 1981, and discontinued when its successor, the GS500, entered production from 1989 to 2009.
The first of the GS Series was the four-cylinder GS750 released alongside the GS400 parallel twin in November 1976. [2] (1977 Model Year).The GS750 engine was essentially patterned off the Kawasaki Z1-900, and became the design basis for all air-cooled Suzuki four-stroke fours until the release of the air-oil cooled GSX-R.
1980 SUZUKI PE 400 T le canari: PE175: 175: Enduro: PE250: 250: Enduro: PE400: 400: Enduro: Suzuki Burgman/Skywave series: ... RC 100 GS Tornado 100 Motorcycle ...
The Suzuki GS series soon expanded into larger and smaller four-cylinder bikes, the GS1000 and GS550 respectively, while the twin-cylinder engine was bored-out to become the GS425 twin. All of these models preserved the earliest GS engine layout: double overhead cams, 2 shim [23]-adjusted valves per cylinder and a roller-bearing crankshaft.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
The Suzuki GS1100 is a Suzuki GS series motorcycle introduced in 1980. [2] It was a direct descendant of the Suzuki GS750. The engine size increased from 1000 to 1100 cc. Upon its introduction it received accolades. The 1980 had a 1/4 mile time of 11.39 seconds at 118.42 mph (190.58 km/h) and a 0 to 60 mph time of 4.3 seconds. [1]
It was into this competitive environment that Suzuki dropped the first 750cc GSX-R model ready to race in the new size mandated by AMA Superbike rules. The GSX-R had the most conventional engine of the three: a four valve per cylinder, inline four - it was a clear descendant of the previous GS series of motors.
1963–1969 – Suzuki FE/FE2 engine – air-cooled 359 cc, FF applications 1972–1976 – Suzuki L50 engine – water-cooled 359 cc 1974–1976 – Suzuki L60 engine – water-cooled 446 cc (export only)