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For 2001, Suzuki introduced a new GSX-R model that replaced the largest and most powerful model of the GSX-R series sportbike, the GSX-R1100, with the all-new GSX-R1000. As the model name revealed, the engine's cylinder displacement was roughly 1,000 cc (61 cu in), about 100 cc smaller than its predecessor.
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 first GSX-R of 1984 was a breakthrough model and the closest that any Japanese manufacturer had yet come to building a "race bike with lights". Throughout the 1970s the big four Japanese manufacturers had built bikes with a similar architecture: steel double loop frames, air-cooled transverse fours with either SOHC or DOHC configurations.
The Hayabusa has been used in sanctioned closed course road racing, [59] [60] drag racing, [61] and top speed competition. [62] Top speeds of over 270 [62] mph, engine outputs of over 700 [63] horsepower, and performances in the standing quarter mile as quick as 6.9 seconds and as fast as 209.14 [64]
The 50 per cent tariff was the reason behind the glut of de-stroked 650 cc and 700 cc Japanese motorcycles sold in the US in the mid-1980s - unique to the U.S. - and is also the reason the GSX-R debuted in the U.S. a full year later than the rest of the world. It was available as the naked GS 700E and as the GS 700ES with bikini fairing.
The RG250 was the world's first production alloy framed motorcycle. Building upon the Gamma's success, Suzuki introduced the four-cylinder, four-stroke, aluminum framed GSX-R400 in 1984 for the Japanese market. A full 18 percent lighter than comparable bikes on the market, the first GSX-R set the tone for those that would follow.
The Suzuki GSX-RR was a road racing motorcycle developed to race in the 1,000 cc (61 cu in) MotoGP series. ... Top Speed Over 330 kilometres per hour (205 mph)
Top speed: 288 km/h (179 mph) Power: 110.3 kW (147.9 hp; 150.0 PS) @ 12,800 rpm ... This was the first GSX-R to be fitted with inverted forks as standard (USA models ...