Suzuki GSX-R -ECS

Book excerpt: In 1985 Suzuki bought the technology from its championship-winning Grand Prix motorcycles to the street in the form of the groundbreaking GSX-R series. For decades the Japanese manufacturers has built sporting motorcycles that were all motor and very little else. For the complete package --bikes that handles as well on a racetrack as they handled in a straight-line drag race--riders had to purchase ultra expensive, ultra exotic machinery from Europeans manufacturers. In one lightning strike Suzuki changed that, Suzuki GSX-R tells the complete story of these remarkable bikes.