![]() ![]() Designed to be a racebike for the road, Suzuki engineered a machine to tackle the World Endurance series (World Superbike didn’t yet exist) and gave it lights and mirrors for street worthiness. Before 1985 UJMs (Universal Japanese Motorcycle) ruled the streets, and modified versions of them were what you raced on. Thanks largely to the 1985 GSX-R750, originally unveiled in September, 1984, at the Cologne Motorcycle Show, today’s sportbikes are often considered “racebikes with lights.” To honor the momentous occasion, is taking a look back at nearly three decades of GSX-R, highlighting some important milestones along the way. Fittingly, only 1,985 will be produced worldwide. In 2012, Suzuki celebrated the one-millionth GSX-R to roll off the assembly line with a limited run of special edition GSX-R1000s. Twenty-eight years ago, in 1985, the Suzuki GSX-R entered the world and changed the motorcycle landscape as we know it.
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