In 1985 Suzuki brought 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 had built sporting motorcycles that were all motor and very little else. For the complete package - bikes that handled as well on a racetrack as they handled in a straight-line drag race - riders had to purchase ultra expensive, ultra exotic machinery from European manufacturers. In one lightning strike Suzuki changed that. Suzuki GSX-R tells the complete story of these remarkable bikes.
Author Biography
Pittsburgh-based author Mike Seate is a columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and author of the best-selling books Jesse James: The Man and his Machines, Choppers and Streetbike Extreme.
