Suzuki: Gsx-R (Enthusiast Color Series) - Softcover

Seate, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760317461 ISBN 13: 9780760317464

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Mike Seate is a journalist living in Pittsburgh, PA. He began riding motorcycles at the age of 16, and 26 years later, has still not bothered to learn how to drive a car. His columns on city living appear three times each week in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and he has written hundreds of feature stories and opinion columns for motorcycle enthusiast publications, including Cycle World, Motorcyclist, Super Streetbike, Street and Strip, Classic Bike, Motorcycle News, Long Riders, and IronWorks. Mike has written a number of books, including Choppers: Heavy Metal Art, Technochop, How to Build a West Coast Chopper, Outlaw Choppers, Jesse James: The Man and His Machines, Suzuki GSX-R, Choppers, Streetbike Extreme, and Two Wheels on Two Reels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760317461
• ISBN 13: 9780760317464
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96