classic Suzuki motorcycles

  • 40 years of the Beast: How Suzuki’s GSX-R1100 rewrote the superbike rules

    40 years of the Beast: How Suzuki’s GSX-R1100 rewrote the superbike rules

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    Suzuki’s beast of a bike – the GSX-R1100G first hit UK showrooms some 40 years ago. Bertie Simmonds looks back… The GSX-R750F of 1985 revolutionised sportsbike design, even if it used tried and tested technology, but by making the whole bike lighter… For the 1986 GSX-R1100, Suzuki applied very similar thinking. This bike weighed in…

  • Suzuki’s TC200 came here by accident…

    Suzuki’s TC200 came here by accident…

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    Steve Cooper looks at the street scrambler that came to these shores by accident… So, as we all know, street scramblers were never sold in the UK, right? Well, why would a company do that when we Brits have always had a reputation for being a conservative bunch when it comes to buying motorcycles? Very…


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