26 TEAM SUZUKI RACINGModel stays the same through to 2010 With the GSX-R being inspired by a race machine, it’s little wonder the bike itself returned to the racetrack in many different guises and with great success.MCN Superstock championship In the UK the was won by veteran modified 750F, while in Japan Satoshi Tsujimoto was All-Japan TTF1 champion aboard a GSX-R. The following year (1986) the USA got the GSX-R and young American Kevin Schwantz made his successful UK debut in the Transatlantic Match races on board Tony Rutter’s GSX-R. following year he would score five wins and come second in the AMA Superbike series behind arch-rival Wayne Rainey.1988 and Schwantz won the Daytona 200 race, while Doug Polen was US 750 Supersport champion on the GSX-R. Gary Goodfellow won Suzuki’s first in Japan in that year, while in the UK James Whitham was UK Production champion on the new GSX-R750J.World Superbike race at Sugo, A year later and Polen would win his first WSB race at Sugo and take the Japanese TTF1 championship on a GSX-R750 and the TTF3 series on a GSX-R400. 1989 also saw Jamie James crowned AMA champ for Suzuki. Whitham had won the UK’s By 1991 TTF1 championship and come fifth in the UK Supercup series. By 1992 the new water-cooled GSX-R was debuting in world racing, but success WN-wasn’t easy to come by. Highlights for the WS were Britt Turkington’s US 750 Supersport championship in 1993 with Tom Kipp repeating the feat in 1994.Mick Grant on a mildly MCN The all-new GSX-R750internationally at the 1996 Daytona 200 in March, with the Lucky Strike GP team running their new 500cc GP rider Scott Russell on board. He was just beaten to the flag by Honda’s Miguel DuHamel. Also making their debuts at Daytona were the Harris-run Suzuki squad of John Reynolds and Kirk WSB result Reynolds would secure the team’s best of fifth place at Brno. In stock form the bike was a winner, taking the 1996 and 1997 US 750 Supersport titles again. For 1997 James made his Suzuki return with the team and took a best result of 3rd at Hockenheim. Greater success was had by the squad who took the world title that year with Peter Goddard and Doug Polen.The World Superbike win for the SRAD went The first to Keichi Kitigawa, who won a race at the 1998 Sugo round. In the following year Pier-Francesco Chili won two WSB races, with Akira Ryo taking another at Sugo. 1999 also saw Mladin win the US ATerry Rymer and Christian Lavielle won the World Endurance series. In stock form the late Karl Harris won the European Superstock series. In 2000 Chili took another WSB win (at home Monza) and was a title threat for most of the in season on the Alstare Corona GSX-R. In the States the dominant Mladin took the title again, and once more in 2001. In that year Akira Ryo was also the All-Japan Superbike champion on the GSX-R750.By now the landscape of production-based motorcycle racing was changing. fours like the GSX-R couldn’t hope to compete against the 1000cc V-twins from Ducati and Honda. Spaniard Gregorio Lavilla was a distant 10th in the 2002 WSB title race and so racing moved away from the GSX-R750 and instead the mantle was taken up by the GSX-R1000 which continues successfully to this day. WT SRAD was debuted World Superbike McCarthy. MA series on the GSX-R750, while October 2015 Racing News Whitham World Superbike World Endurance Mat The 750cc inline 272004 GSX-R750 K4Big aesthetic changes gave a new look. Engine massively updated and now producing a claimed 145bhp pushing along just 163 kilos. New colours for 2005 (K5) as well as a 20th Anniversary GSX-R paint scheme.2006 GSX-R750 K6All change: New frame, swingarm and motor and bigger brake discs. Higher compression ratio and overall a smaller, lighter and more compact motor which now produces 148 claimed bhp weight still at 163 kilos. No changes for the K7.2008 GSX-R750 K8A host of revisions gives a new headlight cluster and bodywork and the ability to change power modes on the new engine. Power is still 148bhp claimed and weight is now 179 kilos but a slipper clutch helps the bike on the downshifts going into corners. with the L0 model.2011 GSX-R750 L12011’s L1 to today’s L5 model is the longest the GSX-R750 has stayed unchanged – but it’s still the best sports 750 you can buy. Power is now up to 150bhp at the crank, with overall wet-weight lower than any previous GSX-R750. The chassis benefits from Showa’s Big Piston Forks and a Showa rear shock as well as the culmination of 30 years of GSX-R advancements. RACING SUCCESSES
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