Description
27th Oct, 2024 10:00
The October 2024 Auction
1995 Suzuki GSXR1100 WT
Fast sports tourer
Estimate
£2, 500 - £3, 000
Buyer's premium: 15. 00%
Lot details
Registration: T754HRV
Frame: JS1GU75A3T3100772
Odometer: 22, 464 km
1074cc four-cylinder 4-valve
V5
Large pack of documents
Owner’s manuals
2 keys
In the mid-1970s, the motorcycle industry was in a period of transition and pollution concerns led to large two-stroke motorcycles being banned from the streets in many countries. There were not many purpose-built four-stroke sport bikes, most of which were derivatives of regular motorcycles. Those built by Japanese manufacturers were built around an in-line four-cylinder, air-cooled engine wrapped in a steel double cradle frame, most of which were similar enough that they became known as the Universal Japanese Motorcycle (UJM).
Seeing an unfulfilled market position, Suzuki, which had made its reputation by building two strokes, built its first large four-stroke bikes - the dual overhead camshaft (DOHC) GS750 and the GS400 for the American market in 1976. The GS550 arrived soon after and by 1978 the formidable GS1000 were impressing customers everywhere. 1980 saw the introduction of the 16-valve DOHC engine. It also witnessed the creation of the then extremely radical and influential Suzuki Katana, a bike stylistically resembling a modern sport bike on the outside but largely built on existing technology of the day, although Suzuki were very quick to adopt the DOHC 16-valve cylinder head with their GSX 1100 range (including the Katana) in 1980.
This bike is not far from being back on the road, a general recommission and you should be eating up the miles. Another one from a large private collection. All its paperwork is present and 2 keys.
