Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tuesday 25th March from 1pm
Auction: Wednesday 26th March from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1990 Suzuki GSXR750L
Original low mileage one owner GSXR
Estimate
£3, 000 - £4, 000
Registration No: G685 XMO
Frame No: GR7AA 100262
MOT: March 2026
Clean and original 1990 Slingshot model
Still with its original stainless exhaust fitted
Serviced and MOT'd recently, with a V5C
The Suzuki Motor Co. was established in 1909 by Michio Suzuki to produce machinery for the cotton industry. An initial diversification into 4-wheeled transport was curtailed by WWII but after the war, Japan had a need for cheap reliable transport so Suzuki, like a lot of others around the world, began to produce clip-on engines for pushbikes. These proved to be an immediate success and soon they were making full motorcycles, by the early 1960s they were second only to Honda in number of two-wheelers manufactured. The oil-cooled GSXR750 was launched in 1985 and revolutionized the sports bike market, making all the other manufacturer's offerings obsolete overnight and dominating production-based racing around the world. Suddenly you could go to your local shop and buy a race ready bike over the counter, just take off the mirrors and indicators and race it that weekend. Famously Trevor Nation rode an early GSXR750F to a couple of Formula One World Championship races in Portugal and Spain with his tent strapped on the back, running in the top six in both races until problems with the gear change linkage slowed him down. The GSXR range eventually spread out to include race replicas from 250cc to 1100cc models. By the early 1990s the bikes became water-cooled to comply with noise regulations, but the 'Gixxer' range kept its reputation as the sports bike rider’s choice.
This oil cooled GSXR750 Slingshot is presented in excellent and original condition, even down to the genuine Suzuki end can, showing just a credible 8, 360 miles on the speedo. The 1990 'L' model was the first to be fitted with upside-down front forks and the engine had reverted to the earlier long stroke design more favoured by racers. A bike that was built to be used and abused in its day, few will have survived in original and standard condition and many have suffered the ignominy of being converted into Streetfighters. This excellent example is still a very usable performance bike that has all the potential to be a fast appreciating future classic. It has been MOT'd every year up until 2019 and has been serviced and MOT'd in March this year and will be supplied with a current V5C.
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