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1993 GSX-R750.
Water-cooling and a little more refinement
1985 GSX-R750.
The first race bike for the road
GSX-R1100, bigger is better,
but it comes with more weight
I bought a GSX-R750 in 1993, and it was one
of the finest motorcycles I have ever ridden.
By this stage it was water-cooled rather than
oil-cooled, which probably explains why it
was 30kg heavier than the original. It had
fully transistorised ignition, but was still using
Mikuni carburation. Yet another version of the
GSX-R750, called the GSX-R750T appeared in
1996. This time performance had increased
to 126bhp, with a top speed of 257km/h
and weighing in 179kg. It matched the
GSX-R, in the
Auckland Domain
performance of Honda’s CBR900RR and far
exceeded all other 750s.
The GSX-R series is without a doubt one
of the most successful sport/racer for the
track or street bikes, ever produced. From
the beginning in 1985 it was still a force to
be reckoned with into the 21st century, and
I haven’t even touched on the success it
achieved as a works endurance race bike, or in
production racing all over the world... that’s a
story for another time.
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