A look at GSXR 750s over the years

[Punjistick]

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[Billy]

I love it! Nice find.

[hambone]

that is cool, i wanted a fast forward button to get to the good stuff though

[Punjistick]

Originally posted by hambone
that is cool, i wanted a fast forward button to get to the good stuff though

Yup. They sure have come a long way over the years.

[The Snowman]

I had this one, but it was the purple(front) fade to black(rear) Same graphics though.

[stevecbr900rr]

Cool little clip thanks for the view.

[lee955i]

Originally posted by 97BladeRider
I had this one, but it was the purple(front) fade to black(rear) Same graphics though.

Cool, Me too

[Tabby]

Still riding my 86. 81,000 on the odo.

[The Snowman]

Originally posted by lee955i
Cool, Me too

Did you buy that used from Bear's Cycle Sales in Springfield? I sold mine to them in '96 as part of my "I need money to buy a house" liquidation and that was exactly what mine had:

Vance & Hines SS2R full exhaust, pink tank vent hose (yeah, I know, ), fender eliminator, tank bra, and transparent purple windscreen.

[lee955i]

Nope, bought it new in August of 93 from Herba Honda/Suzuki in Amsterdam NY. Traded in August of 99 but yep, those were the exact mods I had as well as the OEM factory solo seat cowl. Loved the bike but it was a tank and the heaviest GSXR 750 ever made.
Cheers, Lee S.

[The Snowman]

Originally posted by lee955i
Nope, bought it new in August of 93 from Herba Honda/Suzuki in Amsterdam NY. Traded in August of 99 but yep, those were the exact mods I had as well as the OEM factory solo seat cowl. Loved the bike but it was a tank and the heaviest GSXR 750 ever made.
Cheers, Lee S.

Definitely a heavy bike, coming in just shy of 500 lbs dry. It was the first liquid cooled 750 that Suzuki made.

[duey]

not quite a 750 but here's my 2nd bike ;
92 gsxr600



of course i HAD to remove those graphics, mines was blue fade to very little purple.

[The Snowman]

Of course, the worst graphics were on the 92. No subtle pink and blue for this bad boy, the graphics were screaming

[Tabby]

Just a quickie from an old fart. The first liquid cooled 750 that Suzuki made was the early 70's GT750. It was a 2 stroke triple. Not as fast as the Kawasaki 750 triple, but it supposedly had a longer "fuse". It 's commonly known nickname was the "waterbuffalo"! It too, was a bit of a tank, like the first w/c gixxers.

[The Snowman]

Originally posted by Tabby
Just a quickie from an old fart. The first liquid cooled 750 that Suzuki made was the early 70's GT750. It was a 2 stroke triple. Not as fast as the Kawasaki 750 triple, but it supposedly had a longer "fuse". It 's commonly known nickname was the "waterbuffalo"! It too, was a bit of a tank, like the first w/c gixxers.

OK, I'll be a little more specific, the 93 was the first liquid-cooled GSX-R750, in fact, the full model name was GSX-R750W.

[Tabby]

Yeah, you are right. I still think the "W" stood for waterbuffalo though, LOL. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[lee955i]

Originally posted by 97BladeRider
Of course, the worst graphics were on the 92. No subtle pink and blue for this bad boy, the graphics were screaming

God, those were hideous. Very popular with the brothers and PR's though.
Cheers, Lee S.

[bump909]

Originally posted by lee955i
Very popular with the brothers and PR's though.
Cheers, Lee S.

monks and public relation reps?

[breakdirt916]

ugh...suzuki had some color identity issues in the early 90's

[lee955i]

Yes, they did. Just look at the early-mid 90's Katanas for further proof. I really loved the black/purple 93 I had. It was quite tastefully done, but the 94 silver/salmon was brutal on the eyes as well as the 92 tiger stripe models. Having said that, I find most of the traditional blue/white GSXR's to be dull, dull, dull.
These days, i'm more of a single color type of guy, although, i'd still like to get my hands on another 93 like my old one. It was pretty cool with the assymmetrical swingarm and stuff.
Cheers, Lee S.