Looking Back At The First GSXR-1100

[DD67]

I rode a nearly new 1989 GSXR-1100 & my impression of it was very similar to this guys take on the 1986 model. Compared to the likes of a Z1000 or GS1000 etc. The Gixer was in an entirely new league ...

The Suzuki GSX-R1100 was so fast, I had to recalibrate my brain | Hagerty UK

As the Suzuki GSX-R1000R becomes a victim of emissions regulations, Roland Brown reminisces about the GSX-R1100 of 1986.

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[Doc Strange]

A mate has recently bought an old gixxer 1100 as a 'project' - will have to see how he's getting on with it.

It's funny though, whenever I've returned to a bike I had/fancied decades back, I've always been a bit disappointed - shows how things move on and you start to take stuff for granted - like good brakes!

DS