Suzuki Motor Corporation has today unveiled a 30th Anniversary
production GSX-R1000 at Sachsenring in Germany that will be available soon from Suzuki dealerships globally. It is finished in the same striking limited-edition paint scheme that will be debuted on-track by Aleix Espargar+â-¦ and Maverick Vi+â-¦ales at this weekend's MotoGP+óGÇP-ó World Championship race.
Since its launch in 1985 as a ground-breaking 750cc Superbike,
the GSX-R range of Race Replica motorcycles has always set new
standards with cutting-edge design and class-leading innovation and
performance; winning a huge following of more-than a million GSX-R
customers worldwide.
The GSX-R has also dominated on the racetrack with a long
history of success in world and domestic championships globally
with new technology being directly employed in its production
machines. In 2005, the Suzuki GSX-R1000 dominated the FIM World
Superbike Championship with Australian Troy Corser.
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) and the Suzuki GSX-R is the
most successful team in the FIM Endurance World Championship with a
total of 13 victories.
Suzuki is also the most successful manufacturer in AMA
Superbikes with Matt Mladin, Wes Cooley, Jamie James and Ben Spies
collecting a total of 13 national titles aboard their
Yoshimura-tuned GSX-Rs.
The Suzuki GSX-R has also dominated domestic championships
globally with nine Australian Superbike Championship titles between
1987 and 2013 in the hands of Tony Armstrong (1987), Peter Goddard
(1996), Shawn Giles (2000, 2001, 2002), Craig Coxhell (2003), Josh
Waters (2009, 2012) and Wayne Maxwell (2013).
The evolution of the GSX-R lies with its predecessor, the GS,
which started many riders and teams on the path to victory.
The Suzuki GS series was Suzuki Motor Corporation's first full
range of 4-stroke road bikes, launched in 1976 in 750cc guise;
which then expanded to include smaller GS550, GS1000, GS125 and
GS1200SS models over the years. However, it was the 750 and 1000cc
models that drove development on the race track and led-to the
development of a new breed of motorcycle; the GSX-R.
The GS had a great handling chassis and a reliable engine that
made Suzuki's four-cylinder GS machines ideal for road racing with
the GS1000; and tuned by the legendary 'Pops' Yoshimura winning the
1978 Daytona Superbike race, the 1978 Suzuka 8-Hours in Japan and
the AMA Superbike national championship in 1979 and 1980 with Wes
Cooley, it set new standards. In Europe, Graeme Crosby won the
Formula TT World Championship in 1980 and 1981 with his
Yoshimura-powered GS1000 Suzuki. Similar success came with the GS
for Schwantz and also SERT; both scoring major success with the 750
and 1000cc machines.
SERT, in its third year in the World Endurance Championship
racing the GS-model Suzuki, clinched its first world title in 1983
with Richard Hubin and Herve Moineau in the saddle aboard the
GS1000. Then in 1985, in America, Schwantz gave the GS its final
race victories before moving to the GSX-R and then onwards to
compete in the World 500cc Championship where he became World 500cc
GP Champion in 1993 for Suzuki.
Today, as well as celebrating 30 years of the GSX-R, Suzuki
Motor Corporation is proud to be once again part of the
MotoGPâ„¢ paddock with a new team of exciting young
riders and a brand-new machine in the GSX-RR. Suzuki's philosophy
from development on the racetrack has, for 30+ years, led to
improvements and developments in Suzuki's road-going production
machinery that will include the next generation GSX-R and other
models from Suzuki in the future.
Introduced to the Australian market for the first time the
GSX-R1000 will be available with Anti-lock brake system (ABS).
The 30TH Anniversary Edition GSX-R1000 ABS will be available in
a striking
Pearl Red/Gloss Black colour scheme for a recommended price of
$18,490\* on sale September.
The 30th Anniversary edition GSX-R750 will be available in the
heritage racing Pearl Blue/Pearl White livery for a recommended
price of $15,990\*, limited to 30 units in 2015 and will be on sale
early October.
Both anniversary models will feature a special "30 Years of
Performance" commemorative badge on the fuel tank.
\*Recommended Price excludes dealer delivery and government
charges.
For further information contact:
Lewis Croft
National Marketing Manager – Motorcycles
Suzuki Australia Pty. Limited
Ph: (03) 9931 5534
(M) 0418 126 409
Email: lewis_croft@suzuki.com.au