i Yoshimura
.84SCC GS7S0 Suzuki:
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IAbove) Before the apex of t his practice turn, the Suzuki isn't dragging the
pipe.. .vet. (Belowl "Open GP" is open to about everything. Note the
flattened end of exhaust pipe on the bike 's right.
IOO horsepower
and fine handling make a
competitive
road racer
and a very satisfying
street bike.
Fast , powerful modified street bikes that go
like hell on the racetrack are nothing new.
Lots of different tuners have built mildmannered streeters into wild-eyed screamers
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that tear u p the drag strip and wai l
around the road race circuit like rabid
banshees .
The Yoshimura R&D of America
845cc GS75 0 mak es about 100
horsepower (a gain of 40 bhp over the
stock 60 bh p); tu rn s 11.52·second
elapsed time. 118.5 7 mile per hour
standing start qu a rt er mi les using
stock gea ri ng and tires wit h an
inexperienced d rag racer aboa rd ; and
indicates 140 mi les per hour on the
speedometer at the end of the Onta rio
Motor Speedway straightaway. What
sets th is bike apa rt is the fact that it
ma kes a very satisfying - although
expensive - street bike as well . _
The combination of an incrediblystrong motor and the sure handling of
a GS750 is a winne r . Similar machines
have won O pe n Production and O pen
Su perst reet races at Ontario. a nd run
as strong as all but the very few fastest
mo dified Z·ls and KZI000 s. Wi th
accessory shoc ks bolted on. the bike
ex hi bits none of the fe roci ous wob bles
th at pl agu e most big.bore street -bikes
see n on road race cou rses.
It costs about $1.000 to hire th e
Pops Yoshimura crew to turn a stock
GS750 into an 845cc power monster.
The price incl udes 69mm three ring
pistons (stock bore is 65mm) ;
Yoshimura Road and Track cams and
