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Frame rails are tucked in close to
the engine crankcases; there's a
spin-on oil filter.
line four-cylinder DOHC
engine with four valves per
cylinder and dual oiling systems
- one for lubrication, the other
for cooling.
The street version makes a claimed
101 bhp atll 000 rpm and 48 lb.-flo of
torque at LOOOO rpm.
The new engine's bore and stroke
are 70 x 48.7mm; compression ratio is
9.8: I. A bank of four flat-slide 29mm
Mikuni carburetors are fed by a large
still airbox mounted under the hollow rearof the Formula One-style gas
tank. There's a six-speed transmission and a full faiTing with dual
headlights. Both wheels are 18-inch
and wheelbase is 56 inches.
fn developing the new machine,
Suzuki has paid much attention to
keeping weight down, usinganaluminum alloy frame and light running
gear to achieve the incredibly-low
claimed dry weight of 388 pounds.
Then there's Suzuki's new readyto-race endurance bike fitted with a
modified, 134-bhp engine in an
aluminum frame with quick-change
Campagnolo magnesium wheels,
quick-release four-piston Brembo
magnesium calipers, floating 12.6inch front discs, dual headlights in a
quick-release full fairing, and combination taillights and side number
plate marker lights mounted on the
tail section.
The engine kit includes a ported
cylinder head, titanium valves and
valve springs, a dry clutch, racing
pistons, magnesium clutch case cover,
aluminum carburetors, polished connecting rods, six-speed close-ratio
transmission, racing camshafts, a
selection of sprockets, and a hand'bent stainless steel four-into-one
exhaust system with an aluminum
silencer.
Former works rider and now racingdevelopmentengineer Mitsuo Itoh
says Suzuki foresees "a great force of
private entrants riding to future victories with the advanced technical
superiority of the new GSXR 750 now
that we are returning the benefit of
oiJr'racihg experience'to'the public. '.
The new GSXR750 engine: note idler wheel for cam chain, between cams; short, dense finning on cylinders, head
and valve cover; primary gear machined into plain-bearing-crankshaft's flywheel; four-valves-per-cyli'nder TSCC
combustion chamber; close-ratio, six-speed transmission and drilled countershaft cover.
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