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o ~ 0<") l-< C1.) ..0 o .... u o Th ere's an opt ional solo seat cover for the new Suzuki. (Below) Suzuk i's cam chain system. with a roller between t he cams and t ensioner shoes. The new GSXR 11 00, w ith dual headlights and full fairing. (Below) The GSXR11 OO's airbox, CV carbs and straight int ake tract. GSXRll00 said to be fastest, quickest, lightest, best-handling, best looking, etc.: Suzuki sets world record for performance claims PARIS. FRANCE. OCTOBER 2 Su zu ki form a lly introduced the oil-cooled G SXRII OO a t the Pa ris Mo torcycle Sh o w , claiming that the new machine is the fastest and quickest production m otorcycle ever built. In Paris, Suzuki Motor , Company s Deputy Manager of Motorcycl e Engin eering, Sadao Shirasagi , told journal- 8. . " . . . IStS, Th is ne w Su perbike IS the fastest bik e in the world." T he cla ims incl ude 130 ps ( 128 bh p) at 9500 rpm, 74.4 lb.-ft. of torque a t 8500 rpm, 161-mph to p speed, sta nding-sta rt q ua rter-m ile in 10.3 second s, dr y weight of 433.4 pounds (46 pou nds more than th e GSXR750) a nd a power-to-weigh t figure o f 3.3 pounds pe r horsepower. Suzuki h ung it ou t and made claims of su per ior pe rfor ma nce in every way for th e .GS.XRJ-rOO; a Suzuki br?- ' ch ure di str ibuted a t th e sho w said " T he Suzuki GSXRllOO presentl y soa rs th rough th e 400-me ter faster. r~aches a hi gher top speed a nd is lighter tha n any ot her producti on bike in th is cla ss. It handles more safely, stops faster, responds more quickly. In shan, the GSX R I IOO is the ultima te in race-ready sport a nd to uring machi nes . And to top it off, the GSX R llOO is th e best- looking bi ke on the road." The company a lso cl aims th a t th e oi l-cool in g system , (a lso known as Suzuki Advanced Cool ing System , or SACS) keeps the engi ne 85 to 105° coo ler than an : q u ivalellt a ir-coo led en gine, a llows the engine to be 25% lighter th an an equivalent ai r-cooled engine, keep s the engine simpler than an eq u iva len t water-cooled en gine, and reduces oil temperature, thus ext ending o il service life . The system, using a sep arate oil pump, moves 5.3 gallons o f o il through th e engine every minute, and ha s eight jet-nozzles to bla st oil onto th e floor of the cam case, over th e ~om bustion ch ambers; sepa ra te jets shoo t oil up underneath th e piston domes. The oil is th en routed through a massive oil cooler/ radi ator and returns to th e wet sump. The new 1052.5cc GSXRllOO en gine is a scaled-up version of the GSXR750 en gine, a nd few parts are interch angeabl e. The GSXR II 00 has a bore a nd stro ke of 76x58mm (compa red to the GSXR750's 70x48.7mm ) a nd redlines a t 10,500 rpm. Externall y, th e GSXRllOO en gine isn 't much larger, weighing 179.7 pounds dr y a nd measuring 19.3 in ch es across its wid est point. The new 1100 has a close-ra tio five-sp eed transmission a nd flat -slide CV carbs, com pared to the 750's six-spe ed a nd (fla t) throttleslide ca rbs. T he CVs used o n th e 1100 are claimed to be smo o the r a ro u nd town a nd easie r to open aga inst in ta ke tract vacu um. Wheelbase is 57.5 in ch es, a nd sea t heigh t is 31.8 in ch es. Th ere' s an op tiona l so lo cover fo r th e rear (passenger) section of th e blue-vin yl seat. T he frame is made of ex truded box- . sect io n a lu mi n u m a lloy wi th indent- ed sidewa lls and cast aluminum alloy steering head a nd swingarm pivot mount plates, and weighs 28 pounds. Th e rear shock , operated through a Full-Floater linkage, has a remote reservoir and adj ustable damping. The front forks are equipped with a combination of anti-dive systems; compression damping in creases as fork trave l increases, and a separate so leno id system increases compressio n damping - regardless of fork co mpressio n - the in stant th e front brak es are a p p lied. The second system , .co nt ro lled by a switch in the brake-lever assem bly, acts faster than previous hydraulic-fluid-activated systems and doe sn't reduce brake feel an d increase lever trav el th e way Suzuki 's hydrau lic systems did. The 1100 is also fitted with a standard steering damper. Suzuki literature a t Par is claimed that the GSXRIIOO will come standa rd with Dunlop K700 radial tires front rear, even th ough Dunlop o fficia ls a t th e recent U.S. launch of the K700 reco m mended it s use as a rear tire onl y. Wh atever the tir es ac tua lly a re, th ey meas u re 110/ 80-18 an d 150170-17 fro n t and rear, a nd are m ounted on 2.75x 18-in ch a n d 4.00x 17-in ch cas t a lu mi n um -alloy wh eels. T he fro nt brak es are 12.2inc h d iscs with four-piston calipers. Suzu ki ha s sch eduled a worldw ide p ress test ride of th e GSXRIIOO a t Lagu na Seca Racewa y early in Novem ber. -