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Reigning Superbike Champion Over the last six years, the Suzuki GSX-R750 has so thoroughly domineted the rllCe IrIlck thet words am hardly do justice to its eccomplishments. In 2001, Yoshlmure SuzukJ rider ~t Mladin won his third consecutive AMA Superbike championship eboard a GSX-R750, while Shewn Higbee secured the second Formula USA Unlimited Superblke championship title In e row for the Suzuki GSX-R750. And, as if to put an exclemetion point on the entire season. GSX-R750 riders absolutely decimeted the competition In AMA 750cc Supersport reeing. They not only wOn an astoundlng sixth consecutive championship, they took all top-10 positions. Whet's the secret to such incredible success? It ell begins with Integrated design - an epproech to R&D pioneered with the development of SuzukJ's RGVr 500cc GP bike. This philosophy stresses that ell components need to be developed es part of e collaboretive effort. In the cese of the GSX-R750, the compeet powerplant ellows narrower, more eerodynemic bodywork. Thet In tum allows e more efficient Suzuki Rem Air Direct Induction system, which boosts engine performance. Suzuki's engineers are ewere thet each part effects the whole, and they work together to ensure that eech pert is Integrated for peek performence. Features • UquJd cooling with double-overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder, with a short-stroke design for exceptional performance at high rpm • Transmission shafts are behind and below the crankshaft for II compact engine design Two Classics, Too Radical The Intrud r 1400 and Intruder 800 are two classic cruisers with e long, low profile; dellgned to let you make a hlgh·profile statement every time you ride. Both blkel off r radical Ityllng that Identifies them as Incemetlons of the classic American cruller. Both are designed to be equally at home on the boul vard or th long highways stretching ecross the plelns to the wlde·open Welt. The meJor d Ilgn elements are all there In spedes: a 45·degree, V-twin engine with blacked·out treatrn nt and polished flns, eggresslvely raked fooo and a load of hlgh·quallty chrome. AI striking al th Ir Ityllng II, the reel fun beglnl wh n you climb on board. Both blk I have a Ipaclous riding position that lets you kick back and lettle In lIS the mil I go by. Wh n It comes to engine performance and reliability, the Intruder 1400 and Intrud r 800 excel. Features • 45-degree, V-twin engine produces exceptional torque • Blacked-out engine treatment with polished fins • Wide-ratio five-speed transmission Ideally matched to the engine's pow characteristics • Wide handlebars and comfort seat for radical classic American Styling • Chrome reverse taper mufflers for a distinctive exhaust note and Increased low rpm torque 104 MAY 1,2002' cue I • n e _ s • SCEM, a nickel-silicon-carbide plating that replaces conventional cast-Iron liners, allows a remarkably narrow engine design • Fully IIcljustable 43mm inverted forks provide smooth performance In II variety of track conditions