FEATURE
30 YEARS OF SUZUKI GSX-R750
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And it got yet more love from Hamamatsu for
2008, resulting in a very fine machine indeed.
2008
GSX-R750 K8
But continue they did, and for 2008
the GSX-R750 got yet another
new face, its third in four years.
The headlight now featured a trio
of horizontally mounted globes, a
different exhaust system and muffler
that now exited near the passenger's
right leg and new colors.
A new short-stroke engine now sat
between the frame rails and utilized
camshafts that had their intake
lift reduced to attempt to increase
midrange power. Increases in the
number of holes in the primary and
secondary injectors from four to
eight, as well as a repositioning of
the primary at a steeper angle, were
aimed at better fuel atomization.
This was the first GSX-R750 to
come with the Suzuki Drive Mode
Select (SDMS) system, a three-way
map switch that altered the power
according to what map you were in.
But in reality, the system was a bit
of a waste of time in that if you were
in level C (the lowest), the GSX-R put
out horsepower more akin to a 1990
400cc, rather than a 2008 750.
On the chassis side, the 750 got a
lighter subframe, footpegs that were
adjustable and a steering damper,
plus a new fully adjustable 41mm
Showa fork. There were also new
lighter wheels and the Tokico calipers
now bit onto 320mm discs.
