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  • #1

    Bonhams lot#388

    Engine should be silver?
    Bonhams Cars : c.1982 Suzuki GSX1100 Katana Frame no. GSX110X-527169 Engine no. GSX110X-160193
    http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22720/lot/388/
    'It's a classic.' With those words Bike magazine concluded its glowing road test of Suzuki's GSX1100 Katana in February 1984, noting that, despite having been around virtually unchanged for three years, the big Suzie was still the undisputed 'King of the Street'. Styled by the German firm of Target Design under the direction of Briton Jan Fellstrom and first seen at the 1980 Cologne Show, the Katana represented a bold effort to produce an uncompromising sports bike in the European mould. The result was a machine that combined straight-line speed with secure handling . The speedy elevation of the original to the ranks of motorcycling style icon prompted the re-introduction of the model in Japan in the 1990s, though the second-generation version had to make do with 96bhp rather than the original's 111 horses. Currently displaying a total of 41,786 kilometres (approximately 26,000 miles) on the odometer, this un-restored example appears fundamentally original with the obvious exceptions of the front indicators and 4-into-1 exhaust system. Sold strictly as viewed, the machine is subject to 20% import tax.
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  • #2
    Originally posted by SPEIRMOOR View Post
    Engine should be silver?
    http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22720/lot/388/
    Yeah, silver in 1982. The engine does not look like the Kat engine, probably replaced, aftermarket exhaust, too. Price is reasonable.
    GS1000SZ, GS1100EZ, GS1000ST (Wes Cooley)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Suzuki_dog View Post
      Yeah, silver in 1982. The engine does not look like the Kat engine, probably replaced, aftermarket exhaust, too. Price is reasonable.
      Agree silver engine, The turn signals aren't stock but the seat looks original the European models got the fake suede seats not the U S slippery vinyl.
      The exhaust is a Motad N'eta system a truly awful quiet exhaust ,To get your registration you have to pass the M O T test if your exhaust wasn't stock you had to have an approved system.Pass the test then bolt on your loud pipe which at the time [ 1980's] was the Venerable Harris Works Collection "Music to my ears" and a ticket from the cops !
      Good times

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      • #4
        Sold for £1,495 (US$ 2,284) inc. premium

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        • #5
          I don't think that is a bad price....
          GS1000SZ, GS1100EZ, GS1000ST (Wes Cooley)

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