1983/4 Suzuki GSX-R1000

Lot details
Registration No: N/A
Frame No: GS1000R 303
Engine No: GSX750ESR84001F
cc: 750

This factory machine took Suzuki GB rider Rob McElnea to two TT victories, the first in the 1983 Senior Classic and the following year in the 1984 Premier Classic setting a race record of 116.122 mph and a fastest lap of 117.17 mph, making the 24 year old the fastest ever TT winner at the time. Knowing that he had a Grand Prix ride for the following season the 1984 TT also marked his retirement from TT competition. At the time of its success on the Island the machine was running with a 998cc displacement (the F1 regulations of the time allowing up to 1000cc) for the oil cooled twin cam engine.
The fact that the ground breaking GSXR 750 announced in 1985 was oil cooled is not coincidental, the machine offered here together with its sister works bikes and those that competed in the Endurance Championship were essentially prototypes for the forthcoming sports bike. Power was transmitted via a six speed gearbox and the engine unit was housed in an aluminium frame. The Dymag wheels were fitted with Suzuki brakes. The machine was campaigned during 1985 by both Mick Grant and Graeme Macgregor, by which time it had been reduced in capacity to 750cc in accordance with the revised regulations that came into effect from that year onwards. We are advised that it would not be difficult to return it to its pre 1985 998cc capacity if desired.
It was purchased by the vendor directly from Suzuki in 1986 and has resided in his collection since. It is offered today in original condition with no modifications from the specification that it last raced in as a factory bike making it a highly desirable item with a known provenance.