The 750cc tariff ended in 1988. Who raced it? I think there was a German Suzuki team in WSBK in '89 or 90. Probably them. I remember Polen doing some WSBK for Yosh Japan around that time. Really, I wouldn't doubt there was a few racing in the US. Jamie James was ama champ in '89 on a Suzuki.
Dave, thanks. I’m looking for any direction on teams worldwide. I’ve found a few pics of the Yosh Sietto RR Polen and Schwantz raced at Suzuka, and also some info on Polen’s WSBK ride. This Next Gen project is a little bit of a RR/RK knock off and I’m kicking around a race team livery given ARHMA’s expectations- I thought maybe a cool Deutsche or UK team that ran the RR in ‘89.
Suzuki Deutschland ran a pretty basic red and black paint scheme from what I can remember. Edit: Along these lines. This is NOT one of their bikes and this looks to be an '86 1100 but for some reason this is what I remember their bikes being painted up like:
Man, I was trying to remember cool painted GSXR from 89 or 90. The Skoal Bandit paint was from 85 through maybe 88 and GSXRs shouldn't be green. All I could think of was the Yosh USA bikes, Yosh Japan (black and red) sietto GP-1, Big Papa and the Suzuka 8hr lucky strike (1990).
Except the one "chick" is. um, how do I put this? In the words of south park - "how come a transvestite donkey witch is sitting on a GSXR and wearing spandex?"
I agree, the green is pretty bad - However apparently that is a restoration of one Pops Yoshimura and Company built. It went for insane money to a collector in Japan.
The Vance & Hines GSXR-750 Sadowski rode in 89 had a nice paint scheme. Cant seem to locate a pic of it though.
