August 2004Aitch uncovers the GSX-R600's track potential. Apparently it does roads, tooTHE INSTANT I set eyes on Suzuki's first GSX-R600 at the 1996 NEC show I was smitten. I'd just got my first proper job and, having spent years riding around

is the graphics.2H4I like the Japanese sense of style, or at least I did in 2004. There wasn’t a bad looking litre bike back then.SimpleI’d say the R1 looked best in 2002/03, the ZX-10R in 2006/07, the Fireblade in 2006/07 and the GSX-R in 2003/04.My

to the back of sofas everywhere as it was taken out of circulation.But there would be one more landmark etched into the history books as the curtain fell on 1984, because it was at the Cologne show that October when Suzuki's GSX-R750 arrived to change the face

and the decrease in weight of some of the iconic machines that changed the face of motorcycling.Just look at the power leap from the 1998 YZF-R1 to the 2004 ZX-10R, compared to the small increase between the '04 10R and this year's GSX-R1000.Which sort of confirms

of 2009 to partner Sylvain Guintoli at Worx Suzuki, riding the formidable GSX-R1000.It's the second time Kagayama has entered the British Superbike scene; he took a two-year stint from 2003-2004 with Rizla Suzuki. However, Kagayama's 2004 season was cut

anniversary.Reynolds, who most notably cliched the BSB title in 2004 on his Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000, became the first BSB champion to win on a 1000cc in-line four cylinder machine, before retiring at the end of 2005.Still heavily involved in racing, working

’s 2004 GSX-R750 and Yamaha’s 2002 YZF-R1 were the first of the truly stylish Jap fours. Each of these bikes was slightly over-shadowed in its day by a more headline-attention grabbing rival, but now are proving stars of the secondhand market. And rightly

Hargreaves' brand-new GSX-R600 K4 from Suzuki GB in Crawley and proceeded to ride it flat-out with lots of big wheelies all the way up to Peterborough. When we dynoed it, it made good power, so I've stuck with that method. Except the wheelie bit: the ZX-10R

Click to read: Suzuki GSX-R750 owners reviews, specs and image galleries.The perfect sized sports bike according to many – including our own James Whitham. Modern 1,000s can be intimidating with their colossal power and 600s, while easy to chuck

600: £6849. New for 2004 the GSX-R has hit the mark. Great engine, top handling, physically bigger than the Honda.Aprilia RSV-R: £8525 gets you the brand new RSV-R. Funkier than a roller disco, the Aprilia handles like a good one and comes with a