Classic Katana

Well, most people don’t associate the word “classic” with a Suzuki Katana, but that is only because they don’t look far enough back. Today, Katanas are mentioned in the same sentence with “cheap, starter bike, and outdated” but way back in 1982, Suzuki started the sportbike paradigm shift with the 1000cc Katana. It was crazy radical for its time, but it is amazing how similar a lot of the new bikes look to it. Old is new if you wait long enough. I remember riding one and thinking that it wasn’t very comfortable and somewhat ill handling compared to the FJ1100 I had at the time, but you couldn’t deny its concept bike looks. If you are a collector, this ought to be in your garage. Still beautiful after all these years. Read about it here-