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Factory Pilot Bike

Suzuki GSX-R750 Prototype

Pre-Homologation pilot bike

The sole surviving development-phase GSX-R750. More than 100 documented differences from the production model that followed in 1985.

THE OBJECT

The Motorcycle

How a factory development prototype entered private hands in 1984, survived four decades of road use, and was eventually identified for what it is.

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PROVENANCE

A Piece of Engineering History

Placing the GSX-R750 in its proper historical context, and how it shaped the current age of production sports motorcycles.

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DOCUMENTATION

Documented Differences

47 documented prototype-specific differences, each photographed and catalogued. An interactive diagram allows exploration by component area.

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Note on suzuki Japan's factory collection: Suzuki's own museum in Hamamatsu displays a standard 1985 production GR75A as its early GSX-R750 exhibit. No factory development prototype of equivalent specification to this motorcycle is held in any public or private collection known to the current owner.