Suzuki Leaders Signal The Emergence Of Europe's Latest Motor Sport, The Return Of GSX-R?

Suzuki GSX-R1000. (Doc. Global Suzuki)

JAKARTA - Suzuki has revealed plans to bring in more motorcycle lines in Europe in 2025, one of which hints at GSX-R focusing on racing track performance.

This was conveyed by the President of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Toshihiro Suzuki, who revealed that his party will bring back sports-style motorcycles in the near future by adapting current regulations.

"We can't tell you details, but in our opinion it's important to bring supersport motorcycles to market, adapt to new regulations," Toshihiro said as quoted by Motorcyclenews, Tuesday, December 31.

He also ensured that the presence of the high performance motorcycle line was very important for Suzuki because it was a marwah of Suzuki. The son of a former manufacturer official, the late Osamu Suzuki, also hinted at the appearance of the model at the 2025 EICMA event which took place in Italy.

"In our opinion, this is important, because this is a legacy of Suzuki," said Toshihiro.

The manufacturer with the 'S' logo once marketed a motorcycle oriented to racing tracks in Europe, namely GSX-R1000 prior to the presence of the Euro5 emission regulation in 2022 so they decided to stop producing this model.

In addition, models such as GSX-R600 and GSX-R750 are no longer sold in the region and are only marketed in several markets, including the United States (US).

Suzuki is now selling sports products in the UK consisting of GSX-R125 which is friendly to young people and entry-level GSX-8R with 776 cc parallel-twin engines designed to compete with Yamaha R7 and Triumphmen 660.

The manufacturer has also invested in the Team Suzuki CN Challenge project by including GSX-R1000R using 40 percent of Elf's biofuels and engine oil from Motul made from biological sources in the suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.