1983 Suzuki GS1100ES magazine article from USA (5 pages). Click to
enlarge. “The engine and frame and suspension are right. The motor is brilliant, making tons of power at every engine speed without ever seeming to work at it. The GS … doesn’t overpower its chassis … the suspension is excellent under most conditions. Taken as a whole, as a complete motorcycle, the GS works, and works well.” As we all know, Suzuki could not use the GSX model designation in North America. Chrysler corporation owned the copyright to it in the US. All Suzuki GSX models that were called GS models in USA and Canada. Here's a road test of the Suzuki '83 GS1100ES, in the rest of the world known as the GSX1100ES. Published in Cycle World magazine, September 1983. |