Yoshimura History Series
Part# 34: The Dawn of the Liter Superbike Era
Atsushi Watanabe's 2004 All-Japan JSB1000-spec Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000. Revised JSB1000 rules for 2004 permitted ...
Part# 33: The X-Formula Hayabusa Takes Off
#13 Manabu "Gaku" Kamada muscles the large, reluctant-to-turn Yoshimura Hayabusa around the track during the 1999 Al...
Part #32: The GSX-R750 Enters a New Generation
Mat Mladin rides the highest line on Daytona's 31-degree west banking in 1998. His style was to leave a little margi...
Part #31: A New Era Dawns with the Shift to Water-cooled Engines
Tamaki Serizawa (front row, center) and Andrew Stroud (back row, in his racing suit) rode the water-cooled, Superbik...
Part #30: Farewell, Oil-Cooled GSX-Rs
Second riders #12 Tom Kipp Jr. and #45 Matt Blair head out onto the track. The 1991 event was the last Suzuka 8 Hour...
Part #29: 1989 Polen Achieves the Historic Double Title Victory
A group photo taken right after it was confirmed that Yoshimura had won the 1989 TT-F1 title (a double championship a...
Part #28: 1989 Godspeed the Man
#32 Doug Polen leads the pack in the 1989 Suzuka 200km, followed by his Yoshimura teammate #4 Yukiya Oshima and Yamah...
Part #27: Polen Makes His All-Japan Debut and Wins 2nd Place in Suzuka 8H
For Doug Polen, two races a day was a piece of cake. At the TBC Big Road and MFJ Grand Prix in 1988, he made a double...
Part #26: Schwantz's first Daytona 200 Win
Schwantz was the only Yoshimura rider to compete in the 1988 Daytona 200 on a GSX-R750J. This photo depicts the secti...
Part #25: 1987 Almost 1st Place
Round 5 of the 1987 World Endurance Championship, the Suzuka 8 Hours, came down to the final on July 26. After smooth...
Part #24: Three Dynamic Rivals
The Three Musketeers of the AMA Superbike racing. From left to right, Kevin Schwantz: born June 19, 1964 in Houston, ...
Part #23: Tsujimoto’s Leap and Schwantz’s Ordeal
Tsujimoto at the 1986 All-Japan TT-F1 wearing the champions #1 plate. After returning from Daytona, he was surprising...