Yoshimura History Series
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...
Part #22: The Two Young Challengers
#604 Tsujimoto going through the Daytona infield. The AMA Superbike-spec GSX-R750 was his favorite since, although it...
Part #21: A Samurai on the 31-degree Banking
Fujio zooms around behind the Daytona pit area on a Suzuki Susie moped, with Tsujimoto on the back, on an evening in ...
Part #20: 1985 New Kids on a New Weapon
Team Yoshimura Motul’s first rider, #15 Kevin Schwantz, in the 1985 Suzuka 8 Hours. It was his second time to ride th...
Part #19: The Dawn of the 750cc Era
Graeme Crosby taking pole at the 1983 Suzuka 8 Hours aboard the Yoshimura-Moriwaki-Suzuki GSX1000SZ. This was Pop’s o...
Part #18: From the 8V GS to the 16V GSX Katana
As the 1982 AMA Superbike season concluded, Yoshimura entered Cooley’s AMA-spec GSX1000SZ Katana Superbike (notice th...