The legend of the GSX1100S (Katana), released in 1981, began with a meeting of Hans A. Muth, the representative of Target Design and Masao Tani, Suzuki Europe’s Chief of Marketing, who was looking for someone to redesign the Suzuki 550 and 650 series. After seeing the first design ideas Suzuki placed the order to create a futuristic and innovative motorcycle that would revolutionize the production motorcycle market. Until then Suzuki had a reputation for making motorcycles with solid engines and good handling yet the design left something to be desired that changed entirely with the release of the “epoch-making” GSX1100S (Katana).

To bring the Katana into the 21^st century, we installed JB reinforced aluminum swingarm, JB-KYB φ38mm　front fork, milled aluminum fork bridge, JB ultra-light MAGTAN wheels, JB-KEIHIN FCR φ37mm carburetor, JB hand bend titanium exhaust, and JB-COSWORTH forged aluminum pistons. Suspension, engine, bodywork, almost everything has been tweaked to optimize the running, turning and stopping performance while preserving the beautiful and distinctive styling. Even for these modern times, the JB-POWER GSX1100S Complete Machine is exciting, fun to ride and will mesmerize you with its future-classic lines – “The Ideal KATANA”.