Suzuki GSX1100S Katana brochures

I have collected some Suzuki GS 1100 S Katana brochures and adverts on this page. I would be grateful of any contributions — sales brochures, magazine ads, magazine articles, pictures, specs, facts, corrections etc. Please scan the material in JPEG format (large enough that all the details are visible) and send them to me. Please tell me the source and the publication date if possible. If you send me pictures of your own bike, please follow these instructions.

1981 Suzuki year code: X

1981 Suzuki GSX1100S Katana advert from UK. Click to enlarge. This was the back cover of the 1981 UK motorcycle show brochure. The bike is in the picture it is a pre-launch (in UK) model with many non-production details - seat, screen, frame etc. Sent by Garry Kemp.

Suzuki GSX1100S Katana brochures from UK (single page). Click to enlarge. This is from 1980, late on the year. The 1100 pictured is same as the Cologne show bike - note the 4-1 exhaust, lack of screen and different seat. Sent to me by Garry Kemp.

1982 Suzuki year code: Z

1982 Suzuki GSX 1100S Katana brochure (8 pages). Click to enlarge. I found these scans on a Dutch Katana page Hardcorekats.

1981 Katana brochure from Germany (3 pages). Click to enlarge. Ralf Königer, katana-treff.de, was kind enough to send these German Katana brochure scans to me. The bike on the cover is a GS550M, the other page has a GSX1100S picture on it and the third page has the specs for GSX400F, GS550M, GS650G, GSX750S and GSX1100S Katanas. Note: the bottoms of every page were missing (probably didn't fit the scanner), I ”fixed” them on my computer. I had to guess how they looked like. I hope they don't look totally different from the original brochure.

1984 Suzuki year code: E

1984 Suzuki GSX 1100 S Katana brochure (generic, 8 pages). Click to enlarge. ”The Cutting Edge of Suzuki Technology”, ”An Unforgetable Experience in Precision Handling”, ”For the Bold of Hearts in Search of New Horizons”. Colors: Candy Imperial Maroon (05L) / Bright Silver Metallic (13L). Printed in Japan

1996 Suzuki year code: T





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1996 Suzuki GSX 1100S Katana brochure (8 pages). Click to enlarge. More than ten years after the first model, Suzuki presented a Japan-only model of the GSX1100S Katana. The 1994 Japan model, called the GSX1100SR, eliminated the anti-dive front suspension mechanism used since the first model, and the rear shock absorbers were changed to a more conventional layout with a reservoir tank. An oil cooler was also fitted. Furthermore, the output was limited to 95 horsepower due to changes to the carburetor settings and the inside of the exhaust. The model remained in the lineup until 1996. This 8-page catalog was produced in October 1995. Printed in Japan

2000 Suzuki year code: Y

2000 Suzuki GSX 1100 S Katana Final Edition brochure from Japan (6 pages). Click to enlarge.  Main features of the Limited Edition ”Final Edition" GSX1100S Katana included a black engine with polished alternater and clutch covers and cylinder head fin ends, gold anodized rear shock reservoirs and chain and brake disc rotors at front and clear glossy coated Sonic Silver Metallic body color. It also had bolt-on footpeg mountings, improved brakes, reinforced frame and tubeless tyres on black wheels. The Katana Final Edition had its serial number prominently displayed on its all-black upper bracket. Printed in Japan, March 2020

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Sources: Garry Kemp, Ralf Königer, Hardcorekats etc.

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