Suzuki won the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Joan Mir after a hiatus of 20 years. This is the seventh championship the Suzuki factory team has won over the years, the last being in the year 2000 with Kenny Roberts Jr. And Suzuki is celebrating their long awaited win MotoGP in a very special way. Suzuki has introduced the GSX-R1000R Legend Edition for the European markets. The Suzuki GSX-R1000R Legend Edition celebrates Suzuki Ecstar factory team's seven title wins over the years.
To commemorate each of the seven title
wins, the Suzuki GSX-R1000R Legend Edition comes in seven special liveries.
Each of them resembles the liveries from each of Suzuki's World Championship
winning motorcycles in the past. These motorcycles include the 500Gp and the
modern MotoGP machines. The first of these pays tribute to Barry Sheene's
iconic 1976 and 1977 RG 500 motorcycles. Coming from Suzuki's first title win,
the white and red paint scheme with gold wheels look very tasteful indeed.
Then there's Marco Lucchinelli's 1981
winner and Franco Uncini's 1982 motorcycle. There's also Kevin Schwantz's Lucky
Strike-liveried RGV500 which has made way to the GSX-R1000R. There's also the
paint scheme from Kenny Roberts Jr.'s 2000 title winning motorcycle. Perhaps
the most striking of all these is Joan Mir's 2020 championship winning GSX-RR
motorcycle that comes in the 100th dual-tone Anniversary colors.
Each of the motorcycle almost have their
own identity and it surely will be a collector's item for most motorsport
buffs. Apart from the special liveries, the Suzuki GSX-R1000R Legend Edition
also gets pillion seat cowl and an Akrapovic exhaust. Of course all this comes
at a premium over the standard motorcycle. The GSX-R1000R Legend Edition has
only been made available for the European market and it has been priced at
22,500 Euros whereas the standard motorcycle is priced at
19,290 Euros.
