This all-color book looks at the behind-the-scenes development and evolution of the GSX-R road and race bikes, and at how the GSX-R started the "Streetfighter" craze for bikes with straight bars and unfaired, bare frames. A full history of the GSX-R's racing career is provided, with details of the bike's endurance, World Superbike and F1 successes. In the popular Haynes Great Bikes Series.