This is the Vision GSX-R750 It looks terrific!

Check out this awesome illustration from our Japanese friends at the brilliant Young Machine magazine.

Called the Vision GSX-R, the bike is a computer-generated image of where Suzuki’s plans to keep the 750cc version of the bike alive may lay. But, it’s not a wild flight of fancy. This illustration has been put together based on ACTUAL factory drawings surrounding a new engine registered in Japan.

Suzuki has made no secret of keeping the 750 in the range for the future. As an icon of the brand, the GSX-R750 has become well established since its launch in 1985. As a model that kick-started the modern sector of sales success for the Japanese factory, the GSX-R750 has virtually guaranteed its place forever in the Suzuki line-up.

But while the sporty models in the GSX-R line – like the 1000cc and 600cc options – have from time to time been competitive on track and sold well in dealers, the 750 has always occupied a no-man’s-land between the capacities. Fans of the three-quarter machine have faithfully stuck by the bike, but there’s no denying that a 750cc sportster has a limited appeal.

So, to keep the legacy of the GSX-R750 going – and to hark back to the glory days when the original GSX-R three-quarter litre bike was a goalpost-moving king – we could see something along the lines of the Suzuki Vision GSX-R.

So far, the only nod towards the bike has been a set of Japanese-office-only patents (pictured bottom right)that centre around a new version of the firm’s old oil-cooled motorcycle.

The puzzle is as to WHY Suzuki has patented this engine at all, given the troubles a 1985-inspired oil-cooled engine will have in passing strict Euro 4 and the coming-soon Euro 5 legislation. But patent it Suzuki has, and for the moment the firm is keeping the drawings very close to its chest.

The patents that have been filed for the engine do have similarities to the small-capacity Feel-Free-Go! town bike that was shown as a concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show (pictured above) and on the patent also is a design for an Indian-market motorcycle that is as a finished bike, complete with a Saree guard cover on the sides of the rear wheel.

So, what we know so far is: Suzuki HAS patented a NEW oil-cooled motor; Suzuki IS continuing with the GSX-R750; Suzuki WANTS to make a large (750-ish) capacity bike for markets like India based around the motor; Suzuki HAS already shown the tech in concept form to the public.

With the Suzuki GSX-R750 struggling to maintain its natural position in the range, and the increase in modern-retro bikes which are now seeing a growth in sales again, it makes perfect sense for Suzuki to honour its pledge to the bike in this way.