At the beginning of the 80s the brands japanese They experimented with models turbocharged. The objective was to achieve a considerable increase of power thanks to the overfeeding. Sling had his CX500 Turbo and CX650 Turboand immediately they arrived Yamaha XJ650 Turbothe Kawasaki GPz 750 Turbo and, of course, the Suzuki XN85 Turbo.

The turbo models were a failure commercialespecially due to the famous problem of turbo lag (the propellant took a while to charge and then the power came on abruptly). Does 40 years the electronics It was incipient and did not allow the turbo systems to be controlled with the current efficiency.

Suzuki XN85, do you want a turbo motorcycle?

The truth is that the arrival of technology turbo to motorcycling meant a small revolution. Today these models are authentic parts of collectoreven more so in Spain because at the beginning of the 80s the prohibition from the sale of motorcycles japanese (with the exception of the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla).

The Suzuki XN85 came to the market in 1983 and it was the first series model that mounted a wheel front of 16 inchesin addition to the monoshock rear that the brand called Full Floater. The engine was a tetracylindrical online 673cc based on the GS650. Official figures declared a power maximum of 85 HP. That’s where he came from 85 of the model name.

The turbo model suzuki was only a year to the salewhich makes it an even more appreciated piece by collectors. In the USA, the suzuki XN85 was sold in 1983 (42 years ago) for 4700 dollars (4300 euros).

The unit you see here, in excellent condition, with 4395 miles (7000 km) was auctioned by the Californian company iconicmotorbikeauctions.com. A lucky fan has taken home not only a model exclusivebut also with the wonderful aesthetics Katana created by Hans Muth.