DoctoRot wrote: First of all; thats a water cooled GSXR. looks like a K6 which means its 20 years younger than what im referring to and it has almost nothing in common with what i'm talking about. i know there was a frame recall in the mid 2000s on the 1000. Regardless, that is a perimeter style frame and also it cracked near the head-stock not the upper-shock mount, so i really don't see how that is relevant at all, unless you are trying to push your "motorcycle engineering peaked in 1978" ideology.
The early oil boiler frames is what i'm talking about. 1986-1988. The frame design is similar to the tubular steel frames that preceded it so it is a good reference point when adding a mono shock.
Thanks for the answer. I wasn't trying to push any ideology at all. I am very unfamiliar with Suzuki bikes, so I was trying to learn if the type bike you mentioned used the same frame technology since it uses the same GSXR name. I'm glad to see that the new GSXR frame is very different that the old style GSXR frame. Incidentally, I'm not sure why you are under the impression that I have a "motorcycle engineering peaked in 1978" ideology because for sure I do not believe that is true at all. Ed