Suzuki Katana
The Suzuki Katana is a Types of motorcycle#Sports, street motorcycle sold between 1981 and 2006 and then since 2019. It was designed in 1979–1980 by Target Design of Germany for Suzuki. The Katana name was later applied to a range of in-house styled Sport touring motorcycle, sport touring motorcycles in North America through the 2006 model year and, starting at the turn of the millennium, a line of 50 cc Scooter (motorcycle), scooters in Europe. History Under a contract with Suzuki, a three-man team at Target Design worked to update the motorbike's image. The team consisted of Jan Fellstrom, Hans-Georg Kasten, and the leader Hans Muth, ex-chief of styling for BMW, who had done much to modernise the image of the venerable Bavarian Boxer Twin. After several design variants, the ED1 and ED2 versions ("ED" for "European Design") were revealed to the public in 1980. They remained in production until 1985, when all the original model Katanas were discontinued. The new sty ...
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