Just a few months ago, there was a flurry of news surrounding the turbocharged concept Suzuki showed off at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. Firstly, Japanese magazine Young Machine claimed the bike had been confirmed for production. Days later, it was discovered that that Suzuki had re-registered the Katana brand name and logo in Europe and the United States. The Recursion has a passing resemblance to the original Katana, a bike which was the fastest production motorcycle in the world at the time.
Now, Suzuki has filed new patents for the Recursion, but with a change to its looks that brings it from concept to real world. There’s no reason for Suzuki to file new patent applications with such a change in appearance unless production was going ahead.
The biggest change in looks is at the front of the machine. Gone is the sleek, futuristic and no doubt expensive face and replaced with a more generic headlight and windscreen arrangement. No doubt part of that is to bring costs down and another is to do with the intercooler – it will need as much air as possible to suck down, and hence as big an inlet as possible is required – function over form.
[Let''s take a break from the excitement for some perspective. Now, a production turbocharged 600 sportbike is pretty exciting stuff. HOWEVER!Whether or not they share any DNA doesn't matter... a Turbocharged 600 Suzuki Katana. Really? Why? Are mirror sales down since the demise of the multicolored superslugs? Make it a Bandit or something.]
Like the concept, the patent shows that the aluminum frame goes over the engine instead of beside it, keeping the bike narrow. And if previously leaked documents still hold true, The Recursion/Katana will produce 100 hp @ 8,000 RPM and a massive 73 ft-lb @ at only 4,500 rpm – torque that bikes with twice the capacity make.
