Souped up: a very rapid Suzuki GSX-R1100 street fighter

For most of the bikes we feature here, performance is relative. (There’s even the odd replica Grimeca drum brake.) There’s no true answer to ‘how much is too much’, but in the streetfighter world, you can never have too much. Most streetfighters leave me cold, but this one stopped me in my tracks. Probably because I’m a sucker for anything connected to Yoshimura, and builder Lee Workman is a kindred spirit. While wondering what sort of bike to build, ‘A poster of a Japanese-spec GSX-R750 R was on my wall, painted in the Yoshimura works colors of anthracite over bright...