HOME
THE FRANK PERRIS STORY
These are only snippets so far and
the page will be updated as soon as possible
************************
We will be getting more information about Mr Frank Perris
as soon as possible.
Direct support from the factory continued until 1967, during
which time the company collected three world titles, but that did not mean an
end of Suzuki in racing.
By 1968 Suzuki GB had been established and its racing
interest was being looked after by Eddie Crooks, a rider of no small talent, who
ran a motor cycle business in Barrow-in-Furness.
Frank Perris, made one of his
many comebacks that year to race a Crooks 250 Suzuki and 500 Cobra air cooled
twin for Suzuki GB.
The following year Perris, with Suzuki's blessing, set off
on the world championship trail with a 250 provided by Crooks and with a fourth
at Hockenheim, a fourth at Le Mans and second at the TT he was holding second
spot in the championship when business commitments forced him to abandon his campaign.
Frank Perris passes the nurseries on the Glencrutchery Road in the 1955 Senior
TT on the G45 Matchless.