Suzuki formally engaged Target design and a three-man team led by Hans Muth, ex-chief of styling for BMW, who had done much to modernise the image of the venerable Bavarian Boxer Twin, began work to update the Suzuki's image. Muth's three-man Target Design team consisted of himself, Jan Fellstrom and Hans-Georg Kasten. The design worked through several variations, with the ED1 and ED2 versions ("ED" for "European Design") revealed to the public in 1980. The Target designed machines were in general production until 1985, when all the original model Katanas were discontinued, although 'Katana-esque' styling appeared on many in-house designed Suzuki machines for some years to come.
