Is the GSXR1000 a reality? Has anyone seen one or read any official documentation of the bike? Just wondering because I keep hearing about this bike on this site and I haven't seen anything on paper yet. Maybe I haven't been looking in the right area or long enough. I posed this question to a shop and none of them had any knowledge of any such bike, not to say its not true, but a Suzuki dealer hadn't got word of one so I have doubts. Supposedly a few years back Suzuki did the same but it was a GSXR900 and as you know today there is no such thing. He said that it tends to be a tactic used to lower sales of other competition's bikes in the same class,i.e. CBR929, ZX9R, R1. So is this guy full of it or has someone seen proof and therefore isn't a rumor flying around the Suzuki fan community.
GSXR1000?
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OB_Michael Lee
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I will put my neck and name on the line and say "Yes" it will happen in 2001. Don't ask how I know or who has told me cause they will , "neither confirm nor deny". It will happen and Suzuki will have the 600, 750, and open class 1000cc market on total lock down next year. Suzuki will have pictures and specs availiable following the bike show in early September.
Believe the Hype . . .
Michael Lee
Believe the Hype . . .
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OB_Bill Koz
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Very real, it's supposed to be at the Milan Show.
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OB_CanuckBusa
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I am 99% confident it will arrive next year. I am 99.5% confident it will be hard to get one after everyone finds out what it does to the competition.
Just think of what the new 750 does. Now give that bike liter-plus power and think on that.
What I don't know is if I'll be riding the first year model. Probably... I'm a sucker.
Just think of what the new 750 does. Now give that bike liter-plus power and think on that.
What I don't know is if I'll be riding the first year model. Probably... I'm a sucker.
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OB_ianfila
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IT IS REAL. I've had a deposit on one since June 2000!
OB_bigabusa
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we're going round in circles on this one. i posted 2 weeks age that a friend of mine is one of Suzuki's test riders and he is testing this one and the GSXR6 in Germany at the moment. He spent 6 weeks setting up the 'busa in germany 2 years ago. he knows his stuff. It will be at the german show in September
OB_CanuckBusa
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bigabusa, can you ask your buddy how bad the 1000 is going to hammer the 929/r1? weight? I have heard as light as a 929. rwhp? I have heard around 140. maybe more. Am I dreaming?
I have tested three different 750 00mod and they put out 123 125 125 rwhp. I have ridden one and its the best wheelie bike EVER. Better than TL 1000S Better than Ducati 996 better than the Busa ( by a loooong shot ).
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OB_CanuckBusa
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Yngve, this is interesting. Do you think the 750 is as good as or even better at wheelies than an R1? Is that possible? (I know the TLS is pretty good.)
The Gixxer750 seems interesting but it sounds like it has to be revved alot which may not make it so good on the street. I don't know, I haven't ridden one. The downside to the 1000 is that it will be more or less an all new first year design...
The Gixxer750 seems interesting but it sounds like it has to be revved alot which may not make it so good on the street. I don't know, I haven't ridden one. The downside to the 1000 is that it will be more or less an all new first year design...
OB_CanuckBusa
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Saw this on MCN. Are you getting excited yet?
By MCN Reporter
THE upcoming GSX-R1000 will weigh less than a FireBlade and make more power than an R1, European Suzuki sources have confirmed.
Figures of 169kg (371.8lb) and 161bhp for the 988cc machine are only a whisker off the specs we quoted a month ago. We reckoned the bike would be 1kg heavier at 170kg (374lb), and our power figure was spot-on.
By MCN Reporter
THE upcoming GSX-R1000 will weigh less than a FireBlade and make more power than an R1, European Suzuki sources have confirmed.
Figures of 169kg (371.8lb) and 161bhp for the 988cc machine are only a whisker off the specs we quoted a month ago. We reckoned the bike would be 1kg heavier at 170kg (374lb), and our power figure was spot-on.
Why yes I'm a big *** liar! Sorry in this case your are wrong, if the Factory DynoJet dyno was "happy", then just about every dyno run in the world is wrong.
Our bike did make 139 (with zero miles on it), and Roger Hendrix had a dyno chart with him from his run.... 140. Both SAE corrected on a dj 250.
So unless you have been running bikes on a dyno, you might want to keep a bit more quiet, or get some facts before you speak.
Our bike did make 139 (with zero miles on it), and Roger Hendrix had a dyno chart with him from his run.... 140. Both SAE corrected on a dj 250.
So unless you have been running bikes on a dyno, you might want to keep a bit more quiet, or get some facts before you speak.
OB_falcon fool
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if a stock 750 has been putting out 140 rwhp then some of the Hayabusas that were dyno at 148 rwhp are a waste!
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Motorcyclist mag hardnumbers section in the back says 123 rwhp. I'd believe 140 at the crank.
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DJ250 puts up like 20% higher numbers than a 150.
G
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O, ya spose its more or less accurate? There arent any around here only 150s, and they sure seem stingy. With my mods I think I'm really doing 165-168, 150s say 161.
G
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No way does a stock 750 make 140rwhp! If it does that is a very happy dyno, or a broken one! For the most part, the R1 makes low 130's at the wheel. The GSXR1000 will make high 130's and maybe creep into the 140 range.
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http://news.motorcycle.com/960836422/index_html
Rumors have been flying for some time now about the existance of a new open-class terror from Suzuki: The GSX-R1000.
After a phone call to the manufacturer yeilded only a very firm, "no comment," we did a little bit more snooping, digging and prying and, in the end, found out more than we should know at this early stage about a bike that is going into production most likely as a late 2001 model...
The bike is currently being tested in pre-production form (final stage before production) here in California. The displacement is 1000cc (not 900cc as some prior rumors have suggested) yet will
have nothing in common with a Hayabusa mill. Where the Hayabusa was designed for top
speed, this new GSX-R, as the name would suggest, is built for racetrack dominace. This will be seen both in the bodywork as well as in the motor.
The nitty gritty? The bike makes "mid-150" horsepower at the rear wheel and weighs less than Yamaha's R1; and we thought open bikes couldn't get any better.
As for the rest of the chassis, expect Suzuki to retain some version of the long and heavily-braced swingarm that they currently use on the GSX-R750. Suspension will most likely be large-diameter inverted forks and a piggyback shock sourced fom Showa, all similar to the current 750 since larger anything also means more weight. We also expect class-leading six-pot brakes as well as a pretty-radical, weight forward, riding position.
Rumors have been flying for some time now about the existance of a new open-class terror from Suzuki: The GSX-R1000.
After a phone call to the manufacturer yeilded only a very firm, "no comment," we did a little bit more snooping, digging and prying and, in the end, found out more than we should know at this early stage about a bike that is going into production most likely as a late 2001 model...
The bike is currently being tested in pre-production form (final stage before production) here in California. The displacement is 1000cc (not 900cc as some prior rumors have suggested) yet will
have nothing in common with a Hayabusa mill. Where the Hayabusa was designed for top
speed, this new GSX-R, as the name would suggest, is built for racetrack dominace. This will be seen both in the bodywork as well as in the motor.
The nitty gritty? The bike makes "mid-150" horsepower at the rear wheel and weighs less than Yamaha's R1; and we thought open bikes couldn't get any better.
As for the rest of the chassis, expect Suzuki to retain some version of the long and heavily-braced swingarm that they currently use on the GSX-R750. Suspension will most likely be large-diameter inverted forks and a piggyback shock sourced fom Showa, all similar to the current 750 since larger anything also means more weight. We also expect class-leading six-pot brakes as well as a pretty-radical, weight forward, riding position.
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