05 GSX-R1000 revealed
07-07-2004, 06:51 AM
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05 GSX-R1000 revealed
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05 GSX-R1000 revealed
Suzuki will launch an updated and even more powerful version of its GSX-R1000 for 2005 complete with MotoGP inspired dimensions and a radical snout designed to scoop in more air.
Its weight is being cut to below that of the 170kg Kawasaki ZX-10R and its power is boosted to a tyre-shredding 175bhp at the crank (around 155bhp at the rear wheel) – according to MCN’s sources.
05 GSX-R1000 revealed
Suzuki will launch an updated and even more powerful version of its GSX-R1000 for 2005 complete with MotoGP inspired dimensions and a radical snout designed to scoop in more air.
Its weight is being cut to below that of the 170kg Kawasaki ZX-10R and its power is boosted to a tyre-shredding 175bhp at the crank (around 155bhp at the rear wheel) – according to MCN’s sources.
07-12-2004, 12:31 PM
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07-12-2004, 05:19 PM
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Re: 05 GSX-R1000 revealed
Like everyone else, I'm sure the pipe will be mounted under the rear subframe. It was awesome and new when Ducati did it on the 916. However you KNEW you were buying a no excuses, italian race bike with all the comforts therein. I just can't see making a production street bike with no storage space what so ever......
Maybe I'm just to practical.
Maybe I'm just to practical.
07-23-2004, 05:52 PM
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Oh my is that thing ugly.
One good thing about the SH is that it is a great (IMHO) looking bike. It does what I ask of it without any problems.
The problem with owning race replica-type bikes is that every other year you feel the need to replace it because something lighter and faster has come out.
I'll just keep riding the wheels off of my SH, laughing all the way as I leave clueless GSX-R riding squids in my wake in the tight stuff. I want to cry everytime I see one of those (or an R1, CBR, ZX, etc) with inch-wide chicken strips and big flats spots down the middle of the rear tire. Maybe this should have been in the rant section...
One good thing about the SH is that it is a great (IMHO) looking bike. It does what I ask of it without any problems.
The problem with owning race replica-type bikes is that every other year you feel the need to replace it because something lighter and faster has come out.
I'll just keep riding the wheels off of my SH, laughing all the way as I leave clueless GSX-R riding squids in my wake in the tight stuff. I want to cry everytime I see one of those (or an R1, CBR, ZX, etc) with inch-wide chicken strips and big flats spots down the middle of the rear tire. Maybe this should have been in the rant section...
01-10-2005, 09:31 PM
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Re: 05 GSX-R1000 revealed
Whew...
I am partial to the pretty ones like the VTR or my other girlfriends:
http://colevalley.net/photos/bikes/yam2.jpg
http://colevalley.net/photos/bikes/gunther.jpg
But seriously, what is Suzuki thinking or are they just NOT thinking.
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03-26-2005, 04:07 PM
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Remember how you always had that one kid in your class that could run real fast but he still didn't have a girlfriend because he was so ugly, you always figured he ran so fast so he wouldn't get beat up, because he was so ugly. well, I never could run fast enough to catch that kid so I could beat him up... O.K., I'm straying a bit. I meant to say this bike is the new "ugly kid" on the block. Faster then you ever need but it looks like a hairlip plattypuss that lost a fight.
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