Do you believe it?

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/news/ ... -incoming/

Many of us here have owned a GSX-R at some time or another (or several ...), and let's be honest, if Suzuki (or Kawasaki, or Yamaha - but we KNOW Honda never would) wanted to build a bike to take down the likes of an S1000R or RSV4 - they are certainly capable.

And you know what? If it had all the goodness that GSX-Rs usually do - as in no bullshit "midrange torque" compromises - with comparable power and electronic brilliance available on the top euro-nakeds or ZX-10R - I would buy one.

And before you start going off about "character" and torque numbers, it's because you probably haven't ridden a GSX-R1000 WFO. BTW, any year GSX-R1000 crushes a 990 in torque, and gives only about 5 ft-lbs to an RC8R, which isn't even close in HP, at least not one built since about 2003.

Never been a fan of the looks of the gixxer but that is a nice looking bike.....l am intrigued

I'm waiting for the FZ09 to be taken up a few notches. My only fear is that the new fray seemed to be lowering ride height a tad too much. Leave the Ducati for the vertically challenged, I would not buy one anyway, let Yamaha rise to the occasion. I'm interested in that new 1290 KTM has out but I hear it's plagued with deficiencies.
I have never owned a real sport bike, Suzuki could and will build a sweet UJM in this new GSXSRS-R.

If Suzuki would have had a current model SV1000 I would have bought that instead of my superduke.

Hell, even an updated air cooled bandit 1250 would have been nice.

I started on a 77 GS750 (*with a fair bit of engine work) and had a GS1100 and eventually an 1150. Suzuki knows how to build engines, they just need to create a new Godzilla.

If it's a high revving I4 though I'm not interested. Inline fours are great on the track but they just pull like a train, it's hard for me to exploit that type of power on the street without being double over the limit.

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I have to say last time I was in Belgium I got invited for a spin with a few people I known for ages.
One of the chaps lent me his GSXR1000 and it was a while since I rode one.
Still heaps of fun and I enjoyed every second of the ride!
Brilliant bike no matter what the critics say, very fast and smooth and none of the electronics BS. On hind sight maybe I should have got that instead of the wobbler.
Would have saved $7 K in the process too.

rode a K3 and a K5 quite extensively in the past , I totally agree with what you are saying...
A 1290 woudnt get anywhere near a K5
I suppose thats the reason that BMW copied it to make the RR.
Got my eye on this new suzuki , it'll be a shit load cheaper too I should imagine

Suzuki makes a great motor, I owned a 2001 Gixxer 1K and really loved the power. My best friend has a 2008 Gixxer 750 track bike which is also very good.. I hope they make the Naked bike, The more to choose from is better for all of us buyers..

I've had the fever wanting a orange 1290 for months now but this Suzuki is something to think about while I wait and wonder when/if my KTM dealer gets one in.
I love that other manufactures are getting into the naked catagory.

I love Suzuki. LOVED my 750's. I'm looking forward to seeing this.

I had a stealth K5 gixer 1000 for several years.

Great track tool but on the road mh old 990 was much more fun.

I also have a ZZR1400 if we want to talk about torque and power but the SD is more fun than that as well. Recently I test rode the BMW R1000sssss or whatever it's called and the old 990 was more fun than that as well!

On the road for me the immediate hit of the V twin provides more amusement than any amount of top end power and my grin bike will be a 990 SD for the foreseeable future

How any of you guys compare an inline four to a V twin is beyond me,,,,,,I only ever owned two, a Benelli Quatro,,,and a FZR 400,,,the Quatro was sporting enough for what it was,,no wobbles out of that thing,,,the FZR I never really found what was there up on top,,,had the thing up to 135 and ran out of room,,,both the fours ran so fricken hot ! the Benelli was normal for the time wide,,,,the Yam was a blast , but on a hot day you were frying frome the heat,,,when I sold off the multies I had enough of them ,,twins are a better road bike all in all ,,,,,perhaps a triple, but thats where I will draw the line,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Will "re-tuned" actually mean de-tuned? If its the GSX-R motor from the sportbike then I'm interested otherwise couldn't care less.

I owned an early 1200 Bandit which was a detuned gsxr basically and was huge fun but the later ones became tamer and cheaper built. I had her for 5 years and passed it onto my brother who had her for another 8 years and I'll always look back and have good memories of her

Surely it's all about how heavy it is......
If it was near the weight of a bandit it'll be shite

I like it. probably has a lot of potential, but Id bet the lawyers will keep it relatively tame.

Does this look like it's a product already, or what?

http://www.sportrider.com/sportbike-new ... -spy-photo

have had 5 gsxr's in the past and luved every one, 3x 750's an 1100 and a 1000 k5 for short time, last 3 bikes have all been v twins, 916, tuono factory and the now superduke r, if I was younger it defo have another one but to be honest ive no use for all that power, find the twins a load of fun without been an out and out maniac on it lol

This is subjective, but another thing for me, is I prefer the low frequency vibration of a twin to the high frequency vibration of an inline 4. There are some bikes that dampen/isolate vibration of any sort very well. But I in general like to have a little bit of sensation of the engine. And to me, the twin configuration has the frequency I prefer.

I will never deny the speed of an il4 but they are motors that (in general) lack character. Give me a v-twin any day of the week unless its a track day. I have only ever heard 3 IL4's that i actually like (brutale, f4 and the k1300r) whereas most v-twins just sound nice.

The other thing i love about the sd (and most vtwins) is the instantaneous punch out of corners on a tight winding mtn road, its something that an IL4 cant do... the type of road where the fastest thing is a motard (love motards too).

The guys going on about the bucket loads of torque from IL4s are missing the point.. it is the way that torque is delivered on a twin.

looks alright but is it too little too late? others have been making these for years.
its abit like the harley livewire, weird, produced at a strange time and out of date before it hits the street, this engine has been around for ages. yeah they changed it a little in 2009 but 2009!!! why wait 5 years to chuck out a naked? (am willlling to be corrected if they have released something but i aint heard of it.)

rip b-king it was an aquired taste but my god that was a good motorcycle.

and yes retuned engine means more mid range and less top end. it wont be slow by any means but there are loads of other bikes i can think i want to ride before a zuki nudey. good luck to them with this. should have waited for the next R.

for those who are interested here ya go, does nothing for me however ("The bike’s overall shape evokes images of a crouching beast, with LED position lights shaped to represent its fangs")...

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2014/09/ ... rt-tourer/

gotta think they have a new GSXR in the works though

BARF

Looks like a Diavel fooked a Beluga whale with down syndrome.

I was going to go with pudgy orca, but yours is fairly spot on

I'll pass and wait for the 1290.

http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/10/01/20 ... rmot-2014/

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/639/19269 ... -Look.aspx

Worth noting also, the big-gix is finally getting TC. 3-mode, like Kawi's. Who wants to bet they licensed it from Kawasaki? Don't kid yourself - it's how Japanese do business, and nothing new about Kawi and Suzi in bed together.

But wait - there's more!

https://rideapart.com/articles/suzuki-i ... s-gsx-s750

http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20L ... XS750.aspx

(better known as the GSR750 elsewhere)

A bit basic perhaps, but better looking than the 1000 IMO.