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Suzuki GSX-R1000 Versus Suzuki Motorboat
By Visordown on 01/12/2010 17:18:30
Two Suzukis race in a point-to-point dash across the Isle of Wight. One litre on land against four litres on the Solent, GSX-R 1000 versus hypercat motorboat. Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets
Simeon Penn, owner of Saber Marine and its Suzuki-powered Hypercat speedboat has today accepted our challenge to race a GSX-R1000 from The Needles back to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, where we meet on a rather blowy early April morning. As a
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Living with a 2001 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K1
By Alex Hearn on 26/05/2002 14:42:12
Alex Hearn used to edit TWO magazine and also had a Porsche Boxster with the number plate AL3X HN. Bonza!
August 2001So. Suzuki's demonic 145bhp/180mph GSX-R1000 has scythed its way into my somewhat moribund motorcycling life, despite my heartfelt belief that - these days - less is more when it comes to motorcycles.That's less power, speed and potential
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Colin McRae at Play
By Visordown on 28/11/2002 16:02:17
What do you do for kicks when your name's Colin McRae and your job is driving a 300bhp rally car over a variety of non-stick surfaces at 130mph? Simple, buy a bike. And not just any bike, a £35,500 British Superbike replica Suzuki GSX-R1000...
to the job of getting the McRae adrenal glands pumping. Hence this machine. It's an exact copy of John Crawford's ETI Suzuki GSX-R1000 machine which he's been racing in British Superbikes this season."It all snowballed a bit, to be honest," admits McRae, 1995
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History of the Superbike: 1969 - 2001
By Stuart Barker on 15/09/2001 11:53:56
Detailing the history of the superbike from the Honda CB750 in 1969 to 2001's ground-breaking Suzuki GSX-R1000
that superbikes have been around forever because they dominate the market today but the truth is they've only been scratching round our roundabouts and pulling wheelies down high streets for three decades.In the 1960s (just like today), the biggest Grand Prix
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The X-Craft versus the V-fours
By Gordon Ritchie on 09/01/2008 13:32:33
Suzuki's GSX-R1000 is a super-competitive racing package but the same can't be said of the MotoGP GSV-R. Gordon Ritchie asks why
the best of qualifying sessions. Last year, after a swap to Bridgestone tyres, John Hopkins was 16th, Kenny Roberts 18th - a marginal improvement on 2003's 17th and 19th.Contrast this with the success of the GSX-R series in every single class it competed in
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GSX-R750 K7 - A bike for Modern Britain
By Admin on 16/08/2007 15:55:15
A bike so different it's almost identical to everything else
. My mouth went dry and I clung onto the bars and tank like a monkey hanging onto a wet rock. As I set off from the lights on the GSX-R1000 - trying to tap into its 160bhp - I let the clutch out with the same apprehension as when I lobbed a can
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Bike Icon: Suzuki GSX-R1100
By Stuart Barker on 08/10/2010 13:11:59
Like a nightclub bouncer ripped to the tits on bodybuilding steroids, the big Suzuki was not to be messed with. Unless you were rock hard...
(for the time) 197kg, Suzuki claimed their new machine had the best power-to-weight ratio in the business - 1.51kg per brake horsepower for a showroom price of just £3299.For their cash, GSX-R1100 buyers got an oil/air-cooled 1052cc dohc, four
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Discuss: Do 1000cc superbikes need traction control?
By Ben Cope on 21/06/2011 09:28:00
...or is it all in your wrist?
The 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 joins the growing list of 1000cc superbikes with traction control, but do we need it?Superbikes with traction control:Aprilia RSV4 APRC SEBMW S1000RRDucati 1198MV Agusta F4 1000Kawasaki ZX-10RClearly, it's a charge lead
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Metzeler Sportec M3 tyre review
By Visordown on 14/10/2006 11:38:26
The truth is we're spoiled rotten with decent tyres these days, and the latest in a line of sporty road rubber that's better than we deserve is Metzeler's just released Sportec M3.
, priced around £200 for a 120/70 and 180/55 pair. Look at www.metzelermoto.co.uk or call 0845 609 4949.
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The Power of Balance
By Ben Miller on 01/12/2010 12:27:54
MotoGP racers talk about it, road bike engineers strive for it and, if your bike’s got it, riding really, really quickly is easy. But what the hell is balance?
INSTRUMENT OF DIVINE BALANCE 1: SUZUKI GSX-R750 K9Perfect power 132bhp instead of the 1000’s 165bhp means quicker steering, less weight and less fear. GSX-R600 chassis. Compact and shrink-wrapped around the tiny engine, the small chassis swells
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