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Used Test: Suzuki TL1000R
By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 13:18:40
Created as Japan’s first V-twin World Superbike champion, the TL1000R fell short as a racer. But as a road-going missile, the big Suzuki offered a chunky alternative to Italy’s uncompromising, highly-strung twins. And now it’s criminally cheap
the TL was 20kg heavier than Yamaha’s new YZF-R1 and made a lot less power. Okay, as Suzuki were quick to point out, it did weigh the same as a 996 and made more power than the Ducati, but it neither felt, nor handled, like a potential Superbike
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