In short:The GSXR 1000 is the very essence of GSX-R; riding it is everything biking should be Pros:The GSXR 1000 is the very essence of GSX-R; riding it is everything biking should be Cons:The GSXR 1000 is the very essence of GSX-R; riding

’s latest GSX-R 1000. After a passing glance at the NEC show, and with the R1 stealing all the media hype, I for one spent the winter assuming nothing much had changed bar some new graphics and the re-styled exhausts. But I couldn’t have been more wrong

Pros: Cons: Top speed: 186mph Engine capacity: 999cc Power: 162bhp Weight: 172kg Seat height: 810mm Fuel capacity: 18L 0-60: 3.1 seconds Full Review: SUZUKI GSX-R1000Despite keeping its rough edge, the latest generation of GSX-R1000 manages

Pros: Cons: Top speed: 182mph Engine capacity: 998cc Power: 145bhp Weight: 174kg Seat height: 830mm Full Review: It's funny how bulbous the original 2001 GSX-R1000 now looks next to the lithe and silky-smooth 2006 GSX-R, R1 and Blade. But half a

two weeks and a shade over two thousand miles I've tried to give the Suzuki GSX-R1000 as good a thrashing as my pathetic skills could muster, with a track day, a 180 mile-an-hour blast down Bruntingthorpe's two-mile runway, daily commutes and a handful

In short:More power, less weight, and all wrapped in a GSX-R1000 looky-likey form. It's bound to kick butt on-track - but can it deliver on the road? Pros:More power, less weight, and all wrapped in a GSX-R1000 looky-likey form. It's bound to kick

on the more tacky GSX-R1000 silencers but I still preferred the stubby MotoGP style pipe on the K7 600s and 750s. But think positive, although the bulky new exhaust has added weight, it does help performance and also gives you the perfect excuse to order

for good and declared 1000s as the way forward, just when the FireBlade and ZX-9R were busy beating each other up every weekend, and just when the R1 was around the corner, Suzuki gave us the GSX-R750WT.We didn't know it then, but this was to be the start

individual than your ten-a-penny GSX-R1000s and R1s.Changes so far include throwing the standard steering damper in the bin (it's atrocious and wrecks low speed handling), slipping a 20mm spacer under the top rear shock mounting for more ride height (speeds

for an easy time or the best fuel economy, don't bother coming here. Sharing frames and styling with its bigger 750 and 1,000cc brothers, the GSX-R was the first of the 600s to get fuel injection and continues to be utterly single-minded and a deep joy to ride