I know we are talking abotu a 1000cc. Someone mad a comment about the 600cc having 120bhp - which it does not.

Can you provide a link or a scanned image of this new information?

 

For $15,000 it better have 120hp! I just looked that up on suzukimotorcycles.com but was not able to produce the actual horsepower rating. I do believe it was stated in that same article in motorcyclist mag. Damn I think they are a little to proud of thier bike! You could buy a new 1098 from ducati for that price (if you could get you hand on one)

 

Yeah, but scanner is at work. I can do it tomorrow morning. Oh and I guess I missed the 600 thing. Sorry. ll try to scan in the morning unless someone else has the April issue of MOTORCYCLIST mag and a scanner.

 

I need to correct myself, don't really know what the difference is in bikes but @ suzukicycles.com they are selling the 07 GSXR 600 for like 8,900 much more realistic, I have no idea what those crazy austrailians are thinking selling that bike @ $15K, but niether site dicloses actual horsepower

 

The back pages of MotorCyclist Magazine lists all this data - which is where I got it from months ago. My figures are for the '06 models, but I'm sure there isn't a huge difference for the '07's.

 

Here ya go. I think?

 

yea, porsche has the same thing, as well as merceds but .... this is a bike with no airbags or doors!

i dont think this is responsible on the manufacterer's side of things!

 

lol

Suzuki chose to include that feature for both obvious and sneaky reasons
the obvious would be marketing, one more thing to brag about. Also a lot of people (on here included) talk all the time about how stupid it is for new riders to buy a 1000cc bike, in Suzuki's mind this gives those new riders that insist on having a 1000 the ability to cut down the power while learning to ride or those situations when that much power could get even experienced riders into serious trouble

the sneaky reason would be that this system is based on the Yosh Suzuki AMA Superbike teams "engine management" (traction control without using front wheel sensors), by swapping the stock ECU on the 07 GSX-R1000 with a Suzuki kit ECU (available to the public) you basically have the same engine management system used on last years Superbike, giving you apretty damn good traction control system for around $1,000.

Also slipper clutches are very very good imo. They keep novice riders from depending on engine braking. You would not believe how many novice racers or trackday riders you see using hard engine braking before going into corners (on bikes without slipper clutches). Thats all great until they catch a false neutral and don't have that engine braking to slow them down. Suddenly a novice rider finds themself going into a corner 30mph too fast, crash boom bang. Its nice to say that they should all learn to blip the throttle properly but crazy as it may seem not every rider is an expert their first day on the track... A slipper clutch takes engine braking mostly out of the picture and forces you to rely on braking to get down to the proper speed.

 

like or dislike-the k7 gsxr1000 is f***ing brutal!!

 

I read about this in a mag not long ago.

Actually, it's racing gear on a street bike.

If you have ever watched Formula 1...you know what traction control is.

I'm not going into a lengthy explanation about it...google for traction control if you want to learn about it.

I'll just say that I wouldn't recommend it for beginner's...and wouldn't recommend a 1000cc anything for anyone who has never ridden before.

And, if used right...ON THE TRACK...it can actually make your lap times faster.

I think it's cool that something really made for the race track comes standard on a street bike.