From Suzuki Australia FB page...
Still no RRP pricing released in Australia as of yet...
From Suzuki Australia FB page...
Still no RRP pricing released in Australia as of yet...
2016 model is $15990 rideaway (from Suzuki Aust)
SMITTY
Member PIARC HSCCV Old Fart Racing
GEN-F R8 340 Clubsport Tourer VK race car Kwaka ZX12R
Expect $22K +
That's last years 2016 old bike, still on runout...
The 2017 GSX-R1000/R is the most major upgrade in years, new everything, hence the large price rises...
Still no 2017 info on Suzuki Australia web site, but heaps of info about it outside Australia.
2017 US prices have been released already as follows.
Base - $14599 USD
ABS - $14999 USD
R model - $16999 USD
So converted to Aussie
Base - $19103 AUD
ABS - $19626 AUD
R model - $22243 AUD
PLUS.... The Australia TAX....
I'll keep my S1000RR This thing doesn't even have forged wheels or an electronic suspension option. The engine looks to have possibly caught BMW from 7 years ago though, so that's good but we shall see on the dyno
It's going to be very interesting, to see how it compares to all the other brand 1K sports bikes, once they get tested together...
Suzuki has been behind all the others, for the last few years with only minor updates. This is their Major Redesign on everything, and with variable valve timing too...
It's already done a 1.38 sec lap around Phillip Island in full street trim by a Journo this week....
Shaun Giles rode it yesterday at Phillip Island, and comment about it, in a video on the Suzuki Motorcycles Australia FB page....
Here's a good read on how John Reynolds (3 time BSB champion) was employed by Suzuki Japan, to do all the test rider setup of the traction control system with the Suzuki Engineers in Japan...
http://www.suzukibulletin.co.uk/2016/12/19/john-reynolds-talks-gsx-r1000-development-part-one/
http://www.suzukibulletin.co.uk/2017/01/19/john-reynolds-talks-gsx-r1000-development-part-two/
That must have been one super fast journo (racer working for a magazine maybe?) if they went 1min 38 on a street bike around Phillip island.
I remember watching Robert Bugden lap Queensland Raceway in 1min 16 on a showroom R1 with decent tyres about ten years ago and Darryl Beattie lapping 1 min 17's on a dead stock (including tyres) GSXR 750 complaining he was out of shape. Nobody on any street bike and even some race bikes were getting anywhere near that.
Any of the 1000cc super sports for at least the last ten years has way more ability than 99.9% of people who'll ever buy them to ride on the road or even track days for that matter. Personal brand preference, looks/colours or riding comfort (relative of course, none of them are likely to be very comfortable) are probably the only real differences if you're looking to buy one, splitting hairs over 5hp or a few less kilos isn't going to make a lot of difference.
Biggest interest to me reading this thread was how good a deal the /016 model is for $15,999.
Secondary to that, is this bike a game changr? Had a 2003 and 2006 gsxr1000. You could definitely feel the advance between the models and even to my previous 99 R1 and then my 2008 ZX10R was also a cut above. But fact is I still have my 2008 ZX10R. I have it setup the way I like. It inherently suits taller riders. I rode a 2013 ZX10R a couple of years ago and whilst I appreciate that it had more power, I was not faster on it and could t wait to get back on my 2008 bike.
I agree re S10000RR. That is a bike that will go down in the history books. Made the japs lift their game and they may well still be catching up.
Here's the two quotes from the Suzuki Motorcycles Australia FB page, referencing the 1.38 at Phillip Island...
"A stock GSX-R1000R, Bridgestone R10 tyres good enough for 1:38s around the island...need we say anymore..."
This was Suzuki Australia response, when someone asked who the rider was...
"Two journos, one from Japan and one from Poland"
I have a GSX-R1000 K2, which I bought brand new and still have today, still going super strong...
K5 / k6 was the next big step up for Suzuki, but since then, they have only been doing minor updates, and have been behind for quite some time.
So this all new 2017 design is looking to put, Suzuki back to the top of the pile again... Time will tell with the group tests of all the liter Supersports, from all the other manufactures together...
The BMW S1000RR has been killing everything, and is the current King of the liter Supersport bikes 100%, even when the all new R1 came out and Joey Dunlop only did 1 day or so on it at the Isle Of Mann, before he jumped ship, straight back onto his previous S1000RR for the rest of the Isle of Mann event, as the R1 was too slow, and un-competitive.... Yamaha would of been spewing....
BMW also directly compared the K5 as it was the current bench mark at the time, when they were designing and testing the S1000RR, I read somewhere...
The game changer is going to be the VVT which broadens the power band, from the middle of the range to red line, instead of all the power only being at the top end of the range...
No other Liter Supersport bike has VVT that I'm awear of...
In the real world... for the average Joe riding on the street, and doing the odd track day here and there, forged wheels and electronic suspension options aren't going to make stuff all difference, other than bragging rights...
Forged or Carbon wheels, can always be added after the fact anyway, if your want to spend lots more...
If the BMW DDC every stops working or gets a fault, it'll cost crazy coin to fix it...
2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R confirmed on grid at ASBK in 2 weeks time, at Phillip Island...
Same weekend as WorldSBK, at Phillip Island...
http://www.mcnews.com.au/josh-waters-to-hit-the-asbk-grid-on-suzuki-gsx-r1000r/
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I hadn't watched that video of Guy Martin and John McGuiness, it was like a comedy duo, great stuff. Guy Martin has done some really cool TV programs that have been shown over here in recent times, his quirkiness and humour makes them really enjoyable to watch, a genuine character.
John McGuiness has raced at the island classic the last few years, it would be cool to get there for a look and meet him one day, he seems like a really down to earth bloke. The first time I saw an interview with him where he said something like "I'm nothing special, just a brick layer from Morecombe, come up and say hi" (who just happens to be the second greatest IOMTT race winner in history).
I hope they both do really well teamed up together, it should make for a few laughs in the pits.
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A Tea company should sponsor Guy Martin, considering he always has a cup in his hand, and drinks it by the "Gallon" everyday... Fueling one of the fastest "REAL ROAD RACERS" in the World....
Would be a Awesome marketing opportunity 100%... Throw all that (red bull / V / monster) Rubbish, Straight In The Bin........ Hahaha....
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