2017 GSX-R1000/R World Media Launch at Phillip Island This week...

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Phil Tainton is doing all the work / development of the all new 2017 GSX-R1000 with Josh Waters.

Here's a good walk around, of the 2013 ASBK Championship Winning GSX-R1000 of Wayne Maxwell, with Phil Tainton himself explaining the in's and out's of the bike, he built and developed...

This exact bike... still holds the current qualifying lap record at Phillip Island for ASBK, since the 5th Oct 2013 with a qualifying time of 1.32.274

The impressive part is... this is only 4.166 seconds off the pace of the current MotoGP qualifying lap record 1.28.108, set the following day, the 6th Oct 2013.

Even more impressive...... this bike only cost's around $40K turn key, and hasn't had Multi Millions of dollars spent on it like a MotoGP bike, but still is only 4 seconds off the current, MotoGP Phillip Island qualifying record...

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Sylvain Guintoli and Michael Dunlop testing at Donington Park in the UK today...

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Latest pic...

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2017 Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 race bikes revealed...

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Toni Elias and Roger Hayden Fastest... on first Day of testing at the Circuit Of The Americas...

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Just released from Honda Pro racing...

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Roger Hayden Tops the time sheets, in day 2 testing at COTA with a 2:08.305...

Both Roger and Elias recorded faster times than last years pole times...

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Yoshimura Stand at 44th Tokyo Motorcycle Show 2017...

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New video just out... Taylor Mackenzie and Michael Dunlop, begin free practice one in the UK...

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Yoshimura Race ALPHA T Full System Ti-Ti-CF Works Finish...

Only $2269 USD / $2973.40 AUD......

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More pics from Moto America testing...

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First group test is out in the UK, in MCN....

Just have to wait for the content, to be made available, or buy a copy...

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Read this just now http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/f...esults-in-mcn/

Yeah 200HP my arse. Try again Suzuki. Doesn't even make as much power as the cross plane R1 . Marketing VVT bullshit right there. Guess it's not a revolution after all just like it isn't in MotoGP for them. Surprise Surprise

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Read this just now http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/f...esults-in-mcn/

Yeah 200HP my arse. Try again Suzuki. Doesn't even make as much power as the cross plane R1 . Marketing VVT bullshit right there. Guess it's not a revolution after all just like it isn't in MotoGP for them. Surprise Surprise

Which bike was the fastest in ALL..... the performance test's they conducted, except the ( 70 mph - 0 braking test )...

The GSX-R1000... 1st...

0 - 60 mph .................................................. .. 2.99 seconds
0 - 100 mph .................................................. 5.50 seconds
0 - Top Speed ............................................... 16.2 seconds
40 - 120 mph (top gear) .................................. 8.61 seconds
Standing Quarter mile ...................................... 9.98 @ 153.49mph / 247.01 km/h

The GSX-R was the only bike to break a sub 10 second quarter, too...

Peak power doesn't tell the whole story...


Like all subjective reviews, they gave the win to the Honda (very nice bike...), with the least power of the bunch... but the lightest at 195.2kg....

A full 16.2 kg lighter than the S1000RR with full electronic package and forged wheels at 211.4kg...


The power graph from MCN clearly shows the GSX-R well above Everything.... thru out the range right up to 12500, bar the Ducati from 7500 to hp peak @ 10500, with its 286cc advantage....

The GSX-R Destroys... the R1 thru out the range right up to 13000, with the R1 only just going above the GSX-R from 13000 to peak at 13500...

2 examples...

@ 7000 RPM the R1 makes 75hp... @ 7000 RPM the GSX-R makes 120hp... 45 HP more...

@ 10000 RPM the R1 makes 150hp... @ 10000 RPM the GSX-R makes 175hp... 25 HP more...

You clearly haven't seen the power graph.......


I was reading on a US forum, from a well respected performance shop / Suzuki dealer and I quote...

" ​I was looking at the bin files, they only open the throttle to 80% on the US model above 8 grand, flashing will be required to give full power. ​"

They were suggesting the Euro model has the same power restriction... In the coming weeks, there going to test one stock, and reflash it and compare there results.

The whole picture hasn't been seen yet...


Time will tell... with more reviews / dyno test to come... considering this is only the very first group test...