SUZUKI GSX-R1000R
Fourth gear, 130mph, and the Gixer still wants to save on front tyre wear.
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There was never any question as to whether the new GSX-R was going to be special, it was more a question of just how special it would be. To be fair, it needed to be pretty exceptional to bridge the cataclysmic divide which had seen the one time king of sportsbikes slip lethargically into the shadows of too many pesky litre bike newcomers. Outdated, out-gunned and appearing about as technologically advanced as a typewriter, time had not been kind to Suzuki’s flagship. If ever a revolution was needed, now was the time.