The lighter moving mass allows maximum engine rpm and valve lift to be increased while improving valve response and maintaining accurate valve control. 16 grams), and because each follower pivots on a fixed shaft, its moving mass is just 3 grams. Each finger follower is 6 grams lighter than a conventional bucket tappet (10 grams vs. Followed by a valve train developed in MotoGP competition, using thinner-wall, hollow camshafts operating lighter, F1-style pivoting finger followers. The details started with bore and stroke of 76 mm x 55.1 mm and 999.8 cm 3 of displacement. It would be a compact and lightweight Inline Four, DOHC with chain cam drive and four titanium valves per cylinder set at narrow angles, with a more over-square bore/stroke ratio, a higher redline and a higher compression ratio. The engine would rev higher and make more peak horsepower, while maintaining excellent low-to-mid-range power and drive. The design team quickly settled on basic engine design goals. It’s all connected.Ĭue the Suzuki Integrated Design approach, with a dedicated team of talented engine, chassis, electronic and aerodynamic engineers working together on the overall design of a groundbreaking sportbike. The frame and chassis design can equally affect engine design, packaging and positioning, including cylinder angle and the throttle body downdraft angle-which in turn can affect combustion efficiency and throttle response and overall performance. Engine dimensions, shape, and positioning affect wheelbase and swingarm length and overall handling, as well as the room available for the fuel tank and air cleaner box and ram-air intake ducts and the width of the frame itself.
In short, develop an unmatched combination of reliability, durability, usability and overall performance with excellent racing potential in a package that works as well for street riders as it does for track-day riders and amateur or professional racers.
Add advanced electronics that aren’t too complicated to actually use, plus bodywork with refined aerodynamics that reduce drag at top speed on the racetrack and improve rider comfort on brisk street rides. Turn and Stop: Design a more compact chassis delivering nimble handling with excellent front-end feel and braking, as useful for trail-braking on the racetrack as for rolling into tight corners on a country road. Run: Build a more compact and lighter engine with class-leading power, delivered smoothly and controllably across a broad rpm range, equally suited for driving hard out of a racetrack corner or accelerating effortlessly onto a public highway. Make the GSX-R1000 run better, turn better and stop better than any other sportbike. The fundamental capabilities that make a great sportbike were distilled down to three words: Run. It started with a goal: Reclaim the GSX-R1000’s sportbike performance leadership. The heart of a racebike beats in every GSX-R1000 and especially GSX-R1000R, delivering an invitation:
But take off the mirrors and the license plate and tape the lights and they’re also ready for closed-course fun. It is the most advanced, most exciting Suzuki GSX-R in history, with an aggressive look to match.Īvailable in two versions, GSX-R1000 and GSX-R1000R.īoth versions come fully equipped for the street, ready for licensing. Engineered using experience gained over 30+ Years of Domination in production-based Superbike, Superstock and Endurance races worldwide, combined with proprietary technology developed in the MotoGP World Championship.
Built to run right and be reliable, designed to help make everybody a better rider. With a supremely effective electronic engine management system that doesn’t require a degree in engineering to understand, and doesn’t need a squad of computer technicians to make work.Ībove all, it is a GSX-R. It is also the most compact, the most aerodynamic and the best-handling GSX-R1000, with smoother throttle response and better combustion efficiency. It is the most powerful, hardest-accelerating, cleanest-running GSX-R ever built. Men who love riding and racing, determined to restore the GSX-R1000 to its throne as The King of Sportbikes. It embodies the life work of Suzuki engineers who are passionate about the GSX-R1000 and its place in motorcycle history. The 6th-generation GSX-R1000 is redefining what it means to be The Top Performer. More than 17 years since the GSX-R1000 transformed the open sportbike class.
It has been three decades and more than a million sold since the GSX-R line was born. Introducing the Suzuki GSX-R1000 and GSX-R1000R.