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First ride - Suzuki GSX-R1000 (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
When Robbie Perold of Boland Bikes offered me a ride on the new 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 at Killarney I was there like a shot. Riding on a closed circuit is nothing like a full road review but there's nowhere safer to feel out the characteristics of a sports bike – especially a litre-class rocket like this.
For 2005, Suzuki set out to make its sports flagship smaller, lighter and more powerful than the previous K4 version.
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Suzuki GSX-R1000 – hang on for dear life (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
The fabulous four of Japanese litre-class superbikes was completed when Suzuki unveiled its new 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 in February. Along with Kawasaki's ZX-10R, the Yamaha R1 and Honda's 1000cc Fireblade, the new Suzuki gives adrenalin freaks some serious hardware to choose from.
The first few K5 Gixers imported to South Africa were snapped up very quickly by eager buyers but the availability of the R107 000 bike is now getting better and we've finally got our first shot at riding Suzuki's much talked-about new beast.
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2005 Superbike Smackdown II - Street (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Ducati 999 R, 2005 Honda CBR 1000 RR, 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2005 Yamaha YZF-R1, 2005 Kawasaki ZX-10R
So you like to go fast, eh? Blazingly, obscenely fast? Well, you'd better hang on tight because this quintet can bring felony-levels of acceleration and speed without even getting out of first gear.
"You don't buy 1000s to go 55," notes Editorial Director and chief mullet Ken Hutchison. "You buy them because you're going to go out and break some traffic laws."
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2005 Superbike Smackdown II - Track (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Ducati 999 R, 2005 Honda CBR 1000 RR, 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2005 Yamaha YZF-R1, 2005 Kawasaki ZX-10R
Okay, by now you've probably read the street portion of our 2005 Superbike Smackdown. In this exemplary crop of literbikes, Suzuki's new GSX-R1000 scored highest in a street environment thanks to the best powertrain in the group and an amazing lack of flaws.
But what if you don't give a damn about things like wind protection, seating comfort, mirror effectiveness and a heavy clutch pull?
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The Maddest Compo – Ducati Multistrada 620 vs Suzuki GSX-R 1000 (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2005 Ducati Multistrada 620
The engine is thrumming, the throttle is pegged, and I’m in the best areo-tuck 6’2” 200lbs of editorial content can manage. The windscreen begins to vibe a bit. I bump the rev limiter in the neighborhood of eleven—five. Upshift, the throttle is light and oil-smooth, I barely blip and keep it pegged. In the distance that fading speck on the uphill horizon is snapper Kevin, on the GSX-R 1000… and I’d be lying if I said I cared. I’m astride the Ducati Multistrada 620 Dark, I’ve just kissed 175kph, and I’m smiling like a madman. Why? This feels like riding… and the corners are coming up - the tight ones… and the tables turn.
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2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 - Monumental Hedonistic Throttle Twisting Debauchery (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
It’s clear now Suzuki could have saved a lot of weight on the 2005 GSX-R 1000. At 203kp/h the bike is gently and repeatedly kissing the rev limiter; the intake howl and engine sound wondrous, like a chorus of Angels doing very rude things to one another, and we’re only in second gear. That means there are four more to go and a top speed that could shock God. What are the last two or three cogs for, ballast? They could have been chucked, giving room for, I don’t know, a sandwich. The result would have still been an unparalleled road going bike. That would be “sensible”, which the Gixxer is not.
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Composure in a clutch (Cycle World)
Model(s) covered: 2005 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
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