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Road Review: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 750 (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 750
It’s the sound of plastic scraping hollowly across blacktop that scares the hell out of me. Have I lost the bike? No, it’s my knee-puck giving notice that the 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 750 is on duty and making me look better than I am. Out of the corner of my eye I see photographer Kevin flinch a little in the middle of capturing a stream of motion shots. I’d just spent a good half hour over breakfast explaining how I wasn’t feeling quick today and not to expect anything special out of the photo session. Precise, poised, controlled; the Suzuki GSX-R 750 feels like you could thread a needle with it, effortlessly turning all my excuses and posturing into so much wasted hot air.
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Model(s) covered: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 750
Since 1985, the GSX-R750 has what some consider the perfect balance between the handling and braking package of a 600cc supersport bike, without the fear and ballistic speeds of a 1000cc machine. It could be the best real world compromise for track days and fast street riding, and this was the gist of the PR spin that was being presented at Philip Island, especially when the bike is almost identical to the GSX-R600 except for some color changes and larger engine internals.
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Suzuki GSX-R750: A pocket thunderbolt (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 750
I raved about the 2005 version of this iconic sports bike. After riding the 2006 version, I imagine I know a little about how The Beatles felt after recording "Sergeant Pepper" or James Joyce's mood on completing "Ulysses".
A colleague in the fraternity of motorcycle journalism describes the new GSX-R750 as the perfect motorcycle, one that performs every task it is set with such devastating aplomb that to carp verges on heresy. He has a point.
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Suzuki GSX-R750 – it's a hidden treasure (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R 750
Suzuki is the only one of the Big Four still making a full-tilt 750cc "race replica" sports bike. The Kawasaki ZX-7R and Yamaha R7 have become the stuff of legend and Honda's RC45 is almost a myth.
But the Gixer, first released in 1985, still soldiers on 21 years later even though it's a bit wasted because there's no World championship class in which it can race.
Or is it?
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