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Model(s) covered: 2009 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
There have been a handful of new sportbike models making headlines this year, especially in the liter-bike class. With the new Yamaha R1, Aprilia RSV4 and the introduction of BMW to the class it has been a good year for displacement junkies. One bike that has slipped under the radar slightly however is the all-new 2009 GSX-R1000. Suzuki was a little late in releasing the new GSX-R for racing in America and getting it homologated and as a result the Yoshimura boys didn't even start racing the new model until the Barber, Alabama round in May which Mat Mladin promptly went out and won convincingly.
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2009 GSX-R 1000 – The One-Litre Angel (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2009 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
Why? Why did I forsake the litre-bike? Why did I wait so long to begrudgingly throw a leg over the 2009 GSX-R 1000? True, I thought I’d grown up making litre-bike immaturity a thing of my past, and that I’d moved on to more upright and relaxed rides. I was utterly and completely wrong. I’ve missed the explosive rapture of 1000ccs of acceleration kicking Newton in the boys. I’ve missed corners cut through with a psychopathic surgeon’s slashing bliss. The GSX-R 1000 is not a devil, it isn’t evil, no it’s an angel that has delivered me from the folds of responsibility and born me again into sportbike ecstasy.
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2009 Superbike Smackdown VI Street (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2009 Ducati 1198, 2009 Honda CBR 1000 RR, 2009 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1, 2009 Kawasaki ZX-10R
More than anything riding a contemporary liter-class sportbike is an exercise in restraint. Whether it be keeping yourself from using all 150-odd rear-wheel horsepower at every given opportunity, or controlling the desire to wheelie past every other vehicle you see on the road, if you wish to live a long prosperous life aboard a sportbike you simply must show restraint. And for 2009, the ability to control one’s self while at the controls of new 1000cc superbikes becomes more difficult than ever when the usual suspects from Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are at your disposal.
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