Hooligan Nutter Bike! (Suzuki GSX-R750)

Member Name: FastBiker

Product:	Suzuki GSX-R750
Date:	08/07/00 (985 review reads)
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Advantages: Handling, handling, handling!

Disadvantages: carb-icing on pre-injection models

The GSX-R750WV was one of the best bikes I've ever had the pleasure of getting my leg over. Light, fast and very, very responsive.

For tearing up the twisties of Scotland I don't think there's much to beat it - except maybe the Y2K model. I certainly never had any problem keeping the Suzook ahead of any of my mates out on runs, inlcuding Blades and 916s. OK you have to thrash the engine but believe me, it has no problem coping with being constantly caned to within an inch of its life. Rock solid engine.

The gearbox is the sweetest I've ever come across. Slick and reliable with no false nuetrals and no crunching or clunking.

Out on the aforementioned twisties, it was the GSXRs incredible handling that gave it the edge over other bikes. It's almost as if you just have to look in the direction you want to go and the bike's there. It's the total package that allows the Suzuki to carve up the roads like it does - the incredibly light weight, stiff suspension, rigid frame and racing geometry all add up to a bike that can leave just about anything else for dead on the bends. There were never any chicken strips on the Suzuki's tyres.

Braking's no problem even when hauling up for Gatsos from the claimed top speed of 166mph. Getting up to that kinda speed is a bit of a laugh too. Open the throttle and very little happens until you get to about 8,000 revs. It picks up a little until it hits between 9,000 and 10,000. Then it launches off like an exocet! It feels like it's trying to rip your arms from their sockets and it just keeps pulling all the way up to the redline.

Later models were fitted with a steering damper and to be honest, when I bought mine I considered fitting a damper too it. A friend persuaded me to wait until I was used to the bike. He had a GSX-R750 and never felt the need for a damper. I'm glad I took his advice, because although it did some mild tankslapping on occais
ion, it never really got out of shape.

I've got an R1 now - another top bike. But even though the 750 is outclassed by the big R1, I don't reckon there's all that much in it. My guess is the new GSX-R750 will give an R1 a run for it's money on the twisties and probably leave it behind on the track.

Brilliant bike!

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