05 Gixxer Thou - Official pics

[wkid_one]

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/jpeg/119/1193164.jpeg
That pipe LOOKS SHIT - looks like it should be on a crusier. With the focus on stealth pipes - this thing looks ridiculous.

Engine capacity is up from 988cc to 999cc, its wheelbase is .5mm shorter and it weighs 2kg less than the current model. At 166kg it's lighter than most 600s

[Cajun]

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/jpeg/119/1193164.jpeg
That pipe LOOKS SHIT - looks like it should be on a crusier. With the focus on stealth pipes - this thing looks ridiculous.

Engine capacity is up from 988cc to 999cc, its wheelbase is .5mm shorter and it weighs 2kg less than the current model. At 166kg it's lighter than most 600s

I showed that pic to my local suzuki dealer who has seen pics of the 05 1000 and he siad that is the closest to what he has seen, but the exhust

[yessum]

166kg
Wow, that'd be a great beginner bike then :whistle:
What an unbelievable power/weight ratio that thing must be packin..

GSXR==>:kick:<==Me

[wkid_one]

It is straight from Suzuki my man......

[Two Smoker]

It is straight from Suzuki my man......
Fucking ugly pipe, definately a micron or yoshi job there... other than that, what a mint bike......

[wkid_one]

Integrated indicators clean the front end up. I am surprised they haven't gone under seat given that all the others are heading that way. Be interesting to see what the other colours are - as Suzuki are not known for putting nice colours on their bikes - and I hate the blue/white colours.

[gav]

Pity it didnt end up like this! All these spy photos that come out, they are never that close are they?

[wkid_one]

Mainly because that is an R1 pic photoshopped to look like a GSXR

[gav]

I thought all Japanese bikes looked the same anyway? :msn-wink:

[spudchucka]

That exhaust is horrible!! :blah:

[marty]

looks like it mated with a Rune

[marty]

why would you spend $20k - odd on thaqt when for just a wee bit more...

[Funkyfly]

Like many things you need to see it in real life, i think a lot of bikes dont look as good in photos, esp those side on photos.

That pipe sure is different.

Anyone know the power change?

[Hitcher]

The designers at Suzuki must have panicked at the thought of creating a half-pie decent looking bike (explanation for THAT exhaust)

[riffer]

I don't get it :spudwhat:

What are you all complaining about?

As if anyone who buys one of these bikes is going to keep the exhaust anyway.

The manufacturers know their exhausts are going to be biffed within 1000kms anyway so what's the point in spending a lot of budget on the muffler when you could spend it elsewhere...

like on those integrated mirror/indicators.

What do you reckon one of those would cost to replace if you accidentally dropped the bike and broke the lens.

I bet its a complete unit replacement only.

As for the zorst :whocares:

The rest of the bike looks pretty damn fine.

[spudchucka]

I don't get it :spudwhat:

What are you all complaining about?

As if anyone who buys one of these bikes is going to keep the exhaust anyway.

The manufacturers know their exhausts are going to be biffed within 1000kms anyway so what's the point in spending a lot of budget on the muffler when you could spend it elsewhere...

like on those integrated mirror/indicators.

What do you reckon one of those would cost to replace if you accidentally dropped the bike and broke the lens.

I bet its a complete unit replacement only.

As for the zorst :whocares:

The rest of the bike looks pretty damn fine.
I agree that the pipe will be binned in pretty much all purchases and Suzuki surely are aware of that but that pipe is just plain UGLY and makes a great bike look very average. If I were spending 20K on a bike that gixxer would be the bottom of the list simply due to out right ugliness.

[wkid_one]

Meh it is just Suzuki - never up with the others in the design stakes. They have moulded the 'bus front end on to the gixxer tail and stuck the Rune pipe on it.

SHIT

[Cajun]

Integrated indicators clean the front end up. I am surprised they haven't gone under seat given that all the others are heading that way. Be interesting to see what the other colours are - as Suzuki are not known for putting nice colours on their bikes - and I hate the blue/white colours.

the yellow 600 is sexy dc:<

[wari]

I DOnt have enough Life norr money to owne every bike I'ld like to owne , ownes or have own-edd ... :moon: <==EXcuse me ... butt is this yours ?

[Coldkiwi]

Shame suzuki couldn't get it together like kawasaki have (if those 05 ZX6R pics are close to reality).

All the performance stats are really getting irrelevant now for most people (250kmhr out of my 600... do I really need a litre?) so I think styling considerations are going to play more of a role than ever.

[Cajun]

Shame suzuki couldn't get it together like kawasaki have (if those 05 ZX6R pics are close to reality).

All the performance stats are really getting irrelevant now for most people (250kmhr out of my 600... do I really need a litre?) so I think styling considerations are going to play more of a role than ever.

CK my 600 does 122km/h in first geari have had it to 250km/h so far still more speed to come, that plenty fast enough

[riffer]

CK my 600 does 122km/h in first geari have had it to 250km/h so far still more speed to come, that plenty fast enough
Wow. Your bikes must be really closely geared ...

Mine only does about 70 in 1st but tops out just under 240 in 6th...

[Cajun]

Wow. Your bikes must be really closely geared ...

Mine only does about 70 in 1st but tops out just under 240 in 6th...


celticno6 he has a 2003 gsxr600 and and i have an 04 gsxr600 so they be closely geared

[riffer]

celticno6 he has a 2003 gsxr600 and and i have an 04 gsxr600 so they be closely geared
I knew that cajun. It was the gear ratios I meant...

[Cajun]

I knew that cajun. It was the gear ratios I meant...
just making sure.

hmmm yeah pretty close i would guess, mine has a taller first gear than last year model tho

[jrandom]

GSXRs have always been marketed as the fast ones, not the pretty ones. That picture puts the GSXR1000 firmly in the Clumsy Styling League, as opposed to the '04 R1 (purdy) and even the 10R (not-quite-as-purdy-as-the-R1).

That said, I kind of like that pipe, in a nasty-chunky-big-momma kinda way.

I'd buy the GSXR if the Divinely Inspired Bike Mag Authorities rated it firmly and consistently above the other litrebikes in performance. Because we all know that that's what matters.

[Cajun]

GSXRs have always been marketed as the fast ones, not the pretty ones. That picture puts the GSXR1000 firmly in the Clumsy Styling League, as opposed to the '04 R1 (purdy) and even the 10R (not-quite-as-purdy-as-the-R1).

That said, I kind of like that pipe, in a nasty-chunky-big-momma kinda way.

I'd buy the GSXR if the Divinely Inspired Bike Mag Authorities rated it firmly and consistently above the other litrebikes in performance. Because we all know that that's what matters.

I do not like the zx10r in the flesh i loved it in the pics. don't really like the r1, i like that styling i mean i brought a k4 gsxr600.

[White trash]

GSXRs have always been marketed as the fast ones, not the pretty ones. That picture puts the GSXR1000 firmly in the Clumsy Styling League, as opposed to the '04 R1 (purdy) and even the 10R (not-quite-as-purdy-as-the-R1).

That said, I kind of like that pipe, in a nasty-chunky-big-momma kinda way.

I'd buy the GSXR if the Divinely Inspired Bike Mag Authorities rated it firmly and consistently above the other litrebikes in performance. Because we all know that that's what matters.

What he said.

I also like the pipe and the whole bike. Fucken Hondas and Yamahahahaha riders aren't going to see what way it went anyway.

[gav]

just follow the dust into the first gravel trap......

[Two Smoker]

CK my 600 does 122km/h in first geari have had it to 250km/h so far still more speed to come, that plenty fast enough
no need to tell CK how fast he is :eek5: just think MR fast, and CK is there too....

[Marmoot]

its wheelbase is .5mm shorter

I never understand who would fall for this marketing hype......A simple bit of chain adjustment will negate that "shorter wheelbase" or even puts you with "0.5mm longer wheelbase"

:confused:

[White trash]

As previously stated, 166kg dry, 11 extra cc and all that.

Also, 2mm bigger throttle bodies, up to 44mm with possibly twin injectors per cylinder. Titanium valves as per the 600 and 750 to ensure quicker revving with a higher ceiling.

Brake rotors are up 10mm to 310 with the radial m/cylinder from the 600/750.

This is going to be one seriously "haul arse" bike. (Not that the last one wasn't!)

I can't imagine where it will stop, these modern bikes are just so amazing. When Kawasaki released the ZX10 in the eighties, they said, "No one will ever build a faster bike, not even us"

Could've been a Tui ad.