Suzuki GS1000: do they really handle?

[The Pink Panther]

I had never really seen a Suzuki GS 1000 on board cam with a good pilot till i filmed my mate at Ruapona Bears Winter Series Round 1 last weekend you be the judge.

[schrodingers cat]

Sure has some straight line handling...

Cool vid

[Kickaha]

Kevin "fucking" Orr, with just about anyone else riding it it'd be much slower and he still gets spanked by smaller bikes quite a bit

[The Pink Panther]

when you straddle a GS 1000 you look for the seat belt you then think does this thing have air bags. (quote racing number 56)

[imdying]

You can see where the GSXR1000 gets its manners from!

[Crisis management]

In their time they were a good handling bike, they had a good frame and gave plenty of feed back, I never raced mine but managed to get it two wheeled drifting over the hill into the pit straight a Puke consistently (when you could hire the track for the day & hoon around), you could either drift the front or rear dependant on whether you had your weight over the front or rear. Given we were still recovering from Kawasaki hinged frames in those days it was pretty fucking fantastic!

I could also bury it in the dirt at Castrol....but that was my skill rather than the bikes!

[CRM]

Great vid - just like being there - can nearly smell it.

[Stylo]

Great vid - just like being there - can nearly smell it.

Great Vid !

Obviously not your StD GS1000 , what ever you've done to it worked well around Ruapuna ....awesome . Ruapuna is the longest race track in NZ ...tell me I'm wrong

[sidecar bob]

Sure has some straight line handling...

Cool vid

The whole time i was watching it thats what i was thinking, then i scroll down& thats the first post. Well done.

[The Pink Panther]

Stylo uhmmm to be honest you have no idea what you are talking about. Fact.
Track length whats that got to do with a lap time?

The GS 1000 motor is standard fact, its called a gd pilot with tuned Suspension running a dot trye fact.

The Pink Panther rides bikes and films cars and bikes in around NZ for tv fact, i am the Thebedfordboyz Fact.

Ruapona is my home track Fact.

I like to lap time . Fact (carn't help it)

I know a fast car /bike at a given track fact including weather and track conditions.

Dont hit below the belt unless u know the Facts.

did you notice when the rear was spining up i guess not . it was it your face.

IT is a fun video .

[AllanB]

1978 yeah they were the shit man!

The alloy swingarm was hot news - incidentally now in demand to retro fit to old Kawasaki 900-1000's.

A bag of arse by today's standards.

That is a well sorted example with a pilot who knows his bike and home track - GREAT VIDEO.

[98tls]

Nice watch,watched it then plugged it into the speakers cranked it up and watched it again x2,rather that than the latest and greatest for me.

[Kickaha]

Stylo uhmmm to be honest you have no idea what you are talking about. Fact.
Track length whats that got to do with a lap time?.

Well as a general rule the longer the lap the longer the lap time

The GS 1000 motor is standard fact

Do they come out standard with Keihen CR carbs stock?

its called a gd pilot

Good, pffffffft it's only Kevin

[The Pink Panther]

i dont think CR Carbs come under engine mods . Simply
GO Mace

[flyingcrocodile46]

Awesome video of an awesome ride on an awesome bike. Good shit.

I had a 78 in 79 which the PO had set up with a Yoshimura 3/4 race cam but standard carbs jetted for a 4 to 1 and pods (he kept the good carbs). Still, she would show a top speed of 240kph on the clock if I tucked in tight. I have no idea how accurate the clock was but she went like stink and nothing with less than 16 valves could touch her.

That said, she wouldn't have touched that thou. Not the way that front end was lifting (let alone the obviously superior rider skills). I'd be guessing but she looks to be putting out over a hundred ponies at the rear wheel (maybe even 110?)