Road test: Suzuki GSR750L1

[James Deuce]

The GSR 600, which preceeded the 750, had the worst throttle stumble of any bike in history. The gsr 600 was pretty rubbish by all accounts, but apparently the worst of its faults was you'd crack open the throttle and it would delay and stumble for a second before going off.

Seems suzuki sorted it for the 750

The injectors are 60 degrees from vertical in relation to the throttle bodies. That angle has been reduced by half for the 750.

[Hitcher]

Not having ridden a EFI bike, is there issues with the fueling on some of them? The new Bandits are ok?

Yes, and yes.

Some earlier injected bikes were quite average in the fuelling department. I once owned a 2005 Honda ST1300. Its fuelling was irritating, particularly when trying to hold constant engine speeds around corners. I've ridden other injected bikes that have been laggy or lumpy under the throttle.

The new injected 1250 Bandits and their siblings are pretty hard to fault.

[Akzle]

nice writeup.

[mulletman]

Most bikes that have "adjustable" suspension really have non-adjustable suspension. The turnable knobs and clicketty adjusters really make fuck all difference. Serious suspension enhancement requires the deft hand of a skilled professional, either to swap the emulators and springs for something more functional, or to replace the internals completely, as I did recently with the K-Tech interiors for the front suspenders on my GSX1250FA.

Those clicketty adjusters and turnable knobs make shitloads of diffrerence WTF ? Turns lots of bikes
from wallowy pigs to something that goes round corners pretty darn good. You sound like an advertisement for....

For a naked in big wind the riding position is very clean in terms of passing air wash. And one's helmet is always so much quieter on a naked bike, where it can do what it's manufacturer intended without having to compete with screen-induced turbulence

Screen's arrrgh i totally get you here also horrid noisey things, same with mirrors on stalks.

[jrandom]

Black is the One True Colour.

Thank goodness. I was a little concerned that you might've found yourself riding Yet Another Blue and White Japanese Bike.

[jrandom]

Most bikes that have "adjustable" suspension really have non-adjustable suspension. The turnable knobs and clicketty adjusters really make fuck all difference.

That wasn't the case on my GSX1400 - the knobs turned it from frankly shit into quite acceptable.

[actungbaby]

So how would I score it? I’d give it four out of five stars. Would I own one? Time may tell.

Thanks to Pete McDonald and Wellington Motorcycles for providing today's ride.

yes i read good things in the herald about this bike think your report was really great.

I whould get one if had the money

[sinned]

I rode the GRS750 in November 2011. Time flies when having fun as I thought it was this year and it took a while to find this post in my riding blog:

"Friday, November 18, 2011

GSR 750


Today I rode a GSR750. I was in WMC to window shop and inquire about tyres for the Busa and there was the demo GSR750. A brief discussion with Pete and it was ready for a short test ride.

I didn't have much time for a ride. My ride was up the motorway to Newlands and then back for a run up Ngaio Gorge Road. The GSR750 is a nice lightweight naked that would suit me fine for commuting, around town use and a blast on the open road. It is so much lighter than the Hayabusa. The engine pulls well, even at low speed in higher gears. The brakes are fine and I had to test these having read test reports that were less than complimentary; there is nothing about the brakes that I could complain about. In fact they bite more easily than the Busa brakes.

It is a nice bike and if I needed a commuter this would suit me fine. It is very well priced."

[nudemetalz]

Good write up, guys. I do like the look of the GSR and red does it justice for sure.

After owning a 1250 would go to a 750, Hitcher?

[Hitcher]

After owning a 1250 would go to a 750, Hitcher?

I've previously gone straight from a 1300 to a 750. For me, motorcycling isn't about the size, it's about the experience.

[Ocean1]

it's about the experience.

Experience this:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130415496

[nudemetalz]

I've previously gone straight from a 1300 to a 750. For me, motorcycling isn't about the size, it's about the experience.

Actually you are quite right. That's what took me to the V-11 from the ZX-10.
137hp to 95hp and Japanese to Italian. The riding experience spoke for itself.

Wonder if Suzuki would make a GSR-1000. That could be quite a machine. Same hp but lots of torque.

[Berg]

Well, Mrs Berg now has 24,000kms on her GSR750 and she's loved every bit of it. A brake bleed early in the piece sorted the soft front stoppers and its now fitted with heated grips, storm bark busters, Givi screen, Scott oiler and a very tidy radiator guard. She's already decided the replacement bike will be another GSR750 (probably late next year at about 60k)