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well we indians are more interested i GSX-R250 if it happens in india.

Are they kidding me?? They reduced 8 kgs of weight on their GSX 750R plus the new BPF front Suspensions, and improvements in many other areas too. And they call it fairly small?

Then what would the next gixxer 1000 be? More weight reduction w/ 200 bhp? Where are they heading?

Even today GSX1000R is good at low end torque, road comfort, lesser transmission losses, etc.
No wonder GSX1000R is the favorite Litre Class bike of Joel.

What's happening with the 2012 GSX-R1000.

What's happening with the 2012 GSX-R1000.

Is Suzuki's new litre sportsbike trapped in development limbo?






NOT much seems to be happening in regards to a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for 2012 as the new litre sportsbike might be held back.

A new GSX-R1000 is expected with talk surfacing a year ago that a replacement was on the cards, the last update in the life cycle was nearly three years ago with the K9. Visordown even had word from an insider in the Hamamatsu headquarters that the next GSX-R would be 'amazing'.

The main issue surrounding the delay is the lack of superbikes coming out of the showrooms, a problem faced by Suzuki and their rivals. Further to this, at the current exchange rate a new GSX-R1000 would likely cost as much as the impending Ducati 1199 (or Xtreme), a feat to compete with exclusivity of the Italian bike and beat it in the market is a little bit far-stretched for Japanese manufacturer.

An area that Suzuki appear to be focusing on for the forthcoming year is developing small capacity machines for the populace in China and India, as suggested by the patents filed by Suzuki.

With the changes to 1000cc coming into effect in MotoGP next year, the company are reportedly struggling to make a prototype for the premier race series, another possible reason for the delay as time and money are absorbed into a GSV-R project.

These mock-ups from the French publication Moto Revue are merely a guess at the potential design of the update. Our expectations for the new bike are, whenever it is released, ABS brakes, traction control and an abundance electronic gadgetry as standard and as expected for a superbike in the digital age.


Source: What's happening with the 2012 GSX-R1000 - Motorcycle news: New bikes - Visordown



Concept guestimation by Moto Revue: not the 2012 GSX-R1000


In a stealthy black


This would probably be described as an 'alpine' white


The current K9 Gixxer for comparison

With the new MotoGp regulations coming,which allows production bikes to be raced by teams and with a 81mm bore restriction placed.Let's hope that the new gixxer will be similar to the S1000RR and the Aprilia in its config.Although that might be too much to expect,as GSXR1000's usp is it's relatively longer stroke.Maybe SUZUKI will go the HONDA way and make a new V4 configured engine for a production bike and keep the GSXR1000 long-stroke config unchanged.

@ Vinay sir
I don't see any silencer pipe on the pictures except on the K9
is/are the silencer pipe(s) underslung like the one on our Kawi N650R?



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^^Why you asking me ? Ask the one who made the pics...

That's because, as clearly mentioned that it is creative guestimation (guess+estimation).

It's not a real image, but a good Photoshop created by MotoRevue, based on known facts or expectations...

sorry sir

thank you for the info I over looked that part while watching the phptos



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