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The Third Titan: Suzuki 2010 GSX-R 1000
Text GSXR 1000 : A Threat to Sanity
Text: Sundeep Gajjar/motoGrapher.com
Let’s face it, you are sick and tired of an oversmart colleague at work – we all have one either in the current timeline or in the past, If you don’t, then probably you are the boss! But you get the drift, and you would like to lesson. If you happen to own a GSXR 1000 then this task will be all the more fun with a wide wicked smile and a sweet booming background note, make him ride as a pillion or if you are the truely sadistic types, then make him ride it and see his chances of making alive to the next hour slip away like money from a husband’s credit card given to his wife for weekend shopping.
I had ridden the GSXR K9 in New Zealand this year for a sweet 250 kms on mostly sinuous roads. This pleasure was attained after completing my 7500 kms ride on the BKing around New Zealand. The immediate hop to a superlight litre class motorcycle from a huge streetfighter of a BKing made the power, snappiness and the level of compactness achieved in the GSXR litre series all the more admirable and – scary. Agreed the BKing was powered by a hyper Hayabusa motor, but the power to weight ratio and the super responsive characteristics of the GSXR 1000 made me realize the notion of a ‘mad ass’ bike again. As soon as I was seated on the GSXR my body was lunging forward to the bars and my wrists and shoulders took the weight of my body’s extreme position, gravity reasserting its presence all right.
The engine came alive with a deep growl emanating from its dual organic titanium pipes, instantly calling upon the hooligan in me. However with a lot of will power I managed to engage the first gear and accelerate like a gentleman, although not without a brief customary wheelspin. The bike rode light and super sharp, within minutes I took to it like a duck takes to water the first time. All that power was still scary and it demanded respect, however the whole package inspired a lot of confidence in the corners. It was a little twitchy to start with, but that was probably just me as I had just stepped off from a super comfy and a relaxed handler of a BKing.
250 kms later I was aching a little and wished I had a track to test the actual potential of the bike, even though I am no track junkie. Still the R shone through and stamped a perfect ride on my last day in New Zealand.
Fast forward to this day and I have the 2010 GSXR 1000 standing just 5 kays away from me in a showroom in Delhi. India has come a long way and finally companies are getting in world class stuff.
First the R1, then the 1098R, then the 1000RR and now the GSXR 1000, the only R I now want is in the tRack near my place for c’sake!
Text GSXR 1000 : A Threat to Sanity
Text: Sundeep Gajjar/motoGrapher.com
Let’s face it, you are sick and tired of an oversmart colleague at work – we all have one either in the current timeline or in the past, If you don’t, then probably you are the boss! But you get the drift, and you would like to lesson. If you happen to own a GSXR 1000 then this task will be all the more fun with a wide wicked smile and a sweet booming background note, make him ride as a pillion or if you are the truely sadistic types, then make him ride it and see his chances of making alive to the next hour slip away like money from a husband’s credit card given to his wife for weekend shopping.
I had ridden the GSXR K9 in New Zealand this year for a sweet 250 kms on mostly sinuous roads. This pleasure was attained after completing my 7500 kms ride on the BKing around New Zealand. The immediate hop to a superlight litre class motorcycle from a huge streetfighter of a BKing made the power, snappiness and the level of compactness achieved in the GSXR litre series all the more admirable and – scary. Agreed the BKing was powered by a hyper Hayabusa motor, but the power to weight ratio and the super responsive characteristics of the GSXR 1000 made me realize the notion of a ‘mad ass’ bike again. As soon as I was seated on the GSXR my body was lunging forward to the bars and my wrists and shoulders took the weight of my body’s extreme position, gravity reasserting its presence all right.
The engine came alive with a deep growl emanating from its dual organic titanium pipes, instantly calling upon the hooligan in me. However with a lot of will power I managed to engage the first gear and accelerate like a gentleman, although not without a brief customary wheelspin. The bike rode light and super sharp, within minutes I took to it like a duck takes to water the first time. All that power was still scary and it demanded respect, however the whole package inspired a lot of confidence in the corners. It was a little twitchy to start with, but that was probably just me as I had just stepped off from a super comfy and a relaxed handler of a BKing.
250 kms later I was aching a little and wished I had a track to test the actual potential of the bike, even though I am no track junkie. Still the R shone through and stamped a perfect ride on my last day in New Zealand.
Fast forward to this day and I have the 2010 GSXR 1000 standing just 5 kays away from me in a showroom in Delhi. India has come a long way and finally companies are getting in world class stuff.
First the R1, then the 1098R, then the 1000RR and now the GSXR 1000, the only R I now want is in the tRack near my place for c’sake!
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