Test Ride - 2017 GSXR 1000
Posted: 14 Aug 2017, 18:36
Long post if you get bored just skip straight to pics at the end
Ok so I've been banging on about taking a test ride for a while and I've only ever taken a couple of test rides before as I'm short and tend to shy away from asking the question because I feel like the salesman will laugh!
However today was something special! I enquired about one beginning of last week and they jumped at the chance of me going out, 'No worries mate' they said 'anytime' they said, so I said 'Monday morning be alright?!' They replied YES, AND YOU WILL COME BACK WITH A GRIN ON YOUR FACE WE PROMISE'
So today is Monday!!
I took my dad with me as I knew he was off today so we made a long morning of it (hence arranging it for today) plus he will keep me in check!!
What did you ride? I hear you ask
Well today I took out something a little special the new Susuki GSXR 1000 R courtesy of Haslemere Motorcycles with at the time around 550miles on the clock!
When i arrived they hadn't brought out the bike because I was a little early around 40 mins early to be exact but they made me and my dad feel welcome and we did all the formalities of insurance and checking driving lisence etc and got the bike all ready for me fuel etc. They took me through the TC settings and I said I'd like it in the middle (10 settings I had it on 5 - 10 being greatest 1 being non existent!).
So bikes all ready and they handed over the keys as I swung my leg over I thought WOW this feels like a 600!! It's light, relatively small yet incredibly roomy
So we got going, it was loud because it has the Yoshi end can on it without baffle, personally didnt like it, it was too loud for my liking maybe a baffle would help it out a bit. Guessing this is the same as all 1000s but first is good for the 30s and 40s yet it's refined enough to cruise along at 30 or 40 in pretty much any gear...but it didn't feel like those speeds in fact I had to CONSTANTLY check my Speedo to make sure I was UP to speed because it felt like I wasn't moving at all!!
The dash is a little confusing and busy in my opinion but when you start to get used to it sure there's no problem at all with it, I noticed it even showed the outside temp!!
It had the auto blipper and quick shifter, wow why haven't all bikes got these it's incredible!! I used it up to sixth and back down again but I didn't really get out of 2nd or 3rd for the majority of the ride because I was just having too much fun (so much for my dad keeping me sensible!!). I found out just how much hard work a 600 really is and started thinking how many cars can I overtake in one sitting instead of where's my pull in space!! Maybe a bit of a piss take there, but I can understand when I follow some of you guys you are managing to progress maybe a tad easier than myself!!
The big Showa BFF front forks give you enough feed back and in fact glide over all the bumps in our road and just create a planted feeling
Tyres were the Bridgestone Battlelax RS10R I was a bit nervous about them as I was thinking they would be like the supercorsas and I HATE them because they take ages to warm up but these Battlelax were pretty easy to get up to temp and felt like they had lots of grip
The Brembo brakes are strong, maybe not as sharp as what I'm used to but definitely a strong feeling and I did have to use them at one stage - my own fault I didn't realise just how slowly (35 in a flipping 60 zone) a car driver was going and I had to slam them on as there was traffic coming towards me on the other side of the road, actually scared me a bit because I was going at a fair old lick and my thought just before pulling the lever was I'm going over the front here!!' But I didn't I slowed down let the traffic go and went around this tit of a driver and left him in my rear mirrors!
Wind blast....didnt feel a thing maybe because I'm small but I didn't feel anything
Turning circle. I got to a T Junction and I was in the right hand side of the lane indicating right, realised I was ment to go left and had to do a sharp turn from stand still, I coudlnt believe how easy it was, I managed to turn left all within the space of my side of the road without feeling wobbly!!
Negatives
There is a wicked amount of vibration throughout the handlebars, so much in fact that I had to, on occasion shake my hands off in the 30s to get feeling back, it's far more than what I'm used to, is this a 1000cc thing? Can anyone say?
Dash a tad busy
Very quick it's a lisence killer I realised it was very happy to do excess speeds
Anyway 1 down 2 more to go!
Overall...wow wow wow!! Would I go for it...yes I think I would! If I can do something about the vibration
Anyway hope I haven't bord anyone and hope it's an OK review!!
Now for the promised pics!!
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Ok so I've been banging on about taking a test ride for a while and I've only ever taken a couple of test rides before as I'm short and tend to shy away from asking the question because I feel like the salesman will laugh!
However today was something special! I enquired about one beginning of last week and they jumped at the chance of me going out, 'No worries mate' they said 'anytime' they said, so I said 'Monday morning be alright?!' They replied YES, AND YOU WILL COME BACK WITH A GRIN ON YOUR FACE WE PROMISE'
So today is Monday!!
I took my dad with me as I knew he was off today so we made a long morning of it (hence arranging it for today) plus he will keep me in check!!
What did you ride? I hear you ask
Well today I took out something a little special the new Susuki GSXR 1000 R courtesy of Haslemere Motorcycles with at the time around 550miles on the clock!
When i arrived they hadn't brought out the bike because I was a little early around 40 mins early to be exact but they made me and my dad feel welcome and we did all the formalities of insurance and checking driving lisence etc and got the bike all ready for me fuel etc. They took me through the TC settings and I said I'd like it in the middle (10 settings I had it on 5 - 10 being greatest 1 being non existent!).
So bikes all ready and they handed over the keys as I swung my leg over I thought WOW this feels like a 600!! It's light, relatively small yet incredibly roomy
So we got going, it was loud because it has the Yoshi end can on it without baffle, personally didnt like it, it was too loud for my liking maybe a baffle would help it out a bit. Guessing this is the same as all 1000s but first is good for the 30s and 40s yet it's refined enough to cruise along at 30 or 40 in pretty much any gear...but it didn't feel like those speeds in fact I had to CONSTANTLY check my Speedo to make sure I was UP to speed because it felt like I wasn't moving at all!!
The dash is a little confusing and busy in my opinion but when you start to get used to it sure there's no problem at all with it, I noticed it even showed the outside temp!!
It had the auto blipper and quick shifter, wow why haven't all bikes got these it's incredible!! I used it up to sixth and back down again but I didn't really get out of 2nd or 3rd for the majority of the ride because I was just having too much fun (so much for my dad keeping me sensible!!). I found out just how much hard work a 600 really is and started thinking how many cars can I overtake in one sitting instead of where's my pull in space!! Maybe a bit of a piss take there, but I can understand when I follow some of you guys you are managing to progress maybe a tad easier than myself!!
The big Showa BFF front forks give you enough feed back and in fact glide over all the bumps in our road and just create a planted feeling
Tyres were the Bridgestone Battlelax RS10R I was a bit nervous about them as I was thinking they would be like the supercorsas and I HATE them because they take ages to warm up but these Battlelax were pretty easy to get up to temp and felt like they had lots of grip
The Brembo brakes are strong, maybe not as sharp as what I'm used to but definitely a strong feeling and I did have to use them at one stage - my own fault I didn't realise just how slowly (35 in a flipping 60 zone) a car driver was going and I had to slam them on as there was traffic coming towards me on the other side of the road, actually scared me a bit because I was going at a fair old lick and my thought just before pulling the lever was I'm going over the front here!!' But I didn't I slowed down let the traffic go and went around this tit of a driver and left him in my rear mirrors!
Wind blast....didnt feel a thing maybe because I'm small but I didn't feel anything
Turning circle. I got to a T Junction and I was in the right hand side of the lane indicating right, realised I was ment to go left and had to do a sharp turn from stand still, I coudlnt believe how easy it was, I managed to turn left all within the space of my side of the road without feeling wobbly!!
Negatives
There is a wicked amount of vibration throughout the handlebars, so much in fact that I had to, on occasion shake my hands off in the 30s to get feeling back, it's far more than what I'm used to, is this a 1000cc thing? Can anyone say?
Dash a tad busy
Very quick it's a lisence killer I realised it was very happy to do excess speeds
Anyway 1 down 2 more to go!
Overall...wow wow wow!! Would I go for it...yes I think I would! If I can do something about the vibration
Anyway hope I haven't bord anyone and hope it's an OK review!!
Now for the promised pics!!
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