There’s No School Like The Old School - Suzuki GSX-S1000F

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There’s No School Like The Old School  -  Suzuki GSX-S1000F

THE Germans have a word, Verschlimmbesserung, that has no English equivalent but ought to have because it means “an improvement that makes things worse” — and we Brits are great at those.
Whenever a politician on the Today programme says something is “unacceptable”, you know we’re going to end up with a bigger mess than we started with.
If you’re looking for a motorcycle Verschlimmbesserung, look no further than the Suzuki GSX-R1000, which was relaunched in 2009 with an upgraded engine — enlarged bore, shortened stroke, redesigned pistons, bigger valves, crankshaft-end lubrication system. Trouble is, compared with the excellent K5 engine it replaced, it was pants. This explains why Suzuki has resurrected the 2005 K5 engine for its new GSX-S1000F sports bike.
The 10-year-old engine harks back to the days when nutters everywhere coveted Suzuki sports bikes that set the tarmac aflame for not much money. And the old magic is there in 2015 — the S1000F can be made to howl and scream where such behaviour is legal (it was launched in the Isle of Man, where there is no speed limit on some roads) but it is a comfortable bike with a civilised seating arrangement and impeccable manners.
Suzuki launched a naked bike with similar moving parts earlier in the year, but the S1000F’s fairing and associated tweaks — better suspension, twin headlights and go-faster mirrors — make a world of difference. 


Suzuki GSX-S1000F
Price £10,135
Engine 999cc, 4 cylinders in line
Power 143hp @ 10,000rpm
Torque 78 lb ft @ 9500rpm
Range 140 miles (estimated)
Release date On sale now
Verdict New golden oldie
 
 CRITIC'S RATING - 4 Stars
 

 
 
 
 
 
 Not only does the fairing make long-distance high-speed travel a reasonable proposition, but it imparts 20kg of downforce to keep the front wheel stuck to the deck. That’s at 120mph; if you went faster you’d get more. Handy.
The fairing and screen do sterling work to protect the rider and even at 20kg of frontal downforce you don’t have to scrunch down — the wide, flat bars, well-placed pegs, low seat and relatively upright stance are covered.
Suspension is excellent, too — fully adjustable front and back, and rarely surprising the rider. Apart from far-from-intrusive antilock braking and three levels of traction control, the bike has no electronic aids. Suzuki makes a virtue of this — perhaps rightly. Many modern motorcycles are overcomplicated and counterintuitive.
The digital dash is information-heavy, with the usual gubbins enhanced with gear position, coolant and air temperatures, average and instantaneous fuel consumption, traction control setting and time of day. Like its naked cousin, the GSX-S1000F has an easy-start button you simply push once and forget; hot or cold, the bike will sort itself out. I like it.






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