![]() Here’s what Brasscannons wrote at the end of last month’s big comparo (wherein the Suzuki beat up two bikes that cost substantially more and succumbed to three others which cost substantially more): ![]() Suzuki began using its SDTV valve from the beginning on its injected bikes in an effort to sedate throttle opening, and we have to guess it works pretty well since we’ve never ridden an injected GSX-R without it. (For many, it’s only really a problem leaned over at corner exits, and the easiest way to fix it is by dragging a little rear brake.) All the carburetion tricks they’d learned to perfect throttle response were right out the window when an electric signal began calling the shots: Squirt fuel now! The results could be really jerky on some bikes, and more power meant more jerk. In defending the Suzuki against its critics, I did go on record as saying “I bet you can fix the Suzuki’s jerky throttle response with a quick reflash of its ECU,” and so I decided I would.įrom the inception of fuel injection on motorcycles, there’s been a battle to make the transition from closed throttle to open as seamless as possible, a thing that some manufacturers got right quicker than others. There always has to be a catch, though, which to crusty old me is more of a pea under our stack of mattresses. Where else are you going to get that kind of grunt in a beautiful blue package for $10,499? Gabe was spot-on with his recent column. ![]() Suzuki’s GSX-S1000 is another one of my personal faves I like the way it looks, nobody can argue with the way the 140-plus horsepower four-banger goes – and the price is right too.
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