Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R Review

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Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa, Dec 1 2005 12:00AM
Reviewed By: MCNEWS.com.au
Review Of: Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R Review

Mcnews.com.au
After spending the best part of a week with the Suzuki flagship (a ship out of Battlestar Galactica was how one onlooker described it) I have come to respect the Hayabusa as a good all-rounder. 

5.8 kilometres after hopping aboard for the test I was greeted by a copper jumping out from the bushes on a straight bit of road and hailing me in. 29 over the limit was the verdict and no amount of my begging and pleading would let me get out of it. The straight road was an 80 kph zone with no side-street in visible range. He had clocked me at 109 kph. I tried the 'I have just picked up the bike for a road test line' and 'how it had caught me unawares how fast it was going as I was thinking about how the bike felt' lines, but all to no avail. Bugger. 

This was to set the tone for this test, the 'busa never seems to be trying hard but then you look at the speedo and go 'oh shit'.
 
The 'busa doesn't feel incredibly fast in the first few gears, no faster than an R1 or ZX-9R but when you hook 4th, 5th and 6th and glance at the speedo you know you are on something that has a LOT more power than either of those two bikes. I won't dwell on this too much as the comparative power and torque figures are up here.

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Suzuki's GSX1300R Hayabusa, Dec 1 2005 12:00AM
Reviewed By: Tony Marx & Tony Sheldon
Review Of: Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R Review

Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly
In 1999, the water in the motorcycling pond was beginning to get muddy. The title of "Worlds fastest production motorcycle" was held by Honda's 1100XX Blackbird. Touting a top speed in the high 170s, it just beat Kawasaki's ZX1100 which in all tests, ran 3-4 mph slower.
 
Both bikes are big and heavy. When the lightweight, stock Yamaha R1 began breaking into the 170s but getting there quicker, the payoff of a slightly higher top speed wasn't as great. The top speed kings were becoming touring bikes.
 
Then Suzuki grabbed the bar and used it to clobber Honda and Kawasaki. Suzuki raised the top speed 20mph over other heavyweight sportbikes. The bike they sent in to do this was the Hayabusa.

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