Motorcycle Ratings and Reviews
American Suzuki showed its hand in Las Vegas over the November 10-11 weekend, revealing to the press its entire motorcycle lineup for the coming year. Although much of Suzuki’s 2013 street and off-road product line had been announced over the past few months (much of which has remained unchanged aside from color/graphics and pricing), the [...]
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[ SCTA Speed Week began with a rider/driver’s meeting and great news about the future of the Bonneville Salt Flats from Kevin Oliver of the Bureau of Land Management. Oliver told the group that the salt flats were a “critical environmental concern” for the BLM, and the maintenance of this public land was one of [...]
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Photos from the Cycle World Archives, Brian Blades, Kirk Willis The reason why faster is better is simple enough: Whoever gets there first gets to reproduce with the most desirable member(s) of the opposite sex and gets the best parking spot. Then it became more complicated. After the invention of cosmetics, getting there too fast [...]
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After being off motorcycles for six months due to a broken neck sustained in a motocross crash, I wanted to pick the right mount for my first post-sabbatical asphalt assault. I wanted to be fulfilled; a scooter just wasn’t going to cut it. So, when I saw the gleaming Pearl Mirage White Hayabusa sitting in [...]
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Years sold:12 (1999-2009; 2011) MSRP new:$10,499 (1999) to $13,699 (2011) Blue Book retail value: $5215 (1999) to $10,255 (2009) Basic specs: A 1299cc, dohc inline-Four supersport that screamed out 161 rear-wheel horsepower and 100 ft.-lb. of torque, enough to propel this 521-pound (dry) space shuttle to a 9.86-second quarter-mile time and a phenomenal, all-time-high top [...]
Read Full Post | Comments(0)A year after importing just five 2010 models, including the RM-Z250, RM-Z450 and RMX450Z, RM85 and GZ250, American Suzuki announced that it will be importing ten 2011 models. This is still less than 25 percent of the 45 models that the company brought into the U.S. for the 2009 model year (including scooters), but it definitely [...]
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We wouldn’t be going too far out on a limb if we were to say that there are probably more custom Suzukis roaming America’s streets than any other brand of sportbike. Among those, we’d guess a huge percentage are Hayabusas, but GSX-Rs are obviously well represented and the B-King is a perfect excuse to make [...]
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“You can’t actually ride that thing, can you?” That’s usually the first question people ask the builder of this stunning Hayabusa, Nick Anglada of Custom Sportbike Concepts in Winter Garden, Florida. But it’s a perfectly logical question to ask about a bike that rides on clear plastic wheels. “Not a problem,” says Anglada. “The wheels [...]
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For the big redesign of its iconic, pavement-scorching Hayabusa, Suzuki revisited the wind tunnel and gave the bike a muscular new look. The king of speed’s basic engine architecture remains the same, though attention to detail—not to mention a 41cc bump in displacement—has added up to increased power and acceleration. Strapped to Cycle World’s dyno, [...]
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If you must have the quickest-accelerating mass-market motorcycle money can buy, head straight to your Suzuki dealer and snatch up a 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa. If you can settle for the second-quickest bike for the buck, but one that adds value with its smoother-running engine, more agile-handling chassis and an edge in rider comfort, then the [...]
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