Suzuki GSX1400

Suzuki GSX1400
Manufacturer Suzuki
Model year 2001–2007
Class Standard
Engine Air/oil cooled 1,402 cc (85.6 cu in) DOHC 16 valve inline four
Top speed 150 mph (240 km/h)[1]
Power 106 bhp (79 kW)[1]
Transmission Six speed, chain drive
Frame type Steel tube, double cradle.
Suspension Front: fully adjustable 46 mm fork
Rear: aluminum swingarm.
Brakes Front: 2 X 320 mm (13 in) discs w/6 piston Tokico calipers
Tires Front: 120/70-17
Rear: 190/50-17
Weight 228 kg (500 lb)[1] (dry)

The GSX1400 was a Suzuki muscle bike standard motorcycle, made from 2001–2007, as a faster and more powerful premium offering, upmarket in relation to Suzuki's similar Bandit 1200.[1] The GSX1400 was characterized as a "disco-era",[2] "seventies-style metal mountain", but loaded with the latest technology. [3] Though some journalists lobbied for the GSX1400 in the US and Canada,[2][4] it was only sold in Japan and Europe.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Dowds, Dowds (2002), Superbikes, Tangerine Press, pp. 194–197, ISBN 0439424666 
  2. ^ a b "Suzuki's GSX1400 Retro Sport", Motorcyclist: 34, June 2001 
  3. ^ "The big easy", Bristol Evening Post (Europe Intelligence Wire), 8 March 2007 
  4. ^ Richardson, Mark (13 October 2001), "Suzuki's hardest charger, GSX 1400: Will it make dealerships? ; Manufacturer loath to cannibalize its own sales; [Ontario Edition]", Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario): G.16 
  5. ^ Ebert, Guido (24 April 2006), "What's not for sale in the U.S.", Powersports Business 9 (6): 30