2022 Suzuki GSX-R1000R | Too much for the road? 

Love how this bike is still relevant 5 years after launch and I love seeing new fresh videos on them. I think deep down everyone is a Gixxer lover.

Love that bike. Typical Suzuki - so easy on the eye beautiful to look at, raw power a real riders machine with reliability other manufacturers dream of. Top it all off the Suzuki Triton blue looks sensational 👍👍👍👍 I currently own the 2020 Suzuki Katana coming off three Hayabusa’s from years gone by and ALL of them made/make me smile 😊

Gixxers always have been and hopefully always will be the ultimate hooligans bike . Guaranteed to put a smile on your face every time you ride

Get a go on the 2005,,6 gsxr no electronic stuff and plenty of low down torque,,no scrolling through anything 160 BHP,, like the quick shifter blipper ,,if I had the money I'd like one being a Suzuki man ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland flat bars on mine great,, and 56 year old 😁😁😁

Love your videos. Personally i think most bikes are too much for the street. After 30 years of only riding on the street, i recently i gave up the street to focus on the track. No looking back. The street is just too dangerous these days, with distracted drivers. The track is the natural habitat for these bikes...

Had to check out your video after you commented on mine. Your video quality is amazing dude, keep up the great work!

I feel the same with these high power machines on the road but they are fun when you have a go and I completely get it 😆 I just like comfort 😂

Great video as always..love the gsxr1000r!! One hell of a machine ..I have a gsxr750, for me that's plenty for these roads..I had liter bikes ,just too much n unnecessary.. I love going full throttle on the 750, soooo fun and it's SOOO LIGHT. greetings from Florida,USA

Had my Gixer 1000 for 6yrs. Absolutely loved everything about it.

Thank you Dan, fun and informative as always. "Only 200 bhp" lol 🏍

I remember the CBX being the first 100 bhp/litre bike This is 200 bhp/ litre. Kinnel

The once mighty and all-conquering liter sports bike class is a dying breed and you can almost trace the start of their demise back to the late 00's when their power output went north of 180bhp. Far too much power and way to focused and compromised for todays roads. Destined to go the way of the sports 600 class, out doing itself into extinction, helped along its way by over crowded and poorly maintained roads and the establishment frowning upon anyone having fun. A product of your own success...

Had one, was awesome yet so uncomfortable, changed for the gsx1000s and loving life on that a daily gem

I owe a gixxer thou for two years now, and it isn’t for the road but you can make it absolutely docile on the road. Traction control level 7 or 8 in the rain mode is perfect for the road, and it’s my daily commuter to work in those settings. It won’t pull you back if you give it beans at that setting, in bumper to bumper traffic in Florida weather here it doesn’t get hot, and its as comfortable as the s1000rr in the sport bike category. Always reliable, built like a tank, and with a yoshimura slip on, it can easily satisfy your occasional speed demons. God tier sport bike.

I have old, bulletproof K7 1000 :D Its f*king insane :D you cannot use all the HP but its still a fun and comfortable sportbike :)

I think it is more bike than most people will use on the road so you could just get something cheaper, but I live in Texas and the highways are an ideal stomping ground for a 1000 so I’m probably still going to get my first liter bike finally

‘I’m constantly looking at the speed making sure I’m not speeding”. No that’s just a bad attitude. Lol 😂

These kinds of bikes are comfortable only at very illegal speed 120km/hr+. I own a GSX-R750 and a CBR650R. I much prefer the Honda. It's all the sport bike you need and you can actually use most of its potential on the street while having just as much or more fun.

The giggle sums up the review perfectly. My K5 still has that effect every time I ride.

Your very right Dan. In these modern days with police speed traps so sophisticated your licence is at risk or even worse. Don't get me wrong tho ! I love sports bike's. In the late 90's to 2008 I would finish my work shift at 2:30am on a Saturday morning and go and thrash (try to) my Blade or R1 around North Wales until dawn and then go home. Up at 4am on Sunday morning and do it all over again. Evo Triangle and more ! Bought a 2016 Gixer tho in 2020 and sold it 4 months later after starting to use its power and hitting crazy speeds again. Almost having as much fun on my current Hornet 600 until I find a nice relaxed 1000cc bike that makes you ride a bit slower !

Loved my 2019 gixxer but after a few points deductions and a few close calls with Law I had to trade it in, always felt I could never get the most out of it and then when you did open it up your constantly looking for the police LOL. Cracking bike , still miss it.

Loved my 2001 GSXR1000 fresh from the dealer. Took it to the track and realized that I didn’t and couldn’t use it properly. I traded it in for a 2003 GSXR600 and what a great track bike that was! Gixxers are flat out awesome.

When too much is exactly enough...GSXR1000R...obviously!!

Youre right, this bike represents the pinnacle of the UJM's!! Get 'em while you can ;-)

The Only down side it has too much Vibration,Poor Front braking power, But over all it is a hooligan bike.ive had it for a year .BFF (balance free fork) ,Rear -BFRC (Balance free Rear Cushion)

Yes. Aha. Right. It's about as 'irrelevant' and 'too powerful for the road' as a Ferrari, Lamborghini, or a mere 600 bhp Porsche. And nobody buys those. Do they? It seems the newer generation of motorcyclists are snowflakes, and we're never going to have another Barry Sheene.

Soo it’s a shotgun to kill a fly type of bike 😁👍🏿

Too much for the road? That’s funny my grandmother said the same thing when she saw I bought one last week.

As much as I enjoyed my street Rossi days on Gixxers and R1's they were irrelevant in the 2000's and 2010's and now even more so. On the street I now mostly ride a Honda VFR1200 and even that is way more power/race focussed than I need. An all day comfortable machine with 125hp is absolutely enough. If you think you can use all the capability of a litre bike on the road do some tracks days and find out how wrong you are.

There are many manufacturars that make a good solution for this like the cbr650r, rs660, r7,etc.. i have a cbr650r for the road and a dedicated track bike (2008 fireblade), best of both worlds 👊

Hopefully I can get the naked ver of this bike next year, GSX-S1000... it looks great!

Definitely the squids 🦑 weapon of choice lol.

As an owner of a 2015 S1000RR with the all of the options added, I can reveal that I miss my L4 GSXR 1000. The BMW is too much, feels like a turbo the way the power comes on, where as the GSXR allowed you to gradually get into licence-losing territory with the high rev limit. What the GSXR lacked in goodies, it made up for in soul. I am now looking to sell the BMW and pick up a similar GSXR, no traction control, no ABS, exactly how it should be. My two cents worth.

I test rode one as a replacement for my K1 thou I sold 10 years ago, and it was stupid fast! Ended up buying a Gen 2 GSXS1000 which is way more comfortable, but still way fast enough… but man the roads are in shocking condition compared to my K1 days….

I have the original no mods no cons i got it to 320 on a track and it wasn't the bike but me who went enough

"This bike is totally irrelevent on the street." Cracks throttle,cackles involuntarily.Fourty times in the video. Liar.

My first 1000cc bike was k4 gsxr. Loved that bike - so fast!! Can’t imagine what a new ones like with 40 more horses 🐴 !

Nice review Dan, love the induction roar of the GSXR, and let's be honest modern 1000cc bikes are all about making a decent base for race prepping, they are not really aimed at the road rider any more, and tbh, any bike over 600cc will get you into trouble pretty damn quick in the wrong hands or situation, and the throttle does go both ways, so you don't always have to be 'on it' to enjoy a 1000cc, the mid-range grunt you get from a 1000cc, for a spot of overtaking, when you want, is nice, but in the UK where the roads are full of potholes and muppets who can't drive and don't see bikes, even when we have lights on, so perhaps thats why adventure bikes have taken over from Sports bikes, probably just as much fun, without having to ride like a TT racer. I've ridden Sports bikes pretty much ever since 1998, after a bit of a gap, and owned all sorts including R6's, 750's, SP1's FireBlades, and 2 GSXR thou's both K5 models and I would buy another K5/K6 tomorrow, in preference to a new 1000cc sports bike, IMHO the K5/K6 was the pinnacle of the GSXR1000 line, quick enough for the road, even with "only" 165bhp 😉 comfortable for a long ride 200-300 miles + in a day, easily, I had mine set-up professionally which made a massive difference to how the bike felt down the twisties, decent set of Pirelli's it was easily as quick even in my hands (and I'm not Peter Hickman, by any means) as newer i:e more powerful bikes down the back roads and the mid-range grunt was just incredible for a spot of overtaking. And like you say the 🔔-ends at bike meets that say a 200bhp Super bike isn't powerful enough are talking out of their backside and tbh, I could pretty much guarantee if you met one down a twisty road you could best him on my old K5 thou, with "only" 165bhp 😂

When people say a motorcycle is too much for the road they sound so stupid. You don't have to hold it wide open at all times you can ride them like any other bike. People drive hellcats and gt500s with 700hp and everyone thinks it's badass leave us 1000cc squids alone

I finally managed to buy a GSXR 1000 K3 a few years back. It was very light and the power to weight ratio was unbelievable. I think it weighs around 166 kg and had around 160 hp. It was surprisingly not too scary. On song it was incredible. Too much for the road? Well yes but the grin factor was immense. Sadly my then 62 year old body couldn't cope. Would I have another? Absolutely despite the pain. I think the GSXR is legendary.

Got the exact same bike. I love it to bits. Price/quality/fun ratio was the best in the 1000cc sportbike class. Before they kicked it out of the EU that is... :/

K5 till I die. Which might be earlier than expected.

my dream bike is between the fireblade triple R, or the S1000 rr....but if i could get the GSXR1000, id get the nardo grey with the blue wheels.....love that colour combo.

Power great. Riding position bad.

The king of sportbike's

I dont know why suzuki decided not to have the indicators integrated in the mirrors and tail on this new model. I own a 2016 750 (yes the one with the ugly headlight) and one of the things i love the most is how clean the whole body looks without having those indicators sticking out the fairings and specially that king cobra looking tail how it widens out due to the indicators being integrated.

I know it's not the best superbike on the market but it's still better than I am. It's also roomier for my 6'3" frame and I love the more old school looks. The dustbin on the side would have to go though.

If one wants to get the maximum potential out of that bike give it to an Irish road racer , and get out of his way .

I look at something like and think, no way, it's way too fast and way too dangerous, but the truth is, you could legitimately say that about just about any motorcycle. Riding a motorcycle like that in a sane and responsible manner would be about as boring as watching paint dry, but motorcycles aren't built for sane and responsible people.

Best way to get the weight of your wrists is to accelerate hard.

I've had a k5 for 10yrs, will never sell it

It will get old once you are stuck on 2nd gear 90% of times.There is no point of this bike on public roads when you can only utilize 10% of its power

the latest version of the gsxr 1000 will be removed from uk by suzuki in 2023 as it cannot meet latest euro emmissions laws. will be available in america like the 600 and 750 still are. ones in dealers will be the last of this generation

Any 1000cc sport bike is too much for the road. You will never get to taste the top speed, unless you have access to a track. UNCOMFORTABLE, back breaking for some peeps IMPRACTICAL.

Licence looser..🚖🚖

Too much for the road? Not if you want pure speed, adrenaline, and having literally the fastest vehicle around. Practical? Safe? Comfortable? Probably not. But nobody buys a supersport literbike for those reasons.

I just liked and subscribed to your channel. Great video!! 👍 Thank you for reviewing my bike, I have a 21 GSXR1000R. I like to see other people's opinions of it. I bought it because of the strong low 💪 to midrange pull gixxers have. I took a 100 lb friend, ( 45 kg ) for a spirited ride on the Garden State Parkway cruising between 90 and 120 mph in 6th gear and it pulled strong, never had to downshift and I didn't really notice any drag from her weight. That is why 1000cc bikes are necessary for the road. Thanks and keep up the great content!

Can see why some people love em, must be a proper blast to ride .... but my somewhat abused spine and neck just can't do the ergonomics of sports bikes for more than a few miles so I stick to machines with a more upright riding position.

I do love sport bikes and love more suzuki´s bikes. I´ve had GSX-R750R, BMW 1000RR and MV Agusta F4 and might say Suzuki it is far the best handling. Kinda a toy.. And yes, on sport bikes you have to use the speed to hold you body and better cooling you bike

I PDI' many gixxer's when I worked at Suzuki, in 2005 it was already too much for the road, beautiful machines

As soon as all the 1000cc sports bikes went fuel injected they were too much for the road, in the UK anyway.

I got a K5. No back ,wrist or knee ache for me. Its got hard suspension though. I can flop on a full tank back for longer journeys. Yr right its too quick for the road. Standing quarter in 10.1seconds at 144mph, 0-100 is about 6 seconds, top speed over 180mph. Its about 25kilos lighter than the new one and approx 30bhp less. The torque is lower on the K5 , max is 8,500rpm not 10,800 for the new one. So it very relaxing to ride at normal speeds! You cant use the engine on country lanes really - 120mph comes up too fast, 3/4 throttle for more than a few seconds gets into madness. 150mph on a B road? You can use the full ballistic acceleration joining A roads and motorways though - which is a blast. The engine doesnt feel like its working unless yr accelerating from over 80mph and only over about 120mph does it feel like its...trying. In the wet I have to brace my throttle hand on the bar end for precise throttle control other wise more than small throttle openings spins up the rear tyre - even in 6th - There's no ABS or modes or traction control so some care is required everywhere. Im 5'8" tall and slim at 10stone 10/150lbs/68kgs and 64 years old. So I am 30kilos lighter than a lot of the testers on RU-vid ! Its the fastest thing Ive ever ridden -much faster than my new Blackbird in '97 . When I was younger I cant say I would have used the engine more - I was just inclined to brake later and go faster around blind bends! I was a despatch rider for 10 years so i can still be a bit of a nutter - but the bike just laughs at me when I try to go fast on it. I LOVE IT :))

So glad I went with the aprilia RS-660 . So damn comfortable and fun

Been riding for 30 years and have owned many bikes. There has always been a Gixxer in my possession for a number of reasons. The main one is it's ease of maintenance and it's reliability.

Bikes perfectly comertable your the wrong shape🤣

Get rid of the exhaust and put one from the brand Taylormade on. The Taylormade ones are tucked away nicely and sound even greater. As a bonus you get a few more hp after a dyno run.

Doesn't matter, we just buy superbikes to ruin Harley Riders' day. That's my hobby in for the last 20 years.

I almost bought this bike brand new. Unfortunately with my financial status, I couldn't. I did have the chance to hear the bike and see the menu. After sitting on it I fell in love.

I imagined riding a sport bike my entire life, yet when I turned 36, it became very unbearable to ride as you described. My back, bum, knees, ankles, wrists, and hand were aching. So i upgraded to a Harley Street glide Custom.

I really enjoyed the 15 years I had with my Suzuki Bandit 1200S. I traded my Ninja for a Triumph America for my wife. I miss the G-forces. I guess I could get a MT1000 for myself.

Awesome bike but that dash is atrocious. Disappointed.

Your on the wrong side of the road, your gonna crash!! ......... 😂

My dream bike ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

I have the previous model. I raised the clip-ons and lowered the pegs, by an inch both. It’s reasonably comfortable and I prefer having a fairing and leaning forward, in contrast to naked bikes. It’s so massively capable and refined that it’s actually very easy to ride in any condition. On the road I’m usually under 8500 RPM. It takes discipline and finesse but is an incredible bike to own.

Week ago I done ride to Nurburging (whole day on track) and few places round Germany. Most comfortable superbike on the road.

I have seen a few of these Suzuki GSX1000R in Spain and one where I live now that I see almost every day but I do think the more powerful engine bikes are more suited for European roads because they don’t have the speed limits that the uk has also the roads are much better in Europe

Irrelevant for the road I wouldn't agree with. Utterly and completely in excess of what you need for the road absolutely. What I've liked about the 1000s is just how unchallenged you feel on the road by other road users. You can shift so quickly without having to change gears that you can get out of any situation you're not comfortable with without having to think about it. Having said that, I've just bought an MV Agusta F3 800 distinctly because it's "not a thousand" 😂 I do plan on getting one of those gixers though should I get the chance. They'd be such a good sportsbike to tour on. The mechanical bike was the best of all the superbikes I've ridden.

The K4 1000 will always be the choice for me!! 🥰

Too much for the road? Just about every modern sports bike can be used at 40% of its potential maximum on today's roads. After almost 40 years of petrol bikes I've just moved to a Zero FXE (in the Paris region where petrol bikes are basically becoming unusable) and am loving it. 135kg, 106nm of torque and it makes it from the very first twist. It handles like a dream too. As much as I've loved my 20 odd past bikes, I think that the future is electric and the 0-60 times are what counts these days not 70-230mph.

Wrist control never changes on any bike level ! Run when you can and putt when you have too !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

"I'm not going to be going to crazy on this video" Proceeds to laugh like a lunatic. Love it man, thanks

I am always surprised when the question is asked "too much for the road?", whilst a lot of cars I see on my commute have 300, 400, and more horses to stand still in traffic. When they are the move, is that not equally "too much" considering the national speed limits and how quick those cars are? Todays cars and bikes would be irrelevant all day every day in a rational world. (un)fortunately, humans are anything but, depends what court you are in; I suppose.

Surely the GSX-S1000GT is exactly the bike for people who want to experience this engine but in a road-friendly package. That bike still has 150bhp which is more than enough for most of us and it's still pretty light!

I have the 2017 1000R and I agree with you. It's not comfortable on slower roads. It gets better after you flash it. Get rid of that deceleration fuel cut-off. I use mine mostly on trackdays and it's amazing.

Beautiful Bike

I have one , best Suzuki ever agree with most of what you say. Best buy superbike for the road or track with bullet proof reliability, had all sorts of bikes over the years but I just prefer sports bikes. I am 6ft 2in tall & I fit on it no problem with no aches or pains & can ride for hours on end. I have been riding since I was 8 years old , now 69 years old. Have had Honda,Kawasaki,Yamaha,Ducati,Bmw,Mv Agusta,Triumph,Bsa but mainly Suzuki since I was a teenager. Thoroughly recommend this bike I have the MotoGp replica 2019 model its a keeper. Probably my last bike I will ever need.😂❤

Exhaust still hideous. Otherwise great bike

Completely understand where your coming from. I got the chance to test a Kwak ZX10R, bit of a dream bike for me, and for the second or two you can open it up on a public road it’s thrilling, but just no where near its capabilities. On the flip side, if you do go to a track would you risk binning a 20k bike in the kitty litter? Great bits of kit though!

Big bore bikes bring the CC's that bring that sweet sweet torque needed on the street. Sure more so for big city multi lane traffic, just for the amount of times that torque will keep you from DEATH by warping you out of the bad situation. Even on a two lane Sunday cruise, once you have experience the big torque, its hard to go back down, even rollin mellow. Too much for the road? Never, till shes warping like the Enterprise with Scotty in full tilt mode.

Me with my newly delivered GSX-R125....totally elated with the performance despite its size.

Just to let you know that Yamaha has changed the MT09 for next year and it looks different from the bike that you have had in your videos it’s a longer bike with an exhaust that you can see not sure if there’s anything changes to the engine but I would have thought that the cost of the bike will be different from your videos

Doesn't look too dissimilar to the 2005 GSXR1000, amazing machine for over 20 years.

Like a ferrari is too much for the road. Depends which bellend is behind the wheel or handlebars

I agree that some bikes are too fast to use on the roads in the uk but they are still use able in Europe especially the Ducati street fighter V4 which is a good price and sounds very good I might have to consider one as I know live in Spain or something similar I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this one very good video

My K5 GSXR 600 Still does the trick for me!

Can't believe some designers at Suzuki all agreed to mount the ugliest muffler & design on this sleek bike..!!!..ugly as shyte...too big ,too ugly...oh well..I guess there is after market parts..!!!!

They're great bikes. I've owned a modern gsxr-1000. It was fun while it lasted. I ended up selling it and buying my childhood dream bike. A 94 FZR-1000. Even being almost 30 years old the bike still has plenty of power. More than any reasonable person needs for road use.

Dude, I bought a Benelli TNT 135, which is basically a Grom, but with better specs. Anyway, I was about to buy a 2000's GSXR 1000 w/exhaust, power command, and a few other upgrades. I chose the Benelli instead, I'm not ready for that much speed, and had only ever owned a 600cc Sportbike, but that was years ago. Got the grom clone to get back into riding. 👍

😈😈😈 there just flat out to dangerous, full stop ... consider this what does it do flat out in first gear 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

Well that was entertaining! Redundant, useless, futile, uncomfortably and irrelevant yes. Ticks all the boxes for a funmachine. I dont know how things are elsewhere but where i live once you're speeding enough the fines are based on your income and that means quite expensive kilometers i can tell you that much. Makes you wanna consider naked bikes.