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    Cooper enjoys Mallory Park shakedown on Superstock GSX-R1000

    Richard Cooper enjoyed a shakedown test at Mallory Park onboard his Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superstock machine earlier this week, before the work starts in earnest at Cartagena next month. The former British Superstock 1000 champion and British Superbike race winner completed a number of laps...
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    GSX-S1000 gets power-hike and slipper clutch for 2017

    Suzuki’s flagship super-naked gets a power-hike for 2017, with the GSX-S1000 now producing 150hp at 10,000rpm, thanks to new crankcase ventilation holes, while a new slipper clutch aids in smoother downshifts. Torque is also up to 108Nm at 9,500rpm. The changes also extend to the faired...
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    Guintoli – “It’s like a race bike already”

    Sylvain Guintoli completed his and the Bennetts Suzuki team’s final shakedown test at Mallory Park yesterday, putting in valuable time onboard the new GSX-R1000 he will race in the 2017 MCE British Superbike Championship, ahead of preseason tests at Cartagena and Almeria next week. While the...
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    Michael Dunlop set to race new GSX-R1000 with Bennetts Suzuki

    Michael Dunlop is set to race the all-new GSX-R1000 in 2017, the 13-time Isle of Man TT winner signing for the new-look Bennetts Suzuki team for the forthcoming season. Dunlop will race the new machine at the North West 200 in May, before competing at the all-important Isle of Man TT races in...
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    Thomas Ramette and RM-Z450 win 2017 Arenacross championship

    Thomas Ramette was crowned the 2017 Arenacross champion at the weekend after a tense series finale at Wembley. The Frenchman claimed his and Suzuki’s third consecutive Arenacross title, as the racing went down to the wire at the final round. Three RM-Z450-mounted riders were in with a chance of...
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    Suzuki announces pricing for 2017 adventure range

    Suzuki has announced pricing for its new V-Strom 650 and new V-Strom 1000, as well confirming pricing for the XT variants of both its adventure-touring machines. Suzuki’s ever-popular V-Strom 650 will come with an RRP of £7,399 in 2017 when the new bike arrives in March, while the more...
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    Team Classic Suzuki announces rider lineup for Endurance Legends 4-hour

    Team Classic Suzuki has announced*its rider lineup for this year’s Endurance Legends event at Donington Park on 6-7 May, with James Whitham, Steve Parrish, and Michael Neeves campaigning the team’s Katana in the four-hour race. Announced at the MCN London Motorcycle Show, the lineup boasts the...
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    GSX-R1000R Launch Gallery

    The new GSX-R1000R was launched at the world-famous Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit earlier this month, with the assembled members of the motorcycling press effusive in their praise. Take a look through the gallery below. The new superbike gets an all-new engine and all-new chassis, the whole...
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    Suzuki celebrates new GSX-R1000 arrival with British Superbike sponsorship

    Suzuki will sponsor the opening round of the 2017 MCE British Superbike championship season at Donington Park next month, as the Japanese manufacturer celebrates the launch of its all-new GSX-R1000. Dubbed the British Superbikes ‘Suzuki GSX-R round’, the event coincides with the arrival of the...
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    Suzuki 1-2-3 at Sheffield Arenacross

    It was a Suzuki podium lockout in Sheffield at the weekend for the penultimate round of the 2017 Arenacross championship, with Cedric Soubeyras taking the overall win on his Team RFX St. Blazey Suzuki, ahead his teammate Angelo Pellegrini and defending champion Thomas Ramette on the SR75 World...
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    Team Suzuki Unveils 2017 MXGP Team

    Suzuki’s world MXGP team has unveiled the machines that it*will use to contest this year’s world championship season, at a pre-season media event at the team’s base in Belgium. Dubbed the 2018 RM-450WS, the machines will be piloted by the experienced Kevin Strijbos, who will be joined...
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    Suzuki announces GSX-R1000R and GSX-R1000 pricing

    Suzuki has announced pricing and availability of its hotly anticipated GSX-R1000R, with the all-new machine coming with an RRP of £16,099. Boasting a completely new engine that uses technology taken directly from the firm’s GSX-RR MotoGP racer – including a clever variable valve timing system...
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    Iannone second in Sepang MotoGP test

    Andrea Iannone finished the first official MotoGP test of the year in second place on the combined time sheets, just eight hundredths of a second off top spot onboard his Suzuki GSX-RR machine. The team used the three days to work on finding a good setting for Iannone, to get him comfortable...
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    More Team Suzuki podiums at Belfast Arenacross

    Both SR75 World Team Suzuki and Team RFX St. Blazey Suzuki added more podiums to their respective tallies for the 2017 Arenacross tour, with Thomas Ramette and Cederic Soubeyras on the overall podium at the Belfast double-header. The results from rounds four and five of the series mean a Suzuki...
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    Suzuki set for MCN London Motorcycle Show

    Suzuki is gearing up for this year’s MCN London Motorcycle Show, where the GSX-R1000R will take centre stage, alongside the newly-launched GSX-S750 and both the new V-Strom 650XT and V-Strom 1000XT. No fewer than 13 new models will be added to Suzuki’s on-road range in 2017, and also on display...
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    Video: SR75 Suzuki and racing the 2017 Arenacross series – part one

    SR75 World Team Suzuki has released the first of a two-part documentary that follows the team through the 2017 Arenacross championship, as the series heads towards the halfway point. The team*and the RM-Z450 dominated the 2016 series in the UK, with Thomas Ramette winning the rider’s...
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    GSX-S750 launch gallery

    The new GSX-S750 was launched to Europe’s motorcycling press in Spain earlier this month, and despite some rain and damp days, the praise for the GSX-R750-powered supersport roadster came flooding in. Take a look through our launch gallery, and for more information on the GSX-S750, click here...
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    GSX-S750 available from £99 per month

    Suzuki has announced pricing and availability of its GSX-S750, with the new naked available from £99 per month when it arrives in dealerships in*March, with an RRP of £7,599. Launched last week in Spain, the GSX-R750-powered supersport roadster is the newest addition to Suzuki’s GSX-S range, and...
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    Coulon Wins Birmingham Arenacross

    Cyrille Coulon took his second win of the 2017 Arenacross tour at the weekend, dominating the main in event inside Birmingham’s Genting Arena for round three of the series, and extended his championship lead. The SR75 Suzuki rider’s back-to-back victories made it three main event wins from three...
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    John Reynolds talks GSX-R1000 development – part two

    John Reynolds is pretty quick on a motorcycle. He’s a three-time British Superbike champion, winning his last title in 2004 on the GSX-R1000, but since then has turned his talents to developing the GSX-R range, from the 600 and 750, through to the all-new GSX-R1000. We spoke to him about the...