Suzuki Motor Company of America’s display at the AIMExpo running this weekend at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA includes two GSX-R150 sportbikes, one in stock form and one track-prepped with the turn signals removed and a Yoshimura exhaust system installed. A nearby sign invites show attendees to comment on the GSX-R150, in an attempt to gauge interest in an American-market version of the single-cylinder four-stroke built in Indonesia and currently sold in selected Asian and European markets.
The GSX-R150 has an actual displacement of 147cc with a bore and stroke of 62mm x 48.8mm with double overhead cams (DOHC) and bucket tappets operating four valves per cylinder–two 24mm intake valves and two 21mm exhaust valves. The intake valves are set at 16 degrees from the cylinder centerline and the exhaust valves are set at 17 degrees from the cylinder centerline, for an included valve angle of 33 degrees.
The engine makes claimed horsepower of about 14 kw (about 18.8 bhp) at 11,000 rpm and makes claimed peak torque of about 13.8 nm (about 10.2 lbs.-ft.) at 8,500 rpm, and has a compression ratio of 11.5:1. And the bike has a six-speed transmission. Top speed is about 85 mph.
The GSX-R150 has an EFI-controlled 32mm throttle body delivering fuel through a dual-spray, four-hole injector which aims the spray from each hole directly at an intake valve.
The GSX-R150 has a steel-tube backbone frame with a wheelbase of 1,300mm (about 51 inches), a seat height of 780mm (about 31 inches) and a claimed curb weight of 126 kg (about 278 lbs.). It comes with conventional front forks and a single rear shock, along with 10-spoke aluminum alloy wheels, a single 290mm front brake disc working with a dual-piston front brake caliper, and a 187mm petal-design rear disc with a single-piston caliper.
Vertically stacked LED headlights and LCD instruments are standard, as is a keyless ignition system with a remote control unit that has an ignition-on range of about one meter. Pushing a button on the remote causes the bike’s turn signals to flash, to make it easier to find the GSX-R150 in a crowded motorcycle parking lot. And the engine starts with one touch of the starter button, which does not need to be held down and then manually released.
No information is available as to whether or not the bike will actually make it into the U.S. or what the MSRP is likely to be, although if the bike does show up in America, the target retail price may be about the same or slightly more than a Honda Grom, making it less than $3,500 U.S.D.