Quick Look: Long-Travel 2024 Suzuki GSX-S1000GX+

Quick Look: Long-Travel 2024 Suzuki GSX-S1000GX+

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Featured in the October 2024 Issue of Roadracing World:

They Call It A Sport Crossover!

        Suzuki has bridged the gap between its sport touring GSXS1000GT+ and its V-STROM 1050 adventure machines with what it calls its new “Sport Crossover” model, the GSX-S1000GX+.

        The GX+ is closely related to the GSX-S1000GT+. They share the same fuel-injected, liquid-cooled 999cc inline four-cylinder engine from the 2005 GSX-R1000. Compared to the GSX-R, the GX+ engine has less compression (12.2:1 versus 12.5:1); steel valves in place of titanium valves; and a lower redline (11,700 rpm vs. 13,000 rpm) to match. It also has different camshaft profiles, and modified power delivery. Suzuki claims the engine produces 151 horsepower at 11,000 rpm and 78.2 lbs.-ft. of torque at 9,250 rpm. When strapped to a dynamometer and measured at the rear wheel, that works out to be 133.69 horsepower @10,230 rpm and 72.2 lbs.-ft. of torque at 9,030 rpm…

“Quick Look: 2024 Suzuki GSX-S1000GX+” By David Swarts

 

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