GS weight - do these clip ons make me look fat?

[V8Pinto]

So I was just perusing the Suzuki site dreaming about my Hayabusa limited...then when I realized I couldn't spring for 11.3 grand, I looked at my other dream bike the GSXR-750 - in anniversary colors no less.. whoa...gottahabit.

Anyone care to note the weight?

GS500F    - 396.8lbs
GSXR-750 - 361lbs for the California model.

35 lbs lighter..... and who knows how much more power..  I think I have some sort of bike envy now...

I wonder if they make lightweight grips for the GS...

[makenzie71]

I don't think grips will get you down there...lol.

The gix is about 30 years newer than the GS...can't help but be lighter.

[that_guy]

388 for the R6

[JamesG]

Alot of the weight is in the steel vs. aluminum frame and swingarm. 
Ah progress...

[NightRyder]

If you take out that big thing with fins in the bottom front, you would gain a ton of weight loss vs that other bike. It's not doing much anyway.. just putt'n you around right?

[that_guy]

If you take out that big thing with fins in the bottom front, you would gain a ton of weight loss vs that other bike. It's not doing much anyway.. just putt'n you around right?

that damn thing is always getting in the way..

[bubba zanetti]

If your that worried about weight dont reach for that second piece of pie next time 

[monopoly]

Has any1 here ever ridden a GSXR b4?

I was on a slightly lowered 2005 gixxer600 and it weighs just over 350lbs i beleive...man it feels so light and nimble when putting out over 100hp to the rear wheel  . I love it one of the best bikes ive ever been on.

I will def be upgrading to one by the end of next year!

My one cousin has a 05' gixxer 1000 and another has the 750...The 1K is a little too much bike for me and i dont feel confortable sitting on it.

Havent tried the 750 yet.

[surlybruce]

I know for a fact that the newer SUZUKI speed demon machines are made from [ UNOBTANIUM ] for the most part metal utilized from crashed UFO s ! Ya gits what ya pay for. Remember there is only one speed limit after that you pay the man.

[dgyver]

Have you looked at all the places where they have shaved weight?
Like the bolts for the shock linkage have been drilled though.


The last GSXR I rode was my 2000 750. Did not care for it that much. Actually it was a disappointment from all the hype it got in the rags, on the track it may have been a whole other story.

[Blueknyt]

ridden 2 GSXR's in my time, an 88 GSXR750 with the triangle taillight, and a 93 600 i believe.   that 750 just seemed imtimidating as hell, the 600 seemed kinda fat.

[makenzie71]

I've ridden several and currently own a TL1000S (typical track competition for the 750 then-era 750cc supersports).  The 90's era GSXR's were "fat"...as in actually fat.

To consider the 750 a disapointment, by comparison to it's competition, seems a little...odd.  The bikes a beast, typically superior to all of the previous run of 1000cc rides.  I have actually seen a lot of EX/GS 500 riders step up to a GSXR600 and be complete disapointed with the experience.

[FearedGS500]

when i step up i'll be going to a CBR600 .. maybe bigger . who knows . that will be in a few years

[makenzie71]

I'd strongly suggest not going with a CBR...unless you're an s/m kinda person.

[aqxea2500]

 My cousin just got a 2006 zzr600 and asked me to drive it home for him and, I was amazed its so smooth and it sounds really nice, it made my gs500 mad but DAMN the zzr600 is pretty quick and it felt lighter too. I could just imagine what a gixxer 600 would feel like.