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be a little twitchy. Anything below
9000 rpm on this thing is a breeze,
especially when matched to that
delightful up and down quickshifter
on the six-speed gearbox.
Notch it above that 9k mark,
however, and things happen very,
very quickly.
At 10,000 rpm, that's the point
where the Suzuki Racing Variable
Valve Timing (SR-VVT) system
kicks in—Suzuki's mechanical
system that splits the camshaft
sprocket into two halves, with one
half carrying the sprocket itself, the
other attaching to the camshaft,
allowing for four degrees of rotation
between the two pieces.
On the inside of both faces
are radial grooves that house 12
steel balls and as the revs rise,
centrifugal force pushes the balls
outwards, up the grooves and var-
ies the cam timing. The result is a
noticeable kick in the power as the
1000R blasts out of the mid-range
and into the top end.
On the track, this is pure
lap-time heaven, because
even though the rush is
noticeable, the motor
is very linear in how it
Storage for your adventure on the
GSX-R1000R leaves a lot… actually,
there's no storage at all to speak of.
