VOLUME 59 ISSUE 15 APRIL 12, 2022 P103
W
e should have had this
bike in 2021, but then,
a lot of things should
have happened in 2021. Like so
many other bikes in the current
market, the GSX-S1000 was de-
layed coming to the U.S., but we
have it now, so enough of that.
This is the new $11,299 2022
Suzuki GSX-S1000, the succes-
sor to the most forgotten about
naked bike on the road today.
The previous-generation
GSX-S came into life in 2015.
It had a few nips and tucks in
2017—like slipper clutch chang-
es, black footpegs, clutch
and brake levers—but aside
from that it was largely the
same bike. And hardly anyone
knew about it.
You, or at least I, never saw
them on the street. The odd
modified one might pop up in
my Instagram feed but that's all
I ever saw of the bike, which is
a shame because it was a
genuinely good machine.
Suzuki will be
aiming for buyers
of the Kawasaki
Z900 with
new GSX-S.
SUZUKI'S FINALLY BROUGHT THE
REVAMPED GSX-S1000 TO AMERICA. THE
BIG QUESTION IS, IS IT WORTH THE WAIT?
And
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN WING
WE'RE BACK!
