Given the GSX-S's bones, along
with the Katana and GSX-1000F ABS,
were largely swiped from the ma-
chine that has been used more times
to stud than any I can think of in the
GSX-R1000K5, Suzuki knew they had
a good base for their naked bike.
It's a bit of a mystery as to why it
did not seem to catch on with the
buying public, but Suzuki came to the
game at exactly the wrong time for a
budget-conscious naked bike given
the firepower emanating from Europe
with the BMW S 1000 R, Aprilia Tuono
V4, KTM 1290 Super Duke, etc.
But that was then, and in 2022,
Suzuki may just have timed the market
just right with the new GSX-S's re-
lease because naked bikes with more
horsepower than superbikes are start-
ing to wear a bit thin on the buying
public. A bit of sense and sensibility
never goes astray.
The 2022 GSX-S is not an all-new
machine, but it's significantly re-
vamped enough to think it is.
Aside from the very obvious chang-
es to the bodywork that includes a
fancy new triple-stacked LED head-
light system, and LED indicators
RIDE REVIEW I 2022 SUZUKI GSX-S1000
P104
Suzuki MotoGP blue makes
it go faster, right?
I can assure you,
this is the best
possible view you'll
get of the dash. It's
near impossible to
read while riding.
