VOL. 50 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 13, 2013 P89
2013 Suzuki GSX-R750
or Triumph. Yet it's still no slug.
Weight-wise the added 150cc of
engine displacement equate to
a bike that weighs eight pounds
more than the GSX-R600 (425
pounds with a full tank of gas) but
more importantly, eight less than
the Ducati.
"It feels really neutral," says
Zemke, who like Pridmore, used
to race the 750-powered GSX-R
during the era of the AMA's 750
Supersport class. "It didn't do
anything real bad."
Steering through the slower
right/left sequence of turn 8 and
9 showed that it transitions from
side-to-side in the exact amount
of time as the 600 (60 degrees
per second) positioning it ahead
of only the Ducati and MV.
Leaned over on its side it felt virtually identical to the 600. It was
stable and generally delivered
pleasing mid-corner feel, but its
corner speeds were nothing extraordinary and when averaged
the 750 fell toward the tail-end of
the group. Another strike against
the GSX-R was that it couldn't
carry as much lean angle through
the Bowl, even compared to its
own 600cc sibling.
