RIDE REVIEW I 2024 SUZUKI GSX-8R
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Suzuki's been in a couple
of years process of waking up
from a long, long slumber, and
the GSX-8R is the latest in a
slew of machines to come from
Hamamatsu that have reminded
the collective motorcycling
conscious just what they are
capable of.
But in the time Suzuki has been
largely absent from the sporty
street bike scene, it's changed
quite dramatically. The days
of low-barred sportbikes are
seemingly numbered, and this
twin-cylinder/junior class has
almost gone back to a mid-1980s
design style, one where the rider
can have a fairing and screen and
look all racy but not be perched
in the lap record stance with the
wrists low and ass high.
Like a Katana and a GSX-R had a fling.
At its core, the GSX-8R is es-
sentially an 8S with a new and very
angular fairing. It looks like a cross
between a GSX-R and a Katana.
But there have been a few signif
-
icant changes to make the 8R what
it is. The first and most obvious
