Comments on: Suzuki Unveils 2011 GSR750 Naked (with video) (Bike Reports) (News)

By: breezy

breezy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:24:15 +0000

Yeah, what they said. I want an upright 750, but the styling is JUST too over the top. I don’t want to ride a Transformers bike. with a normal fuel tank and nice round headlight or headlights, it would have been a winner. Too bad Suzuki, I’ll be looking elsewhere…

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By: Bluedawgie

Bluedawgie — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:04:42 +0000

Love to see the standards making a comeback. I’m somewhat old school, but can live with some of the extra plastics. A big factor for me is the lean forward ergos. I prefer the upright more relaxed positioning, but as with anything, if need be, I can customize it to my liking. Just wish they came that way in the first place. I had a ’76 Suzuki GT 750 “Water Buffalo” (and will have another again someday) and thought the seat/foot/handlebar position and wheelbase were perfect for me.

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By: PonchoSA

PonchoSA — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:31:34 +0000

I think this and Kawa 750 will be my nakeds of choice.Will stick to my GSR600 for now!

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By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:08:40 +0000

I hope Suzuki has sense enough not to neuter the 750cc GSXR motor or use budget suspension components. Not a big fan of the sharp edged look of today’s bikes especially the ones from Europe. Looks like Suziki is following this trend. Time to break out the Dremel with a plastic cutting wheel

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By: strogateta

strogateta — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:21:05 +0000

messy. pity, because the basic lines/sizing are rather bang-on. We’d all prefer, however, a nice cast swingarm instead of the totally out-of-place USD fork (USD on a street bike with cheapo steel swingarm and conventionally bolted front calipers??? come on…) get your act together Suzuki, at least Kawa can be copied succesfully.. their ER-6 is so much more harmonic in terms of matching contemporary technology (yes!) with budget-aware components. On the ER-6 there are no USDs, no radial calipers, no exotic swingarms, yet the overall package is so balanced and pleasing to the eye/to ride.

The good point – aesthetically speaking this one is tons better then the nerdy-styled Glad-I-Us.

If the price is cool, however, in this sad world of under-specced and overpriced nakeds, Suzuki may be right with this one, in spite of some ridicolous speccing inconsistencies.

We are FED UP with nakeds that cost almost as much as the ultra-high-tech models, yet they not only save on the fairings, but they are also underspecced as hell. The future lies in two separate naked-segments (Kawi are closest to this right now IMO) – one ultra-accessible and simple naked, with bags of get-up-and-go appeal and affordability (eg.a down-specced ER-6 or some REAL successor to the SV650??), and another naked class altogether, based on the ultra-high-tech models, specced similarly as the top-drawer Superbikes. (Z-1000 ?, Speed Triple R ?), placed in an entirely different price-bracket.

Yet it is weird how customers easily “swallow” such value-shallow products as the modern nakeds have become. The essence of the word “naked” means two things: “stripped of the excessive specs”, or “top-specced but stripped of fairings and with a more upright position (naked for the technology to be seen)”.

It’s like with women – there are womenh that you DON’T want to see naked, and others you’d die to strip them.

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By: ABQ

ABQ — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:20:15 +0000

Whatever it is, I hope it kills the gladius

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By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:09:53 +0000

ER5 they call ‘Ninja 500′ over here. I guess they figure Americans can’t ride a motorcycle without wanting to stab something?

Anyhow, it’s one of those bikes you can do anything on. It’s light and nimble, so you can manhandle the thing. You can nurse a tank of gas for a whole week of commuting. It’s got a long, flat saddle so you can go two-up, as long as your date ain’t too heavy. With its upright seating position and moderate geometry, I bet you could even throw some knobbies on one and handle some rough trade. I even saw Buster doing wheelies on one once, so I guess the clutches must be cheap and easy to replace…

The point being, if you can’t extract pleasure from one of these things, I don’t think it’s the bike that lacks character.

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By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:10:00 +0000

It’s ok. Better looking than a lot of naked bikes. But why the lean forward, tight ergos? Naked, aka ujm’s are suppose to be adaptable. I would much prefer a more relaxed, feet under you, sit up stright posture. And I wouldn’t mind a belt or a shaft drive either.

Oh, and I prefer the looks of the CB1100 too. I just like more classic looking bikes, with modern technology and dependability.

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By: Scott in the UK

Scott in the UK — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 05:32:43 +0000

Thats a pretty good post Red. Character is where you find it. I have come up with a theory in the last few years that these days I call he “ER-5 test”. There are two sorts of riders about today;

1. Those who if limited to an ER5 for the next 5 years would give up riding for that time.

2. Those who would keep riding, and find a way to have fun anyway.

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By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:55:28 +0000

I agree. I like this and Yamaha’s new one, but I’m still holding out for a belt or shaft drive. I’m not a sport rider, and wouldn’t miss the chain drive.

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