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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: Red01 on October 21, 2005, 12:31:14 AM

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Red01 on October 21, 2005, 12:31:14 AM

For all you 400 fans who wish you could buy a new B4...

(http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/GSR400_edited.jpg)

Quote from: "Raptors and Rockets"

Suzuki is also premiering a 400cc version of the GSR. This is most likely a Japan only model, but new it is nevertheless. GSR400 is the first small streetfighter with 180/55 rear tyre and fuel injection. It gives more fuel to the fact there must be a jumbo King GSR as well.

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: b4cruz on October 21, 2005, 12:48:25 AM

i wonder where else that 400 block goes to
and where it came from
and if the fuel injection and computer will fit on my engine

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Desolation Angel on October 21, 2005, 10:53:22 AM

I'd love to ride one for a couple of days and compare the performance to the 425's and 450's of the late '70's and early '80's.  I had an '82 GS450 for a year and it would be cool to see what 23 years of technological advancement has done.

By the same token, it would be cool to compare the 1200 Bandit to an early '80's GS1150ES classic.

That 400 is one pretty bike.

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Fromage on October 21, 2005, 12:03:55 PM

I bet they will be nice little bikes.

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Maniac on October 21, 2005, 02:16:28 PM

That even kinda looks like a B4...

I like it  :banana:

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: billybandit on October 21, 2005, 02:53:05 PM

Bet it'll be similar power to the early B4 as well. Slap a fairing on it - new GSXR 400!

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Red01 on October 21, 2005, 08:54:46 PM

Quote from: "Desolation Angel"

I'd love to ride one for a couple of days and compare the performance to the 425's and 450's of the late '70's and early '80's.  I had an '82 GS450 for a year and it would be cool to see what 23 years of technological advancement has done.

By the same token, it would be cool to compare the 1200 Bandit to an early '80's GS1150ES classic.

That 400 is one pretty bike.

I think if you got a ride on a B4, you'd have a pretty good idea, though I'd hope the GSR4 is at least a little better at everything.

The GS1150 & the B12 actually compare pretty close in drag racing numbers. (Remember, the B12 motor is a detuned version of the late 80's GSXR1100 with an extra 30cc's... nothing real earth shattering in the technology dept.)  The B12 will stop and turn a little better though.

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: interfuse on October 21, 2005, 11:57:41 PM

Is that GSR400 a triple or am I just not seeing a 4th pipe??? I did a quick web search but couldn't find any other info...

Looks more like a honda 599 then a b4...

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Red01 on October 22, 2005, 12:52:59 AM

You're just not seeing the other pipe. You can learn more about the GSR400 from Suzuki's Tokyo Show site:

http://tokyo2005.suzuki.co.jp/motor/EN/models/gsr400.html

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: interfuse on October 23, 2005, 11:48:37 AM

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The newly developed liquid-cooled 4-cylinder DOHC 4-valves-per-cylinder engine, extensively incorporating advanced technology from the supersport GSX-R series and fitted with a fuel-injection system - the first on a 400cc-class naked bike - delivers quick response together with environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient performance.

Sounds like a Bandit 400 with FI. Cool.

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: PitterB4 on October 23, 2005, 07:01:26 PM

Nice, nice, NICE!   :grin:   I really like the new GSR series.  I do wonder where the motor comes from or where it's going.  It seems strange that they would develop an all new 400cc motor for the home market only.

Title: GSR400 now too?
Post by: Red01 on October 23, 2005, 07:08:30 PM

Perhaps it's based on the 600? Since the GSR isn't a no holds barred hyperbike, the weight penalty of sizing down a 600 class motor to meet the road requirements of a 400 class would be acceptable... much like the JDM's SV400 being based off the SV650.

Just a thought... OTOH, maybe Suzuki has plans for another GSXR400 that'll use a hotter version of thie GSR4's lump.