Suzuki GSX1400 Road bike chasing the sporties Taupo & Pukekohe race tracks New Zealand

[fatyank44]

Synkuk on youtube has a 1400 with a super charger strapped to the side claiming it produces 200 bhp????

[MrStevecro]

mine with after market pipes dynoed a bit over 100 at the wheel.

The guy who reckons 200 must have added two lots of results together LOL

[MrStevecro]

to guys wonderingbabout mpg -

you can get up to 50mpg imperial (55 U.S.) if you basically tour close to the speed limit and surf the wave of torque when overtaking rather than try to rev it hard. No need to go above 7000rpm ever on this bike.

If you wanna play hard all the time - you may see 30mpg but that'd take some dedicated bike wrestling and would be fatigueing doing it for a whole tankful

[Rich77UK]

Awesome Vid and fantastic riding! You make hauling a big heavy bike around look easy and despite lacking in top end made the nimbler sporties look bad!

[Wesfry]

Kyle Scott whatever his name was! The guy who thinks over 200 horse is possible from a 14 with a exhaust

[Wesfry]

There is a 1400 turbo on eBay at the moment and that's not 200 bhp! Numb nut

[multihull40]

@Wesfry

Hey Happy, who you talkin to?

[josephsaliba79]

excellent video,

[KevToon61]

Ace video, even better bike, great power output, mile per gallon, not good ha but do I care, smile per gallon a million to one, I love my GSX 1400.

[lo666zz]

Wicked video mate. MIss track days at Taupo especiallty the long track

[RosieKR]

i wish they sold them in the U.S. =( maybe i'll need to look at getting one imported, that'd be unique here in the middle of iowa lol.

[KevToon61]

@RosieKR Just get one mate, they are superb, I should know I have one.

[atreewithnolife]

a good rider can make anything look good ! give any bike to Andrew Stroude , he will give u a run.............

[kiwimike70]

Awesome Vid mate! The 14 hold her own!

[WRfourfiddy]

Wow, the 14 can hold it's head up pretty high running with the supersports like that!

[TheBof73]

Traded my gsx1400 in for a m109r. Still miss it.

[multihull40]

i know that feeling...

[Mrkneeslider]

Great vid Mate, I'm thinking of getting a gsx1400 does it ever overheat on summer days ? what distance can it do on a full tank ?

[multihull40]

Thanks mate.

No never overheated. They're quite low hp but make up for it in good road grunt. They'd be something wrong if one ever overheated. I don't recall what i got per tank full. On the track...not much!

[KyleScottStrength]

@multihull40 power commander3 akrapovic exhaust system + k&n air filtre , your getting about 205 total bhp from the gsx 1400 if not more

[NSchoolderman]

@KyleScottStrength where did you get that info? and try to prove it! I have a highly! modded 1400 and its not even close to 200hp.

Typical uneducated child.

[KyleScottStrength]

@NSchoolderman

my dads bike , dyno'd , go back to your box kid :)

[f891roy]

i have 2003 with twin blue flames, and pciii. i get 150-160mile per tank riding sensibly!! but remember its a 1402cc bike, so if ur heavy with the right hand it can do as little as 77miles on a 22L tank!!! tried and tested!

[AustRD]

Excellent video, watching this has only cemented the GSX1400 in my top 3 to look at in August when I can upgrade. Top riding mate, well done.

[multihull40]

Thanks mate.

Good luck with your choice.

Wish I still had mine.

[multihull40]

An '82 Katana750 in 1984, club days Sydney. Go karts in '04 and '05 Auckland

[hmvgasman]

Slow group antics aye :-) Can't wait to see Hampton Downs footage...I reckon the 1400 would fare better there as Taupo is a twisty goat track.

[multihull40]

Mate, the slow group would've been suicide akin to Russian Roulette!

If I had a Gixer1000 I'd be in the fast group otherwise Intermediate was perfect. The stop start nature of Taupo helped. Any track with long straights and less braking and I'm left for dead.

[R1KSU]

Great vid, any chance you could do one showing the clocks, would love to know what sort of speed your doing. I'm thinking of getting a 1000+ naked sportsbike in about 6 months or so Yam FZ1 or Kawa Z1000, but also tempted with Honda Cb1300 or a GSX1400, I currently have a ZZR600

[multihull40]

I can't remember top speeds but no where near the sporties. Average speeds were comparable mostly because of good brakes. There's not much pull above 8,000rpm. For a better track compromise my personal choice would be FZ1. Heaps more horses and lighter and still comfy to ride in the real world. But for road and city use my all time fav is the GSX1400 and I've had a few. Its all personal preference really. Glad you liked the vid.

[R1KSU]

I got the FZ1sa cpl of weeks ago !!!

Wow so much grunt ;)

Only had her upto 155mph so far, ran out of road.

Thanks

[multihull40]

Hey great to hear that. Now I want one! Actually I always have after my track-day ventures. No bike at all now. Living on a boat - But there will come a day.

Cheers.

[multihull40]

Thanks for your comment.

These bikes are very stable under hard braking right to the apex. The rear becomes light, and changing down to 1st or second at speed would be dangerous. Hence the changing down mid corner.

Cheers, glad you liked the vid.

[hathwit7]

dam i love those 1400's

[beyondkiwi]

Hey awesome Vid Joe. I have the full length one you had floating around :)

Shows really well how the GSX1400 can corner and late brake to catch up on the spoties.

[petmagic]

Very nice.