16 high-res photos of the World Endurance Championship GSX-R1000

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While the 2012 Suzuki GSX-R1000 and 2012 Suzuki GSX-R750 may have been anticlimactic, these pictures remind us that Suzuki isn’t so much about scarcely-updated new models as it is about winning races. Going into the final World Endurance Championship race of the year, team SERT’s GSX-R is leading BMW’s factory S1000RR by 9 points and the third place Kawasaki ZX-10R by 27. Maybe its the headlights or the simple, brutal utility, but there’s something very, very neat about endurance bikes.

Specs:
Cylinder/ Engine: 2011 GSX-R1000
Head: STD Head Modified
Crank: Standard
Valves: STD Suzuki 
Cylinder/ Engine:  2011 GSX-R1000

Head: STD Head Modified

Crank: Standard

Valves: STD Suzuki

Transmission: 6 speed Factory Suzuki close ratio

Camshaft: Yoshimura KIT

Clutch: Yoshimura

Fuel injection: STD

Ignition/ Electronics: Yoshimura ECU kit 

Spark plug: NGK

Exhaust: DEVIL/ Titanium

Chain: RK

Air filter: KS Filter

Gearing: AFAM Sprockets 

All lubricants: Motul

Tyres: Dunlop

Rims/ Wheels: OZ Wheels

Axles: Factory Suzuki

Brake pads: Nissin

Callipers: Endurance-spec Nissin

Discs: Nissin 310mm

Master cylinders: Nissin
Suspension: Showa 43 Forks / Showa rear shock
Linkage: Suzuki Factory

Handlebars: Suzuki Factory

Grips: Suzuki Factory

Levers: Suzuki Factory

Bodywork: Flam Racing

Screen: Puig

Footpegs: Alpha Usinage

via Racing Cafe

  • smoke4ndmears

    The last photo is the best.

  • JC

    Not normally a fan of dual side canisters, but this bike is a precision racing scalpel

  • http://www.muthalovin.com the_doctor

    Pretty damn radical.

  • http://pics.zenerves.net/index.php?gallery=vehicules tropical ice cube

    There’s always a beauty to raw effectiveness; we are definitely into “I’m just, and only, purposeful” territory here. Take that, everybody else: the look of success isn’t what the drones @ marketing dept think it is.

  • T Diver

    They should add a license plate and big turn signals.

  • http://www.postpixel.com.au mugget

    Nice. I really want an endurance style headlight like that on my Gixxer.

  • jason McCrash

    Apparently I own a fancy pro bike stand and not a cheap ass Harbor Freight one?
    Nice!

    • Kyle

      Haha, I noticed that too. It does the job i guess

  • Archer

    Do those headlamps look like 5K HID’s?

    …oh, and Wes, if you’re going to fit in living in LA, you need to spell “tires” with an “I”. You’re slipping into your home habits… next thing we know you’ll be adding an extra syllable to that light silvery metal used for the frame on that very cool bike. ;)

  • Rosario

    Two sets of cylinders, heads and valves?

  • Mugello Fire

    Endurance is cool.

    Suzuki beat BMW twice this year and vice versa. Quite narrow.

    Interesting: Ducati made only points in one race (out of four) and Aprilia made no points at all during the whole championship. These guys make incredible bikes, but do they last?

    For sure Suzuki is the king of endurance races since many, many years.

    • jason McCrash

      I agree. I hear ’24 Hours of Suzuka” and I instantly think GSXR.

  • http://www.damiengaudet.blogspot.com damien

    I’m not a, “horizon must be straight” kind of photographer…but the tilt on most of the stationary shots are just ridiculous.