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In turn, Suzuki is embarking on the neo-retro segment. As usual with a lot of delay and a choice between surprise and exercise. To mark this very fashionable segment with its imprint, each manufacturer draws on its past and reinterprets it with a more or less spicy sauce.. Under this doctrine, what machine was Suz going to come out of limbo to trigger temporal vibrations? ?
The 750 GSX-R? It certainly won its place in the motorcycle pantheon in 1985; but it relives almost every year with special series.
The RE-5? A great idea but a flop at the time. And then, almost everyone does not care about the rotary engine today … The GS 750? The Van Van ?
No, you need a model that has shocked people’s minds, that has shaken up its time, that has become a reference for some or for all. And the bike that corresponded the most when the challenge was launched is the KATANA !
As at the dawn of the 80s, this motorcycle marks its territory and its difference with an offbeat design. Suzuki has skilfully transported the strange allure of the 1100 Katana to its future, drawing a present of the same ilk. This temporal leap dictates the pageantry of this ‘Classic’: taut, robotic, deviant lines, it wants to be carved by saber blows, which it bears the name. The half-fairing took great care to present the most indisputable (and much-discussed) element that this bike had to wear. A well square headlight, placed vertically and above all wedged between the diagonals of the fork crown. Guaranteed effect. LEDs will take care of the brightness.
In order to purify its stern, plate and indicators have been released on a support taking its anchoring on the swinging arm. An appendix that we find on more and more machines. We thus have an exit from the seat perfectly freed from the obligatory heaviness, where the two-tone saddle can calmly doze off on a fire with vampire gums..
The style is accomplished, it seems. On the form, while on the substance … Miss Katana did not fully respect the spirit of her grandmother. However, like her, her being is based on the big roadster of the range. Except that Suzuki had transformed it at the time into Sport-GT. A pair of handlebars-bracelets lengthened the riding position, allowing a sporty look and an ordeal for the forearms. The new generation will offer a more relaxed roadster driving position ‘… almost a shame; something distinctive would have suited the silhouette better. Personal opinion. It will not be completely the same as on a GSX-S 1000, because of the seat raised by 10 mm, 825 mm from the ground.
In the 1980s, the real name of the Big Katana was GSX 1100 S. Today, its ‘revival’ is technically based on the 1000 GSX-S. Fun as the appellations ironically know how to cross the ages. Chassis as an engine will thus have few criticisms to deal with. The big 4 cylinder comes from an old GSX-R 1000, of course reworked for roadster use and approval. With 150 horsepower, roundness and consistency quite Suzuki, this block is a power companion of very good company. Less explosive than the last generation of hyper-roadsters, it is more reassuring but still strong enough to tear off pairs of molars.
Also closely derived from a GSX-R 1000, the aluminum perimeter frame can do the job valiantly, aided by a fully adjustable 43mm Kayaba inverted fork as well as a rear shock from the same manufacturer, adjustable in preload and rebound. As you’ll have to brake hard at one point or another, two 310mm discs are ready to suffer under the onslaught of Brembo 4-piston clamps..
The on-board electronics do not differ either. With a silicon card deck including ABS, Easy Start System and 3-stage traction control, can be deactivated. The minimum union today, while the competition continues to overbid with active ABS on curves, driving modes, anti-gimmicks everywhere. Suzuki still leaves a lot of confidence in the pilot, just a little less than a Z 1000.
We regret that the Katana does not benefit from some bonuses, in order to mark a technological difference in driving. Kawa did it well with its Z 900 RS, better equipped at this level than its sister Z 900.
No more sensors, no additional neurons … But all the same a new dashboard, especially for her. A digital panel in the format of that of the last 1000 GSX-Rs, filled with its own graphic charter. The information is plentiful, nothing is missing, and the appreciable little touch will make her proud: the Japanese logo ? when the engine starts.
The tank appears to have been borrowed from Robocop’s back. Its design harmonizes between the past and the plastic of the Katana, with unfortunately a surprising punishment. It takes 5 liters of fuel less. With 12 liters of total capacity, autonomy may become a concern. We could see it as another tribute to the past: who remembers the reduced range of the 1000 TLR, where the anguish gained you once you exceeded 100 km on the trip of the meter? ?!?
Another small sanction, more anecdotal, the vintage trim placed on this GSX-S weighs it down by 5 kilos. No worries – 215 kilos, that’s still reasonable. In the guns of Japanese roadsters.
Suzuki could have shaken the market much sooner; the Stratosphere concept-bike having marked out the terrain, this Katana would have had a much stronger impact by landing in the wake of the BMW NineT. It is not too late but the saber arrives during the battle, with more difficulties to impose itself. In addition, some will see only a revamped GSX-S 1000. This is not wrong, but what a dressing! Because with it, the Suzuki roadster finally has something to stand out in terms of style – the standard and F versions really lacking in sex appeal. Suddenly, this 1000 Katana could well surprise on a ground where we do not expect it.
Anecdotal and yet equivocal point, the 1000 Katana is the most powerful neo-retro of the moment, by far.
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GSX 1100 S KATANA 1981
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The technical aspect
Suzuki 1000 Katana 2019
- Frame
- Frame: perimeter aluminum
- Tank: 12 liters
- Seat height: 825 mm
- Length: 2,130 mm
- Width: 835 mm
- Height: 1110 mm
- Wheelbase: 1,460 mm
- Weight in running order: 215 kg
- Train before
- Telehydraulic inverted fork Ø 43 mm, deb: 120 mm
- 2 discs Ø 310 mm, Brembo 4 piston radial calipers
- Front wheel:
120/70
– 17
- Transmission
- 6-speed gearbox
- secondary by chain
- Rear axle
- Mono-shock absorber, deb: 63 mm
- 1 disc Ø nc, 1 piston caliper
- Rear wheel:
190/50
– 17
- Motor
- 4 Cylinders
in line
, 4 stroke - Cooling: by water
- Injection Ø 44 mm
- 2 ACT
- 4 valves per cylinder
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999 cc
(73.4 x 59 mm) -
150
ch
at 10,000 rpm -
10.80 mkg
at 9,500 rpm - Compression: 12.2: 1
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Competitors
2019 BMW 1200 R Nine-T
2019 Yamaha XSR 900
Kawasaki Z 900 RS 2019
Triumph 1200 Thruxton 2019
2019 Honda CB 1000 R
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