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SUZUKI GSX-R1000R

B-road Boothy

The white ‘L7’ Gixer might have divided opinions when it hit the showrooms in 2017, but I think it looks pretty rock and roll. What doesn’t tend to divide opinions is the big fat exhaust can hanging off the side of the bike; it’s really not pretty, but I’m not going to bang on about that because you’ve already had to suffer a couple of years of me moaning about it. Exhaust aside, I had fond memories of this bike, and when I jumped on it I was reunited with the reasons I grew to like this bike so much in the first place. It’s a bigger bike and more spacious than I remembered. The fuel tank is wide and the windscreen high, so a slightly taller than average, slightly fatter than average rider like myself actually fits on the

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