2020 SUZUKI GSX-R1000R

I know what you’re thinking: it’s about time the Gixxer thou’ got a proper update. I know it had its brakes faffed with last year and a sexy new colour scheme for this year, but really, it’s the same as it’s always been since the L7 hit the showrooms back in 2017.

I actually think it looks smart – or it would do if they sorted out that ridiculous end-can. It looks like they’ve fashioned it out of something they’ve found in an Airbus reclamation yard; it really would look more at home slung under the wing of an A380.

Luckily, when you are sat on the Gixxer, you don’t have to look at the exhaust pipe. You do have to look at the Nintendo Gameboy lookie-likie dashboard, though, which isn’t a hugely pleasurable experience. There is a lot of information on there, and it’s all a bit messy but it does the job, I suppose.

As soon as I got my leg over (as an