Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-8S

It’s time to bid a fond farewell to the fabulous Suzuki GSX-8S – a bike which proved to be far more than the sum of its parts on the spec sheet.

A budget 776cc parallel twin didn’t exactly get me excited, so my expectations were low when I collected the 8S. But that was soon to change. The first thing that struck me was how cool the bike looked. Colour-matched

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