Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5/6 vs GSXR 1000 L7 Track Test, Which is faster? Which is the best GSXR 1000 ever?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2023
- Track test of a Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5/6 and Suzuki GSXR 1000 L7 (2017). Does the newer bike deserve the crown of best GSXR ever made?
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I was in the Isle of Man for 10 years and needed a competent road machine for the mountain. 2006 went and test road all the current weapons of choice at DK and was thinking Blade or R1 it started raining and wnet out on a K6. Wow, deal done. After 2 years of following the locals GSXR 750s or 600 would always turn quicker so fitted Blackstone carbon wheels. Riding in the UK it seemed Id wasted my money but once the bike was at high speed what a package, the suspension colud be softened and it handled better, the braking was way way better...wheelies dont get me started and turn in was stable and as good as a 600. With a 2006 R1 throttle tube (gives a quick action throttle) that GSXR was one of the most stable easy to ride machines out there, still have it. Dynoed 162 BHP and weighed in at 162Kg wet, mid range monster.
I was also one of the lucky few to have owned these bikes when they came out my K5 had a full Arata pipe and I did the cams on it,Wheelies for days.
I'm 60 years old and an old man now. But I had a K6 back in the day and with a canned tune from Dynojet with a PC-3 tuner, an M4 full exhaust, got 162 hp at the rear wheel on the dyno (with a few tweaks). The bike was an absolute beast . Friends of mine with their ZX-10's and Yamaha Ravens hated the fact that 160 hp, no matter what they did with tune and exhaust, was unobtanium for them ...... I miss that bike ....... I sold it before it reduced me to ground temperature .................... and yes, my beautiful wife gave me an ultimatum ..... LOL🤣🤣🤣
I love the k5 and k6. They were something else when released. The L7 is better though in my opinion. Thankyou for your comment :) wife’s be like that hey haha
@@rideronabudget76 I was never a drag racer. A friend of mine, John Minnono, who owns land speed records, toke my bike down the 1/4 mile in Ennis Texas and ran a 9.40 / 164 mph run bone stock !!!!!! He was having a blast !!!! I finally said give me my bike back before I have no clutch left !!!! I am a retired aircraft mechanic and managed to get the weight of the beast under 380 lbs. . It was brutally quick. We got 80 ft/lbs of torque out of her !!!! Your video brought back so many wonderful memories. It got to the point where, even on the street, that the only tire I could trust were Michelin Hi-Sport slicks.... medium compound ......... you brought back so many happy memories of 2 and 3rd gear peg-draggers on twisty roads.
Now I ride a 2022 BMW r1250 GSA ..... 1st and 2nd gear throttle twist wheelies are incredible for a 600 lbs. bike ...... Love my BMW !!!!!!!
There is no doubt how good they are. I loved mine until I destroyed it :(
Thankyou for your kind comments, glad you’re still on 2 wheels and still loving it. Awesome :)
@@TheAmerican1963162 hp doesn't seem very high tbh I had a k5 and it was in the high 170s think it was 178. Now got an L2 with a racefit exhaust and got 186hp at the wheel
@@gixxer7907 That was with stock air filter, Dyno PC3 and M4 "long" header and pipe. Torque was thru the roof. You may have done more mods than I did but 162 for it's time was good. 🙂
Love the retro feel
I just sold my cbr 600f4i and im looking forward to buying a k5 when I save enough money. It seems to me the best of that time and much cheaper than r1s
In that era yes. They were a step above anything else. I hope you find a good one and love it :)
I've got a 22 panigale v4s and one of the big things they changed was the spring rate to the front forks. Can guarantee that revzilla video had something to do with that. Panigale is an absolute weapon, but I am currently looking at a k5 to 7 gsxr or daytona 675r for a 2nd bike
I think iirc they mentioned the suspension was a limiting factor on the video. No doubt a v4 walks away from the K5. It’s happened to me on track with an rsv4. He dropped me. My L7 is able to stay with them a bit more but you could see the gap in power.
I love the sound of the 675. I remember almost getting burnt by one who I was up the arse of waiting to pass on a track day. I was right behind him and we were coming to a corner and he braked, and downshifted. The bloody thing shot flames. I shit myself haha. Thanks for the comments bud :) safe riding.
I want a GSXr for the street. I test rode the L7 and didn’t really like it. It had power but was peaky.
I think I’m going to get a K7/8, it’s slightly more refined than the K5 but has decent midrange
Each to there own hey. I think the L7 is amazing on the road if a little uncomfortable but that’s just my opinion. The K7 is a nice bike :) good luck :)
@@rideronabudget76 True, maybe I’m biased because I like mid 2000s superbikes.
I thought the L7 was really fast on full noise but not great putting around town.
@@ashdivakaran9664 The K7 is lovely, I've had mine for 6 years. Just change the front master cylinder and maybe sprockets. Great everyday bike otherwise.
K7 has less mid range. Many K5 owners who traded in for K7 in 2007 were furious. 😮
@@roadgent7921 I just got a K8 with a full exhaust system & tune.
It has plenty of mid range, I’ll compare it back to back with my mate’s k6, I think it’s very similar
Love my k5 gsxr 750, had her about 15 years and she's going nowhere till she blows up 😅 perfect track bike 🥰
ay i might to barbagallo this weekend abit of a drive tho
I used to travel 3rs each way. Collie was on this weekend, I’m not sure what’s on at barbs this weekend coming.
How are you getting on with the gripone? I cant find a review on them anywhere…
Hi. Thanks for the comment. I actually made a video on this. Check out my channel :)
i have an L2 and i am loving it in the city. one day i will try it in 2nd gear....
Hahaha. So true with any of these machines. I used to be a riding instructor on my k5 a long time ago now. I’d have to park up the learner and go for a quick blast to cool the thing down. It hated doing slow slow speeds for long periods of time
I'm on the L2 also 👍
Video opened up and I thought hey that's a clip of Collie! Then scouser starts talking and I think wait a minute. Took me a minute to realise what's going on 🤦♂Good video. Did think at the end I'm guessing the 4 or 5 seconds is the difference between Metzeler TDs and the diablo rossos. I'm yet to get another bike and was seeing loads of ninja 400s about. Was leaning that way. But then there's some good deals on old GSXR thous and ZX10s isn't there.
Ok. Give me a clue…. Do we know each other lol
Ninja 400’s are eligible for the production class, other than that I personally would buy a gixer but I’m 100% biased lol
@@rideronabudget76 ha no don't think so. Unless you're on the tdr forums, my name is blacklines on there. Or Owen in real life. Think it was just a bit disorienting seeing Collie and thinking ok it's one of the WA lads. Then hearing your voice and thinking ah maybe I was mistaken. Maybe it's someone off tdr. Then seeing Wanneroo and realising ah you're another brit in WA. I moved over here a year ago.
@@rideronabudget76 Yeah with the 400 I was thinking I could race. But was also thinking they'd be cheap on tyres etc too. Last bike was an Aprilia RSV Mille so think I might find a 400 a bit small and maybe lacking in power. But heaps lighter. I'd lean towards a gsxr myself, mainly because everything on the bike is a higher quality. Like in your video, it's not just power is it. To get a ninja 400 to match a stock GSXR 1000 you'd have to swap brakes, clutch and suspension. Which would probably cost more than you'd save in tyres over a few years.
@@layingblacklines the other argument though is that riding a small capacity bike fast makes you a better rider. I’ve seen riders improve so much by doing just this. But then it’s a case of selling again and buying again when you get bored.
A Mille! Love the sound of them…. Lovely bikes :)
I prefer the raw pure skill no assistance bikes.
Out of interest have you ever ridden a bike with anti wheelie and traction control? I would say the same thing until I tried it. Anti wheelie is a superb tool that really helps go faster on track.
I purchased gixer k7 k5 and k2 when they were new first time around. Skipped k4 after test ride . 20 years on and I'm on my 4th K2 ,the others are great but k2 is one of greatest all-round bikes available 😊 even 22 years after release its still raw weapon 1 tooth down on the front sprocket wakes up the beast within.
U use tracktion control? Which manufacturer?
I used a Gripone iside2 system. There’s a seperate video on my channel with my thoughts on that system :)
owned both.. l7 wins
but it WAS slower, that's a fact, now we can imagine all kinds of scenarios, but the fact is the fact
I love the k5, but i love the k1 even more. K1 is number one in my book
I've had my k5 for 10yrs now and it's an amazing machine, unfortunately my subframe snapped last weekend on the way to the farmyard rally. I've looked into getting a steel frame as I do lots of rallys on it but haven't had any luck. I've ended up buying a used subframe and are going to attempt to reinforce it
Strange how the subframe snapped. They are cast aluminium aren’t they? Mine snapped after my crash but the bike did cartwheel for 50m and snapped the main frame also :/ hope you get it sorted soon anyway. Great bikes. I’ll be getting another soon :)
Better with the stock alloy sub.. they need 200c heat stress relieving after welding
There is a special frame brackets made by Suzuki to reinforce the frame
Well, I got the k6, so I think it's better... hahaha cool video
Legends never die 👊🫨
Oh I’m on the lookout for another K6 don’t you worry hahaha. Love them :)
I bought a k6 1000 brand new with 7 dollars in my bank account and I was lucky my bike was a hit well built engine from the factory it pulled extremely hard nothing touched me. Especially after I power commander 3 yoshi carbon fiber TRC and elimination of any extra plastics I could get rid of etc
Flogged my K6 in 2014 for £4500 to a dealer. It was 5000m and pristine condition. I handed over keys Sat lunchtime, it was re-sold before end of day. Hope it went to an appreciative owner. 😮
That’s really sad :( I’m looking for another one now. Taking my time. I either want a complete basket case to rebuild or a pristine example :) did you get something else?
@rideronabudget76 Yeah...a Kawasaki W800 !!👌 I wasn't riding the K6 much due to becoming a creaking tortoise. You know how it is. I actually prefer the other end of the scale these days. Pity my 19 year old self couldn't have experienced such a bike..but that probably wouldn't have ended well! Good luck with your search. ✌️
@@rideronabudget76selling a k6 grey 20k full service 1 owner me , Yoshi slip on plus original , nitro. R3 shock plus original , MCT fork internals k tech , braided lines tail tidy plus original , never tracked , small scuff on clutch cover , paper work galore , to old and arthritic to enjoy anymore
@@cdkmonkey2699 that’s sad that you’re selling. Sounds like a mint bike. I’ll copy this onto the community tab :) best of luck with the sale.
I would rather have 2 1988 blue and white Gsxr 750s one track prepped and the other stock.
Each to their own. That’s the beauty of bikes, everyone likes different eras, models, capacities etc etc.
Those Pirelli Rosso tires are shit. I had them on a Tuono V4. the front would slip all the time. now with new good tires, it has changed the bike.
Totally agree. They are ok for the road but get far too hot too quickly on track. Thanks for the comment :)
@@rideronabudget76 Mine was on a road bike, i actually did not enjoy corners on them because they let go so often 😬
@@rideronabudget76 there's more than just blasting them around the track.. I inherited a well setup k5 from a mate that upgraded to an x NZ superbike L7.. so near as light as the track k5.. & supposedly 20hp up.. has had 20 or so track days to setup & he's still 5secs down on the k5.. some times too much is too much & less is better.. look at how well setup sv650 twins can keep up with most of the 600 race SuperSports.. I follow them in Aus
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Interesting video k6 with 175 horses vs a 200 horse L7 i know which id pick even after test riding both machines the k6 is just better that much better i ended up getting one and the only bike id replace it for is a s or m 1000rr
5:25 hhaha thats why you don´t have to make the clown with the bikes. Bikes are expensive, you can enjoy them but not at the limit of its capabilities, if you do, be ready to deal with the reality, the K6 heaven...
I’m glad my crash amused you :) I was due to race this season and I crashed testing. I had a high side which when riding at pace is always a risk. The bike was very well set up, extremely well maintained and plenty capable. The crash was one of those things. Without riding at pace, I would be too slow and I was prepping to participate in a sport, the whole point is to ride fast.
@@rideronabudget76 The whole point is -10.000 euros/dollars in the bank account. Enjoy the bikes but don´t do that, it´s a useless practice and you are palying with your life too...
And the rest. The crash lost me over $60,000 in lost earnings, kit, bike and more. I don’t regret a thing though. It was my choice. I thought about your comment for a long time before replying.
Motorcycle riding on track and racing, It was and is my passion, my sport, my fun. I knew the risk. I accepted the risk. I could not be one of those people that goes through life being risk adverse all the time. Would you get in a car because there’s always a risk, would you get in a plane? Jet ski? Water ski? Cross the road? All activities that have risks associated with them. It was my choice, I got hurt. I don’t regret it.
I get this as im about to sell my k6 1000... gonna regret it for the rest of my life but....
Took my k5 out for a ride last week, first of summer, it didn’t like what it saw, the k5 said why are there so many pussys around? , I replied I’m so sorry mate but it’s 2024 and the socialists are in charge, I couldn’t bring myself to tell the k5 it’s 20mph in wales because it would have smacked me one🤨 the k5 then said forget all that 💩, let’s pretend it’s 2005 and men rule the earth 😅 well it was calling the shots 😊
I have yet to own a GSXR, I’ve always had ZX6Rs but there’s just this draw I have towards them. I don’t care about the jokes people make about GSXR riders because we say the same jokes about every motorcycle.
I’ve had kawasakis, Yamahas, aprilias and yet still go back to Suzuki time after time. I’ve owned a K1, K4, K5,K6, L3 and L7 1000’s also 2 x gsxr 600’s and I still love them. I only have my L7 1000 R now but plan to buy another K5/K6 next year and restore it to like brand new. There’s something about them, you’re right. I love them :) thanks for the comment bro :)
Non sense.
Fully race body kit and mods make it under 400 lbs wet. Cheater.
L7 is stock but exhaust and tuned that's it.
That’s the whole point I make. I explain the mods and explain that’s why it is faster. I actually think the L7 is the better bike like I said in the video.