Suzuki Katana 2019 Review!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Here is my review of the 2019 Suzuki Katana! A blast from the past....But is it really?
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spicy110 the American katana is basically the tea pot the Suzuki gsxf. International renaming is awful can ruin a bikes rep with bad comments on the nick name like the ninja a modern 650 will be killed by a 90s 600 ninja the name is to sell.
@@ravencarter849 yep this is something I have learnt from this one!
I had a GSX750F new when they came out in 89,looks were debatable but I thought it was ok,certainly looked hideous when the bodywork was off.Did many good trips on it when I had it - from memory it even compares favourably with the VFR750 I have now,especially on the motorway.
@@paultanton4307 It's a long standing Suzuki tradition to make the GSX-F/EF bikes hideous.
I remember in the 80s there was a 750 kat with a pop-up headlight think there was a 550 n a 650 shaft as well as the original 1100 not sure if all models where available over here thou just remember seeing them in mags out at the time 😎😎👍👍
I absolutely love everything about this bike, specially the looks. I'm actually considering getting one. The one thing that is stopping me, is the size of the tank. 12 lts for a 1000cc is just too little. Even if I'm just gonna be using it for my city commutes, it's more and more visits to the station.
Also agree on the 750 thing. I love the styling of this, but I have no interest in getting a thousand. If they do a 750 version down the track I'll be all over it.
I feel like a lot of people who dislike the look are because they never had a Katana. This bike targets the people who use to have the original bike but now they're a lot older and tired if hunching over. Remind me of a Delorean of bikes.
Got this bike as loan for a day. Super fun my reaction was just like yours, smallest input and you double your speed. Massive difference to my everyday Tiger 800.
the 2022 update version is minimal, a quickshifter, improved clocks to help see them when the sun is shining, slight engine tweaks but I believe still the same fueling, the same engine is in the new 1000GT and that is super smooth so Suzuki can do it just not on the Katana and being in the UK and wanting a test ride on the 2022 version you have to travel 9435 miles.... yes that is the nearest dealer who has one on demo.
So what you getting? I noticed the 2022 and loved the looks, but….
I want cruise control and bigger tank…
The other GT you mention and kwak 1000 sx appeal but they are quite scarce for a lightly used buy
I love the looks! moment I saw one I wanted it! The retro front I fell in love with!
I remember going to the NEC motorcycle show in '82. They had a silver Katana on show, it was on a revolving pedestal and it looked drop dead gorgeous. At the time, Meriden Triumph was in its final death throws and I thought, "no wonder, who would buy a Bonneville when you could get one of these beauties". Sadly, the only bike I could actually afford at the time, was a second hand MZ.
Got to love people sometimes lol
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I've got a 1000 and a 650. They both serve different purposes, the Z1000SX comes out for long trips the 650 is for daily use. That said the SX is very rider friendly and you I could easily use it daily. Yes it has power due to the 1000cc but it isn't bonkers, where the 1000cc supersports can be more so. Also I've been all over the UK on the 650 and it does it well enough, the SX just does it better. At the end of the day they only do what you let them do. As for this Katana I get why they made it the way they did, but the combination of looks (which are not for me ) and the small tank kills it.
I like the stubby back end; it makes a change from the usual 'rocket ship' style rears of today's sports bikes
Tail tidy makes the bike look much better.
And bar end mirrors
Enjoyed your review, Spicy. While I know that looks are in the eye of the beholder, I can't understand mass hysteria about the looks. It's like music - embrace all the genres. I like it. It's compact, aggressive, balanced and unique. The industry has perhaps gone so insect front end (MTO9, Street Triple or duck bill crazy BMW GS/Multistrada etc.) that anything else is deemed ugly. Sure there are some classically good looking bikes out there (Panigale, Z900RS, etc), but there are plenty of far less integrated looking bikes out there with "bolted on looks" that are accepted. Remember the original Street Triple? Fugly, but attractive in a quirky way. IMO this is no different. Cheers.
There was a 1000 Katana sold alongside the 1100 back in the day to qualify for production racing. But here I think 1000 is just a convenient repurposing of an engine.
fresh bike look f'n crazy cool especially in real life
I just wish the engine was a bit more unique, it's would've been a great opportunity for Suzuki to develop a triple.
As much as I agree that would be cool if they did the bike would be hugely more expensive. But a Suzuki triple is something i would love to see one day!
should have been a turbocharged twin
How is that a homage to the 1981 GSX1100 Katana?
As a biker in his 50’s I get a great sense of nostalgia with this bike and will have one in my garage soon.
The bike is targeted at people my age with a certain memory of our teens with the original iconic 1100, and for me it is spot on the money
@@wacshugga even for someone younger who just knows their shit this bike is a masterpiece.
Everything you said in your review echoes how i feel about the GSXS1000f. It's so powerful you can't use any more than 5000 rpm. It has so much torque that the engine seems characterless - every gear seems the same...6th gear seems to have the same pull at low speeds as 2nd gear. If you whack the throttle open you are quickly going so fast you daren't take you eye off the road to see what speed you are doing. I test rode the 750 too and agree with you that less is more.
Really nice meeting you today! great vid keep them coming...
Haha now i have a name to the face! 👍
Absolutely love the bike, been thinking of getting one but I am a bit hesitant due to the tall seat height. I am a smaller dude about 5'8 with an inseam of 31" (78 cm). I am not sure I would be comfortable riding it in the city
First time I saw it: "wtf is this", but the more I look at it the more it grows on me...
I really like it & it's very different. You won't see many about. It's not to everyone's tastes but that's part of the appeal for me. Although I have to say it's a little pricey imo & I do really like the GSXS750 which is a damn sight cheaper.
The original Katana was first released as a 750, and if I remember right, the 1000, and the 1100 followed soon after, using the GSXR engines, as the 750 did. Love the looks from front back to the seat but I personally think the tail tidy is too small for that particular bike design. RSM8, keep the content coming.
Incorrect. There was no 750. We had the 1100, 1000 and then a 650 with shaft drive [I had one]. I think there was a 550 as well. The 1100 was based on the GSX 1100E. There were no GSXR's in them days.
@@fyorbane I stand corrected, yes I was thinking 550 but typed 750, and yes also correct gsxr wasn't about back then.
@@fyorbane No, there was a 750. It was the one with the pop-up headlight. It didn't appear until 1984, I think.
"Don't yuk someone else's yum"..... Excellent! Though we all enjoy a bit of yum or yuk?
I think Suzuki missed a opportunity on this, it should be a Katana Turbo, with clipons and a taller screen, and a 650 non turbo version using the GSX 650F mill as a base.
I don't think a gsx 650f exists though
@@carlosandleon ,the GSX650F was sold in certain markets,Australia and New Zealand & UK & others, it's a inline four.
@@malcolmnuttall3165 I meant in the modern lineup. I don't think they sell those anymore. But well I'm sure they can remanufacture the engines and put it in a new katana i guess. But I personally think inline 4s are too fat. There is an SV 650 based katana kit being offered go check it out.
I like the look of the bike but the space between the bars and the dash looks strange
I'm personally a bit 50 - 50 on the new Katana. I mean, I really like the looks of it, but it definitely needs improvements with a wider, flatter bar, mirror delete, a tail tidy (with the exception of the one on that bike specifically), all the protection bits and maybe integrated indicators into the tail light and a smoked headlight. But I am a bit disappointed with how they're giving a quite decent price tag and not even including a quickshifter (autoblipper I wouldn't frankly care about, rev matching is fun). Still, I can't say much until I try one, which I won't even be able to think about for another three years, minimum
....those three years have passed.
Still tempted by the Katana?
Spicy please don't abuse the "face" camera.
After 2 seconds the claustrophobia kicks in.
I would probably consider this bike if I could only choose 1 bike and money was not that much of a concern.
That said id probably get one even more if there was a 600 or a 750. As said in the video the power is just so much more usable.
I appreciate that you mentioned your height and how that reflects to the ride. 👌
I like the way it looks, kinda quirky, a big risk in terms of styling, IMO, and I appreciate it. I also wish it was based on the 750 though. My first bike was a Katana 750 ('97) and I loved it. Still miss it here and there.
It sounds like it's not really the cc's that is fuckin with your speed but rather the throttle on/off, which is typical euro bullshit. It's hard to tell w/o feeling it, though, just what it seems like based on what you're describing. The 0-100 in 1st gear thing is typical with liter bikes.
Cool unique bike. comfy and fast.
The 🦈 SHARK is back! So glad they brought that 2:36 silhouette back.
First one I've seen that I like. Better in the black and red with the tail tidy and aftermarket can. More like a Katana II than anything like the original, like you say "styling influences"
I dont know why ppl dont like the looks of this bike. I think this the most good looking bike out there. I mean it. And the love the photos of it too.
Because beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if we all liked the same thing everything would be the same.....bit like most sport bikes
I love the colour
I agree, lovely colour lol
i've been wating so much for you to post this review video!!!
i love it!!!!!!
I fully agree with you about capacity. 600-700cc are best for"normal roads" .
Very wise review. I love the looks and all--but I know trouble when I see it.
Hi, the bike looks great with that colour scheme, and the end can.
Two things of concern. There's a carbon fiber scorpion slip on which would have complemented the colour coordination here. That chrome one is out of place. Two is the logic behind the 12 litre tank. The only reason I can conjure up is that Suzuki wanted to split buyers between this and the Gixess thou' ..12 litres on a litre bike is underwhelming to say the least. Otherwise really cool review and information..two thumbs up 👍👍
Thanks Mr Spicy for another enjoyable review.
I did a test ride on the original Katana when it came out and thought it was fantastic it looked amazing and handled really well (for an early 1980’s bike). It is a pity they didn’t fit clip-ons and rear-sets to the new version as it would look so much better. I don’t think I’ll be test riding this version though.
I would buy one of those but the fuel tank is tragically small.
I think it looks great, but I'm also not a 1000cc kinda person
The Rockall Times wut
The bike has funny gearing, you can sit in 2nd gear and ride it like an automatic in the city never having to shift up or down only to neutral if you want relief on your wrist.
My dad has an old 550 katana that he's had since the late 80's and loves it, he had an 1100 in the 90's too the katana was known in the day as the original hooligan bike he said it loved the back wheel and was basically just a bike made for "yobbos" I think that is what they've tried to replicate with the new one that's maybe why it's so rapid and wants be be flat out all the time
Nice review. Thanks. Thinking about taking advantage of Suzukis 2.9% finance but unfortunately don’t offer it on this bike 🤦♂️
You're right; a more sporting 750 version would be a really attractive and honest interpretation in keeping with the original 1100 and 1000 cc versions from the '80s. That stubby back end is so NOT Katana!
And it goes real fast. To fast for a Icon Variant is my experience xD
I think it looks awesome.
I like the looks, as I did with the original. I'm also a fan of higher capacity machines because I like the torque, which is also why I tend to prefer twins to inline 4s. The lack of any differences compared to the GSX-S1000, other than the aesthetics and a 30% smaller tank, while being $3500 AUD more expensive... kills the appeal. I'd be more inclined to buy the GSX-R1000, which is still $1000AUD cheaper, has better electronics (uses an IMU for the TC and ABS, also includes a quickshifter/auto blipper at that price with Suzuki's current promotion) and the new SR-VVT engine.
Love the look
I actually really like it 👍
I think your cop camera van also had a supporting role in this afternoon's 44 Teeth BMW 1000 review
I'm 99% sure they were out the same day i must have missed them by moments.
# blogging eats itself
In South Africa bikes in particular are very cheap. I picked up a late 2019 demo model with around 102miles for about £7500 when I convert.
Its an amazing bike and funny enough everyone who says its not a Katana have never ever ever ridden the original one so not too sure where they at. My uncle who is in his late 50s owned one and after riding mine said the old one is an air-cooled bowl of fruit compared.
Its a top cycle. Having owned the original K5 feel at home but with modern furniture. 😁
Air cooled bowl of fruit! 😄🤣🤣👍
1984 KATANA GSX750 S3 was a real KATANA (FINAL)
Many disagreed.
The Katana that's complained about is usually what was called the GSX-600/750F outside of America...taken for what it was, it was. Fine bike from what I can ascertain (commuter/budget ST bike). The problem was the US where it had the Katana name and buyers that wanted a sport bike for budget-bike money. Marketing is, typically, Suzuki's downfall in the US.
A 12 litre fuel tank is fine on a 500 but on a 1000 it's a joke.I'd empty that in less than 2 hours on a Sunday rip no problem.A litre class bike should have at the very least a 17 litre tank
that seat looks really nice
seat looks itd be comfy for a pillion too
cb1000r neo sport; it only needs 1st 3rd and 6th gears! pulls from 30mph in 6th plenty quick, even uphill. Around town it's best in rain mode, sometimes it's a bit too hyperactive if it's bumpy. I do get what you mean about with a smaller one you can wind it on a bit, the vfr i used to have sounded awesome when you let it go (delkevic with the baffle tube removed), but sometimes i'm finding it's nice to not need to. I have a few points of umbrage with the neo sport, but that's off-topic for this video...
Looks great for a little thousand..Good vid mate
Instant like due to the scorpion exhaust. Got one on my Daytona 675R
Hey man. Ive actually never heard about this exhaust. Do u like it? Is it heavy? How exoensive is it? Do u prefer it from the other ones (toce,akra,yoshi etc).
Νικος ΒΠ I testrode an MT07 with one It was pretty low quality, and the sound was kinda “tinny”, like a Red Bull can. It’s cheap but it isn’t very good (on that model at least).
Fantastic review as always sir!
I had the original and loved it 😝 had a ton of mods on it so it handled like a total 🐖 😂 wish the new one had clip ons
I too had the original, for me it's a shame they didn't bring out a copy of the original with updated suspension and a modern engine.
This bike looks great I think
Great looking bike, definitely a marmite special and yes they need to do a 650 or 750 version.
Katana 750 would be really cool so long as it's still 4 cylinders. I think the 1000 looks huge in that frame.
They could just do the same for the 750 and its possible Suzuki have a lot of new models comes at some point lol
@@spicy110 indeed a 650 would have better real world everyday use specs. I'm still getting us both one if the postcode lottery comes in tho! Lol
Cracking review, pretty much all bases covered :) Thank you. Quick question ... what mic are you using with your Drift helmet camera??
It's a sena boom mic that i have modified.
@@spicy110 sounds good mate .. much better than the official Drift mic I'm using ;)
The looks have grown on me since I first saw it, but I cannot imagine any situation where I’d decide to buy it
I do have the feeling that's going to be the case for many. But maybe in that it becomes one of those bikes you don't see so often. Like any bike night with 30% Panigale's 😆
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I just bought one in black. Love the looks its a batmobike😎 due to covid 19. I cant go to the dealer it will be deleved at my adress next week. I havent tried the bike so i relay on this review...
AWESOME review!
Saw one today and the standard tail is bloody awful. That tail tidy really cleans up the look
Personally, out of the two, I prefer the Kwak Z900RS.... Yeah I'm a green blooded biker lol, but I think it's more of an all round better updated retro classic... 🤔😎
The gsx600f was called a katana in America think that's where the confusion comes from
So what about the 20mph zones that are popping around all over the country, if the bike struggles to stay at 30mph. your not gonna be able to ride it..
I think that will be clutch pulled in a bit and also on off throttle in 1st
@@spicy110 Prob, is bikes 1000cc and over and not gonna work on the way they are changing the roads.. Just thought you wouldn`t be able to ride one in Cities..
Just ignore them. 20mph is ridiculous if there’s not a school nearby. It’s just local politicians playing at being little napoleons.
They should have kept the katana in the 80’s, I had one, I luv’d it, it was a pig but it makes us oldies good riders, when the arse end spins out and you can control it.... mind you I had a Gpz 750 turbo that was a mental bike...... also, you need to learn to ride.... lol
Stunning bike! 😍
Awesome video. I love the looks, but I have a gsr 600( baby B-king) I agree about the engine size I appreciate 1000 cc bikes but I feel a 750 or an 800 would have been ideal. Thanks again for the great video
It might still happen! We can hope!
Dude, the guard is to stop your front brake dragging at high speed
HAHAHA....NO 🤣
I love everything about this bike but the fuel capacity! I would by one tomorrow if it had the 17L.
people couldn't understand why I ditched my GSXS1000 for a GSXS750, not all about top end.
Makes huge sense to me but people seem to be about power without the reality of trying to ride that on uk roads.
Any situation in which you miss the litre? Thinking about swapping my CB1000 for a Street Triple but not sure on the power downgrade.
MiiiK3EY only when I was behind a super car & it pulled away from me uphill 🤣🤣🤣🤣
looks great to me, not a fan of cheap tail section quality though
The shape of the dash is still the same shape as my dash,but holy shit they sure added many more thing to that dash lol. If that bike had the same lines as my GSX250R does,it would be sexy as fuck,and ya 750CC
Looks much nicer and meaner in black .
Nice big bike
I love it
I feel the same with their gsx250...why they didn't do a 300 or Hell even a 400 would be better. But a 250 sport bike in this day an age, especially coming from suzuki, who isn't a bad brand by any means, but people who generally choose suzuki, just buy them mostly for reliability. But they kinda went back in time by 2-3 years making it a 250. It is a cracking little bike, but don't see any on road around here...it's either the R3 or Ninja 400.
Did a video on that and why it's a 250cc th-cam.com/video/KJK6yduW_Ec/w-d-xo.html
I almost bought one when they redisigned them in..was the late 90s I think? But I went with something different. When I heard about this though, I was like..oh wow, have to see the pics and when I did, I liked it. Buuut...only in a 1000 kills it for me. I already have a cbr900rr and with traffic getting worse here every two years, buying a new bike that you know you are hardly going to use 5 and 6th gear..not worth it. If they made a 600 I'd be signing the papers any day now.
I think it looks very good 😊
Love it 🤙
@ spicy back in my TH-cam there was a Suzuki katana moped that actually look kool sporting the normal gsxr colour way.
Way to go!
I have a 2005 katana 750....25,000 miles on it.
Its not a bike for me. Mainly because its an upright sports bike and not a cruiser. But i do like some sports bikes but this isnt one of them. I prefer the look of the back end then the front end. Whats with not having a tool kit on the bike!!
It looks good in black and red. But yeah nah 1000cc bikes aren't my thing.
good review
What an awesome bike
Are the Americans by any chance talking about the GSX600F "Katana"? That's often used as a first bike.
I kinda like the way this looks hehe, funky! Agreed about it should be a 750 part.
Possible often names get changed between countries.
Great review. I thought that the samurai pack came with red brembo calipers.
Honestly don't know on that one. They may have only added some parts.
Spicy had a count up today I have 9 discs 5 chains and a few front and rear sprockets will your p.o. box take pallet delivery as this is a heavy load and needs to be on a pallet
Hahaha nooo royal mail only. But i can say i don't really need chains, but discs I definitely do need! So feel free to just send those. Don't go crazy tho the postage isn't cheap. £5 under 2kgs and 16.85 for up to 5kgs. If you can send any of them i would really appreciate it! 🙂
@@spicy110 no worrys I'll send 2 packs 4 discs in each soon as I can there are a few plane discs and a few with gold centres
Thank you, I really appreciate it! 🙂 they will be opened on camera like all my po box mail so i will thank you again then 😀
@@spicy110 no worrys brother . I'm part of a mcc in west Yorkshire and our club house doubles up as the local bike repair and mot shop so we get alot of bike parts shed loads of brake discs and chains sprockets and all sorts as you can imagine so I spoke with òur club president/shop owner and he said it's all good for you to have them
You sir are a Legend!!
“Put a lager fuel tank on it, it will get better fuel mileage” What?!? WTF are you talking about?!?!?
I am talking about them making it from the 750 rather than the 1000. Put a larger tank on the 750 and it will get better mpg and have better range. Were you skipping though the video it's kinda a large part of what I talk about with this bike.
I like it because it's different, different is cool. But would i buy one? probably not 🤔
I do like fender on the swingarm, cuz it made tail look much cleaner. and it made the bike look longer and shorter tail which looks like a Streetfighter a bit.
i would put an S1 exhaust from SC project on it, still, i waiting for Z model. not going to buy any bike soon.
30 Mph? better with 200 VanVan lul. VanVan would last forever im sure.
Speed Triple RS still my first choice to pick if it available in my country i hope they selling it next year. but i would like to have Katana aswell, both are my top pick for 1litre bike but i would prefer my SV650 for everyday ride.