This bike is fast. Not at the top end but getting there.
這台車很快, 不是極速快, 而是達到極速的時間很快.
There would be very little around that would beat the 1400
to 220kmh.
在這世界上, 在 220Km/h之前, 加速能打敗1400這部車的其它款重車相當的少.
There is a video of a standard GSX1400 hitting
100kmh in 2.57 seconds.
網路上可以找到, 1400加速到100公里只要 2.57 秒.
Two up, I've had it on 230kmh, fully
upright. Now that's tough on the neck. I've hit 240kmh
sitting upright and just on 250kmh lying prone on the tank.
我可以打直身體騎到230. 一直到250才需要俯低身體, 趴在油箱上.
The motor is seriously under stressed and under tuned which
is obvious in the way it runs out of breath at around
230kmh, but the torque and power to the rear wheel getting
there, is phenomenal. (Another reason for tyre wear).
These engines are built to last for a long, long time.
這部機器在跑到230kmh 的時候, 可以感覺引擎有承受壓力, 感覺引擎的調教良好.
扭力和馬力很到位. 相當令人激賞. 但後輪的消耗就對的驚人. 這部引擎非常耐用, 幾乎不會壞.
The power band is strong from 2500rpm right through to
7500rpm but best between 4000rpm and 7000rpm, if you want
all your jollies fast and at once. This bike is extremely
user friendly, as 90% of the time; any gear is the right gear.
充沛的紐力輸出, 從2500到7500都有. 但是4000-7000是最驚人的範圍. 如果你要的是加速的暢快感, 這部車正合你意. 幾乎90%的時間. 任何檔位, 都是好的檔位.
You can be lazy on the box and leave it in sixth for overtaking
or drop it a couple of cogs and blast past anything you want.
A wheelie is a throttle twist away in first and the front wheel
can be made to skim the ground right though second, third and
fourth. 90% of it's torque is available from 2500rpm.
不用頻頻換檔, 掛在六檔仍然可以海放任何你想海放的東西. 要玩孤輪? 油門一扭就有.
從2500轉開始, 你可以享受高達 90%的紐力.
By todays standards, 106bhp is not a lot for a 1400, but it's the
huge 96ft/lbs or 126nm of torque that make this quarter tonne
beast sit up and go like a rocket. You want longer arms, then
get one of these.
以今天的造車水準. 106匹馬力, 以1400 c.c. 的排氣量而言. 不算大. 但是96ft/lbs or 126nm 的紐力仍是相當驚人. 像這部重量級的街車像火箭一樣彈射出去. 如果你想享受扯肩的快感, 就買一台gsx1400.
Handling is awesome for a bike this size. I have a favorite
road that I know well, with many bends, including hairpins,
short straights and chicanes. I've owned some very sharp
handling bikes in my earlier days but have never felt at one
with these bikes, as I have felt blasting through this 8
kilometer stretch of road on the 14. Body and bike appear
to become one and as your mind plans the next move, the bike
is already moving with you.
這部車的操控性也相當讚, 我有一條很熟悉的路. 有多彎路. 我早年也曾擁有過一些操控性很佳的跑車. 但是都沒有1400的快感. 人車可以合為一體. 你腦袋想著下一部, 車子就著你到了下一部.
I sit well forward at these
times, using plenty of front brake. The rear brake is next
to useless under these conditions and can break contact very
quickly under extreme braking. Using the gears often to
stay in the sharpest torque range, braking hard and throwing
the bike well over until the pegs scratch the tarmac,
dispatches these sort of roads in no time at all. I don't
find tight chicanes a problem either. Counter steering on
the bars has the bike ready for the next corner when you
want it to be.
Initially, it took a long time for me to get the 1400 on the
pegs when cornering. This is a psychological problem as the
mind tells you its too big, too powerful, it's a cruiser etc.
But, if your tyres are good and you have gotten to know
the bike well and have got around the mind thing, it goes
exactly where you want it.
The factory suspension settings are crap, as it wallows like
a whale on lumpy corners. Most the reviews on this bike have
been done on the standard settings, which is why some reports
bag the handling. With a few adjustments to the settings, it
tightens things up a lot. You feel more road vibration, but
cornering is more responsive and precise without the excessive
wallow on uneven roads.
I now find ground clearance an issue with my peg, feeler bolts
being regularly worn away and of late, the side stand foot is being
worn away slowly as well. I am now exploring ways of hanging
off the bike or looking at a jack up kit to get around this slight
problem, or maybe I just need to back of a bit, but that's not as
much fun.
Two up riding is no problem. The added weight of a pillion
is not noticeable and the handling does not suffer either.
When the pillion is not using the grab rail, heavy braking
is hell on the wrists, but that goes for any bike of any
class.
In summary: This is one hell of a bike and real value for money.
I have never regretted buying it and it would be hard to persuade
me to go for anything else at this point in time. I wonder what
Suzuki has in mind for a replacement.
I've ridden my friends SV1000 a TL1000 and an R1 plus taken a GSXR1000 K5 for a demo in the last year. As mentioned in my review, you need to know your bike real well to push it hard, no matter what it is. With the above bikes I've ridden in the last year, I did not know them well enough to push them hard and was reluctant to do so, as the riding position is foreign to me after riding the 1400 for 22,000 kms.
At the risk of sounding like an arse, it is quite easy to check a riders ability by looking at their tyres. On anything above a 600, they are a hard rider if they have no chicken strips on the rear. They are more than a hard rider if they have no chicken strips on the front as well. Ground clearance issues play a part here, but if a litre class sports bike has no strips front and rear you can bet the rider knows his bike and pushs the envelope to the limit.
I stand open to be corrected here but I am sure others will verify this.
My friend on his R1 is one of very few people I know who has no strips front and rear. I mention this, as 95% of the time I can stay with him on the 1400 but I have to hang off the bike to do it. When I ride like this, I am on the limit of my machine and believe me, I know it's the limit for the bike. Me. I would like to push even further if I could so are looking at solving the ground clearance issues, which aren't actually too bad for this bike.
When I was younger (I'm nearly 50 now) I rode an RD350 which in my day was the fastest bike you could buy, none of my friends could stay with me in the corners. BUT, that was well over 25 years ago and it's been that long since I was on a bike prior to buying the 1400 last year.
Not sure if this helps Skelstar. Maybe I would kill myself on a full blown sportsbike and I kinda want to be around for a lot longer.
What I like about the 1400, is when you lay down the power out of a corner, the bike hunkers down and shoots away without the rear stepping out which happens too easily on high horse power sports bikes and in the case of hard road riding, lower horsepower and more torque, has it's advantages.
