2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Track Comparo Photo Gallery

2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Smackdown Track Test

2009 Superbike Smackdown Superpole

Kinelogix Suzuki Data Chart.

2009 Superbike Smackdown Weights

Pavement - 1. Hutchison - 0.

“The Suzuki was very-planted once put into the corner, I think it has good front-to-rear balance,” Sorensen adds. “This bike felt better as you pushed harder and was the easiest bike to ride to ride at a race pace without getting out of a comfort zone.”

The new Showa BPF front end helped Suzuki's GSX-R1000 with greatly improved handling.

The Suzuki actually is all-new for '09...

2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Smackdown Track Test

“The chassis on the Suzuki is so stable on corner entry,” Earnest said. “The bike is planted and solid and the big initial dive that you get from the rest isn’t there."

2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Smackdown Track Test

Beauty school dropout? You be the judge.

When it came to pushing hard at Thunderhill, the Suzuki performed nearly flawlessly. Just look at the score sheet...

2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Smackdown Track Test