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SUZUKI GSX1400

2005 SUZUKI GSX 1400 Article by Paul Johnson

MY GS X140 0 I S A R EL ATI V E YO U N GSTER I N V I N TAG E J A PA N ESE TER M S – A M ER E TEEN AG ER AT J UST 15 Y E A R S O L D. TH E A I R /O I L COO L ED, T W I N SH O CK ER W ITH CH ROM ED H E A D ER S, E X H AUST A N D I N STRU M EN T S I S A N O D TO TH E M U LTI C Y L I N D ER M USCL E B I K ES O F Y ESTER Y E A R .

The Big Four Japanese manufacturers all went down the retro path, with Suzuki’s GSX 1400 in production from 2001 to 2008. The engine is an evolution of the GSX1100. Electronic fuel injection, 6 pot front brake calipers and modern

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VINTAGE JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE CLUB

tyre technology makes the old style muscle bike a more user friendly machine. The 1402cc engine is well short of the power of its contemporary sports bikes but this bike is

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