How's the Suzuki GRS 600 anyone know?

Hey there,

Does anyone know how these ride? I know someone who is interested in one but I know nothing about them.

I do think they look the part.

Any comments?

90+bhp
top speed 140
scaled down version of the b-king

nice bike,me likes. hth

Good friend of mine has one and she's a regular inters track day rider. Her only gripe is that it lacks ground clearance on track, but is fine for the road. She's only 5' 2" tall, and it's been lowered for her, so that's why she complains about it decking out. Power-wise, she reckons it's soft enough to trickle round town, and she doesn't get left behind by much on track. Handling wise, hard to say because hers is so heavily modded to bring the height down.

Cheers for that lads. Don't think it will be much of a problem in the total technicalities of riding as the one I know is a new rider so all the advice is fine.

Sounds like a great first bike not unlike the SV.

Cheers again!

I test rode one of these before I bought the SV.

They are okay. For the money I would have expected a lot more bike. It's quite a bland experience to be honest and leaves you feeling a little indifferent. It just felt the same as the bandit to me but with less character. As far as I remember it has a re-tuned (see de-tuned) engine from the Gixxer 600 which was okay but quite peaky, revs max out at 14 rpm. Torque was decent enough though making overtakes easier than expected. My biggest gripe was the suspension though. The front end was really floaty and bouncy while the rear shock was hard as concrete. I'm sure the rear could be adjusted but I wasn't impressed. It really shows itself up when you push it, I found it did nothing to inspire my confidence. I was really pushing it though.....

For the money go with an SV, Hornet or even Bandit 650. They are all MUCH better bikes.

Oh and the brakes were shockingly bad too.

HTH