By every objective measure, the Suzuki TL1000R fell woefully short of its design brief over its six-year run, missing the mark as a world-dominating superbike, Yamaha R1 competitor and genre-defining street machine. Plagued by its porky waistline and relative lack of power, and dogged by horrifying tales of its disappointing rotary damper rear suspension, the…
SOLD IN 24 HOURS! Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc The Suzuki TL-1000R was a bold but flawed stab at stealing big v-twin superbike dominance away from Ducati. The bike was a bit of a misfit, impressing neither road testers nor road racers, as it was overweight and fitted with a mystifying and dangerous radial…
2001 Suzuki TL1000R on ebay Back in the late 1990’s the motorcycling world was gobsmacked by the Ducati 916 – not only was it shockingly beautiful, it restored the v-twin as THE desired powerplant for the motorcycling cognescenti. Given the impact of the Ducati 916 it wasn’t a surprise that the competition tried to build their…
Happy Happy…here are two versions of one of my favorite bikes, the Sukuki TL 1000R. The TL is a bike that even today reminds me of the “old” days of motorcycling; big, fast and something that didn’t suffer fools gladly. As noted in previous RSBFS posts, the Suzuki TL1000 series were V-Twins built in response…
Location: Minden, Nevada Mileage: 12,400 Price: Auction, current bid $2,025 Big v-twin race bikes. There was a time when many manufacturers built these, not just those little labels out of Italy. From this era came the Suzuki TL1000R, a direct competitor with the RC51, Honda’s version of the 1000cc v-twin race bike. There are many…