Can it really be the case that the previously much-malignedSuzuki TL1000R is undergoing something of a renaissance?
If you don’t believe me, then check the prices: what the heck is going on? They are starting to look stronger than its sister bike the TL1000S! Thing is, the S model (£7999 in February 1997) should be the cool one. It was 1997’s wild and wayward child, it was the bad-boy. It was powerful (125bhp) and it had a fierce image, sadly thanks to some tragic accidents. So-much-so, it needed to be tamed with a steering damper, which was a recall item for later in that model year.
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