Suzuki GSX-R1000

Suzuki · 26 model years · 2001-2026 All Suzuki models →

The GSX-R1000 launched in 2001 and owned the early-2000s litre class on the street and in AMA racing. It was the brutal, simple alternative to the R1: big power, light chassis, few rider aids.

Generations that matter: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–08 (especially the 2007 K7), 2009–16, and the 2017–on L7 with a variable-valve engine, IMU electronics and a wider powerband. Suzuki later withdrew the GSX-R1000 from several markets.

Seat height has hovered around 825–830 mm; wet weight from the mid-170s dry in early years to about 200–203 kg wet on the last electronics-heavy bikes. Compare generation-to-generation with the R1 and Blade of the same year, not with a 2026 Panigale.

Year	Photo	Engine	Power	Weight	Seat	Fields
2026	–	999.8 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	49
2025	–	999.8 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	50
2024		999.8 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	54
2023		999.8 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	54
2022		999.8 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	54
2021		999 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	54
2020		999.8 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	54
2019		1000 cc	198.5 hp	167 kg	825 mm	53
2018		1000 cc	185.3 hp	167 kg	825 mm	60
2017		1000 cc	185.3 hp	167 kg	810 mm	60
2016		999 cc	182.4 hp	167 kg	810 mm	60
2015		999 cc	182.4 hp	167 kg	810 mm	57
2014		999 cc	182.4 hp	170 kg	810 mm	54
2013		999 cc	182.4 hp	170 kg	810 mm	54
2012		999 cc	182.4 hp	203 kg	810 mm	53
2011		999 cc	182.4 hp	205 kg	810 mm	53
2010		999 cc	182.4 hp	167 kg	810 mm	45
2009		999 cc	182.4 hp	170 kg	810 mm	52
2008		999 cc	182.5 hp	172 kg	810 mm	53
2007		999 cc	182.5 hp	172 kg	810 mm	52
2006		998.6 cc	179.7 hp	166 kg	810 mm	48
2005		998 cc	179.6 hp	166 kg	810 mm	48
2004		998 cc	162 hp	168 kg	830 mm	48
2003		988 cc	164 hp	168 kg	830 mm	33
2002		988 cc	160 hp	170 kg	830 mm	37
2001		988 cc	160 hp	170 kg	830 mm	38