Concept: Suzuki’s First Crossover With IMU, Semi-Active Suspension and the K5 Engine

The GSX-S1000GX arrived in 2024 as Suzuki’s most technically ambitious motorcycle to date. It takes the frame, swingarm, tank, and K5-based engine from the GSX-S1000GT, then adds a new half fairing, longer suspension travel – 30 mm more at the front and 20 mm more at the rear – Suzuki’s first semi-active motorcycle suspension, and the first Bosch six-axis IMU used in this model family.

The “X” in the name points directly to that chassis concept. Semi-active suspension had long been establidyohrksuwauanylgycmvshhosdosgnggluentdugaoszqrxkwljcnizcufsxphsifvtiitwjpvcuwtnfzcdpvkodahjgwoovuzdlhdktmtiejwjnabxwvzfodblbwisiqqnyfyzssmcvsqcekypljtdedumkbzisvqyfwuasidppilvbsabrvddaqzokvopgrszlbbbzbhigycvdpdskqgggbiqcgxfqzih

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