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Exhaust-Notes.com | Suzuki | GSXR750
Suzuki GSX-R 750 Performance Exhausts
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I've always loved the Gixxer 750. Suzuki persisted with building superbikes in a capacity class that other manufacturers gave up on long ago. The ZXR is too old in the tooth now and the VFR, well that lost the 'Sport' from its 'Sports Tourer' title long ago. The Suzuki GSX-R 750 attracts a particular type of biker, one that other bikers begrudgingly respect. Yes, you could buy the 1000 for a couple of hundred more, or you could save on insurance with the 600 but you want the ultimate bike, and you don't want every other bugger at the lights to be sitting on the same one. So you settle on the Gixxer, and a fine choice too.
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The GSXR 750 was born back in 1985, with twin round headlights and a sail-like screen. In 1988 the styling changed to something less, well, eighties, but it wasn't until 1996 that the bike was developed into a form that we'd recognise today. OK so it looks a bit bulbous now but from the ground up the bike got sharp again with a redesigned chassis and back to its fighting weight (179kg). It was, regrettably, still clad with a nasty and rather large standard exhaust, that undid much of the potential the Ram Air system introduced. As far as exhaust upgrades are concerned the model continued in the same format right through till 1999, by which point power was up to 135bhp.
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The year 2000, another redesign. Lighter, faster, sharper BUT still the same hulking pipe. This model has the 'Y' designation and from here on we enter the K sequence. In some markets the 2005 model came fitted with a distinctive black silencer celebrating its 20 year anniversary though unsurprisingly most were junked in favour of performance pipes.
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Finally in 2006 Suzuki got cute with the exhaust. 'Mass centralisation' were now the watch words of superbike design so the exhaust is a much smaller affair, the bulk of the silencer hidden beneath the engine and no long unsightly canister stretching back to the rear. Its not a bad attempt for a stock exhaust, but thankfully Micron, Arrow and others were on the ball and showed just what could be done by the specialists.
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REVIEWS
GP Style Short Silencer with full system on Suzuki GSX-R750 2006 from
"This is a Micron full exhaust system, with Serpent Hydratech headers and a GP-style stubby silencer. This little beauty is neat, light and bloody loud. Fitting is pretty straightforward. It keeps the pillion pegs and there’s no need to alter the fairing, so it scores a bit higher than the Yoshimura system. Weighing it back to back with the stock system reveals a weight loss of around 6kg – a mighty chunk of weight.That’s down to the stock under motor silencer being made of black painted pig iron and containing a massive catylst and exhaust valve gubbins. The Micron replaces all this with some laughably minimalist hydroformed header pipes and a skimpy straight through silencer. The leaflet says it complies with 107dB race limits, but its almost terrifyingly loud through town on full chat."
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PICTURES
A sample of thumbnails from our gallery of exhausts for the R1, click to enlarge.
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