GSX1400…Anyone got one Stateside?

[GS1150Pilot]

Is horsepower the only deciding factor? I thought the question was more concerned with the overall riding experience.

[storm 64]

It is when you're a Horsepower Junkie like myself!

[rphillips]

Yep, for me riding is a completely different experience 40 yrs ago, at 29, than today at 69. Yes back then, and if i's in my 20's again, HP was everything. Today, plenty of torque is a must, but HP?, I rarely feel it.

[Hayabuser]

Is horsepower the only deciding factor? I thought the question was more concerned with the overall riding experience.

Not at all. Some of the most fun I've had was at the bars of a low-hp bike. Of course I have had tons of fun at the controls of high-hp bikes too.

The GSX1400 and B-King are both awesome, but it's doubtful that many people would have cross-shopped the two when new. They're very different machines for very different riders. For me, had the 1400 been available here I'd likely have had a couple by now... they'd have been cool to own alongside the two B-Kings that have passed through my garage.

[ddaniels]

B King is a seriously wide motorcycle. I only sat on one in a showroom but that tank felt excessively wide to me.

[Hayabuser]

B King is a seriously wide motorcycle. I only sat on one in a showroom but that tank felt excessively wide to me.

Half the "tank" width are the air-intakes on each side.

[Big T]

The 1400 is too new to import (25 years old minimum) unless it's exhaust is stamped with the EPA compliance. In Canada, it's 15 years.

[Cipher]

The 1400 is too new to import (25 years old minimum) unless it's exhaust is stamped with the EPA compliance. In Canada, it's 15 years.

call china inc and have a stamp made

[gtem]

Sorry can't be of any help with your actual question, but I will say that if they DID sell one of these bikes stateside, I'd say I'd already own one! Love the Big Bore Suzukis, my current "fix" is my naked 2002 Bandit 1200.