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Suzuki GSX-S 1000 review (Baujahr 2025)

What's new about the 2025 GSX-S 1000?

22.03.2025

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The new Suzuki GSX-S 1000 2025 now has a modern TFT colour display and has been homologated according to Euro5+. These are only a few updates, but more was not necessary - at least that's what Dietmar thinks, who took a look at the new GSX.

TFT display and Euro5+

So not much has really changed compared to the last model from 2021. Why is that? Quite simply: Because of the new Euro5+ requirement, Suzuki had to get to the K5 four-cylinder and in the course of this they simply screwed the newer TFT display from the GT/GX to the GSX-S. The new model is ready! However, Suzuki is not alone in this, many manufacturers have done the same. Of course, there is also an updated color palette for the new season:

Colors 2025: Blue, Silver, Black. We would take the blue one.

Since so little has changed, we recommend reading our last test of the GSX-S as well as taking a look at the corresponding test video, in which we discussed seat ergonomics, engine, technology and handling, among other things. In this respect, everything has remained the same.

The new display

The new TFT color display is very bright and very easy to read. You can set it either to white or black - or to automatic, then a light sensor decides which display makes more sense at the moment.

The display includes the usual things including an on-board computer. There are no separate riding modes, instead the rider can set the traction control from 1-5 or off and select the engine mapping in the three levels A, B, and C. The throttle response changes noticeably as a result, but a power reduction is not made in C either.

Strange: In contrast to the sister models GSX-S 1000 GT and GSX-S 1000 GX, mobile phone pairing or displaying navigation is surprisingly not possible. We can't understand why Suzuki saved this on the GSX-S 1000 - but that's the way it is.

By the way, nothing has changed in terms of light: Full LED including turn signals and headlight and high beam stacked on top of each other.

If you were afraid that the wonderful hissing sound of the GSX-S had fallen victim to the Euro5+ update, we can reassure you: The GSX sounds like ever, because you can find soundcheck above on the right or in the video. The price of the new GSX-S has been raised slightly to 13,400 euros. This is neither expensive nor cheap compared to the competition . Even if the GSX-S in 2025 still has to make do without lean angle sensors or other bells and whistles, it is still a great machine with an even better engine.

Result

The new Suzuki GSX-S 1000 2025 is not that new. Except for Euro5+ and the TFT display, nothing has changed. Is that a bad thing? Nope, we don't think so, because the GSX-S has always been a racy streetfighter and has not lost this character even with Euro5+ homologation.

We received the test machine from Bergmann & Söhne in Tornesch. There she stands as a demonstrator and is looking forward to many test drives.

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