It is Distinct from the TL1000, which is a Superbike Premise, and Gets its Needs from Easy-to-handle Sports Touring!
SUZUKI is a well-known manufacturer that has taken on the challenge of V-twin sports. Even today, SUZUKI offers a lineup of excellent V-twins, including the SV650 series. The trigger was a change in the vehicle regulations for Superbike races based on production vehicles. The displacement limit of 750cc, which assumed a four-cylinder engine, was replaced by 900cc for three-cylinder engines and 1,000cc for two-cylinder engines, and Japanese manufacturers Honda and SUZUKI have responded to this change.
Honda quickly developed the VTR1000F based on its experience with the V-4, but SUZUKI surprised the world by debuting the TL1000S in 1997, the same year as the VTR. In 1998, SUZUKI also released the TL1000R, which was primarily aimed at race homologation. SUZUKI's specialty has always been to concentrate the development of highly challenging V-type engines in a short period of time.
Once this V-twin supersport was finished, SUZUKI began using this engine to expand into a sport-touring model. With a 98 x 66mm bore x stroke, the conversion from the 995cc superbike had evolved the TL1000S into a torquey and powerful power source with 94hp at 8,500rpm and 9.2kgm at 7,000rpm, rather than detuning it.
The TL1000S is a DOHC engine with a gear drive instead of a direct chain-driven camshaft, and the head is compact enough to avoid interference with the front wheel. The TL1000S was also compact and cleared the interference with the front wheels by not directly chain-driving the camshafts with DOHC.
The frame was made of one-piece cast aluminum with a thin cross section, aiming for a slimmer frame to achieve straightforward handling for touring. While the TL series had an original rotary damper rear suspension, this model had a standard link suspension. As a result, the naked model weighed a dry 186kg, and the S-type with a cowl weighed 189kg, breaking the common 1,000cc V-twin specification. These and other features of the SV1000 and SV1000S were well received by riders who loved touring, and SUZUKI was so pleased with the results that it proceeded to develop the SV650 series. As you know, the SV650 series is still in existence and has become a long-running model, especially in Europe. The SV650 was a big V-twin that played an important role for SUZUKI, as it was the generation that started with the TL and built the foundation for the SV series.
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